Sunday---Precious Promises

You ask and do not receive,

because you ask wrongly,

in order to spend what

you get on your

pleasures.

James 4:3

Lord Jesus guide us in

our thoughts and prayers.  May

our lives honor and praise you.

Amen

Sunday---Precious Promises

Celebration

Tonight is celebration evening.  We closed on the sale of our house today at 2:00pm.  While all this house clean up, moving and closing was going on,  I had a little medical issue, that could have been serious.  Test were run and about an hour after the closing, I was all clear.  No further treatment was needed.  So celebrating and relaxing is in order this evening.  Have a great week

and

Happy Quilting!

Sunday---Pecious Promises

Pursue peace with everyone

and the holiness without which

no one will see the Lord.

Hebrews 12:14

Lord Jesus, we look to you for the right way to live.

Peace and holy living is your way.

Help us to stay focused.

Amen

Sunday Precious Promises

Then Haggai gave the Lord's message to the people:  "I will be with you--that is my promise."

Haggai 1:13, Good News Bible

Happy 4th

Here's wishing everyone a relaxing, fun filled Happy 4th of July!!

53 Years Then and Now

My how times have changed. 

Yesterday we celebrated our 53rd wedding anniversary.  Or I should say we sent each other a Happy Anniversary text.  Our life has changed in retirement.  Or should I say semi-retirement.  These last few months have offered us more challenges than we could never had guessed would be in front of us in the innocent years.  But, as we have grown individually and as a couple, we have learned to cope, to whether the storms.  We are presently experiencing storms.  All of our strength is needed now and will be needed for a few years to come.  I often think, this is what we are to do, maybe the plan all along.

We started our downsizing project, which we needed to do and which has been successful, but draining.  We have sold our big home, but not without the challenge of a new roof because of hail damage and a pending septic system update, which was not expected.  Then we experienced two weeks of roll a coaster emotions.  It all started with Bo. 

1.  Put down our beloved dog, Bo Sad

2.  Accepted an offer on our home, & signed contract, Happy

3.  Hail damage on home, then a back and forth with our realtor about who to have put on the new roof. I'm still trying to figure out our realtors insistence to accept his guys bid.  We went with our guy. Confused

4.  Dealing with misunderstandings between a storage unit owner and our son--to which we intervened and now things are smooth.  Stressful

5.  The death of my hubby youngest cousin.  Expected as he had been quite ill for a few years.  Sad

6.  Then the unexpected death of our grandson's Mother, at age 35.  She too, had an illness, but she had not been taking care of herself.  Sad, Sad, Sad.

As we start a new week, what is our role now??  Our grandson is 5 years old.  His Dad is a single parent, who is struggling to establish a business and a little lost.  We have had the stabilizing role in our grandson's life since the beginning.  His Mom and Dad were there for him, but we were always the ones that took care of him during the difficult times of his parents, or when he was sick, when he needed to be at this appointment or that activity.  Who will we be now??  We are prepared to take the lead if we need to.  He has his room which holds his dresser, bed, desk, books and toys at our new home.  He has been with us since his Mother's passing.  Dad is trying to find himself and his new role as 100% of the time parent. 

As we all go forward, we will rely on our strong marriage/partnership to provide what is needed to a sweet little boy who has an exciting life ahead of him.  We pray for ourselves continued good health to help see this little guy grow.

My quilting may be on hold for a while.  At least for the next month, as our final move of stuff from our old house begins today.  Our closing is scheduled for the 17th so we have the last bit of things to complete at the house before the final walk through and  closing.   Have a great week and as always Happy Quilting!!