FOOD FOR THOUGHT - A DEVOTIONAL
Then Peter came to him and asked, "Lord, how often
should I forgive someone who sins against me?
Seven times?"
"No!" Jesus replied, "seventy times seven!"
~~ Matthew 18:21-22 ~~
How often must we forgive family members and friends? More times than we can count. Our children are precious but imperfect; so are our spouses and our friends. We must, on occasion, forgive those who have injured us; to do otherwise is to disobey God.
Are you easily frustrated by the inevitable imperfections of others? Are you a prisoner of bitterness and regret? If so, perhaps you need a refresher course in the art of forgiveness.
If there exists even one person, alive or dead, whom you have not forgiven (and that includes yourself), follow God's commandment and His will for your life: forgive. Bitterness, anger, and regret are not part of God's plan for your life. Forgiveness is.
A Prayer: Dear Lord, Your ability to forgive is limitless; mine is not. Keep me mindful of Your commandment to forgive others - and to keep forgiving them - just as I have been forgiven by You. Amen.
A Woman of Prayer - 365 Daily Devotions, Freeman Smith LLC, Publisher
THE WEEK IN REVIEW
Had things gone the way she planned them, my sister Bev would be here now. :-( Because fate has been playing a huge joke on her for the past couple of months, ever since she listed her house in PA and sold it and rented a condo to live in until next spring when she and her husband Don can retire and move to their new lake house in Texas, she's been stranded in Texas for over two weeks and she's still counting. I use the word "stranded" very loosely. Oh to be stranded at that lake house! She's not here because she's still there because as it turns out, her movers operate on a very laid back delivery schedule. Very laid back. LOL (Sorry, Bev, but your whole moving saga continues to keep me in stitches.)
So our much anticipated visit went the way of not-so-whoopee moving companies, but we have a bombdiggety visit planned for this fall. :-)
So Bev's not here but Mandy and Aaron are. They had dinner with us Thursday night and have spent the last few days with his Mom. Everyone is coming over here today. I'm cooking a big roast because in spite of the fact that it's upwards of 100 degrees every day now, my roast beef dinner is a family favorite and they'll be tickled pink. I'll just lower the a/c by a few degrees.
Aaron has to go back home tomorrow, but he's leaving Mandy here with me. She'll fly home Saturday evening, so she's all mine for the next week. :-) Friday is Krissy's birthday and boy do we have big plans. We're going to Chuck E. Cheese and we can't wait. LOL Oh, I kid. I mean, we really are going to Chuck's place, because we'll have Cameron and Avery with us and Cameron knows where the best birthday parties are always celebrated, but that night we're all going out for a grownup dinner at W W Peppers which is currently Krissy's favorite restaurant.
But, I'm not kidding about being excited about Chuck E. Cheese. I love that place. I think I'm a closet compulsive gambler. I've given up all my other vices, so I'm hanging on to that one. LOL
Meantime, Rob and Mandy and Aaron are on the golf course this morning so I'm having an extremely rare quiet morning.
:-)
You'll just have to pardon all the smileys - I'm happy. :-)
Krissy and the kids will be here shortly with a week's worth of laundry. Her washer broke Thursday night. She was distraught. It was awful when my own washer broke earlier this year and I don't have two little laundry makers! Krissy got over her upsettedness pretty quickly though - today she's headed to Best Buy to buy her dream washer and dryer. For starters, it's going to match. Isn't it always just so great when you can finally buy both appliances at the same time and they finally match? She's getting hers in bright red and I say, hooray for you, Kris. Aren't you so thrilled that Harvest Gold is a thing of the past? LOL
You know you're a grownup when you get as excited about your new washer and dryer as you got about your first car. LOL
Anyway...
It's quiet for now but it won't be for long. Hurt me, hurt me.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
I think at least twice a week, I peel a bunch of aging bananas, stick them in a ziplock, and toss them in the freezer.
I love this tomato.
And while I'm on the subject of sprouting tops....
and
Avery Lou Who
would let you play with her $300 blackberry.
SOME PITHY THOUGHTS
Farm Town is eating up all my spare time! I scoffed at the whole Facebook/Farm Town thing when my daughters told me I should check it out. Oh my word, the whole fam damily is playing Farm Town and we haven't had this much fun since I bought Krissy and Mandy Candy Land Bingo, back in the eighties. :-)
And while I'm on the subject of games and toys, can I just say...Cameron got a small fortune's worth of Transformers for his birthday last month and he brings them down here. I've never seen anything so complicated in my life.
A Transformer that Rob and I can actually figure out.
I give you...drumroll please...Bumble Spud!
Happy new week everyone. Stay cool! xoxoxo











