WE THE PEOPLE...

we must choose our destiny...

 

hello...

well, we are seeing things happen that have not happened before...

not in our time...

not in our country...

but, things must come to pass...

things must be exposed...

and while we are waiting...

we must pray...

and hold the line...

pray for the good guys to win...

I have been listening and watching...

praying and praising...

there is a peace inside...

God is in control...

he will expose those who are against Him...

I have seen many who are now following God...

who are closer to Him than ever before...

I, myself, am hanging on with both hands...

pray for protection for those who are fighting to save America and the constitution...

the values we hold dear and our freedom...

and protection for their families as they dig in...

prayer is powerful...

this month will test what we are made of...

if you have any doubt on your standing with God...

hit your knees until you know for sure...

what will tomorrow bring?

I don't know...

but I'm hanging onto the one who does...

peace to you all 

Our Christmas eve...

Doug's girlfriend, Paula...

Craig...

a little pudgier than normal...

but he made a good santa handing out gifts...

our tree this year with half the presents gone...

Paula again with her crazy Christmas sweater on...

DH, looking guilty...

and loving his retirement...

Doug...

still a kid at heart...

and he is still losing weight...

we are all good here...

DH and I and the fire chief got all the toy drive stuff packed up and put away on Sunday...

we waited for a warmer day to do it...

the plan is over the course of the next 5 years is to hand the toy drive over the fire department...

it takes awhile to people in a small town to warm up to new things, so I will be pulling them in from now on in all the PR and posts on facebook...

they have been really great to work with so far...

so super excited about them taking it over...

we will still help if we can, but we are getting older...

LOL

in 5 years, DH will be 70...

that's a lot to think about...

will we be able to do it in 5 years?

probably not...

looking forward to spring...

ready to get back outside already...

need to paint our bedroom and finish the kitchen...

some more purging...

the more we toss, the better we fell and the easier it is to get around, to clean and to find stuff...

thinking in that next 5 years time frame again...

just getting ready to be old and boring...

have a fun New Years...

2021 has got to be better for all of us...

 

Merry CHRISTmas!

I hope you are all well...

we are...

we have done the toy drive...

have 3 more children to deliver to tomorrow afternoon...

this  year's total is 52...

we had almost 20 from last year either move out of our district or age out of the program...

so we had many new ones this year...

Covid 19 has been hard on so many...

I am hoping to find time to blog again after the first of the year...

so many things going on...

a complete bathroom gut was the latest...

DH lost his brother in September...

not to Covid...

he had a massive stroke...

our niece lost her boyfriend a month later...

but we are moving forward...

loving DH's retirement...

be well and I will be back next year... 

success for me is...

achieving the ultimate goal of gaining entrance into Heaven when my time comes...

and for me to do that...

I believe that success is being a better person than I was the day before...

that I continue to grow in God's plan for me...

success is being able to trust God's plan when you can't see past the sorrow...

it's knowing that someone bigger has your back...

being the best person I can be and showing it...

let other's see the light behind it all...

it's not always easy to do all that...

in times like these...

we can lose our tempers...

we can fumble and we can be pushed into places we don't want to be...

it is so evident that evil is alive and well in the world...

that it's trying to tear us all apart...

our families, our friends, our neighbors...

but we must stand firm on the rock...

we must be the lighthouse so others can find their way from the darkness...

and it's a darkness so thick that is swallowing so many...

some will never see...

but there are those who will...

and for those, pray them through the blackness...

pray them through the heartaches...

pray them through the lies that are falling like fall leaves...

we are many...

we are the silent majority...

and we are not alone...

we have all of Heaven in the wings...

put on the armor of God and be blessed...