Be Still and Know...Then and Now

Y’all go over to Skoots1mom and check out the video she posted about her Great Niece Katie. Just yesterday I was looking at pictures of her sedated and struggling with a very serious post operative infection. Today she is sitting up in bed coloring and giggling with her mom and grandma. Last night in my accountability groups we talked about Yahweh Rophe – The Lord Who Heals. (we are working on the book “Praying the Names of God”) I find it no coincidence that as we have been praying over this precious little one and sking God to heal her, we would also find ourselves pondering on how great God is to heal the broken and the sick. Praise Jesus! Please continue to intercede on behalf of this miracle child that her road to recovery will continue to improve and that there will be no more complications.   Blessings Robin

According to our church historian we just experience our 178th Campmeeting! I have only been participating since 1993 (that’s 16 years for the math challenged as I tallied it up on my fingers) there are some that have been coming to campmeeting their entre life. Praise Jesus, my DD does not know a life without Campmeeting in it. For the past 16 years we have spent the third week in July in the center cabin directly behind the arbor.  In my previous post I gave y’all a glimpse into the nightly fair, the abundant covered dish supers that fill our earthly bodies. Although the food is fabulous, it is by far not the most important thing about Campmeeting. I have save the best for last! The experience of stepping under the arbor, the feel of the sawdust under my feet, the fellowship with old friends, the worship, the music, the preaching, the alter calls, the prayer times, well it is simply beyond my ability to describe adequately in written form. The flavor of Campmeet

June 6, 2009 A seedling was planted! July 8, 2009 It’s about the size of the pad of my thumb! July 9, 2009 July 12, 2009 Nearly doubled in size in just three days! July 24, 2009 Not quite as big as my fist, maybe the size of a baseball! Isn’t it beautiful! I’m so proud of my first green pepper I don't think I can stand myself! Y’all, I fixed a salad the other night with my fresh from the garden green pepper and cucumber (sorry no pictures) but I have to tell ya that there is just something about the taste of veggies that you grew yourself with your own two hands. Outstanding!!!!! From June 6 to July 24 is a total of 55 days. All I have to say is WOW! I grew a green pepper y’all! Blessings Robin PS: I know you all are on the edge of your seat awaiting the highly publicized next installment in my ongoing Garden Saga. Confidential sources in the small town of Dacula are reporting that the much anticipated sequel “A Green Bean Story.

Please pray for Katie. She is struggling with some serious complications from her recent heart surgery. You may go here to see her Carepage or head over to My Hands, His Glory for more information as well. Blessings Robin

Go to Wordless Wednesday if you want to see more pictures or pop over to Souther Daydreamer for more Outdoor Wednesday Blessings Robin

  I have spent the last few day shaking the saw dust out of my shoes and getting my household back in order. I have one load of laundry yet to do and I have finally made it to the grocery store to restock the pantry. Alas I know have to start actually cooking nightly meals for my family again. It is always with a small amount of bitter sweetness when campmeeting draws to a close. This year was no exception. As we were standing in line for our supper on Friday evening I talked with friends about how sad we all were that it was Friday, yet how tired those of us who stay for the entire week are by Fridays closing communion. It’s a good tired though. It get’s said every year “This has been the best campmeeting that we have ever had!” but how can that be? It can be the best every year because God is simply amazing! Our preacher was wonderful, Rev. Royeese Stowe was insightful, down to earth and filled with the Holy Spirit as she opened the Word of God to us each night. S

  One of my favorite times of the year is approaching. Tomorrow will be the official start of Campmeeting. I have my ice cream fixings waiting, my pantry is full of the necessary ingredients for the traditional campmeeting fair, baked beans, Mac & Cheese, Pineapple Casserole, Cabbage Crunch and I am throwing in a few new recipes just for fun. My cabin is swept out, my fan is going and tomorrow night I look forward to tucking myself in bed and falling asleep to the sound of the crickets and the breeze blowing through the ancient oak trees over head. Each night the table’s will be overflowing with homemade pound cake, banana pudding, fried chicken, fresh sliced tomatoes, deviled eggs and more and more and more. The fellowship will be even sweeter and the Holy Spirit will be surrounding us all as we settle in on truly Holy Ground for a week of amazing preaching. My posts will be infrequent if at all and my commenting will be non existent. I am craving all that campmeet

