Be Still and Know...Then and Now

In bible study last week we covered some familiar territory, however the unique things about That The World May Know is that is puts a wonderful slant on those things that may have been very familiar to you. To quote Mr. Vander Laan  “to understand the Scriptures, we need to know more than what the words mean, we need to understand them from the perspective of the people who thought and spoke in terms of those images every day of their lives…” It really does put a different flavor into the scriptures when you are studying them through the eyes of our Israelite forefathers. What did Peter mean when he called Jesus the Living Stone , what did he mean when he challenges us to be like living stones ? To fully understand what Peter was saying we must first examine what the stones were, what they stood for so to speak! All through the Old Testament we see examples of how amazing God is. How powerfully he worked in the lives of the Israelites. There are many instances when immediate...

I think I have lost my P365 mojo…I can’t claim a hormonal funk but I can claim being unmotivated in certain areas of life and at times a bit obsessive in others (i.e. getting ready for my bible study to start, now that it has maybe I can get back into the swing of things and put my summer laziness behind me!!!!) . Over the last six weeks the hubs has been out of town almost every week and he left again on Saturday and will not be back until Thursday of this week. Confession, I enjoy it on occasion when the hubs is away because it lightens my load in the dinner preparation department. However having him gone consistently every week for six or more weeks and him only being home on the weekends does tend to scatter things a bit! I can only speculate when his schedule will lighted up. Being on the road/in the air each week takes it’s physical toll on the hubs and me. I actually did more than just eat this week, but I guess little else caught my attention in the photograph department. Mon...

Last week when I was with Muffinhead she turned and looked at me. It was a very simple gesture but in that second it’s amazing how quickly the mind works. All the mental images I have stored in my memory banks begin to roll past. She looks so much like her dad it is startling at times. She plays like him too. This morning I was flipping though one of my bibles and I came across this picture. It was 1993, I remember this day. It defiantly falls under the category of a Mommy Treasure. I went outside to check on him in the back yard and he came running up from the very back of the yard and he was covered from head to toe is dirt! Y’all he had been having a high ol time! I remember the smile on his face, how he smelled, that little boy dirty sweaty I’ve been having fun smell. He was totally oblivious to his physical state and was only filled up with how much fun he had been having. Now fast forward to last Wednesday! 1993          ...

I only managed to get a picture for three out of the seven days this week. Major Bummer…….It was a busy week for me with the unexpected trip to the vet with the dog and a few other things as well. So such as it is here is my regretfully un-photographed week. No pictures on Sunday, September 11 Monday, September 12 One day they will design a camera that will accurately capture how impactful a night sky can be. Until that time it is a bit of a disappointment to try to capture. It was such a lovely evening that I took a stroll after supper. As I was coming up my street I had to run, well not run but I went to retrieve my camera to take a picture of the moon. I can promise as I was coming up the street it looked HUGE! In this pictures …NOT  so much! No pictures on Tuesday, September 13, I spent the morning putting the final preparations on my orientation meeting for That The World May Know class. Wednesday, September 14 This is one unhappy puppy. This is now the second time we ...

Yesterday was a very busy day. My morning stated at 6:15 when the alarm went off. I lazed a few minutes in bed but did not linger due to the very busy day I had ahead of me. I had spent the past two week getting ready for the orientation of my bible study that is about to start next week. Arriving at the church a full 30 minutes early in order to give myself PLENTY of time to get my room ready AND have a bit of quiet time before the rest of the member arrived was my hope. Now one of my pet peeves is tardiness. I don’t like to be late and I don’t like folks who are chronically late. However I was looking forward to a few moments of quiet to focus my thoughts when just after I walked in the door to my classroom one of the members shows up and there went my plan. So much for my focus. Seeing as it was orientation our business was conclude rather quickly and thankfully I was able to move on the the next item on my list. Taking the dog to the vet. Several months ago he had an unfortunat...

Well I hope you all are having a wonderful Sunday. I for one spent a wonderful time in worship this morning. It was a bitter sweet moment of remembrance for where our nation was ten years ago, remembering how sad and awful that day was. I had mixed feelings of sadness as well as hope for how much things have changed over these last ten years. We all remember what we were doing ten years ago today! I am thankful that for today my activities included worshiping in peace and safety. Click here to read my previous September 11th remembrance. Here is my week! Sunday, September 4 It was Communion Sunday at church. On these Sundays the prayer shawl ministry places shawls on the alter for members to take to person’s they know who are struggling with difficult life issues. At the close of the service all the shawls except one had all been claimed. Monday, September 5 It was a good lazy Labor Day holiday. The weather was a bit uncooperative so I had to finish off my ribs in the oven and...

We were driving home last night from church. We had a wonderful supper. I got to see my son and his family. Anytime I get to spend some time around the table with Muffinhead and crew is wonderful. The conversation after dinner was equally pleasant. It was a good night! On the way home I had a moment of clarity. It was like the heavens parted and God filled up the car and said “Robin, Honey…you just need to let this one go! No matter what you say it is going to be WRONG and it is going in one 16 year old ear and right out the other!” My experience with my son at 16 was very different. His interests leaned towards electric guitars, rock and roll, mayhem and basically doing the exact opposite of whatever we told him to do. He was a whirling dervish of rebellion and chaos all rolled into a handsome blonde curly head with devastating blue eyes. Teenage girls are a different animal. Our conversation on the way home went something like this. The names have been changed to protect the priv...

