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Posted on 09/30/2013 8:20:38 PM PDT by JustAmy
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Good afternoon, snugs. My trusty phone app tells me it is 5:00 PM in your world. Here in California we are just getting our FRiday started.
I hope you and your dad had an easy and peaceful day.
I have some great “stories from the road”. I should put them all in a book before i forget them...LOL!
“Delighting in Scripture and allowing the Spirit to work in our heart will make us look good on the inside—and will pay off in a life that honors God.”
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With Hallowing coming, this story is interesting, I think.......Stone's Pub is said to be haunted and I imagine will be packed with people on Halloween, as will Salem. It's pretty silly, but it gives the pub and Salem a gimmick and is good for business. The story I originally read was that, in the mid 1800's, it was part of the underground railroad and a young slave girl escaping the south died there and still roams the upstairs halls of the Inn. I told my mom, who grew up just down the street, that I read on the internet that the Inn was haunted. She said it was just a old train station when she was in high school and she never heard that story. Later it became an Inn, then a Pub, and the story was born.
I see the story has changed now. The spirit is supposedly an old drunkard who died there (according to psychics), and who continues to enjoy the atmosphere of the Pub. I guess it changes over time, as necessary. LOL. It's a nice Halloween ghost story..... :-)
Dad is a bit distressed and unfortunately the blood tests taken earlier today have not come through even though they were marked urgent. I am assured though they will be done over the weekend and if they are abnormal the out of hours doctors service will be advised and I will be contacted. I will though be ringing his doctor's surgery on Monday to check.
Err.....Hallowing = Halloween (darned auto-correct!)
Hoping and praying for the best for you and your dad.
Thanks much appreciated is can get very stressful
That I know. I cared for my mother-in-law in our home until she passed away. Even though I had hospice help and care-givers to help me, it was not easy to care for someone you love and watch them decline, day by day. I would do it all over again without hesitation, but at the time it was incredibly difficult. I do know what you are going through and my heart goes out to you.
Blessed be the care-givers, they are God’s angels on earth.
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Wishing you a great weekend too, MEG!
John Stone? Yes, The John Stone Inn and there is a house on the main drag, (Rte 135) that was the family homestead in Ashland. Looooong history in Massachusetts since the Pilgrims.
Yes, I thought I remembered that he was the “Stone” in your family tree, Cuz. My roots going to back to the early 1600s in Massachusetts too makes it quite probable that our trees connect somewhere in history. I so wish my grandmother was still here to talk to me about her recollection of your grandmother who lived in the house directly behind her. I will still never ever get over that coincidence!
We had several places like that where the legends morphed to suit the current owner.LOL!
AS usual what a lovely picture Meg. All the best for the weekend
My friend Jane said something at a work meeting and no one responded. So she repeated it and again no one responded; her co-workers just ignored her. She realized that her opinion didn’t matter much. She felt disregarded and invisible. You may know what that’s like as well.
The people of God felt that way as a nation (Isa. 40). Only they believed it was God Himself who didn’t see or understand their daily struggle to survive! The southern kingdom had been carried away captive into Babylon, and the exiled nation complained: “My way is hidden from the Lord, and my just claim is passed over by my God” (v.27).
While Isaiah agreed that compared to God “the nations are as a drop in a bucket, and are counted as the small dust on the scales” (v.15), he also wanted the people to know that God gives power to the weak and strength to those who need it (v.29). If they waited on the Lord, Isaiah said, He would renew their strength. They would mount up with wings like eagles; they would run and not be weary (v.31).
When you’re feeling invisible or disregarded, remember that God does see you and He cares. Wait on Him, and He’ll give you renewed strength.
Read: Isaiah 40:25-31
Wonderful words and how true - good morning all even if in the UK it is 3,30 in the afternoon.
SNUGS!!!!! (((((big hugs to you from Texas!)))))
It’s so good to see you here. I hope all is well with you
and your dad!
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