Well I’m just doing my part to pass on the love in the blogosphere!!!! Well after several days of exploring the various features of Windows Live Writer I have decided that I really love it. It has all the same editing tools as Microsoft WORD, you can change font size , typeface, change colors of the text, strike through, insert a link to a post and do all the other things that Blogger allows you to do only much easier. Spell checker is great, it allows you to add words to the dictionary, unlike blogger. It will remember inserted link, if you have a blogger pal that you link over to quite frequently, really cool function as you don't have to continually cut and past the links.   You can preview your post and it really looks like your post as it will appear in your blog.   You can add multiple pictures (more than 5 at a time like blogger or Picasa)      Or add an entire album View Full Album You can crop, add a watermark tilt a photo, I

One minute things are going along like a fine summer day, the skies are blue, the sun is shinning and my cucumbers are coming up gang busters. Each day I wake with anticipating of the lazy nothingness that comes along with the unplanned randomness of a hot summer afternoon. I check the listing for the dollar theater, make sure I have plenty of ice coffee on hand and breath. I pick cucumbers, walk the dog and read a blog or two. I love summer! Sometimes in all the wonderful lazy randomness, life erupts! BANG! The door to hell opens wide and swallows up your life, well maybe the door to hell is to strong a description, maybe it should be more like the door to Jerry Springer's green room on “Who’s your Baby Daddy” day. And then I look around and I wonder what happen to my calm peaceful life and my lazy summer randomness. Rest assured that even as life has been erupting and the chaos was whirling I had my priorities in order. I took time each day for my morning visit to m

Once upon a time, in a small patch of dirt in a unknown southern suburb a cucumber was planted. It was watered, tended to, visited daily and on occasionally adored from the sun room window! Click here if you would like to see miraculous before an after pictures of the veggie patch transformation! June 6, 2009 I planted 2 cucumber plants! June 24, 2009 (18 days later) The first blossoms appear. July 3, 2009 In my morning garden inspection I am delighted, ecstatic, excited and overjoyed to find this!!!! To give you some scale...it' about the size of my thumb, isn't is just the cutest cuc you've ever seen !!!! As I am basking in the anticipation of future cucumber salads and plates of sliced cucumber sprinkled lightly with salt and pepper, I am glad that my yearning for a small patch of tilled soil has been satisfied. I calculate that is has bee

Y’all go over to my sweet friend “My Hands…His Glory” and check out her post for today! As a new grandma I feel it is my grandmotherly duty to show off at every opportunity. If you need a translation, in my newly appointed grandma status I thinks she is saying: “Y’all stop worrying about unimportant things, look how sweet I am, I love you, look how the small things delight me, look how beautiful I am, what’s that, let’s talk awhile, what’s that, look how much trust I have in you, I love you, look at me and listen, I have God's ear! He is listening to me.” PS 8:2 From the lips of children and infants    you have ordained praise   Blessings Robin PS: I am really enjoying Windows Live Writer

Join Southern Daydreamer for Outdoor Wednesday #26 Fun! I just love these little curly cue's, I never tire of taking pictures of them. Just a short video of my Rose of Sharon. It took them almost three years to adapt to the new environment. I transplanted them from my old yard when we moved into this new home. This summer is the first time they has bloomed since I planted them. I am getting such a kick out of watching the bumble bees. Nearly every blossom has a bumble bee hunkered down inside covered with pollen. More curly-ness Can I also share that I get so excited each morning to rummage around in the foliage of my veggie patch. Look! Look! Look! A baby green pepper and a baby zucchini They just make me smile! Blessings Robin