Hands
While driving to the Topeka HOSPITAL on Tuesday morning, it was spitting rain. Not a downpour, but light misty moisture drops. We were on our way to admit my Husband for surgery. He has cancer. It is still soaking in. Cancer. Such an ugly word. No cancer is good.
Husband admitted to me today, that he was wondering if this would be our last morning together. I had wondered myself and prayed as we drove the interstate. Please, Lord, Give us more time together. Death can come as a thief in the night. At any time. Hush. Pause.
He is recovering. Resting.
Our trees still have many of their leaves dangling. The Flint Hills are a blaze with vibrant Autumn colors. A beautiful Autumn. I am not a fan of COLD weather which leads us here on the Prairie into WINTER. It takes a while to persuade me that I should like Winter. I should be ready. I comfort myself by saying to slow down and enjoy each season that God created. He knows all the reasons there is Winter. I don't. I don't want to understand.
Reminding myself that we are one day closer to SPRING, I have to remind myself that I shouldn't rush my LIFE away. Each day is a gift to enjoy. Time passes so quickly here on planet Earth. I look at my hands and see the beginning of old hands that are attached to my body to use.
Ancient hands of an older woman. Surely not mine. Hand Lotion and positive thinking do not erase the results of actual aging. I'm no longer a young woman. 58 is not the new 28.
While the Kansas winds blow, the colorful leaves will fly past one's face and congregate wherever they come to a rest.
I wish I liked cold weather better than I do.
Wish I did...but I don't.
Sigh.
d
1 Thessalonians 4:11
...and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should
mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you,
(NIV)
DAUGHTER'S PIE CRUST RECIPE
Pie Crust Recipe.
With her permission I share her recipe with you. BLESS your family, friends and your taste buds with this wonderful crust.
Pie Crust Recipe
1 cup flour
3 heaping tablespoons of shortening
A dash of salt
A tiny bit of ice cold water
Mix ingredients together well.
Roll out on wax paper.
Assemble pie.
Spread a little milk on top of crust before baking.
Simply delicious,
d
DECORATING
I knew a very frugal Lady named Edith that shared with me a excellent guideline for decorating. She said with ease, "If your room has clean ceilings, floors, and walls, and the windows have nice curtains, you'll have an attractive room."
John 3:7
“Marvel not that I said unto thee,
Ye must be born again.”
King James Version (KJV)
PSALM 118:17
I shall not die,
but live, and declare
the works of the Lord.
By wisdom
a house is built,
and through understanding
it is established;
through
knowledge
its rooms are filled with rare
and beautiful treasures.
SALVATION
Romans 10:9 King James Version (KJV)
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Acts 4:12 King James Version (KJV)
12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
"HOME is a wonderful place to LIVE. No matter the size of the rooms, ones HOME is a place to call ones own. I so LOVE my HOME." ~Deanna~
PSALM 90:12
SO
TEACH us
to number OUR days,
that we may apply our HEARTS
unto
WISHES
NO MATTER HOW BADLY YOU WISH with all your might that the something devastating that happened in your life hadn't happened and want so badly to go back in time to prevent it from happening...it isn't humanly possible to do this. You can't change the fact that it happened. IT DID. But JESUS can change the MEANING of what happened to you and give you PEACE. He can show you the way in which you are to go. God richly BLESS you. ~Deanna
4 comments:
Your husband, and you, are in my prayers.
Candy
Both of you will be in my thoughts and prayers. Perhaps our nice weather these past two days (and tomorrow) will come your way.♥♫
Hi Deanna,
You and your husband are very much in my thoughts and prayers.
Sending love, hugs and well wishes
Carolyn
Oh Deanna, cancer doesn't mean what it used to mean. We are blessed with wonderful technology today so that many are recovering. I'll keep you and your husband in my prayers too. You and I are the same age! ;)
I don't like being cold, but I do enjoy winter. Didn't always. I like the warm, snuggly things that come with it. Like fires, hot chocolate, quilts, beautiful snow and delicious scented candles. I know your home is a warm, welcome place in the summer. And just think.....no bugs or yardwork!
Hugs friend.
Post a Comment