Sunday, September 23, 2007

CHAPTER 9, PAGE 23

How about FALL Resolutions?

(After 9 months of not keeping the new year's ones)

Give up complaining . . . focus on gratitude.

Give up pessimism . . . become an optimist.

Give up harsh judgments . . . think kind thoughts.

Give up worry . . . trust divine providence.

Give up discouragement . . . be full of hope.

Give up bitterness . . . turn to forgiveness.

Give up hatred . . . return good for evil.

Give up negativism . . . be positive.

Give up anger . . . practice patience.

Give up pettiness . . . put on maturity.

Give up gloom. . . enjoy the beauty that is all around you.

Give up jealousy . . . pray for trust.

Give up gossiping . . . control your tongue.

Give up sin. . . . turn to virtue.

Author Unknown

GOOD MORNING !

I’m trying to admire the artistry of God this fine morning. Many have the purple mountain peaks, white-capped oceans of blue, and golden-hued fields of wheat just outside their windows.

Depending on where you live, you might be seeing a lot that I don’t see. God’s palette of colors remains unmatchable. Each season brings different colors to enjoy here in Northern Ohio. We have the full four seasons of the year. Fall is often one of the most colorful ones.

I went to church with my visiting children yesterday evening, so I’ll not be going this morning. We have the option of going Saturday evening or Sunday morning. Of course I could go every day if I choose to, but with working that’s not an option for me. Many do though.  As always I said a special prayer for all of you.

Today will be spent catching up on a few things that didn’t get done because I spent the day having fun yesterday. Weekends always go by too fast for me.

Next weekend I’ll be traveling down to DS#1’s for our ‘Sweetheart’s ‘ 5th birthday party and the following weekend I’ll be traveling again as my next door sister’s son is getting married. So the next few weeks will be busier than ever.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

God is so lavish in all that He’s done

To make this great world such a wonderful one.

His mountains are high, His oceans are deep,

And vast and unmeasured the prairielands sweep

Helen Steiner Rice

In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him.

Psalm 95:4 

May your day be bless with a few SMILES and lots of SUNSHINE to warm your heart !

MA

 

 

 

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great pictures!  What a great way to spend a beautiful day.  Family and fun -- ya just can't beat that!  Have a great Sunday.  Blessings, Linda  

Anonymous said...

Your town is lovely and Im glad you having weekend time with your kids

Anonymous said...

I'm so glad you had such a beautiful day for your festival.  The pictures were great, you have a wonderful family, everyone looks so happy.  Well we're off the the wedding in a few minutes, I'm praying the sun comes out like it's supposed to, you never know around here.  Let you know later, Joni

Anonymous said...

Your family looks so good! You all look like such nice people and so happy, too! Your town is so pretty...and your church is very beautiful.  What state do you live in?
I'm glad you all had a good time. Thanks for taking the time for the special prayer for us all.
Hugs..Pam xoxox

Anonymous said...

Wonderful pictures, thanks for sharing. Thank you so much for your prayers, you are also in mine. Well sure hope you have a wonderful time the next 2 weeks. Always good to get away. We live in Kansas with the prairielands. lol God Bless, Janie

Anonymous said...

Thankyou for sharing your family pictures with us they are all lovely ~ Ally x

Anonymous said...

What lovely pictures ,you have a lovely family ,So nice to see you ...love Jan xx