There are THOSE days.
We’ve had a lot of them
lately.
You know the kind….overwhelming,
hard, painful, or just plain boring.
It seems that THOSE days happen all too frequently.
Our household is a blend of many things and life has
changed drastically for us during the past three years. As we age and fight
medical / physical battles, sometimes we seem to run on empty. We had to stay
home this month when the rest of our family gathered in Ohio for a grandson’s
wedding. Time was when we could go and do with the best of them. Not this year
But, it has rained in the Texas Hill Country recently. So, we have been giving thanks to our Holy Father. It has been real, wet, soaking rain straight from His hands and not from our sprinklers. More often than not, Texas does not get good rains in the summer. In addition to just normal dry conditions of typical summers, we have struggled with a terrible and most dangerous drought for the past several years.
This summer the rains came. For a while. Not to stay. But
water fell from heaven enough to cause us to pause and give thanks and remember
the fire dangers of last summer.
Then there is the THANKS bonus.
You know the kind….those unexpected whoopppee things discovered only when you
stop to give thanks for little things.
A few million words in a few pictures......
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| July 1, 2011 |
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| Same Tree this summer, June 28, 2014 |
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| The fig tree I gave my husband June, 2013 for his birthday |
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| His fig tree this summer !!!! |
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| And look.... that little darlin is bearing fruit already this summer !!! |
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| Crepe Myrtle by our house this year |
As long as we are
giving thanks, a few million more words . . .
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| Four generations gather to celebrate Dad/Dada's 91st birthday. WOW |
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| Sisters by choice |
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| Finding fun where we can |
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| My hat - fits many folks. Melinda's summer garden hat is white |
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| So my toes are sparkle red for summer |
Little things. But great things. Good things that add joy and contemplation and gratitude and laughter to our hearts.
Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind.
And now I'll sign off by saying... it is good to spend time with friends... giving thanks!!!
Blessings,
Liz
I've so missed your blog, Liz! Glad you are hanging in there with a smile, and that God has blessed you with much needed rain. Our spring/summer here in Georgia has been wetter than usual, and we, too, are grateful after three long summers of drought.
ReplyDeleteMay you write more soon! God bless you and yours always!