Cold again today! Stayed in and did household busy work. I actually listened to six sermons today – it was like I was addicted. I couldn’t get enough. I stopped after listening to Greg’s because it made me very emotional! In the meantime, as Bud would have said, and Ron reminded me, 11 months from today is Christmas Eve. Get those trees up!
In the meantime, I put together a turkey pot pie (filling was frozen from Christmas) and made chocolate chip cookies. That warmed up the kitchen with having the oven on.
Chrissy sent me a picture of the blanket we bought yesterday. It says ‘Let’s Avocuddle’!!! It’s very soft and cuddly!
I am not ready to share Greg’s message today. I have to let it digest first. So I’ll share Micah’s – IF and THEN. People want to know the truth (reference Blaise Pascal from yesterday’s Word Garden). God made many conditional promises: IF you stay with me, obey me, etc, THEN I will go with you and take care of you. Satan wants us to go out of bounds. If we serve God in whatever way we are called, then God has promised His care: Water, grain, wine, oil (life sustaining supplies). If NOT -we will be deceived. Don’t get off course. You will lose joy and peace as you lose direction. The rewards are great and the peace and contentment are promised if we follow him unconditionally. We risk ending up living in the dry places, physically and spiritually, risk the anger of the Lord, and the Absence of life – we lose the will to live or press on. Fill the God sized whole within you with God!
On this day in 1848 began the California Gold Rush: James Marshall found gold in Sutter’s Mill, CA. In 1935 the first can of beer sold (Krueger’s Cream Ale). In 1940 GRAPES OF WRATH (based on a book by John Steinbeck) film was released, and in 1986 Voyager 2 made the first fly-by of Uranus. Winston Churchill died at age 90 in 1965, and Ted Bundy (serial killer) died in 1989 at age 42 by electric chair. Edith Wharton (novelist – did you read any of Alyssa Maxwell’s mysteries???) was born in 1862, Ernest Borgnine in 1917, Neil Diamond in 1941, and Sharon Tate in 1943. Today Mae Bee Romisher is celebrating a birthday. Mae has been best friends with my sister since elementary school, and is a faithful friend and die-hard Steeler fan! I’m glad to be able to call her my friend. Have a great day, Mae – enjoy, and be safe and happy!
TOMORROW January 25 is:
- National Florida Day (OK Ron – now you can celebrate!)
- National Irish Coffee Day
- National Opposite Day (Opposite of what? Hmmmm)
- National Bubble Wrap Day (Go poppin’ mad!!!)
Hope you remembered to reach out to five people today with encouragement or compliments! Tomorrow you can release your tension by popping bubble wrap. I have a small supply in the garage. God bless!!!
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