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  Good morning on this blessed rainy Wednesday! Yes, rainy again! But actually we have had some beautiful days in the last week since the rain gave us a reprieve. It hasn't been real hot and the sky has been so blue with some white puffy clouds. And when the sky is really blue we have less humidity. Praise the Lord! Of course, when it rains, the humidity level goes up but it will be cooler which is not a bad thing. This has really been a different summer weather-wise.  What do we do when our lives are out of control? Do we panic or get anxious, get angry, get very frustrated, or get depressed? Well, sometimes some or all of these emotions can hit us. Or do we just pray and give it to God and let Him handle it and give us peace? Well, actually that is what we are supposed to do. But we seem to go to God last. We try to do all we can on our own with all those emotions attacking us with no peace in our lives, and then as a last resort we take it to God. How much...

    Good morning to you!    I pray that all is well with you and your lives. Everything is great here this fine day. Although the sun is not shining here. But the Son is shining. I pray that Jesus is shining in your life and that He is the author and perfecter of your faith.  Well, school is starting in a week here anyway. It started about the 25th of July for my grandsons. But they are on a year-round school in Putnam County. I believe they go to school for 6 or 9 weeks and off 2 and so on for the whole school year and then off for 2 months in the summer. I know that for the teachers that is good for avoiding burn out.  But for the students it probably takes their focus off of school all too often and then they have to focus again. That would probably be hard from the teacher's standpoint. I am sure that there are lots of pros and cons for all. Our home church VBS starts Sunday night and I am looking forward to that. As I said yesterday, I...

  Good morning to you! God is an awesome God! I pray that you had a great Sunday attending church and spending time with your family. My husband is my family. When you have kids that don't live nearby, you feel so far apart. I feel like a part of me is missing and I guess in a sense that is true. So, when I get to spend time with them I am in heaven. VBS is coming up. I am so excited for that. I love to teach and I am expecting God to do great things. We are doing Kingdom Rock. It will be great. And I am so looking forward to it. I really like doing it right before school starts. Everyone is back from vacation and getting ready for school. This gives a reprieve at the end of summer for the parents. Lord, please do awesome things and use us for Your service! You shall fear the Lord   your God and serve Him, and  shall take oaths in His name. Deuteronomy 6:13   And now, Israel, what does the Lord your  God require of you, but to fear...

Good morning to you this fine Sabbath Day! It was so great to sleep in my own bed and not my air mattress. But the funny thing is, all the work and cleaning we did and whatever else, God took care of my back. It didn't hurt the whole time I was gone. Praise God I got home safely but when I woke up this morning from my own bed my back hurt some. Ugh! Go figure! I had a scare yesterday somewhere on the interstate in South Georgia, I believe. I was driving along next to a big truck trying to get past him and he had a blowout. Oh my gosh! It scared the bejeebers out of me. I thought someone shot me. My husband said that I was protected because big pieces of tire could have hit my car and no telling what could have happened. Praise God for His divine protection! He is so good and great and awesome and I want to live for Him all the days of my life. My husband did a lot of yard work while I was gone. We had a lot of overgrowth that we had let go and with all the rain it w...

Good morning on this great  day that the Lord has made! I am writing this quickly. I got up at 2 AM to drive home for 13 hours. So, I am on the road again. So, I won't say too much today but that Jesus loves you, cares for you, will supply all your needs, and died for you on the cross so that with His resurrection, we also might live with Him for all eternity. And He wants you live and sup with Him. For God so loved the world that He gave His only  begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him  should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty  hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,    casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. 1 Peter 5:6-7  And my God will supply every need of yours  according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19   And by that will, we have been made holy through the  sacrifice of the b...

    Good morning to you! I haven't left Florida yet. I am now leaving tomorrow. Still can't find a place for my daughter to live. She has too big of a need list. A couple of things that she needs are a short-term lease and pet-friendly. And low rent in a very safe area. Short-term leases drive the price way up as well as the pets. But God willing we will find something today. And if we don't, she will keep looking but we are running out of options. And I have to leave tomorrow. I have things to do at home but I don't want to leave her. I have never in my life looked for an apartment alone that I can remember. I lived in one twice when I was 18 and then at 21. But I didn't have to look alone. I had someone to help me. And of course we didn't have pets although we did have a budget. And at that time you could rent month to month. They didn't do this leasing thing. But we do know that God is good all the time and hasn't left us. He is alw...

    Last night's painting   Good morning to you! Hope this day is a blessing for you! We went to the beach again yesterday. We wore clothes and put on the sunblock. We sat in the water digging for more shells and didn't take our clothes off. Although, I am still in pain from the previous day's sunburn, I got it bad, I am thinking that I got sunburn again on my back through my t-shirt. Live and learn! We also water painted again last night. I don't just sit at home and do that. So it has been fun. I brought my whole bag of supplies with me because I know my daughter likes to do it also. She has put all her supplies in storage so she can't do it when I leave. But I need to take the time to do it at home. Maybe this will give me the confidence I need. I usually only do it in class.   Well, I leave for home tomorrow. I don't relish driving the 13 hours alone. Please pray for me. It is the getting tired that I don't like. It is a long way. So, li...