Blue Monday

It's Blue Monday!  I'm linking up with Smiling Sally and showing you the blue that made me smile this week!  This is my nephew and he was playing in my pool and he was having a really good time.  He was on the skim board trying to walk on water, laying on the board humming "we wish you a merry Christmas" ?????, and finally cajoled me in the pool where we had a great time together.  Yes, the lazy days of summer are here and school is behind him.  He will be going into the 5th grade and my other nephew will be going into the 3rd grade.  I hope to get time with both of them this summer.

God bless you!  Great big hugs!!!

Happy SONday!!

Then Sings My Soul Saturday

Happy Saturday everyone!  It's the day to link up with Amy @ Signs, Miracles & Wonders and post a worship song.  I've chosen Starfield singing "Son of God".  I've chosen this song before but I'm a big fan and I know Josh always loved this song so I'm posting it mainly to make myself cry. lol  I love Saturdays and hearing the beautiful songs everyone chooses to praise Jesus with.  If you would like to participate, click here.

Friday Funnies

Happy Friday!  I'm linking up with my pal, Kimmy, and posting a funny today.  Hopefully, Kimmy will be giggling. 

Two Little Boys.

Two little boys, ages 8 and 10, were excessively mischievous. They were always getting into trouble and their parents knew all about it and yet were at a loss at how to discipline them.  Nothing seemed to stop them.







If any mischief occurred in their town, the two boys were probably involved.







The boys' mother heard that a preacher in town had been successful in disciplining children, so she asked if he would speak with her boys.







The preacher agreed, but he asked to see them individually. So the mother sent the 8 year old first, in the morning, with the older boy to see the preacher in the afternoon.







The preacher, a huge man with a booming voice, sat the younger boy down and asked him sternly, 'Do you know where God is, son?'







The boy's mouth dropped open, but he made no response, sitting there wide-eyed with his mouth hanging open.







So the preacher repeated the question in an even sterner tone, 'Where is God?'







Again, the boy made no attempt to answer. The preacher raised his voice even more and shook his finger in the boy's face and bellowed, 'Where is God?'







The boy screamed and bolted from the room, ran directly home and dove into his closet, slamming the door behind him.







When his older brother found him in the closet, he asked, 'What happened?'







The younger brother, gasping for breath, replied, 'We are in BIG trouble this time,'



(I just LOVE reading this next line again and again:)



'GOD is missing, and they think we did it!'



Bah ha ha.....Hope you are having a wonderful Friday.  Remember to smile and share a laugh with someone you love today.  Big hugs from me to you!!!

Thankful Thursday

It's Thankful Thursday.  I have so much to be thankful for.  It's been so long since I've posted on a TT but it's high time I've gotten my thankstitude in shape and start thanking the Lord for all of His mercies in every form they come!  Amen! 

Thank you, Iris @ Grace Alone for being our gracious host.

I am thankful that the Lord has been holding my hand through the most difficult time of my life these days.  Each time I thought I was exhausted, overwhelmed and was at the end of my perverbial rope, the Lord tied a knot and held on to me tightly!  Jeremiah 33:3 "Call to me and I will answer thee".

I am thankful that my son turned eighteen and then the following week he graduated magna cum laude and we flew our to Texas for his graduation.  The Lord granted us safety and some wonderful family times together.  We went with my sister, Candy and her family and we made some wonderful memories that will help to sustain us while Joshua is away. Psalm 146:5 "Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in the Lord his God".

I am thankful that my son was able to make a two minute call from Tampa to tell me he was getting ready to get on a plane to go to Atlanta and then be bused to Ft. Benning, Ga.  I interjected a few questions like what airline, etc...and he said "Mom, I only have two minutes and the line is going to shut off so you have to let me talk, ok"?  I  said "ok".  He said, "Mom, I love you".  Click....line went dead.  Gulp.  Big lump in throat.  But oh how I am thankful for that call.  I know I won't hear from him for awhile now.  I'm praying over him and hoping he is settling into his new routine well.  I feel as if I have a huge hole in my heart and sometimes a big wave of sheer "i need to see his face right this minute" but I will stop and pray and the Lord stills me and quiets me and reminds me that He formed and fashioned this child and He loves him just as much as I do. Psalm 91:1 "He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty".

Yes, I am thankful.  Thankful for everything the Lord has done for me and my family these last couple of weeks and I am mindful of what He has always been faithful to do and will do.  Love you, Jesus!

Happy Sunday

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Word for Wednesday

Proverbs 22:6 "Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it"