Rain falls on the just and sinners alike!

It has rained the day away and washed out any ambition I thought I had, making it a do nothing day.  I kind of cat napped several times on the couch and that was about it.  The rain finally stopped in the mid-afternoon hours.  There was a lot of moisture and nowhere for it to go as the ground is already a squishy sponge.  As the rain left, the temperature started falling.  Not a drastic fall, but more in keeping with the season.  It's a good thing that all that rain wasn't snow!

I am going through some old papers and found some recipes that I may post later when the gardens are in full swing, but they are not timely for now.

 
Speaking of time:  Don't forget to reset your clocks before you go to bed Saturday night.  If you do forget you won't be late for church on Sunday morning: you will early.  You will beat the minister, preacher or priest, to the alter and be a congregation of  one-1.  You know that "one is the loneliest number in the world."  Just remember, "Fall back, spring ahead!"

BLESSED IS THE MAN

WHO ENDURES TEMPTATION:

FOR WHEN HE IS TRIED,

HE SHALL RECEIVE

THE CROWN OF LIFE,

WHICH THE LORD

HAS PROMISED

TO THEM THAT

LOVE HIM.

James 1:12

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God Has Garden

Working outside yesterday has caused my sinuses to be in a drippy, nasal congestion, funky kind of mode.  I went to the store and got de-congestion tablets, but won't take any until bedtime.   They make me drowsy.  If I am going to sleep, I prefer to do my snoring at night.

I did a little bit outside this afternoon, but not much.  There are things to do, but it will rain tonight and this March day was  around 73 degrees and rapidly moving on.  Today we saw it, tomorrow we won't.

As I have a head full of allergies and a headache to go with it, so I won't write much tonight.  Oh, springtime, what you bring with it.  Thanks a lot ol' Mudder Nature.  Sniff, sniff.  Blow,  sniff.

THERE IS NOTHING

BETTER FOR MAN

THAN TO EAT AND DRINK

AND PROVIDE HIMSELF

WITH GOOD THINGS

BY HIS LABORS.

EVEN THUS, I REALIZED,

IS FROM THE HAND OF GOD.

FOR WHO CAN EAT OR DRINK

APART FROM HIM?

Eccl. 2: 24-25

I think all gardeners are close to God, co-creators within His realm, working the earth according to His will, turning the soil, planting the seeds and attending to the growth of His garden. As God will harvest, we too, will benefit from cultivating what has been sown.  Maybe that's why I like to garden, to be nearer to He who has made me.

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WHAT IF....

What if....

What if you were hungry;

What if you had a hungry child;

A hungry parent or relative?

What if someone had a gun

in one hand,

 a loaf of bread in another,

the gun at your head,

and the offered bread

held forth to you...

if you would renounce

your faith-religion-trust in

Jesus Christ and redeemer?

Would your chose the loaf

in the hand of a tyrant

or would you chose the

 REAL BREAD OF LIFE?

Would you be like Peter

and deny Christ Jesus

three times

and then shed tears

of regret or shame?

Would you chose

to carry your cross

and drag yourself

up the hill of Calvary,

shedding your sweat, blood

and flesh along the way?

What would you do?

What would you chose

 a loaf of bread

or eternal salvation?

None of us really know because we have seldom been tried or put into such a sorrowful condition, at least not in this country so far.  Could we, a great nation, ever come to such a miserable state?  The answer is yes.  We are no longer a First World Country.  We are a second world state and falling.  We have a failed government that is in rapid decline, even if you can not see it or admit that it occurring.

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This eve. I cooked three steaks with a big, fat onion and rice.  It turned out well and I was tempted to eat another steak, but refrained myself.  Ha!  It wouldn't be good for my diet!  Now I have a craving for some dark chocolate.  Fortunately for my waistline...I don't have any in the house!

I did get out and pick up wind blown twigs and papers from the yard.  The grass is growing way too fast!  Tomorrow I will try to get a little more done in the way of yard work.  The ground is very soft and  and there is more rain-lots of it-on the way. And that is where the day went, but it certainly was a glorious day.

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Books to read for fun and enlightenment

I finished the book I was reading; a really good adventure fiction by Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood.  Clive Cussler always sets forth a good novel and without foul words or the indication of risque behaviour.  Give me a good book and the peace and quiet for reading and I am a happy reader, lost in the pages of adventure.

It was a nice, sunny day, but a little chilly.  I had to go back to the eye Dr. and pick out different frames for my new glasses.  The frames that I had chosen were not good for the lenses that I am getting.  I asked for glass lenses rather than plastic because plastic scratches.  Apparently glass is to heavy for the frames I wanted.  Well, you can't have everything.  The new glasses should be in on Friday or thereabouts.

I am trying to get a handyman to come and repair the attic vent that blew in-during the storm on Friday.  It won't take long to do, but it is wide open to the wind, rain and all the little critters and birds that live in my tree.  Besides that, I don't want an attic full of bats.

