Fave Five Friday's

It is Friday again and time for friday's fave five.

1. One of my best and most blessed friend's and I started doing an online devotion on The Bible App.  I am so enjoying the interaction and the spiritual stimulation in the word that it is bringing daily.

2. Both my husband and I, and our blood and church family are well.  I do have a good friend in Pennsylvania, who's brother, a Pastor, is sick with the Corona Virus.  Please keep Chris in your prayers.

3.  The sun has been out the past few days.

4.  I am saved.  God is my savior.  I just have to Praise Him for that now and again.

5.  Ps. 23:1 The Lord is my Shepard, I have all that I need.  This is so true.  I have not felt lack in anything since all this mess with the virus has started.  God is so good and he is always there for those who love Him and live life for Him.

God is so amazing.  If you don't know Him, know this:  You can.  If you go to THIS
 and you can learn how to know Him.

I hope you all are well and feeling loved.  If you have a prayer request please feel free to post it here.  I will go to my knees on your behalf.

Ephesians 6:23-24 Peace to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.

PS.  If you look at my list of books and Authors you will see I have added a book.  I don't know what I was thinking by not putting it there before. My son wrote a book several years ago for his children and published it.  It is Sarah's Silly Sock Day.  It would go great is someone's Easter basket.  Just saying. 

Sunday Scripture

This scripture is how I feel about my salvation, about answered prayer to hard things, scary things, hurtful things, and this is how I think so many of us will feel when the Corona Virus has finally run it's course and we can all resume our lives.  We will be/ARE thankful that He has saved us in so many ways. 

Psalm 118 15-21

Songs of joy at the news of our rescue are sung in the homes of the godly. The strong arm of the Lord has done glorious things!  I shall not die but live to tell of all his deeds.  The Lord has punished me but not handed me over to death.

Open the gates of the Temple—I will go in and give him my thanks. Those gates are the way into the presence of the Lord, and the godly enter there. O Lord, thank you so much for answering my prayer and saving me.

                                            Dana Point, Ca. 

Friday's Fave Five

 

I love Fridays when I get to post my favorite five things or blessings about the week.  There are always more than five so it is sometimes hard to pick. To see others who participate go to Living to Tell the Story and click on the respondents in the comments.  Many of them participate.

1. From last Friday night to yesterday I was sick.  It was a flu and a sinus infection, but thankfully not the flu. Yesterday I got to go to my son's new house.  We were outside most of the time so I was not having to stay a long way away from my grands and son. 

2.  Even though everything is shut down I am blessed to go to a church that has can post all services online.  I got to enjoy our Women Rock Bible Study online.  It was so good.

3.  I may have spent most of my vacation at home sick but I still have 4 more days that I can go do something now that I am feeling much, much better.

4.  I have some sewing to do and have been doing some.  I am trying things I haven't tried before.  I would show you the simple blanket I made but it turned out badly. I am sending it to the dog shelter or the thrift shop, but at least I tried it.  I will try again.

5. I am well and I am grateful to God that I am well and I am praying for the world to be well too.

Sunday Scripture

Psalm 16:3 New King James Version (NKJV)

3 As for the saints who are on the earth,
“They are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.”

(From BibleGateway NKJ)

It is Friday and time for Fave Five

On Fridays we post 5 of our blessings for the week.
 It is hosted by Suzanne.

1.  My 46th anniversary was this week and I have done a lot of reflecting on my marriage.  It has been a wonderful life, growing up with my husband.  We went from hippies, who smoked dope to Grandparents who love the Lord Jesus.  It has been a great transition but I wouldn't change any of what God has done in our life.  I love my husband more today than when I married him. One of our anniversary blessings is that 13 years ago we were blessed with our oldest grandson.  I call him my best anniversary present. And, he is.

2. We went to the Huntington Library for our Anniversary outing.

Huntington Library view from the Tea House

One of the many Bonsai just before the Tea House. 

Once a month on Mondays they open the Japaneses Tea House for tours.  Only a few can go at a time and we just happened to be there at the correct time.  We had no idea they did these tours.  It was interesting learning the ins and outs of the Tea. It is very spiritual and while she made a point of saying the four main influences of the Tea she stressed that there was a 5th under-lying influence, Christianity.  I had felt God's presence even before she said it. The Huntington is one of my favorite places to visit and we never get to see the entire grounds in a day.  

3. Our first week of stay-cation has been very relaxing and fun.  We have gone to Palm Springs for lunch and thrift shopping, to see Dr. Doolittle and it was a fun, clean movie, and stayed at home several days just enjoying.  We are usually so busy that we don't get to just relax.  The rain and Corona virus, has made us a bit cautious to go out but otherwise we have had a great time so far. 

4.  The two things on everyone's mind in CA. at this moment are rain and the Corona Virus. God has bless California with a lot of rain. We need it. No one I know has the virus.  I praise God for both. 

5.  My oldest son got the keys to his house today.  It is a house that was built in 1939 and has an incredible view. I am very excited for him and I can't wait to see the inside.  They a lot of work to do for it to be in really good shape but they can do enough to move in and then work on the rest as they can.  God has blessed him so much and he continues to improve from his brain injury.  

Sunday Scripture

Mammoth, California 2017

Our Compassionate High Priest

14 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. (From The New King James and Biblegateway)

My Fave Five for the week.

On Fridays we post 5 of our blessings for the week.
 It is hosted by Suzanne at https://susannesspace.blogspot.com/ 

1. It has been a great week.  God has done some wonderful things in my life by helping me get over some things that I had not forgave for over 10 years.  Don't you know He is so patient and merciful? I feel relief to have finally truly given those hurts over to Him.

2.  I am on Stay-cation.  Each year during our Anniversary month we take a vacation.  Most years we go to a beach front cottage and enjoy the ocean sounds or up to Solvang and enjoy the tiny tourist town.  Sometimes, like this year, it is a daily pre-planned day out, a spur of the moment day out, or a relaxing day of doing things at home. For two weeks we just enjoy life.  Our usual busy life is a 5 day a week commute of driving 20 minutes to three quarters of an hour, depending on traffic, to volunteer and watch our grands.

3. Our tax returns came in this week so we are set with mad money. HA!

4.  It is raining next week but still the days have been longer and warmer.  I love this time of year.  I love the rain too.  A house we lived in when my kids were just toddlers had the most wonderful pine tree right next to the dinning room window.  When it rained the wet pine tree smelled so fragrant so I would open the window just so we could smell it and we would wear sweaters to keep warm.

5. I said in fave #2 that it is my Anniversary this coming week and I am happy to say that it has been 46 years.  We met midweek at Jr. College and had our first date the following Friday and have been together ever since. On our first date we went to see Westworld.  We have had a lot of ups and downs but we made it through with two wonderful sons who now have wonderful families.  We are hoping to be blessed by God with many more amazing years ahead.

I hope you have a very blessed week and that you too have 5 blessings from the past week to encourage yourself.