week end musings

i really appreciated hubs painting the dinning room on saturday!

i'm not certain whether i'm doing a wallpaper again and what the curtains will look like...

gotta see what's out there!

baby B was here this morning.

i had a helper with the vegies -

he loved putting the 'tator chunks in the cup!

then he stirred his smarties in the (dirty) pan - fun, fun!

 and yes, mom, he ate them!

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- from the pulpit -

Three Elements in God-honoring Decisions

• an active relationship with God
• living according to Biblical principles
• communicating with other believers

but this was striking to me...

God, make me a fork in the road, not merely a mile stone.

                                                                                    - Jim Elliot

scary prayer! risky prayer! Jim Elliot put his life on the line and was murdered for Jesus' sake.

indeed, risky stuff - being a fork in the road where our choices cause others to stop and think about their decisions...

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then today, there was this bitter/sweet decision...

in the grand scheme of life, not all that important, but still...

in the sense that it's giving up a piece of my gardening love and admitting the gorgeous nine

 knock-out rose shrubs in the front yard were too much for me to keep after -

they got pulled out today.

...blessedness!