I was comfortable in shorts and a tee shirt for my morning walk. Beautiful day! Worked both Pinnacle stores then checked out a local farm market. No tomatoes yet, but I got a squash (will be supper!) and some green beans (tomorrow’s lunch!). When I got home my neighbor was trying to get my overgrown forsythia dug out (I asked if he could). It had such tangled roots that he ended up just cutting it off at the ground. But it’s so nice with that space open! I have an old park bench that’s in horrid shape that I sat there for now, but next week I’ll set it out with the trash. Nate stopped and helped put my Snoopy flag holder back in the ground. It’s so hard-packed that I couldn’t budge it. Also got the next two installments of my Snoopy calendar!
Sunshine and a picnic!
I listened to Mike at Hempfield Church – the stage looked nice with the curtains open, and the wall hangings brightened up the background. The message was part four of the fruits of the spirit: Patience. Mike pointed out that it was easier to be patient when your life is filled with love, joy, and peace – so maybe the order of the fruits have a purpose! But first we have to be patient with circumstances. Lots of things that happen are out of our control; not what we expected. Life goes on even if things don’t go our way. The outcome is probably the same whether we are patient or impatient. Do you have a short, unstable fuse (like a firecracker) or a long fuse? We want to do things our own way in our own timing, and it usually doesn’t work out like we think. But we often think we know better than anyone else, even God! We also need to be patient with people; they will always disappoint you! And be patient with God. He has a plan and we need to wait on Him – although we are often IMPATIENT and don’t want to wait on Him; if God can fix things, then he should get to it! Bottom line, we need to trust God’s timing in everything. If we do things God’s way — it’s perfect.
Oh, and Mike mentioned that he listened to SIX sermons on patience this past week to prepare. I wanted to call him up and tell him I listen to six sermons every week, take notes, and post the synopsis on the Word Garden! 🙂 But I didn’t…
On this day in 1969 Apollo 11 was launched to take the first men to land on the moon, and in 1999 John F Kennedy Jr, his wife and sister-in-law were killed in a plane crash (plane was piloted by Kennedy). In 2004 Martha Stewart was sentenced to prison for lying to Federal investigators….. Orville Redenbacher (popcorn king!) was born in 1907 and Ginger Rogers in 1911. Mary Todd Lincoln died at age 63 in 1882, and in 2001 Meg Ryan divorced Dennis Quaid (I really like them both — too sad!!). And today is my cousin Beth’s only granddaughter (Hazel Sandoval)’s twelfth birthday. Happy birthday, Hazel – have a wonderful day and keep being the sweet, beautiful, loving young lady that you are. After all, you were named after a great lady – your great grandmother Hazel Leone Crooks Cornman! Happy birthday, Hazel!!!
Today is National Corn Fritters Day, National Personal Chef’s Day (I never had one of those) and National Get to know your customers Day. I don’t have any customer – but everyone have a great day. God bless!
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