There isn't much else going on and I like it that way.  I guess that tomorrow I will get out into the yard and pick up sticks/small branches and twigs.  It is supposed to rain on Thursday.  I hope the vent into the attic is closed up by then.

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LET NOTHING DISTURB THEE,

LET NOTHING AFFRIGHT THEE;

ALL THINGS ARE PASSING;

GOD NEVER CHANGESTH;

PATIENT ENDURANCE

ATTAINETH ALL THINGS;

WHO GOD POSSESSETH

IN NOTHING IS WANTING;

ALONE GOD SUFFICETH.

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The poem/poetry above is taken from the payer book/Breviary of Saint Teresa.

See: I do read  "stuff" other than good adventure stories!

BUT I TRUSTED IN THEE,

O LORD;

I SAID, THOU ART MY GOD.

MY TIMES ARE IN

THY HANDS:

DELIVER ME FROM

THE HANDS OF

MINE ENEMIES,

AND FROM THEM

THAT PERSECUTE ME.

Ps. 31: 13-15

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I know that I have said this before:  Christianity is under attack from all quarters.  The leaders of the attacks and the constant undermining of Christian morality and principles is our own government and the media.  It has been estimated that England will not be a Christian nation by 2030.  That is less than 20 years from now.  Can we be far behind?  Would you take a stand for what you proclaim to be now..or in the future.  I wonder...I wonder if any of us will...

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Cast all your cares...

Not much to write about.  No storms, no tornadoes-good.  Don't like-um.

I am in the middle of a good book and getting nothing done.  It's cold so the best place to be is by the fire with an entertaining book.

It's late and I have cloths in the dryer.  Yes, I have been that lazy all day.  Now I need to have clean cloths for tomorrow.. 

The "snow" is supposed to hold off until tomorrow night or the early a. m. hours. Just fine with me.  I would like to pack Mother Nature's bags and send her on a long vacation.

This is going to be a short post...this is it.

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CAST ALL YOUR CARES

UPON HIM;

FOR HE CARES

ABOUT YOU.

1 Peter 5:7

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Wild Weather

 

Above is from the front porch.

The drive way and some of the yard next door. 

..

My van got peppered with hail.

I took a few pictures of this afternoon's storm.  I didn't take many because the wind, rain and hail were being driven in the front door.  The house next door had some slight roof damage and a tree branch down in the front.  I'm happy that it didn't land on my van.  Tomorrow...or soon, I need to fix the down spout.  It is pretty loose.  The college where I went, lost the roof of the Art and Science building.  We were very lucky here even though there were touchdowns.

I was going to post some pictures of the canned chicken, but lost track of what I was intending to do because of watching the weather reports on TV.  Maybe I will get the picture up tomorrow.

The temperature has dropped from 73 this afternoon to the 40's now.  We may have snow on Sunday.  If we do, it probably won't be much. 

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FOR HE SHALL

GIVE HIS ANGELS

CHARGE OVER THEE

TO KEEP THEE

IN ALL THY WAYS.

THEY SHALL BEAR

THEE UP IN THEIR HANDS,

LEST THOU DASH

THY FOOT AGAINST

A STONE.

Ps. 91: 11-12

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Peace and Prosperity

It turned out to be a beautiful day...a little cooler, but pretty nice for the first day of March.  There is another storm due in the early morning hours and on the same track as the storm of Tues.  The morning storm is supposed to bring hail and wind.  Then there is another to follow in the afternoon, but not as severe.  We just don't need any more storms right now.

I canned about four quarts of chicken this afternoon.  This is after getting rid of the skin and fat.  It started off as four quarts, but in the processing it is a little less in each jar.  Thus, the results of ten pound of chicken.  There is still ten pounds in the freezer.  I will get to that, too.  Anything canned will outlast any of the times when the power might go down.

So, that has been the bulk of my day.  A little work here and there; sit and rest here and there, and read a book while watching the gauge on the canner.  I will leave the canner  and equipment out as I will do some more canning.

There is just nothing on TV and that is why I picked up a book from the library.  I almost could mow the yard-that is how much the "grass"-weeds are growing.  The prune tree is in bud-way too early, too.  Day light savings time starts on March 11 this year, also too early.  Oh well.

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MAY PEACE BE WITHIN YOUR WALLS

PROSPERITY IN YOUR BUILDINGS.

BECAUSE YOU ARE MY RELATIVES

AND FRIENDS I WILL SAY,

PEACE BE WITHIN YOU.

BECAUSE OF THE HOUSE

OF THE LORD, OUR GOD,

I WILL PRAY FOR YOUR GOOD.

Psalms  121: 6, 8, 9

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Do you do this?  Do you wish and pray for the good of your friends and relatives? 

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