Everyday Blessings...

Life is finally slowing down just a little bit. Thank goodness. It needs to. The scripture above really was speaking loud to me this morning. Thankful for how God sustains us. I also saw this quote from Bob Goff this morning and it really hit me hard. It is so true. "Jesus isn't going to try to speak over the noise in our lives; He won't compete for our attention." I think He waits on us. He is always waiting. Think of what we could be doing for the Kingdom if we were only more focused on putting Him first and being blessed by His leading everyday . That last sentence was specifically for me. By the way, amid all of the angst and worry over the supreme court decision on marriage, I came across this blog post below. Spot on for me. See if you agree. Scissortail Silk Blog Well, we have had fun updating some of this house that we have moved into.  Mostly just painting but we did have a fun little kitchen renovation.  I will post those pics soon but today I a...

Hello! It's been a month since I have been able to sit down for even a few minutes and think past all we have had going on to blog. So...I will tell you all about our changes which included finding and updating (a little) a different house and actually moving again into that different house. Whew... plus a lot more. The picture above is of a spot in this new kitchen that I have claimed as my own study, coffee drinking, reading, whatever spot. I happen to really like it. The table came from a used furniture store and little chalkboard that is so sweet from Kirklands. The old salt and pepper chicken shakers were giving to me by my grandfather when I was about 12. Not sure why he would want to give me chicken salt and pepper shakers but I love them.  Talk to you soon, but I will leave these awesome words with you...

Good morning! These are our favorite muffins. I think I make them at least once a week. They are even better when you use coconut oil.  (Tip on using coconut oil. Heat the oil and mix it in last with all ingredients. It will solidify when it hits cold milk and will become a soft solid and it does not mix well when that happens.)  Here are some great thoughts from O.S. Hawkins from his book "The Joshua Code". Salvation is, from start to finish, from first to last, the work of God Himself in us. He keeps us. He found us. He does what He pleases and He is always pleased with what He does. "The day of Christ" suggests that grand and glorious day when He will come again to receive us as His own.  He will keep us until that day of Jesus Christ.  We are living in the great "until". Until...the day of Christ Jesus.  Until then, we can trust Him and know we are secure in the now life and in the next life that is to come. 

 A long weekend in Florida= peace, tranquility, rejuvenation, vitamin D, fellowship, laughter.  Peace.  Love spending time with these two.

I need to breathe.  I need to let go of the stress and the busy schedule and just for a moment, kick my shoes off and feel the dirt between my toes. I need to feel the wind and sun on my face and be quiet before my God. I needed to open my eyes to truly see the beauty around me.  Even when where we are is not the loveliest of places like windy mesquite tree filled west Texas, it can be beautiful. There is beauty to be seen everywhere. We just have to open our eyes and try to see beyond ourselves for a moment. I just needed to stop in my tracks and breathe.  Oh, and enjoy the blessing of sharing a visit with two of my favorite people-  Jan and Burl. I needed to look and smell, walk and be still. Breathe. Looking closely we see the shades of green and the weeds that flower and new babies figuring out life.  I praise Him for the striped skies of cotton candy clouds  and for skies burning with the color of lat...