Monday Memo: Good Advice Quote

Mesa Spirit RV Park

Mesa, Arizona 

"Start by  doing what's necessary, 

then what's possible and suddenly 

you are doing the impossible."

Francis of Assisi

Love and Hugs,

Mèmére

Being Wise

My Grandma Turner's Ball of String

"Use it up, wear it out, make it do, do without." 

--unknown

Love and Hugs,

Mèmére

Quotable Friday - Worry

 

These are take home pages my grandson was given when he went to church with us one Sunday.  Good stuff!

Give all your cares to Him,

because He cares for you.

1 Peter 5:7

Quotable Friday - Hope

Hope is putting faith to work when doubting would be easier.

-- Anyonymous

Quotable Friday - Very Simple Really

"It doesn't take monumental feats to make the world a better place.  It can be as simple as letting someone 

go ahead of you in a grocery line." 

-- Barbara Johnson

 

Quotable Friday - Prayer

"It is strange that while praying,

we seldom ask for a change of character,

but always a change of circumstances."

-- author unknown

Quotable Friday

Quotable Friday - Perfection

Perfection

“The important thing to remember is that God doesn’t expect us to be perfect in performance but perfect in heart.  He expects us to love Him enough to be obedient and submitted to Him, and then He will do the work of perfecting us.  Our hearts can be perfect even if our actions are not.”
    ---Stormie Omartian Made Perfect in Love Virtue article, Jan.1989


Perfection consists simply in being just what God wants us to be.
     --- Therese of Lisieux

Quotable Friday: The Wise Woman

  The Wise Woman's Stone(author unknown)

A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream.

The next day she met another traveler who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food.

The hungry traveler saw the precious stone and asked the woman to give it to him. She did so without hesitation.

The traveler left rejoicing in his good fortune. He knew the stone was worth enough to give him security for a lifetime.

But, a few days later, he came to return the stone to the wise woman, "I've been thinking," he said.

"I know how valuable this stone is, but I give it back in the hope that you can give me something even more precious.

Give me what you have within you that enabled you to give me this stone." 

Quotable Friday

 

 

TLC's Trent and Tyler watching people in the pool early in the morning.

(Picture captured in Knotts Berry Farm Hotel June 13, 2012)

" I’d rather see a sermon than hear one any day;
I’d rather one should walk with me than merely show the way.
The eye’s a better pupil and more willing than the ear;
Fine counsel is confusing, but example’s always clear.
And the best of all preachers are the men who live their creeds.
For to see the good in action is what everybody needs.
I can soon learn how to do it if you’ll let me see it done;
I can watch your hands in actions, but your tongue too fast may run.
And the lectures you deliver may be very wise and true,
But I’d rather get my lesson by observing what you do.
For I may misunderstand you and the high advice you give,
But there’s no misunderstanding how you act and how you live."  (Edgar A. Guest)

Every Time . . .

 

"Christmas, my child, is love in action . . . 

When you love someone, you give to them, as God gives to us.  

The greatest gift He ever gave was the person of His Son, sent to us . . . 

so that we might know what God the Father is really like!  

Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas."

Dale Evans Rogers

Thought For The Day

"Life is too short just to use black or blue ink.  Especially too short to use permanent black markers."

My original quote for the day.  Can you tell : - )

It's All About Home!

Allow me to share some quotes this morning from one of my very favorite authors and Bible teacher, Kay Arthur.

"A sanctuary you can create, a harbor of safety for loved ones from the storms of life, your shelter in the world - from the world."

"This is part of the joy, the wonder, of being a woman.  Here you celebrate the expression of being you as you take a house and make it your home.  What you create in your setting makes it uniquely you."

"Like the fragrance of a delightful potpourri, your sanctuary is filled with the scent of a woman.  For, in large portion, the presence of you, the essence of you, permeates and sets the atmosphere of this place called home."

"You know, for you've watched the power of a gentle smile, of a non-condemnng, listening ear, of open, forgiving arms, of your words and tone of voice, the mystical effect of a soft answer that turns away wrath, the power of words of kindness and encouragement when they grace your lips . . . "

"As you walk through your home, turning out the lights, closing another day, there's a sense of satisfaction, of accomplishment, as you give one last, loving touch, putting away the remnants of the day. . . knowing that with everything in place, when you awake you can begin with a sense of peace and grace."

