Monday, November 1, 2010

The Blessings #349-375

The Lord is good.  All the time.  His grace is sure and His mercy is new each morning.

Amen.


Once again, no pictures...... and oh how the pictures could tell the story so much better than my words, but....

my boy carving his pumpkin by himself
me getting to carve my girl's

the delight of children at such simple things

a puppy that growls in his dreams... sleep growls.... too cute

my girl's amazement at the metamorphosis of her caterpillars
her drawings and note-taking for her nature book
all of it, every bit of it, being her idea

walking on rain slickened streets
the most vibrant of yellows, oranges, reds and greens against a dark, pearl gray sky

learning about the 12 ways of communicating
learning that spoken word is the least effective of all the 12
the written word is the second least effective
realizing the energy I spend in communicating is often spent on the 2 least effective
eagerly wanting to develop the other end of that list, because.....
the Holy Spirit does His work

new friends
old friends

having been here long enough for some new friends to become old ones
our two families trick-or-treating together for this third consecutive year
watching my boy gently guide his little 5 year old princess friend down a steep, slippery drive

our little family going out to the movies on a Friday night
being able to relax and enjoy a great movie without having to cover little eyes and ears (Secretariat)
having popcorn, candy and soda to share

a clean mammogram for my sweet friend
her knowing how much He loves her

a clean house

love that is stronger than misunderstanding or miscommunication

work


holy experience

2 comments:

  1. i can imagine your boy and your girl and you and your puppy... and i smile

    12 ways of communicating - sounds like serious phone date conversation :}

    so glad you had family movie night, what fun! and thank you for the review:
    being able to relax and enjoy a great movie without having to cover little eyes and ears

    old friends in Oregon... my how it happens without the knowing as we live in the 'now'

    praise, praise for your counting and for the clean bill of health :)

    love this:

    love that is stronger than misunderstanding or miscommunication

    it's an echo to a Wednesday with Beth when she & her hubby were talking with the Robison's about their book & she said one of her favorite parts was:

    if what you said/did hurt me i must have misunderstood/misheard/misinterpreted you because i KNOW you would never intentionally hurt me
    ~

    The Lord is good. All the time. His grace is sure and His mercy is new each morning.

    Amen.

    Amen, Dear One. Love you,
    -t-

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  2. Kara,
    Wow - 12 ways of communicating and the spoken and written word are last on the list! Please share more!

    Love the initiative of your children - the science journal and helping others. Sweetness!

    Movie - refreshing!

    Love that is stronger than misunderstanding or miscommunication - simply beautiful!

    Love you!!
    Kim

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