Sunday Song

I will enter his gates with thanksgiving in my heart,
I will enter his courts with praise.
I will say this is the day that the Lord has made,
I will rejoice for He has made me glad.
He has made me glad,
He has made me glad,
I will rejoice for
He has made me glad.
He has made me glad,
I will rejoice for
He has made me glad.
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Psalm 118:24
"This is the day which the Lord hath made;
we will rejoice and be glad in it."

Mothers Day Part 2

Priceless!
My little guy made this at school.

Happy Mothers Day!

"Happy Mother's Day" means more
Than have a happy day.
Within those words lie lots of things
We never get to say.

It means I love you first of all,
Then thanks for all you do.
It means you mean a lot to me,
And that I honor you.

But most of all, I guess it means
That I am thinking of
Your happiness on this, your day,
With pleasure and with love.

Molly Hatchet

Dreams I'll Never See

Just one more morning, I have to wake up with the blues
Pull myself outa bed, yeah, pull on my walkin' shoes
Climb up on a hilltop, baby, see what I can see, yeah
The whole world's fallin' down on me, right down in front of me

And I'm hung up upon dreams, I'm never gonna see yet
Lord help me, baby, dreams get the best of me yet

Pull myself together, gonna put on a new face, yeah
Gonna climb down from the hilltop, baby,
Lord, get back in the race

Cause I've got dreams, I've got my dreams
To remember the love we had
I got dreams, yeah I've got my dreams
To remember the love we had

Cause I'm hung up upon dreams, I'm never gonna see yet, not me
Lord, help me baby, dreams get the best of me yet

Alright - yeah yeah

Pull myself together, put on a new face, yeah
Climb down from the hilltop, baby,
Lord, get back in the race

Cause I've got dreams, I've got my dreams
To remember the love we had
I've got dreams, yeah I've got my dreams
To remember the love and peace

And I'm hung up upon dreams, I'm never gonna see yet, not me
Lord, help me baby, dreams get the best of me yet



by Greg Allman

What is HE to you??

THE MANY NAMES OF CHRIST


*To the ARTIST, He is the One Altogether Lovely.

*To the ARCHITECT, He is the Chief Corner Stone.

*To the BAKER, He is the Living Bread.

*To the BANKER, He is the Hidden Treasure.

*To the BIOLOGIST, He is the Life.

*To the BUILDER, He is the Sure Foundation.

*To the CARPENTER, He is the Door.

*To the DOCTOR, He is the Great Physician.

*To the EDUCATOR, He is the Great Teacher.

*To the ENGINEER, He is the New and Living Way.

*To the FLORIST, He is the Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the Valley.

*To the GEOLOGIST, He is the Rock of Ages.

*To the HORTICULTURIST, He is the True Vine.

*To the JUDGE, He is the Righteous Judge, Judge of All Men.

*To the JEWELER, He is the Pearl of Great Price.

*To the LAWYER, He is the Counselor, the Lawgiver, the Advocate.

*To the NEWSPAPER, He is the Good Tidings of Great Joy.

*To the OCULIST, He is the Light of the Eyes.

*To the PHILANTHROPIST, He is the Unspeakable Gift.

*To the PHILOSOPHER, He is the Wisdom of God.

*To the PREACHER, He is the Word of God.

*To the SCULPTOR, He is the Living Stone.

*To the SERVANT, He is the Good Master.

*To the STATESMAN, He is the Desire of All Nations.

*To the STUDENT, He is the Incarnate Truth.

*o the THEOLOGIAN, He is the Author and Finisher of our Faith.

*To the TOILER, He is the Giver of Rest.

*To the SINNER, He is the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the World.

*To the CHRISTIAN, He is the Son of the Living God, the Savior, the Redeemer
and the Lord.

To me...He is all of this and more, He is my everything, my all in all.

What is He to you?

-- Author Unknown
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Isaiah 9:6
6 For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Revelation 1:5-8
5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth.
To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood,
6 and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
7 Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.
8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

Three things

Three things..................


