Sabbath

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If we love one another, God remains in us,

and his love is brought to perfection in us.

1 John 4:12

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Imagine God's love being brought to perfection...

in me? Or in you?

I had to double check what part of speech "if" is.

It is a conjunction...forming two sentences, or parts, into one.

If  we love one another God remains in us. 

And, who wouldn't want God's love to remain in them

and be brought to perfection?

That's sort of a given....

so all we have to do is love one another.

How hard can that be, right?

So you (and I) spend a lifetime learning, reading, worshiping, 

awakening ourselves spiritually, gaining self-discipline and self-control,

sacrificing with a merry heart, serving with joy, 

coming to terms with accepting and receiving, being humble,

learning to love one another...

and starting over again when we mess it all up,

which we will because we will never be perfect.

But, here's the thing...

God is perfect.

And if we love one another his love is brought to perfection in us. 

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Go outside and play

After my daughter's wedding ceremony a few weeks ago

they had a friend with a drone fly over to get some aerial shots.

There is also a bald Eagle's nest in the trees above my son-in-law's

family camp where the wedding was held.

I am not sure which my mum was looking at in this picture.

She looks pretty good for soon to be 84 years old!

I hope I get her aging genes. 

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Family Friday

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Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,

for I have put my trust in you.

Show me the way I should go for to you I entrust my life.

Psalm 143:8

My daughter got married on 25 August!

It was an absolutely beautiful wedding.

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I caught a wicked viral flu and was very sick on the day of the wedding.

I just barely made it to the ceremony

but had to leave for home before the party started.

The next day I was in the E.R. getting pumped with fluids and other meds.

Not going to dwell on how unhappy I was to have missed the wedding celebration.

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I received an award at work!

I was pretty happy and proud of myself as I don't normally get those kinds of things.

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My husband had to have a second thyroid surgery on 31 August.

He had half of it removed in June and they found cancer

so they had to take the other half out.

The doctor said everything looks good but I won't be happy

till we get the pathology report back.

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I have a new co-teacher at work and I really like her.

I think we are going to do great together!

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4 September

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My daughter married the love of her life a few weeks ago!

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menu plan Monday

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Better a small serving of vegetables with love

than a fattened calf with hatred

Proverbs 15:17

Monday

Tuesday

summer corn and zucchini chowder

Wednesday

Balsamic chicken thighs-basmati rice-zucchini

Thursday

Turkey crack

Friday

Maple glazed chicken with sweet potatoes

Paleo morning glory quick bread

Selah

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Let not your hearts be troubled

neither let them be afraid.

John 14:27

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Because I will never forget you. 

Yesterday a child came out to wonder

caught a dragonfly inside a jar.

20 August

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I spent Saturday with my sweet grandson Verne last week.

He had a few chores to catch up on.

He gassed up the lawnmower (with a squirt gun),

He tuned his ukulele (and played me Truckin' by the Grateful Dead)

and surveyed the rain before walking his dog "It's raining outside, Pippa" he said. 

When his parents got home he put his chores down

and took some time to play trains with his father. 

"Toot, toot, ding, ding, ding, I'm a choo-choo train!"

Best day ever!

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Selah

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Blessed is the man who does this,

and the son of man who holds it fast,

who keeps the Sabbath, not profaning it,

and keeps his hand from doing any evil.

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Family Friday

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My daughter, Hannah, and I got together on Saturday.

We only had an hour before she had to get to work

but we had a nice lunch and the wonderful

company of each other. 

We didn't get a picture so I pulled this one of her from a few years ago.

Monday I  had the day off work so that I could babysit for my grandson, Verne. 

We had a wonderful day together!

My daughter and her husband, who are expecting a girl on Christmas Eve,

had to spend the day at Boston Children's hospital

because a cleft lip was found at the last ultrasound.

They had to have all kinds of tests done on the baby.

The wonderful news, praise God, is that she has nothing but

a very minor cleft lip.

Bonnie had to have an hour long MRI which was not fun for her.

But, she got these wonderful images of the baby (Little Fish)

My sister, Holly, came up to visit for a long weekend.

She was feeling a bit better so decided to take the drive down to my mum's house.

My brother and his fiance joined us all for a lobster dinner on Sunday night!

Holly, my mum, and I went to Mass together Sunday morning

and then out to breakfast afterward.

It was a lovely day.

My brother and his fiance told us funny stories about their adventures

on their recent vacation to Scotland....stories involved driving on the

opposite side of the road and a turbulent ride in a small plane.

I didn't get a chance to post last week but I was up at my daughter's camp

last Friday night for her bachelorette  party.

It was held at Camp Verne and just before she got there

the weather started to look pretty ugly.

But other than a bit of wind the storm passed us by!

We spent the evening painting rocks...#Bonnieanddan2018

It was fun!

The following day I went to a muster with them.

It happened to be pouring down rain...so hard.

Verne loved it though...

It was hot enough that he could get as wet as he wanted without getting chilled.

As you can see he wanted to get as wet as wet can be!

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Little Fish

This is my granddaughter (in utero)

We call her Little Fish

It was discovered at her last ultrasound that she has a very minor cleft lip

Praise God everything else is perfectly well.

I had a dream she had brown eyes and blonde hair...

but she's not due until Christmas Eve.