Let’s get at my week! No pictures on Sunday, August 28 Monday, August 29 More canning or more accurately defined as re-canning….Click here to visit my post about my O.C.D. (Obsessive canning Disorder) No pictures on Tuesday, August 30  Wednesday, August 31 Y’all I have the best girlchild. I woke up on Wednesday morning and came out into he kitchen and found this waiting for me. Later that evening I turned in my first knitted prayer shawl. I have done other knitted projects but this was the first one where I actually did a stitch that was more than just the basic knit back and forth kind of thing. I turned this one with a big learning curve. There were many places when dropped stitches and other error’s were a bit obvious, but I think that just comes with the territory. One day I will learn how to correct my mistakes but for now I am just happy to have learned a few new stitches. Thursday, September 1 I saw on Paula Deen’s Facebook page that September is National Biscu...

Roll over and look at the alarm clock on the night stand, I slept late this morning, I’d better get up. Wow, I have a headache! I hate waking up with a headache. I'll have a cup of coffee that will help. Remember you said you were going to tackle that HUGE pile of mail today! Coffee first then the mail, my head still hurts! Bummer the coffee did not help my headache …maybe I’ll take some Goody’s…… Ok, OK, Ok, I’ll let you out….but first another cup of coffee. WOW! It feels really nice out here this morning, I think I’ll sit a bit and drink my coffee. Now it’s hot, that last about 10 minutes. Where’s my knitting, where did I leave off last night, You need to sit down and work on that pile of mail. My head still hurts, I can't open mail with a headache……..what’s on television???? Oh look Star Trek Next Generation, I love that show. I’ll sit and drink my coffee for a few more minutes and add a few more rows…. My head still hurts, you forgot to take your headache ...

Y’all remember about two weeks ago I did a bit of canning. Pepper Jelly….SCORE! Tomato Jelly….not so much. I let it sit for a few days with great expectation that it would come together but with no luck. Not having the patience to wait the full two weeks I compromised and waited about 7 days and then re worked the recipe according to the directions included in the pectin package . Bla ba bla bla, bla bla bla……….yea, not so much AGAIN! At dinner one evening last week the Hubs asked me what I was going to do with all ther jars of failed tomato jelly sitting on my counter. Before thinking about it said that I was just going to let it go . Let it GO! It’s a great concept. A great concept in somebody else's kitchen maybe! The next day I was cleaning up the kitchen and de-cluttering the kitchen island and there was my nemesis lined up very neatly. Taunting me……  “Nanner Nanner Boo Booo you can’t make Taaaaomaaaaato Jeeeeeeelly!” Visions of little glass jars filled with sloshi...

I am sad/happy and a bit frustrated to report that the bunnies are doing well. The day after my second discovery I was a bit uncertain about the baby bunnies future. There was little I could do to repair the damage the dog did to their cozy little nest. Fortunately during the night momma returned and quickly set about to restore some order to the chaos left by my inquisitive dog. Once again we are on constant guard duty whenever the dog is in the back yard, which I am finding a bit more cumbersome than the last time. The bloom is defiantly off the rose where my protective instincts are concerned. However in the grand scheme of things I am hopeful that they will move on to parts unknown very soon. The last go round they were gone with in a few weeks. So we area about at the half way point. I can see the finish line and am looking forward to being able to give the dog free reign in his own backyard very soon! I returned inside after my morning visit to their nest with assurance they ...

Hey there y’all! Sunday, August 21 More knitting………if you remember last Sunday, well this Sunday was not very different. I think I have just reached my boredom threshold with the homespun and the crocheting. I am still keeping a crochet project going but I am really trying to focus on learning how to knit. I guess what I mean is really learning how to knit beyond just the basic knit and purl stitches. One day I hope to be able to describe knitting as easy. However thus far it seems to be taxing my mental capacity to the very limits. This stitch is a bit on the complicated side, complicated for me anyway. The problem I have is retention. As soon as I flip my piece to the other side I immediately forget what row I have just completed. Did I just do three or four? You may be laughing but in the split second it takes me to turn the piece that little tid bit of information just flies out of my head. If the television is going or if the DD walks in with a question well that just muddies th...

Myself: What is the dog doing? Me: Get out of my flowerbed….bad dog! Myself: You don’t care what the dog is doing just go inside and mind your own business….. Me: Oh no, Mrs. Bunny has decided to birth her second or hundredth litter of bunnies in my flowerbed. Myself: Now remember you said that if Mrs. Bunny came again you were going to let nature take it’s course…. Me: Oh No Buster is now using a newborn bunny as a chew toy! Myself: Maybe Mrs. Bunny will learn a lesson and move on to someone else's back yard! Me: Look at it’s tiny terrified little baby bunny legs flailing around in a panic. Baby Bunny: Help Me! Mommy! There is a ferocious Hound from Hell tossing me up in the air like a chew toy! Myself: Seriously, I have not even had my first cup of coffee and now I have to go chase down the dog in the back yard in hopes that he has not killed another bunny! Me: Oh no…….here we go again. Buster: Kill the Wabbit ….Kill the Wabbit…..Kill the Wabbit! Myself: Remember you...

I am glad that this week is in the record books. With my colonoscopy on Monday the rest of the week was a non issue. Sunday, August 14 The DD Sunday Schedule has changed a bit now that school has started back. The Youth Choir has begun practicing immediately after church. They order a few pizza's and all have lunch together. Then practice is from 1 to 2 in the afternoon. It makes for a long morning but since the hubs was out of town I just brought my yarn bag with me to church. I sat in the parlor and learned how to do a new stitch. If ya have to wait I might as well put that time to good use….. I have to say I usually find knitting to be a challenge. I much prefer to crochet. It’s far more forgiving if you make an error(which I do all the time). But I am trying to forge ahead and not let defeat overtake me where the knitting needles are concerned. This stitch may be the ticket. It is so easy and there is absolutely no repeat. It is the very same stitch coming as well as going i...