Everyday Blessings...

Butterflies! Joy! Hard at work in the flower beds yesterday. Today...just trying to walk and bend over. :)  Spring flowers...  Mr. Gnome is happy we pulled the weeds around him so that he can see. 5k this morning. These guys really make me laugh. So thankful that I belong to them and that we belong to God.  Advocare booth...  They are off!  William- 6th place finish. Congrats!  OK, this is just for grins. :) Blessings on your Saturday! Amy P.S. - Don't forget that Sunday is coming! Hear the bells ringing, they're singing that we can be born again. Hear the bells ringing, they're singing Christ is risen from the dead. The angel up on the tombstone said He is risen just as He said. Quickly now, go tell His disciples that Jesus Christ is no longer dead! Joy to the world, He is Risen! Hallelujah. He is Risen! Hallelujah! He's Risen! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

Busy, busy, busy. Have you ever been in a spot spiritually where it was clear that God just wants you to sit and wait and listen and learn? Maybe to stop the busy-ness and take a chill pill? We all want to be in charge of our lists of things to do and our days but at times God screeches the brakes and says to stop and be still. That is good. Maybe we might be missing what we are to be seeing and what we are to be about. These things I am pondering and thinking about. Intellect and the transferring of spiritual information alone will not disciple people. Church will happen if we make disciples- not the other way around. There is an eternal difference between knowing about Jesus and knowing Jesus. The key is not more evangelism, but more discipleship. These thoughts are strong and I am thinking about what our lives are really to look like. Basically though, all we have is today. Today to ask God to help us be Jesus with skin on to the people around us.  Today I want ...

Tucked up in the Davis Mountains here in Texas is the town of Ft. Davis and the Davis Mountain State Park. You have to really want to be here in the peace and solitude because it is a far away place. It has become one of our favorite spots on earth to go back in time (our memories of camping times past) and back in time in Texas history. We don't really want too many people to know about this little gem of a place for fear of it getting too crowded, but I guess you close friends can be in on the secret. Here is Ft. Davis, Indian Lodge in the state park and the Ft. Davis old fort in pictures. Enjoy...  Indian Lodge...  McDonald Observatory...  Trail from Indian Lodge over into the old fort... The fort...  Downtown Ft. Davis. One main street. A gorgeous old hotel. Soda shop. Rocking chairs and peace...