thinking...

Reading this morning:

God will give us opportunity to be a servant, and then He will check our attitude to see how we’re doing.  Jesus gave us an example of servanthood by washing the feet of the disciples and then telling them, “You should do to others as I have done to you.”

Some people fail to be servants because they don’t know who they are in Christ.  They feel they must be doing something important, or they don’t feel they are worth anything.  They fail to see the value of doing whatever they are called upon to do, regardless of how ordinary or mundane it may seem.

We need to be willing to do whatever God wants us to do, to be used in whatever way He wants to use us.  The attitude of a servant should be displayed in every area of our life.  The servant test is simply how we respond to the opportunities God gives us to be a blessing to others.  It reveals whether we really and truly want to be like Jesus.  When God anoints a person.  He is anointing that person to be a servant, not to be a famous person.

I will be faithful to wash some feet today, starting with those in my own home.

from Joyce Meyer

going thru photos:

Mom and the dogs.  They love her.

These pictures are from the 4th.  I'm so behind in posting.

Jesse made these strawberry jello treats, pretty.

and she made Milly patriotic

then she made Millie cool

Chuck got me a two bird feeders.

One for hummingbirds, I haven't seen any yet,

and one for any and all other birds.  So far 

I've only seen cardinals and these guys.

More reading today:

Jesus left us with a clear understanding of Christian life in community.  Again and again he repeats,  “Love one another..love one another as I have loved you.  If you love me you will do what I tell you…that you love one another.”

Briefly and succinctly Jesus reemphasized the rock foundation of the Christian life.  And in so doing, he wants us to respect one another and take care of one another; he wants us to fuss and worry about, to be concerned about and involved with, to forgive and make excuses for, to be good to and love one another until the day we die and ever after.  “In short, there are three things that last:  faith, hope and love; and the greatest of these is love” (1^st Corinthians 13:13)

Judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful.  Mercy triumphs over judgment! James 2:13

from Reflections for Ragamuffins

When I read the part above that said, "respect, take care of, fuss and worry about, to be concerned about and involved with, to forgive and make excuses for, to be good to and love until the day we die and ever after --- I just saw my Mom the last few years Dad was alive.  She was like this for him.  Dad had Dr.'s tell him how lucky he was to have her.  I think she has a servants heart and loved and loves him, much.  I hope we all can do this because when someone you love is no longer here, we think about them all the time and we miss them so much.  

This also made me think about the things we say to each other.  

What if, something you've said, is the LAST thing you ever say to someone.  Do you want whatever words, unkind or otherwise, to be what they remember for the rest of their lives?   

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Oh Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.  Psalm 19:14

Beach day

 Chuck wanted to fly a kite and got this

funny looking Yoda.  It didn't fly very well.

We ended up giving it to two ladies with a bunch

of little children.   They loved it.

 Playing with the creative filters on the new camera.

this is normal

  miniaturize

 toy camera

normal

toy camera

miniaturize

We stayed longer than usual.  It was so nice and the water

was very calm.  I kept floating on my back looking up at the

sky and thinking what a blessing it was.  I've never stayed 

in the water so long.  

On the way home we saw this cute miniature horse

he was really small.  Can't really tell with nothing 

to compare him with.  Actually the fence probably came

up to my shoulders, maybe?  

 

June 17, 2014

Streams in the Desert

Then there came a voice from above the expanse

over their heads as they stood with lowered wings.

Ezekiel 1:25

Be still!  Just now be still!

Something your soul has never heard,

Something unknown to any song of bird,

Something unknown to any wind, or wave, or star,

A message from the Father’s land afar,

That with sweet joy the homesick soul will thrill,

And comes to you only when you are still.

Be still!  Just now be still!

There comes a presence very mild and sweet;

White are the sandals of His noiseless feet.

It is the comforter whom Jesus sent

To teach you what the words he uttered meant.

The willing, waiting spirit, He does fill,

If you would hear His message,

Dear soul, be still!

 Playing with my camera

 really liking my 18-200mm lens

Storm clouds rolling in

Father's Day

This is the first Father's Day since

Dad died.  It's a very different day.

I really miss you Dad.

You were a very strong man's man.

A very great Dad.

Growing up all my friends thought

I had the best looking Dad

and prettiest Mom.

You took me golfing, fishing, camping,

you taught me how to throw like a boy, 

you were a lot of fun growing up.

You were a good example for us.

You hated lying.  You believed

a person should always do what

they said they would, keep their word, it was very important.

You loved God more as you got older and that was a blessing

for us to see.

 You didn't believe in debt and handled money

very responsibly and you made sure

Mom didn't (doesn't) have to worry

about things.  You were very organized.

You were the best Dad ever and I really miss you

and Love you.

Surprise!!

Yesterday, during a storm, the UPS delivered

what I thought was a set of sheets I ordered.

I didn't look at the shipping labels.  I just started opening it.

Well, was I ever shocked!  It was an early birthday

present from my brother.  I just started crying and Corey

said, "Stop crying or I'll tell them you hate it!" 

So I've been reading and playing and learning.

It has creative filters, fisheye

Corey called me last night and said, "Come outside."

This was on the garage door.  We wanted to put our 

hand beside it so you could see how big it was (as big - or

larger than our hands) but we were afraid it would 

jump on us.  And it had a really gross bubble under it's

eye.  What is that??

 I've been taking pictures of everything.

Corey painted this yesterday.

I started this a couple of days ago.

I tried the miniaturize creative filter on this.

I think it needs to be a cityscape or something

different.

 I did this a couple of days ago too.

I've been playing with my watercolors.

 Now that I have a camera that does really good video

maybe I'll do some watercolor step by step

instructions.

The camera also came with:

Thank you Terry and Donna.  This means

so much and I will certainly enjoy using it!!

It's been a while...

Wow, I can't believe how long it's been since I've posted.
I've been very busy this month.  I had 2 Dr. appointments in a week.
My brother and his family came for a week to visit.
Our 32nd anniversary was last week and Chuck had four days off.
I had two friends visit this week and one coming this evening.
I have lots of photos to go through and edit from the family visit, Mother's day,
and miscellaneous others to go through.  I like how the font changed, weird.  
I finished reorganizing, to a point, my studio and I'm ready to get to work.
Next time I'll post some photos. 
If you think about me pray about my bone scan.  I get the results June 2nd.
I'm a little nervous since the last two I had fractures.  Hoping for nothing new.