Thou hast given so much to me,
Give one thing more,

 — a grateful heart;
Not thankful when it pleaseth me,
As if Thy blessings had spare days,
But such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
~George Herbert

This month, I want to remember the blessings the

Lord has poured out on me.

He didnt have to, He did it because He loved

me.

Thank you my precious Saviour for dying for me.

Thank you for forgiving me from my sins

Thank you for giving me victory over sin every day of my life.

Today is election day. I enjoy excercising my freedom to vote.  What I don't like is the mail in ballets. Honestly, how many people have pencils laying around? If you are not going to school or have children in your home, finding a pencil can be a challenge.  I have pens, I have a computer, I have even colored pencils. But your #2 pencil is a bit harder for me to find in my house.   I was beginning to think I would have to miss this election. Just hoping I would find one before next election in 4 years. But just as hope almost died. I found a perncil,  quite likely  from last election.

This year I have a grandson voting for first time.  Tis makes me feel very old.  Regardless of my weird thinking.  I am thankful we still live in a country that gives us the freedom of worship, to vote and bear arms.  Don't take this freedom lightly.  Pray for wisdom and get out there and vote!

hubbys surprise birthday party

So the kids here had their heart set on a birthday party for papa because it had been so long since they could have one. We wake up this morning and he announces he wants to go out of town for week end. I stopped that by saying I had been so sick and so little sleep. I did not want to do it. Besides I had alot of baking to do.  He could not arge that has I work every day. I needed my Saturday. So we had planned( kids and me) to have party at heidi's after prayer meeting tonight. His mom calls to tell me she overheard him say, he is not going , he needs to study.  Ok this is my man who NEVER misses prayer meeting. We took it in stride. Changed party to our house. and if he decides to go to prayer meeting after all, he will come home to his party.

He was feeling rather sad, that here we move back home and kids didn't even call him.  I told him, oh John usually remembers just before he goes to bed.  Needless to say he was surprised when kids and grandkids are ringing doorbell and singing to him.

All in all, we pulled it off !

God's timing

As many of you may know, my husband has been a bus driver for 10 years.  One of the problems he  had has been frustrating.  When it came to updating his physical every couple years.  He would have low blood pressure till he walked into the dr office and than it would go clear out of acceptable range.  Even the dr said he had what is called white collour blood pressure. A nervsoness of drs and medical world.  When we moved to oregon.  We went to get our new lisence and the clerk recommend that John would keep his cdl on his lisence, because everything transfer. So all he needed was a physical. It would increase his chances for work for next 10 yrs.  It seemed easy enough except for the blood pressure thing.

So John went took the advice..  As he sat on the table talking to the dr, He felt his feet go to sleep like as before.  When it dawned on him, his legs are s horter. so they don't reach comfortably and so cause his legs to go asleep.  He asked the dr if this would cause blood pressure to go up and dr said of course it would. Theychanged how he sat and presto blood pressure was low.

There was a reason why that was never thought of when he lived back in wisconsin but obviously the Lord has something in mind for the future.  There many jobs besides being a bus driver that require a cdl lisence.  We will see what God has in mind.