Three things in life that, once gone, never come back
1. Time
2. Words
3. Opportunity

Three things in life that can destroy a person
1. Anger
2. Pride
3. Unforgiveness

Three things in life that you should never lose
1. Hope
2. Peace
3. Honesty

Three things in life that are most valuable
1. Love
2. Family & Friends
3. Kindness

Three things in life that are never certain
1. Fortune
2. Success
3. Dreams

Three things that make a person
1. Commitment
2. Sincerity
3. Hard work

Three things that are truly constant -
Father - Son - Holy Spirit
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Isaiah 40:30-31
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall,
31 But those who wait on the LORD
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.

About those birds.........

There was a segment on the news last night about songbirds dying here recently.

Apparently they have come here too soon and the birds that live on bugs and insects were starving since there were none of those here!

The news said it was mostly bluebirds and bluejays and other birds. It's a shame.

I looked at my 2007 calendar and the hummers did not arrive til the 9th of May last year. That's tomorrow and I don't think they will be here.

My husbands flowering crab tree isn't blooming yet and neither are our lilacs!

Spring is slow to come this year. There are still lakes up north that have ice on them.

I know the birds will recover but it is still sad.

Thankful Thursday

Today I am thankful for:
*my daughter
*friends who understand
*my mom
*internet access
*food grilled outside
*my dogs
*fresh and plentiful food
*memories
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Matthew 11:29
29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Colossians 3:14-16
14 But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.
15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Kind blogger

My friend at Raindropsrainbows
gave me this award!!! She is really such an inspiration to me.
I just want to say Thankyou!! to her and then pass it on to Heth

Cat Needlepoint

This is the finished needlepoint with Daughters cats looking at it. I didn't realize that her cats matched the needlepoint!!



This is the finished needlepoint.



Unfinished







This needlepoint was made for my daughter since she likes cats and books.

It turned out well in the end. I had fun working on this one too.

Women and voting...........

If you are a woman of voting age, read this and vote.
WOW, just WOW.



How Women Got To Vote

A short history lesson on the privilege of voting...

The women were innocent and defenseless. And by the end of the night, they were barely alive. Forty prison guards wielding clubs and their warden's blessing went on a rampage against the 33 women wrongly convicted of "obstructing sidewalk traffic." They beat Lucy Burn, chained her hands to the cell bars above her head and left her hanging for the night, bleeding and gasping for air. They hurled Dora Lewis into a dark cell, smashed her head against an iron bed and knocked her out cold. Her cellmate, Alice Cosu, thought Lewis was dead and suffered a heart attack. Additional affidavits describe the guards grabbing, dragging, beating, choking, slamming, pinching, twisting and kicking the women.

Thus unfolded the "Night of Terror" on Nov. 15, 1917, when the warden at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia ordered his guards to teach a lesson to the suffragists imprisoned there because they dared to picket Woodrow Wilson's White House for the right to vote.

For weeks, the women's only water came from an open pail. Their food--all of it colorless slop--was infested with worms. When one of the leaders, Alice Paul, embarked on a hunger strike, they tied her to a chair, forced a tube down her throat and poured liquid into her until she vomited. She was tortured like this for weeks until word was smuggled out to the press.

"Iron Jawed Angels." It is a graphic depiction of the battle these women waged so that I could pull the curtain at the polling booth and have my say. I am ashamed to say I needed the reminder.


HBO will run the movie periodically before releasing it on video and DVD. I wish all history, social studies and government teachers would include the movie in their curriculum. I want it shown on Bunko night, too, and anywhere else women gather. I realize this isn't our usual idea of socializing, but we are not voting in the numbers that we should be, and I think a little shock therapy is in order.

It is jarring to watch Woodrow Wilson and his cronies try to persuade a psychiatrist to declare Alice Paul insane so that she could be permanently institutionalized. And it is inspiring to watch the doctor refuse. Alice Paul was strong, he said, and brave. That didn't make her crazy. The doctor admonished the men: "Courage in women is often mistaken for insanity."

