cooler weather and rain coming...

the temps are all over the place here...

not getting anything done outside...

so washed the living room curtains and windows and made a pot of vegetable soup...

I have lost some ground over the winter...

so physically, I have some work to do...

but emotionally and spiritually...

I have grown, I think...

spent much time in the Word and learning more than I ever dreamed of...

I have been looking into the book of Enoch...

which was taken out of our bibles by King James...

it has more details in in about the stories in the bible...

my eyes are more open to what is happening in the world, too...

so much evil going on...

so have been praying for all the victims of all the crimes against man...

praying for the good guys in government...

God has really opened my eyes to so many things...

to the chaos in this world...

and to His promises to us that follow HIM...

looks like another rainy day here...

still cleaning house and staying inside...

its not so bad, but really wanting to play in the dirt...

I am waiting for all the seed pods to finish falling...

then we go out and clean things up!

blessing for good days...

gardening is faith...

it's believing in another growing season...

planning for the next year or years to come...

in faith, you plant...

and as you watch the seasons come and go...

you get to see the miracle of the life cycle in your own garden...

God's garden...

you have faith in the seed that God gave you...

but where else do you put your faith?

is it placed wisely?

He warns over and over not to place it in man or a building...

but in Him...

and His Son...

God has placed people in my life who were there for me...

some He placed for me to be there for them...

but my faith is not in them, but the ONE who sent them...

He also gives us seeds to plant...

buds to water...

and occasionally...

a harvest to reap for Him...

we were created to be caregivers in His garden...

to tend to the seeds...

He takes care of the hard stuff...

and while on our knees in the garden...

we loosen the soil, trim and prune the "good stuff"...

while weeding out the weeds...

the "bad stuff"...

let that sink in a minute...

have you been weeding lately?

blessings to you, always...

its spring...

the blossoms of the purple leaf sand cherry...

the greatest thing in the world is love...

love reduces the negative things in life...

love conquers evil...

love keeps us close to each other...

love is the greatest gift of all...

when we choose to love...

we choose to do what God wants us to do...

what we were created for...

we were not created to hate and make angry those around us...

that's the other guy's plans...

to be like him...

to take away our joy and happiness in Christ...

so, every day, choose to love...

even those who do not love us...

evil feeds off of hate and jealousy...

don't feed it...

destroy it with love...

blessings to you...

we still need to warm up a bit more...

but its pretty out there anyway...

so many things going on, too...

it was good to have some down time from the blog...

I know others have done it and then some of them never come back...

not sure what I will end up doing...

it seems like I post the same thing over and over...

so if I get to that point again where nothing new is happening and it starts to get boring for you as well as me...

I will have to do something different...

that little one up there came in last fall...

she's Josie...

and so lovable...

I know I do not have many who comment anymore...

but I do have people coming and looking around...

more than I thought I did, so maybe what I do here isn't in vain...

:)

have good days...

it's been awhile...

we made it through Easter...

it has been a long winter for us...

we took turns being sick through most of it...

trying to get back on my feet and I ended up over doing it...

had upper respiratory infections, bronchitis...

went back to my NP for one more round of antibiotics to kick it out for good...

got a shot of Recephia in the butt...

now I have had this shot many times before...

but...

this last time went bad...

we had just gotten home and I had a severe allergic reaction to it...

DH ran me back up to the Dr's office, I called before we left to make sure they were still there...

we were the last ones in there before lunch...

they were just about to head out of the door...

and my NP recognized my phone number and answered it...

she came running out with both hands full when we pulled into the parking lot...

a shot in the butt and an epi pen in the arm...

my throat closed 3 times while they were working on me...

but Jesus opened it up every time...

Casey, my NP, said I needed the ER and I nodded...

they called the ambulance and of course I knew these paramedics...

(toy drive)

and away we went...

I finally started breathing easier when we got to the hospital...

I had to stay and hour and a half to make sure it was over and nothing else was going to happen...

it didn't...

but now I can take nothing in the penicillin family at all...

:(

then Jody has been here and gone...

she stayed 3 weeks again...

yep, she was here when this happened...

spring is happening...

over did my exercises so I could play outside and ticked off my knees...

especially the left one...

NP gave me water pills and some kind of cream in a big tube...

and that stuff works...

only had to take the water pill one day so far...

been out working outside the last 2 days...

its a down day today...

its been a pretty boring winter...

missed you, too...