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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Its late Summer.....
The days are shorter.......
The evenings are getting cooler....
The flowers of Summer are slowing fading.......


In just a few short weeks....
All this color will be gone......



For today....
 Enjoy the blooms.........











 









Happy Summer Days......
While they last......

May each day be filled with lots of blooms and blessings!




Sunday, August 10, 2014

Sweet Sunday Blessings!

Do you see what I see?
Look again...

 


Look past all the flowers......
It is around the tub and ferns...
~~~~~~~~~

Actually it is in the tub.....
Do you see it now?
~

Can you see all the white on top of the tub?
It looks like a cloud......
~~~~


Yes, my tub over-flows with bubbles...
Tons of silky..
light as air...
sparkly, shiny bubbles.....

I do believe this little rusty guy looks guilty...
~~
He looks as if he just dumped bubble bath in my fountain...
Look close...
I think he is smiling....
and
possibly  singing...
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I would have to admit when My Grandson came running in shouting..
"Nana,come look at the tub!"...

I did not know what to expect...
I thought...
Oh, no....
It has run dry....
Instead.....
~~~~
 "it is overflowing with bubbles!"


The last thing I expected to see after adding bleach earlier
to keep my water clear
was bubbles....
I mean after all, 
since when did bleach....
which is supposed to sanitize....
purify...
cleanse...
cause bubbles?
I will have to admit...
the bubbles attracted us to the tub in a new way...
Oh, we enjoy the sound of the water coming through the old well faucet..
But Today...
we  enjoyed the bubbles...

 And so it goes with each of our lives as a believer....
Jesus comes in and washes away our sins...
cleanses us...
makes us whole...

And in return....
Our life is to be like bubbles....
overflowing...
touching others....
~~
This reminds me of  an old hymn.....

Its bubbling, Its Bubbling
Its bubbling in my soul
There's singing and laughter 
since Jesus made me whole..
Folks don't understand it...
Nor can I keep it Quiet
Its bubbling bubbling bubbling bubbling
bubbling day and night!...... 
~~


"Live your life in such a way 
that those who don't know God
come to know God 
because they know you"
Author Unknown


Overflow this week and touch others with your life.....
Let others see Jesus in you!


"May the Lord make your love increase and overflow
for each other and everyone else,
Just as ours does for you...

I Thessalonians 3:12 NIV

BLESSINGS!

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Sweet Blessings!

Do you ever just sit and look at a space...
and think...
hummmmm
It needs a little something more?
 ~
Please pay no attention to the mess outside..
focus on the window..
particularly the banner....
 

  I love the idea of a banner hanging in my dining room.....
Perhaps saying...
"Give Thanks".....


Something making a statement about who I am...

or 

What it means to be in this area...
Perhaps.....
A welcome to guest....
Who sit at our table......

What do you think?

Maybe I could stencil something in Bold letters
Or 
Keep it simple 
and use White.....

What do you think?

Maybe.........
~
Something that causes folks to pay attention to the details...
Of who I am...
What my home represents...

What do you think?


Maybe I should leave it.....
simply as a burlap Banner...
Speaking for itself...
With a simple statement of color and texture....

What do you think?


Yep....
I like the idea of a banner hanging in this area...
~
As a reminder...
To Give Thanks....
To Our Lord...
Who is over all....
As a reminder that He is A Good God...
~
A God who Provides....
~
A God Who gives Peace..
~
A God who Protects...
~
And...
A God who Loves....

Song Of Solomon
2:4
"He has taken me into the banquet Hall....
and his Banner over me is Love!"



A little reminder for you this week...

God loves you!
Allow His banner of love 
To cover you!

BLESSINGS!