These are some great links to read too.


womens suffrage

Alice Paul

Lucy Burns

Hummingbirds..................

They are late this year. I am not surprised. It's been a cool spring and not much is blooming yet.

We have had the feeder up for at least a week.

Golf Needlepoint

This is a needlepoint I made for my husband. He liked it so I bought it and made it for him.

It hangs in our front hall.

Sunday Song

Amazing Love

I’m forgiven because You were forsaken
I’m accepted, You were condemned
I’m alive and well, Your Spirit is within me
Because You died and rose again

Amazing love, how can it be
That You, my King, should die for me?
Amazing love, I know it’s true
It’s my joy to honor You
In all I do, to honor You

You are my King
You are my King
Jesus, You are my King
You are my King
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John 3:14-21

14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

15 that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.

16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.

21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”

Grandma's Needlepoint

This is the needlepoint I made for my Grandma in 1988.

Grandma was here visiting and she chose the picture and I made it.

When it was done she brought it home and framed it and hung it in her house.

When she moved out to my Aunts, I went out to visit and I brought it home.

I know my Grandma had many years of enjoying the picture. We used to laugh because I made several errors in the needlepoint and I used to point out the mistakes and grandma would always say, "no one can see that!", then we would laugh.

I'm glad I have it now. It makes me smile whenever I look at it.

Hummingbird Needlepoint

This is a Hummingbird Needlepoint.

One of the first Hummingbird projects I ever did.

It was completed it 1996. It was the first handpainted canvas I ever worked with and I really enjoyed this project.

Both sides now

I never really knew all the words to this song. An oldie but a goodie!

Both Sides Now

Judy Collins

Bows and flows of angel hair and ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere, I've looked at clouds that way
But now they only block the sun they rain and snow on everyone
So many things I would have done, but clouds got in my way

I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down and still somehow
It's cloud's illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all

Moons and Junes and ferris wheels the dizzy dancing way you feel
As every fairy tale comes real, I've looked at love that way
But now it's just another show, you leave 'em laughing when you go
And if you care don't let them know, don't give yourself away

I've looked at love from both sides now
From give and take and still somehow
It's love's illusions I recall
I really don't know love at all

Tears and fears and feeling proud, to say, "I love you" right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds, I've looked at life that way
But now old friends are acting strange they shake their heads, they say
I've changed
But something's lost but something's gained in living every day

I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all

Needlepoint

Other than crocheting, I also needlepoint. I learned at the same time I learned to crochet.

My teachers name was Mrs. Travis and she was a HomeEc teacher. Little, old, blue haired lady. She taught crochet, needlepoint and knitting. Maybe cross stitch too, but I don't remember.

I took a liking to needlepoint and crochet.

This was the sampler I made in 1977. The grade I received for it was an A.

I have lots of needlepoints around my house. I used to do one per year.

They were not framed until I got married and my husband had them framed for me. I used to roll them up in tissue paper and tie them with yarn and there they sat in my closet for years.

I'll post some of those later.

National Day of Prayer

Today is the National day of Prayer. We all need to pray for our nation.

This is for every faith. It was started back in 1775.

In 1952 president Truman signed a bill into law for the National Day of Prayer.

Here are two links that explain this more.
Wiki link
National day of Prayer

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Jeremiah 29:11

11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Isaiah 43:1-2

The Redeemer of Israel
1 But now, thus says the LORD, who created you, O Jacob,
And He who formed you, O Israel:
“ Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by your name;
You are Mine
2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you.
When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned,
Nor shall the flame scorch you.

Thankful Thursday

Today I am Thankful for:
*my family
*TIVO
*Baseball!
*Sidewalk chalk
*Flowers
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Psalm 139:13-15


13 For You formed my inward parts;
You covered me in my mother’s womb.
14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Marvelous are Your works,
And that my soul knows very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.