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- WHOA – STILL DWELLING IN OUR MOTORHOME – TWO YEARS NOT TRAVELING – FINALLY HAVE INTERNET WE CAN USE – ADAPTED MY NOVEL INTO A SCREENPLAY – THAT WAS FUN – HAD A LOT TO LEARN AND LEARNED WHILE WRITING – NOW READY TO SELL – DUH – PANDEMIC – YOU GOT TO BE KIDDNIG – STILL – OUR GOD REIGNS – THE LORD IS ALWAYS GOOD –
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- I Opened the Shades to See the Sun Rise – Black Storm Clouds Loomed – What Would Sunrise Look Like – Would the Light Shine Through – YES – Gloom Gave Way to Bursting Shades of Purple Pink and Lavendar – Reminding Me of Troubled Times that Shrink When Grace and Truth Appear – God Is Good – Hang on When Trouble Hides the Light – Ashes Blow Away – Beauty Remains –
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- Beginning Our 2018-19 Tour in our Motorhome – And the Excitement Builds – What Could Be So Exciting – For Me – Looking Out Our Windows Beholding New Surroundings – I Love It –
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- Bikes in Our Future – Steve Turning 80 Soon – Carol Ann 70 – We Think We Can Ride Them and Have Fun – Good Exercise – A Recap of Challenging Journey – Different from Our First Year that Happened without a Hitch –
- Las Cruces New Mexico – Destination for Fun with Friends – Fellow RVers Meet Us Here – We Dine Together at Local Restaurants – And There Are Plenty – Steve Had Coach and Jeep Washed after Five Days of Rain and Mud in Texas – Now They Shine Again –
- Long Time No Post – Spent All Our Time Having Fun with Family – But Then Moved on and Parked Here in Louisiana – View of the Bayou – Simple but Adequate RV Park – Staying Longer than Scheduled – Again Diverging from Our Original Plan –
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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
Posted in Analysis, Humor, Thought
Tagged bed sheets, Bottom Fitted Bed Sheets, Bottom Fitted Sheets, Folding Bed Sheets, Folding Bottom Bed Sheet, Folding Bottom Sheet, Folding Fitted sheet, Folding Fitted Sheets, Folding Sheets, Housework, Ironing Bed Sheets, Learning Bed Sheets, Learning to Fold Bed Sheets, Scrunched Bottom Bed Sheet, Wrinkled Bed Sheets
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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
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Thought
Tagged Authority of Believers, Believers, Church, Early church, Good Shepherd, Healing, Holiness, Jesus Christ, Legalistic, Liberal, Performance, Provision, Salvation, Service, Sheep
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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
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
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Thought
Tagged Eternal, Faith, God's Word, Hope, Invisible, Kindness, Life, love, Temporal, Termporary, Things Seen, Things unseen, Truth, Wind, Words
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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
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Confidence, Defeated Enemy, Doubt, Faith, Fallen from Grace, Falling Short, Grace, Jesus, No Condemnation, Open door, Our Adversary, Promises of God, Savior, The devil, Your Adversary
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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
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Thought
Tagged Believe, Conquerors, Distress, Famine, Fear Nothing, His Beloved, His Bride, His Child, Love of Christ, Love of God, nakedness, peril, Persecution, Sword, Tribulation
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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
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
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
Posted in Adventure, Humor, Memoir
Tagged Changes in life, Destiny, doggy door, Dream, Fifth Wheel, Future, Motor Home, Plan, Planning, Pool Table, Recreational Vehicle, RV, RV Living, RVers
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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
Posted in Memoir, Photos, Thought
Tagged Arizona, camera, February, February in Arizona, Fiery Sun, Green Grass, Landscape, Morning Sunshine, Morning Walk, park grass, Shadow, Stone cover, Summer, Tree Shadows, Winter
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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
Posted in Analysis, Bible Verses, Curtain Calls, Memoir
Tagged Believe, Believers, By His Stripes, Calvary, Cross, Have what you Say, Healing, Jesus Heals, Kenneth Hagin, Power of the tongue, Redemption, Salvation, Say it, Speak life, Word of God
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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
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
Posted in Adventure, Memoir, Thought
Tagged Arid Climate, Arizona, Arizona climate, Arizona Fog, Arizona Weather, Dry Climate, Fog, Outside to Play, Play, Summer, Treetops, Weather, Winter
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