Monthly Archives: February 2015

How to Fold Bottom Fitted Bed Sheets – Since the Secret of Folding Them Was Told to Me – I’ve Been Trying to Learn This Procedure for Three Years – Today I Accomplished It for the First Time – Gold Star for Me –

All my adult life I’ve struggled with folding bottom fitted bed sheets. After failing miserably for many years, I developed a habit of shaking out the wrinkles and then scrunching it all together in a ball and sticking it into … Continue reading

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Jesus the Same Yesterday – Today – and Forever – Hebrews 13:8 – Where I Was Most of My Life – Where I Am Today – God is Good – Better than I Knew –

Reading blogs about our Lord Jesus I notice that we are careful not to agree with one another on anything we don’t personally embrace. You will never hear me say I don’t think it makes a difference. It does. Yet, I believe … Continue reading

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Christ Jesus Came into the World to Save Sinners – 1 Timothy 1:15 – He Was Bruised for Our Iniquities…and with his stripes we are healed – Isaiah 53:5 – Greater Love Hath No Man Than This – That a Man Lay Down His Life for His Friends – John 15:13

What a Savior we have in Jesus, the Lord. He is God Almighty incarnate, Son of God, our Savior, our Provider, and our Healer. Through Jesus, God is our Father. We are His sons and daughters. We are the church, … Continue reading

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Just in Case Fried Chicken and Potato Salad Really Are the Way to a Man’s Heart – I Tried a New Recipe Today – Altered to Make It Gluten-free – Chicken Fried Chicken with Potato Salad on the Side –

Yum! Delicious! Steve is working outside and will be doing it for some time. The yard, the yard, the yard. You know. The yard. I like to keep him happy with a good meal as often as possible. This recipe is called chicken … Continue reading

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My Husband – My Biggest Fan – My Best Friend – What Does He Say About My Book – Buddy for David – What He Said Was What I Loved to Hear –

“This book should be a movie.” These were the words of my husband after reading Buddy for David. Steve had never read a novel in his life until this one. I felt flattered that he genuinely liked the story that … Continue reading

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Things We See Are Temporal – Things Not Seen Are Eternal – What Things Cannot Be Seen – Love – Faith – Kindness – Hope and Truth – Mercy – Faith – Wind – Virtue – Character and Goodness – Health – Prayer – Life –

2 Corinthians 4:18 – The Bible (KJV) – While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen … Continue reading

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All the Promises of God Are True

  All the promises of God are true – He watches over His Word to perform it – If you believe Jesus is your Savior He is – and – He is your God – You know it – You … Continue reading

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Who Shall Separate Us from the Love of Christ – Shall Tribulation – or Distress – or Persecution – or Famine – or Nakedness – or Peril – or Sword – Nay – In All These Things We Are More than Conquerors through Him that Loved Us – Romans 8:35,37 –

Romans 8: 38-39 (KJV) – For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate … Continue reading

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The Song of Songs – Love Story of the Ages – Song of Solomon – Let Him Kiss Me with the Kisses of His Mouth – for Your Love Is Better than Wine – Valentine’s Day Is about Love – Herein Is Love – Not that We Loved God – but that He Loved us (1 John 4:10) –

Song of Solomon, Song of Songs, depicts the love between Jesus and His bride, the church. He sees her as spotless and without flaw. Jesus, the Son of God, having died for us, taking our place, took away our sins forever. … Continue reading

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Love Is Patient – Love Is kind – From Everlasting to Everlasting the Lord’s Love Is With Those Who Fear Him –

  1 Corinthians 13:4-5 (NIV) – Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no … Continue reading

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RV Planning Continues – Changes Were Bound to Happen – Not Looking for Fifth Wheel – Now It’s a Motor Home We Think We Need – But – Perplexing Matters Persist – Like – How to Fit in a Pool Table – And Chelsea Wants a Doggy Door –

  Our dream for the future, our plan, our destiny has changed from a fifth wheel to a motor home. The authors of a book about RV living advise people to buy their third RV first. It seems people often purchase an RV and trade it in a … Continue reading

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Morning Walk – Early February in Arizona – Green Grass – Sunshine – and Shadow – Three Scenes that Caught My Attention – Three Photos –

Although a shadows is a reflection and not the real article, these seven trees outlined so clearly by the morning sunshine on the park grass held me in awe. Grass was the chosen landscape in all front and backyards in places I’ve … Continue reading

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Do You Have a Problem Believing that God Will Heal You – Say – I am Healed – Say it Again – I Am Healed – Say it Audibly – When You Are Alone without Distraction – Your Faith Will Grow as You Say What Jesus Said to Say – Do You Need Healing – Say – I Am Healed – By His Stripes I Am Healed –

Does that sound wrong to you? The Word of God says if we are believers in Christ Jesus, we are healed. We are healed because the Word of God says healing is ours through the redemption accomplished by Jesus on the … Continue reading

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Emerald Palo Verde Tree Limb Damaged by Monsoon Rainstorm in July – 2014 – to Be Removed Today in February – 2015 – as Steve Turns His Attention to Outside Work –

I wonder what our Emerald Palo Verde tree will look like when Steve completes this project. At the time the storm winds broke one of its high limbs, Steve’s deteriorated hip joint prevented him from performing the movements involved in tree trimming. After hip replacement surgery, Steve is … Continue reading

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Fog Rarely Happens in Arizona – This Is the First Time I’ve Experienced Fog Since I’ve Been Here – Amazing – I Ran Outside with My Camera – Snap –

See the fog by looking at the treetops. Arizona climate is so dry that fog rarely forms. Hardly ever will fog appear in an Arizona summer, but once in a while in winter fog happens. It happened today, and I went outside … Continue reading

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