Good Advice

 Yosemite June 2010 

So refreshing to remember this beauty we enjoyed.  

Somehow it helps remind me that this AZ heat will pass.

Today I would simply like to copy and paste here something very good I read on Courtney's blog, http://womenlivingwell-courtney.blogspot.com.  I needed to hear this today and maybe you do too. 

D. Gordon, says in his book Quiet Talks on Prayer "Waiting means steadfastness, that is, holding on; patience, which means holding back; expectancy, which means holding the face up; obedience, holding oneself in readiness to go or to do; listening, holding quiet and still so as to hear."

Great Quote For The Day

I was out and about today and ran across this great quote:

"A good memory is one that can remember the day's blessings

and forget the day's troubles."

-author unknown

Even hotter at supper time tonight but I will choose to remember the fact that we have beautiful, wonderful, gorgeous winters here in Arizona. 

Amen!

"Lord, help me to pass on my strengths to my children 

and not burden them with my weaknesses.."  

-- Andrew Attaway

Gifts

 

Out of all the gifts to you, you shall present every offering due to the LORD, from all the best of them. . . Numbers 18:29

Concerning the subject of gifts Gina Bridgeman prays, "Give me one more gift, Lord: the courage to use all You've given me for Your glory"

Amen Lord.

Dust Bunnies

My very very very least favorite homekeeping practice is dusting. Not sure why, maybe cause that dust will be right back by evening. But then the sink will have dirty dishes again tonight and the hamper will continue to fill with laundry - those things don't make me dislike doing dishes or laundry. Truth be told, I think I dislike dusting because I have so many little objects that make me smile in my home and it takes patience dusting them. Well, those objects are quite covered with dust and I told Precious Husband this morning that I just have to face it and "get 'er done".

So I have had some quiet time in my office reading the Word and enjoying another cup of coffee and now after writing this blog I must go face the dust bunnies : )

Before I quit I want to share a quote with you for the day:

"Remember we live life one day at a time...
yet we are living for eternity in that one day."

-- Elizabeth George

Channels of His Grace

We crawl into bed each night and inevitably the same question passes between us. "Whatcha' doin' tomorrow -- what part of the valley will you be in?" I ask Precious Husband. His answer is always the same, "Service calls" and I always come back with, "Where?" I pretty much know what he will do each day but I do like to know where he will be.

Then he asks the same question of me, "How about you, what are your plans?" I like to think I am doing service too but Precious Husband doesn't have to ask where. He knows I will be happily at home.

Often he asks if I don't get tired of the same old jobs everyday. I really don't because they represent my love and service to my family. I like what Anne Orlund has to say about what may appear as the mundane here in this quote:
"In all the little daily patterns of the home -- the laundry going into the same hamper, the sweaters going into the same drawer, the hair getting washed and the shoes polished on Saturday nights -- God is at work. He delights to glorify Himself in the commonplace . . . He made our little chores channels of His grace." -- Anne Ortlund

She watches over the affairs of her household and
does not eat the bread of idleness.

Proverbs 31:27

Follow this link for some great encouragement along this same line

http://www.incourage.me/2010/01/setting-the-stage.html

"There's No Place Like Home"

 I love to collect quotes and wanted to share some of my favorites

on the subject of home with you today.  

 

Home is where the heart is.   -Pliny the Elder

He is the happiest, 

be he king or peasant,

who finds peace in his home. 

-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Houses are made of walls and beams;

Homes are made of love and dreams.   -Author Unknown

 

Your success as family, our success as a society, 

depends not on what happens in the White House, 

but on what happens inside your house.  

-Barbara Bush

I would be willing to go around the world

if I came back in time to light the candles

and set the table for supper.

Gladys Taber

"When home is ruled according to God's Word, 

angels might be asked to stay with us, 

and they would not find themselves out of their element."

-Charles Haddon Spurgeon

The bauty of the house is order,

The blessing of the house is contentment,

The glory of the house is hospitality,

The crown of the house is godliness.

-Author Unknown