the cooler weather is here...

little leaf bunches were all over this morning and more have fallen from the trees...

cicadas did some minor damage before mating and dying off...

there have been so many lightening bugs this season...

last night, several landed on me as I walked around the yard...

I have decided that I am going to start having lunch out here...

I haven't eaten outside yet...

what's up with that?

supper time has a few bugs to deal with, but lunch time should be ok...

and here is my little child's hoe...

love the short handle and smaller head...

I can hoe standing, sitting in the chair or sitting on the ground...

and I have been using it every day...

part of my upper body therapy...

we are at 71 right now and will drop down into the 60s overnight...

it will be wonderful the rest of the week...

many are in need of prayer this week...

so remember them in your prayers...

God knows who they are and what they need...

many are on my heart...

also pray that our service people are brought home soon...

it's time to come home...

before we lose anymore...

hope you are doing well half way through the week...

a couple more days and we will have another weekend to garden, shop, relax...

just hang in there...

come pray with me...

my mid morning was spent here...

watching...

in God's presence...

and I thought about how our lives were like clouds...

and how Christ and God are like the sun...

how many of us let THEIR light shine through us?

what does the outside world see when they look at us...

on our walk...

do we show our best side?

can they still see God's light when we have dark clouds pass by us?

even though the world is throwing everything it has at us...

are we still shining underneath?

this is how I  want to look to the world...

there may be dark clouds...

but you can still see a bigger light behind it...

and they will know that God has allowed me to overcome...

and raised me up above it all...

and that I let the light shine on others traveling my way...

and no matter how dark the clouds...

everyone will know there is something special in my heart...

that my soul is at peace...

that faith can shine through and dark clouds will pass away...

and if we all shine...

the world's a better place...

and only with His love, will all those dark clouds have silver linings...

does your life look like this to the world?

no light behind it?

a magnificent cloud...

but nothing compared to one with the SON behind it...

have you lost your footing?

are you trying to make it without the light?

come back to the light today...

He's waiting for you...

with arms wide open...

THERE WILL ALWAYS BE DARK CLOUDS...

JUST MAKE SURE THEY HAVE SILVER LININGS...

May God bless and keep you...

Hugs- Tete