view from our living room window

The deer with the torn ear is our most faithful visitor, now her 4th year with us. We call her Mama. She brings new babies around for us to enjoy each new season.

Saturday Morning

T'is a quiet time, this sitting here. I was watching the deer in my front yard, a little nervous by my presence,yet fairly happy to be given a few mouthfuls of oats.The chickadees and blue jays don't mind my hanging around...they are much bolder! My song of the winter they are! Ever cheerful, ever busy whatever happens in the world around them. I need them now..they remind me of God's constant faithfulness over us.Today is emotional. Jenn's mom passed away. What glory for her!! Oh to just rejoice in that, and long for that. Yet so much of us longs to be happy here, to keep our parents, children and loved ones around. So we grieve, not as the world, but grieve nonethe less. Jenn, my thoughts will be with you this day, my prayers, my songs, and the joy of creation. I am truly thankful for the gifts given by God, and praise Him that in the midst of sorrow Jenn may also treasure the gift of her new son, Jakin. I worry so much more for my brother..he has cancer, and he does not live for the Lord. He would rather believe in that which science can prove.What sorrow, what short sightedness. God has "proven" over and over again His power, majesty and glory, and then to give that up for mere science! My prayers are beseechings here, for change, for repentance, for humbling, that he be once again received into communion with God.So I pray that he be given that time..! What a difference with Jenn's mom..she is Home!

Sunday Musings

Today is Sunday..a day of refreshment from the Spring of Life!
We have been reminded how a life without God is a pursuing after wind, meaningless. That is unless we focus upward, and have our connection intact.
This was brought home so powerfully as I worried about Jenn's mom in the hospital with a potentially life threatening condition, and God gifting Jenn with a newborn son! His continued faithfulness is beyond measure. It is so good knowing we can fully trust in Him, even though we don't understand even the half of it, and how it actually works out for our good. To be able to find peace in the midst of trouble is a gift God gives to His children.
(Jenn is my - "daughter by love")
So today my thoughts go out to Jenn and Bart and their precious newborn son Jakin, and to Jenn's family as they pray and wait for news about her mom.
May you all be blessed by God's amazing Grace

Come sit and coffee with me!

This is an invitation for you to come and have coffee with me. I am exploring the world of blogging, and have no idea where it might lead me. I was thinking though, that writing down ones thoughts might be kind of fun. Many times great thoughts go unsaid, for they come at times when they have no room for expression.Sometimes even in dreams. So check in once in a while, leave a few of your own thoughts. Then sometimes, come sit sit on my deck and enjoy God's gift of Creation.