Today, Bud would have been eighty-four. Miss you still, my friend! And you would undoubtedly say: “Two months until Christmas day!”
I looked out my window first thing this morning to see a ringneck (pheasant) ‘stuck’ between the fences! It wasn’t really stuck because it was open at both ends; but it didn’t seem to be able to figure out an escape route. It kept pacing up and down the stones. I finally went out and made some noise, and it ran down the hill and across the yard. I certainly have had my fair share of ‘wildlife’ in my yard this fall!
I made a list this morning and got several things checked off! One thing I didn’t get done was to make potato soup. That ship sailed; no time left tonight. So maybe tomorrow when I get home. I did, however, patch the Peanuts blanket that belonged to my Grama Steiner 40 plus years ago, and washed it. I also made a scarf out of the softest material, and it had stars on it. It shed so bad it looked like it snowed in the sewing room, and by the time I was done I had to sweep the whole house! I also made a quick trip to the mall for a cake of pine-scented Christmas soap, but alas. No pine. Maybe closer to Christmas. 🙁
The message today is from Paul at River Hill. He finished up the last verses of the 23rd Psalm. This sermon was very good, and I learned some things I hadn’t known, and it was also laced with enough humor to drive the points home in a different way. The Lord, our Shepherd, is our rock! Often we call on him only when we are in need, but he’s always there. Even as God punishes and corrects us, he has a plan to prosper and protect. 1) God restores us; takes old, broken ‘us’ and makes us new. 2) Guides us on the right paths. Left to ourselves we would be lost and in trouble. Jesus is with us through the valleys – in sadness, heartache, and even death. He overcomes death. He keeps us on the right path. 3) Prepares a table for us, a safe place for rest and food, until our lives overflow with goodness. And the promise is that as we follow our Shepherd all our days, we will dwell in His house forever. Amen.
On this day in 1760 George III became King of Great Britain (he was our royal nemesis!); in 1964 The Rolling Stones were on the Ed Sullivan show for the first time. Taylor Swift released her third album in 2010. Sharing a birthday with Bud are Pablo Picasso in 1881 and Katy Perry in 1984. Roger Miller died at age 56 in 1992. In 1764 John Adams married Abigail Smith, a marriage that lasted 54 years! And in 1859 our future 21st president Chester A Arthur married Ellen Henderson.
TOMORROW October 26 is:
- National Financial Crime Fighter Day
- National Tennessee Day (My sister will love this one!)
- National Day of the Deployed
- National Mule Day
- National Pumpkin Day
- National Mincemeat Day
Are you restored by the Good Shepherd? Follow His paths and dwell with Him forever! God bless….
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