God bless you and yours and God's speed to you!
It is things like what you are doing here that help keep us well grounded.
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Just discovered this thread. How wonderful it is! So positive, and I never saw so many cute, pretty, and inspirational graphics before!
Many years ago, my father and I hiked through Big Bend in Texas. It’s a national park now, but in those days it was rough country.
One night we were rolling out our sleeping bags when a couple with a dog asked if they could camp nearby. We welcomed their company and turned in for the night. They tethered their dog to a stake beside their tent.
Some hours later my father nudged me awake and turned his flashlight into the darkness. Illuminated by the light, we saw pairs of yellow eyes peering out of the shadows. A pack of snapping and snarling coyotes were closing in on the dog. Although we chased them off and our neighbors put the dog in their tent, we slept fitfully.
I think of that night when I read Psalm 59 and David’s twice-repeated imagery: “At evening they return, they growl like a dog” (vv.6,14). David was thinking of Saul’s army that was closing in on him. I think, however, of the thoughts that return to menace us. They come back at nightfall, snapping and snarling: “You’re stupid.” “You’re a failure.” “You’re useless.” “Who needs you?”
When we have such thoughts, we can revel in God’s unconditional, unending love. His steady devotion is our refuge in the dark night of self-doubt and fear (v.16).
Read: Psalm 59
Voila! I got out my $1 can of Barbasol shaving cream bomb that I bought from Dollar Tree....and sprayed some creamy foam on the biggish spot.
Fifteen minutes later, with my little kitchen brush and a dish of water, I scrubbed the spot lightly but thoroughly. Then I used a number of paper towels to rub in and around, absorbing the chocolate....then some more paper towels to absorb the wetness. Later, when the area was dry, no discoloration was visible at all.
In a nutshell, why pay the high cost of rug-shampoo cans at the supermarket? Try Barbasol, a medium-sized dab'll do ya for everyday stains.
Leni
Voila! I got out my $1 can of Barbasol shaving cream bomb that I bought from Dollar Tree....and sprayed some creamy foam on the biggish spot.
Fifteen minutes later, with my little kitchen brush and a dish of water, I scrubbed the spot lightly but thoroughly. Then I used a number of paper towels to rub in and around, absorbing the chocolate....then some more paper towels to absorb the wetness. Later, when the area was dry, no discoloration was visible at all.
In a nutshell, why pay the high cost of rug-shampoo cans at the supermarket? Try Barbasol, a medium-sized dab'll do ya for everyday stains.
Leni
"Sage Grass and Cedar"
All little cowboys, with size five boots...
A stick horse at the reins,
A pointed finger that would shoot.
We chased the bad guys across backyard plains.
We were young and never freer.
We lived out adventures of our Old West...
Out in our sage grass and cedar.
But time went by,
Those old cowboys died.
We re-fought our fathers' war.
There were different bad guys this time around,
There were Nazis at our door.
So our baseballs became our hand grenades,
And BB guns our Garands.
But we all went home at supper time
Knowing our fathers had kept us freer.
We'd fight their war again tomorrow,
Out in our sage grass and cedar.
But just like the cowboys,
Those soldiers did fade.
We've each grown up,
We each make our way.
There's the family and job,
Heavy traffic and mobs...
We've forgotten what it's like
To be freer.
There are wrongs to make right,
It is time to stand and fight,
For Freedom in the sage grass and cedar...
Raven6, copyright 2013
