Sunday Blessings To All

I Wish You A Lovely Sunday Afternoon

Lovely, ML. Thank you! Oh the joys of home maintenance!
;o)

Some of it is normal upkeep.

But some of it is just plain weird.

Let’s just say, I will have to buy a LOT of Duct tape.
I am glad it comes in white these days.

Duct tape is a life saver!

It is like “The Force”.

It has a dark side and a light side.

And it holds the Universe together.

Indeed!!

Greetings! Still AWOL from FR, while I work for a few more weeks. Thanks for your posts!

Thank you Meg!

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Is He Good?

May 16, 2016

He said to the woman, “Did God really say . . . ?” Genesis 3:1

“I don’t think God is good,” my friend told me. She had been praying for years about some difficult issues, but nothing had improved. Her anger and bitterness over God’s silence grew. Knowing her well, I sensed that deep down she believed God is good, but the continual pain in her heart and God’s seeming lack of interest caused her to doubt. It was easier for her to get angry than to bear the sadness.

Doubting God’s goodness is as old as Adam and Eve (Gen. 3). The serpent put that thought in Eve’s mind when he suggested that God was withholding the fruit from her because “God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil” (v. 5). In pride, Adam and Eve thought they, rather than God, should determine what was good for them.

Years after losing a daughter in death, James Bryan Smith found he was able to affirm God’s goodness. In his book The Good and Beautiful God, Smith wrote, "God's goodness is not something I get to decide upon. I am a human being with limited understanding." Smith’s amazing comment isn’t naïve; it arises out of years of processing his grief and seeking God’s heart.

In times of discouragement, let’s listen well to each other and help each other see the truth that God is good.

Lord, we will praise You in our difficult times like the psalmist did. You know us, and we turn to You because we know You are good.

For more on this topic, read Why Doesn't God Answer Me from Discovery Series.

The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made. Psalm 145:9

INSIGHT:

Today’s reading unveils one of the central strategies of our enemy, Satan. In addition to suppressing God’s truth, Satan uses Scripture for his own evil ends by tempting the believer to doubt its truth. When we experience doubts concerning the Word of God, we can follow our Lord’s example and cite Scripture with confidence (Matt. 4). Scripture is an offensive weapon against our enemy (Eph. 6:10–18).

~Happy Monday Everyone~

Busy Day ...*HUGS*
Hope Your Week Goes Well

Happy Monday!

Hope you are enjoying this beautiful Spring Day!

((((HUGS))))

ML/LTOS

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Time to Grow

May 17, 2016

At the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9

In Debbie’s new home, she discovered an abandoned plant in a dark corner of the kitchen. The dusty and ragged leaves looked like those of a moth orchid, and she imagined how pretty the plant would look once it had sent up new bloom-bearing stems. She moved the pot into a spot by the window, cut off the dead leaves, and watered it thoroughly. She bought plant food and applied it to the roots. Week after week she inspected the plant, but no new shoots appeared. “I’ll give it another month,” she told her husband, “and if nothing has happened by then, out it goes.”

When decision day came, she could hardly believe her eyes. Two small stems were poking out from among the leaves! The plant she’d almost given up on was still alive.

Do you ever get discouraged by your apparent lack of spiritual growth? Perhaps you frequently lose your temper or enjoy that spicy piece of gossip you just can’t resist passing on. Or perhaps you get up too late to pray and read your Bible, in spite of resolving to set the alarm earlier.

Why not tell a trusted friend about the areas of your life in which you want to grow spiritually and ask that person to pray for and encourage you to be accountable? Be patient. You will grow as you allow the Holy Spirit to work in you.

Please give me patience, dear Lord, with myself and with others. Help me to cooperate with the Holy Spirit as He shapes my desires and helps me to grow.

Each small step of faith is a giant step of growth.

INSIGHT:

When the Scriptures were written, much of the culture was agrarian. Even the city-dwellers, like those who made up the church at Galatia, were familiar with the natural rhythm of planting, growth, and harvest. No doubt Paul’s encouragement to keep doing good had a ring of truth that modern and industrialized people might miss. The harvest takes hard work, investment, and time.

Happy GratiTuesday To Amy's Place

From my daughter's garden
I am so grateful to report that despite the weight loss, my sick elder kitty is
improving.
She was diagnosed with liver and kidney failure and glucose numbers were low
in October...She threw up daily at times and my cats normally throw up about twice a year. Her weight loss was dramatic.
My dear daughter and SIL came last week and took her in as we were disturbed
that although Silky ate almost twice as much as my younger kitties and no longer threw up as much, no weight improvement.
Great vet report! The milk thistle must have worked because all her blood
work was normal range for an older kitty...liver slightly high. We got some
good advice on trying to up her weight...
I am so grateful for my loving daughter and SIL, for God's gift of pets and
encouraging news...The vet said she would live.
I Wish You A Lovely Grateful Day

Happy Gratituesday!

A few years ago, when I almost lost Lynn-Dah to a tick-related complex of diseases, the Vet prescribed Milk Thistle to help her liver function. (The tick-borne disease had profoundly affected her liver). The Milk Thistle worked. It is great stuff...and over the counter too.

((((HUGS))))

ML/LTOS

I was skeptical of the milk thistle ...but have kept up the dosage all these months and lo and behold...she is better.

I’ve spent a lot of time on my hands and knees cleaning carpet these months...but she has not thrown up but once a week lately. Some days were worse than others for awhile for her. I have had a hard time finding the perfect canned food to entice her away from her dry food preference. I think I have now. She would not eat tuna or chicken before this all started so getting the liquid milk thistle consumed was a trick.
I assume she’ll need it for a long time if not the rest of her life...Wonder if I should try it...LOL

Thank you Meg!

Milk Thistle reminds me of Chicken Soup.

While it might not be the “Cure”, it couldn’t hurt! :-)

Grateful to live in Texas!
Happy GratiTuesday!

Chris Rea~Texas

Oh goodness! Glad to hear she is doing better. *hugs*

I am a Milk Thistle believer now.
;o)
I did not think Silky would last til Christmas last year.