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1/01/2021 | The Mayor; Luvie; JustAmy

Posted on 01/01/2021 6:43:29 AM PST by JustAmy

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[left that other site]

Me Too! :-)

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I love Thrift Stores too. Sometimes I leave empty-handed, but not often.

[pollywog]

Oh my goodness TheConservativeParty!!!!
I absolutely LOVE thrift shopping!! Sadly with my arthritis I can no longer go as often as I’d like ...I’m soon to be 81.
My mom, who of course is gone to heaven now, and my six sisters, would go thrift shopping regularly, yes weekly , and spend ALL day. We would pack lunches, and stop at noon and eat. And head straight back at it! lol

Our homes, which I must say were decorated in style, were all from our “ finds” and bargains.
I’d rather go thrifting than most anywhere... well except fishing! lol

[pollywog]

........ahhh another sweet lovey!!
Waving hi to you Kitty Mittens!

[pollywog]

Me three !!! :-)

[TheConservativeParty]

That is a great story! What fun to thrift shop together! I love all the stylish things I have found in the last 25 years. I love old stuff. It’s just made better. I call new stuff made today “junk”. 🙃

A big percentage of my house is good old stuff. A lot of my furniture is from grandparents and a great aunt, and I’ve had it all since around the time I graduated high school 40 years ago.

I particularly like to shop for antique porcelain things, whatever looks old and of great quality. I found a 100 year old set of Noritake china 10 years ago for $40, twelve place settings plus the sugar, creamer and gravy boat. The pattern was very close my grandma’s pattern of Noritake. Fourty bucks. I use it everyday, hand-washing it of course.

Ah such fun. 😄

[pollywog]

Oh wow on that Noritake china! My pattern is Liberty Blue and I absolutely love when I find a piece when thrifting.

I so agree about the new “Stuff” being junk!lol
It is so much fun to find something for little or nothing and then do a search and see the value!
One time when I was selling on eBay years ago, I found a small little Hallmark miniature ornament for .39 in a bargain bin.
I went home and listed that cute ornament and sold it almost immediately for $75.00! Talk about fun.

[TheConservativeParty]

Wow! That was a great find! 😃

[The Mayor]

Our Daily Bread

Friday,
October 7, 2022

Birds of the Air

Read: Matthew 6:25–33

Do not worry about your life. Matthew 6:25

The summer sun was rising and my smiling neighbor, seeing me in my front yard, whispered for me to come look. “What?” I whispered back, intrigued. She pointed to a wind chime on her front porch, where a tiny teacup of straw rested atop a metal rung. “A hummingbird’s nest,” she whispered. “See the babies?” The two beaks, tiny as pinpricks, were barely visible as they pointed upward. “They’re waiting for the mother.” We stood there, marveling. I raised my cell phone to snap a picture. “Not too close,” my neighbor said. “Don’t want to scare away the mother.” And with that, we adopted—from afar—a family of hummingbirds.

But not for long. In another week, mother bird and babies were gone—as quietly as they had arrived. But who would care for them?

The Bible gives a glorious but familiar answer. It’s so familiar that we may forget all that it promises: “Do not worry about your life,” said Jesus (Matthew 6:25). A simple but beautiful instruction. “Look at the birds of the air,” He added. “They do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them” (v. 26).

Just as God cares for tiny birds, He cares for us—nurturing us in mind, body, soul, and spirit. It’s a magnificent promise. May we look to Him daily—without worry—and soar. — Patricia Raybon

What’s the difference between worry and planning—or worry and concern? As you look at your life, how is God daily providing?

Loving God, it’s humbling to know that You care for the needs of my life. Please help me to honor Your promise to provide by trusting You more each day.

Bible in a year: Isaiah 28–29; Philippians 3

[pollywog]

Such a wonderful word about God’s care for us and all of His creation!
Hummingbirds were my husband’s favorite birds.

[luvie]

Chris DeBurgh~The Lady In Red

[left that other site]

Happy Red Friday!

Have A Great Day, and Remember Our Troops in Prayer!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[The Mayor]

Our Daily Bread

Saturday,
October 8, 2022

Self-Control in God’s Strength

Read: 2 Peter 1:3–10

His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life. 2 Peter 1:3

A 1972 study known as the “marshmallow test” was developed to gauge children’s ability to delay gratification of their desires. The kids were each offered a single marshmallow to enjoy but were told if they could refrain from eating it for ten minutes, they’d be given a second one. About a third of the children were able to hold out for the larger reward. Another third gobbled it up within thirty seconds!

We might struggle to show self-control when offered something we desire, even if we know it would benefit us more in the future to wait. Yet Peter urged us to “add to [our] faith” many important virtues, including self-control (2 Peter 1:5–6). Having laid hold of faith in Jesus, Peter encouraged his readers, and us, to continue to grow in goodness, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, affection, and love “in increasing measure” as evidence of that faith (vv. 5–8).

While these virtues don’t earn us God’s favor nor secure our place in heaven, they demonstrate—to ourselves as well as to all those with whom we interact—our need to exercise self-control as God provides the wisdom and strength to do so. And, best of all, He’s “given us everything we need [to live] a godly life,” one that pleases Him, through the power of the Holy Spirit (v. 3). — Kirsten Holmberg

In whom do you observe Christlike qualities? How might you cultivate those qualities in your own life as God provides what you need?

Holy Spirit, please grow in me the qualities that reflect Jesus so I might reveal Your goodness to the world around me.

Bible in a year: Isaiah 30–31; Philippians 4

[luvie]

A lovely fall day in the hood.
Happy Catu....er....Squirrelurday!

[left that other site]

Happy Autumn Saturday!

Have A Beautiful Day!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[TheConservativeParty]

Watching the pre-game show for the Trump Rally in Nevada.
No idea when Trump will take the stage.
A Trump rally is like a football game for me.
Little interest in football.
Bigly interest in Trump rallies.
😅

[luvie]

Good for you watching the rally. Hope it was awesome. I missed it.

[TheConservativeParty]

Trump has just started speaking, see if you can catch it!

[luvie]

Oh, thanks! I’ll try to!

[luvie]

Watched till I had to go mod a YT channel. Darn the luck!