I could use some prayers tonight, dear friends.

The kids have been with my in-laws since Thursday afternoon and I expect them home in a couple of days. I hear they are having a lot of cousin time, baking with grandma, and spending their days playing. I am missing them desperately and counting down the hours until they are home.

The other day at Target I bought my first Christmas present of the season. I saw this adorable shirt on the rack and I immediately thought of my girl. More often than not these days, I find her absorbed in a book!

This sign has been driving me crazy for weeks

It’s on a bulletin board at our local community center. I think it’s supposed to be referring to diversity and inclusion, which is fine, but why would you use ‘acorns’ as your example… They literally all look the same.

I stared at the metal shelving unit against the wall at the shop. Most of the shelves were empty, but we had recently gotten a delivery and it was my job to check on it. As I got closer, I noticed the bottom shelf was crammed full of jars… of spaghetti sauce… Lots of them… At least 30-40 jars. And on either side of the those, there were also five gallon buckets of sauce.

I got closer to see if I could read the labels so I could make sure they were the correct brand when I noticed a yellow clearance sticker on every single one of them. Oh no!

“Tim! Look at these! This is not good. All of this sauce is about to expire!” I said in frustration. It seemed like such a waste, as we could never use it all before it went bad.

“Don’t worry,” Tim replied as he grabbed one of the five gallon pails. “We can still use them even if they go bad.” And with that he walked off to hook the five gallon bucket of spaghetti sauce up to his spray gun to stain the next set of panels red.

That’s when I woke up.

It might not have been a trip to the movies or dinner at a fancy restaurant, but I got to spend most of the day with my love. ❤️❤️

I’m having a rough week, but when I woke up this morning and saw this sign on my wall, I was reminded that He is all I really need.

In the Morning When I Rise

In the morning when I rise / In the morning when I rise
In the morning when I rise / Give me Jesus

Give me Jesus / Give me Jesus
You can have all this world / But give me Jesus

And when I am alone / Oh, when I am alone
And when I am alone / Give me Jesus

Give me Jesus / Give me Jesus
You can have all this world / But give me Jesus

And when I come to die / Oh, when I come to die
And when I come to die / Give me Jesus

Give me Jesus / Give me Jesus
You can have all this world / But give me Jesus