What an amazing, beautiful, sunny, warm day! It felt like a gift sent just for me, and I absorbed it all in. After first church Mary, Joni and I went out to breakfast. The company is always the highlight rather than the food (but it was good). We sat and talked about everything from church and relationships and jobs and family. It’s good for the soul to share with friends!
I love the new blind in my bedroom! This morning the sun cast a cool shadow!
I spent the rest of the day playing in the dirt. I got a huge chunk of my hill garden cleaned up and weeded. It looks so nice. Can’t wait to do the other two sections. My purple tulips are really blooming this year!
Chrissy is in the spotlight today. First, because on Friday night her team (flag football) played 2 games, and they won one! Hurray! Then, she took some pictures that she loved and sent them to me – I promised they would be on the Word Garden.
I will share Mike’s message from Hempfield since I was there in person. We are in the book of James. Listening and Doing. Don’t just listen: DO! Prep work is important – we want the short, easy way. How do we prepare? 1) Have an open ear – quick to listen, to others and to God. 2) Be slow to speak- we can’t learn when speaking. 3) Be slow to anger – have a calm spirit. ANGER is not sin – how you deal with it can be. 4) receive and welcome the truth with meekness. Have a teachable spirit. God’s word reveals our inner character; we should reflect what we’ve learned. The blessing is in the DOING. Don’t just learn or absorb; DO it – don’t just THINK it. Information without action can be destructive to our lives. Inner restraint is what we do within ourselves. How does our religion stand up to these tests?
On this day in 1506 the cornerstone of St. Peter’s Basilica was laid, and in 1775 Paul Revere rode from Charlestown to Lexington with the warning: The regulars are coming! In 1861 Robert E Lee turned down the offer to command the Union armies, and 1906 was the San Francisco earthquake and fire. In 1950 the first opening night baseball game – the Cards beat the Pirates 4-2 (and this is new HOW???). In 1977 Alex Haley (ROOTS) was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Albert Einstein died at age 76 in 1955, Dick Clark in 2012 at age 82. In 1951 Charles Schulz married Joyce Halverson; Actress Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier III (Monaco) in 1956. And today my long time friend and former Smail co-worker Joyce Butler Cumo is celebrating a birthday. She lives in Florida now that she and Mario are empty nesters! Have a great day, Joyce, and a wonderful year of fun and blessings!
TOMORROW April 19th is:
- National Amaretto Day
- National Garlic Day
- National Hanging Out Day
- National North Dakota Day
- National Oklahoma City Bombing Commemoration Day
If tomorrow is as nice as today I hope to complete section II of my hill garden. And also, I am working on a free style piece of poetry that I’d like to finish – but I’ve hit a snag – we’ll see what happens tomorrow! God bless…
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