How Does It Smell?

“Be ye, therefore followers of God, as dear children; and walk in love, 

as Christ also hath loved us, and hath 

given Himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a 

sweet-smelling savor.” Ephesians 5:1,2

It is not so much what I LOOK like to the world or to other Christians that matters;

but what I SMELL like to God.

Jesus' life was sweeter than any incense! If the fragrance of my life is pleasing to the Lord's nostrils it will be serving its purpose to the believers and to the unsaved around me. Memorizing Scripture without my letting it make me a "follower of God", is fruitless.

Dear Lord, change me by your grace. 

Trust and obey; for there's no other way to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.

You Leave 'Em Alone for One Hour!

Hmmmm!

...what have we here?

I went to Mom's to do a load of laundry and this is what Syd came home to.

Only Sturm is tiny enough to fit through the crack, the width that the bathroom door was propped open

It appears that Sturm got in and brought stuff out where Ruger could partake too. Ruger's usually the culprit when it comes to tissues. Obviously it was a tag team job this time, as the bathroom door was only open about 6 inches or so  ( :

I came home to two dogs, banished to their beds.
Oh well, at least it wasn't shoes!!

Making the Most of My Minutes

1440 minutes

The rapture of the Church may happen this very day, I know, but if not...

...beginning at 12:00 a.m. I have been granted 1440 minutes today

Thinking back on a couple of the kitchen sermons this week, one of the points that "hit" me was:

Start the day with the END in mind

Wherefore He saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead and Christ shall give thee light. See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye to unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.”

Ephesians 5:14-17

All of the above, by God's grace and strength. Thank you, Lord, for this new day!

Thank you for Prayer

Thank you for praying for Kay, as I am sure that many were and are! She is still in the hospital but out of the Intensive Care Unit. She should be released this Monday. Doreen and I have had a couple of good talks, spiritual talks. Humanly speaking, "some good things have come out of this". Kay and her husband will be moving out of their house where they've lived all their married lives (60?) and into a couple of rooms at their son's place. Knowing where some of the stress came from, this move will be great. On the phone yesterday, Doreen said, "can you even BELIEVE that they would agree to this?" Doreen and her father have been able to start to communicate better also. If you had known all the past history, you'd know that these are BIG steps. Please pray for salvation needs of Kay and her husband, Doreen and the rest of the family too.

I would ask you to add one more prayer request on. We have an unspoken burden that we are seeking the Lord's hand of leading on. Thank you so much.

Urgent Prayer Need

Dear praying readers,
If you could please keep this urgent prayer request before the Lord today; a very good friend of mine, Doreen, just called me. Her mother is in ICU on a ventilator at this time and is in danger of passing into eternity without the Lord. Her name is Kay. We would appreciate your prayer. I'll be down with Doreen this afternoon, as she is home right now trying to get some sleep but will be back at the hospital at 3:00. Thank you for remembering Kay.

Sweethearts

The beautiful card Syd made me...

one of the things he wrote inside, "still sweet on you"

Breakfast this morning. Hot sauce on the eggs and sugar on the toast (:

                                      ...then (1980)












                 ...and now (this was 7 years ago)

                                                                    My Valentine!


                 

A statistic I learned this morning: Half the world's population was born after we were married 

(34 years)

                                                                                 

A Clean Bill of Health

My sweet hubby did not go to work today, as he is resting up from a "procedure" at the hospital yesterday afternoon. It was a planned one and we are so thankful that the results were good - a clean bill of health for another 5 years! If he didn't work with machines he would have gone in today, but not in his line of work.

So the house is quiet right now, only the music from WMUU playing on the computer. Syd and I still recommend WMUU up until 7:00 a.m., when they change their programming to "show tunes"? It's quite a change from the years that we used to listen when living down South. Enough said. You'll know if you tune in. Coupled with personal time in God's Word, the messages from old teachers like Oliver B Green and Dr. Bob Sr., as well as others (this morning, a chapel hour from Pastor John Monroe) really prepare me to be thrust out into the village for those two hours each morning.

I am liking the new Post office schedule; 2 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon. I think it is hard on the community, but they are adjusting. It makes my Saturday morning quite busy!

"Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise Him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God." Psalm 42:11

A clean bill of health!

God is the health of my countenance! 

Lord, help me to draw upon YOU, moment by moment today.