Daily Blessing

Gratitude … for discovering a wide-open gaping hole!

Our roof-replacement project is basically done. There is only one part which still remains … to re-surface the flat “deck” portion on the very top of the house. Hubby and I have no idea when the roofers will…

November 10, 2024Gratitude

Gratitude … for a hot-dog/s’mores party at my daughter’s!

Last night hubby and I were invited over to our daughter’s place for a hot-dog/s'mores party with her friends. It was so much fun! Our daughter has a fireplace where she lives, so after a cozy fire had…

November 9, 2024Gratitude, Relationships, What is God like?

Gratitude … for the gift of being able to communicate!

Hubby and I took the car down first thing this morning to drop it off at the auto shop. On my way back, I swung by and dropped hubby off at work. Then I popped into Safeway to…

November 8, 2024Gratitude

Gratitude … for a magnetic metal-picker-upper!

I went to Costco this week, and when I came back home with my load of groceries, I faced a dilemma. I didn’t dare drive down alongside the house, in the grass, like hubby and I usually do…

November 7, 2024Gratitude, Life Lessons

Gratitude … for God, my Peace!

“The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace.” - Psalm 29:11 “Great peace have they who love your law, God.” - Psalm 119:165 “The rising sun will come to us from heaven…

November 6, 2024Gratitude, Verse Art, Who is Jesus?

Gratitude … for God, my Rock!

“The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge.” - Psalm 18:2 “For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?”…

November 5, 2024Gratitude, Verse Art, What is God like?

Gratitude … for my very own Christmas tree farm!

A Christmas tree farm! How delightful! What comes to mind when you think of a Christmas tree farm? Probably a nice bit of acreage. Well-covered with good-sized, beautifully shaped evergreen trees. Noble firs – to be sure! Noble…

November 4, 2024Christmas, Gratitude, Lessons from the forest

Gratitude … for a “table prepared”!

I was puttering about in the workshop looking for some sort of long pole I could use to knock down the remaining apples which are still dangling high up in the branches of the apple tree. A broom? …

November 3, 2024Gratitude, Lessons from the forest

Gratitude … for being able to feel things!

I mentioned in yesterday’s blog post that I had some dental work done this week. I also mentioned how vital the needle in the gum is when it comes to having your tooth drilled out! The needle in…

November 2, 2024Gratitude

Gratitude … from a dental chair

I found myself sitting in a dental chair this week … gazing up at a tv screen which displayed the most adorable photo of the dental assistant’s dog, all dressed up in its Halloween costume! (Haha!) It seems…

November 1, 2024Gratitude, Life Lessons