For Friday, June 25th, 2010

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

^{JUNE 25th, 2010}

It's FRIDAY!

It's going to be a beautiful day out. For the 3rd morning in a row I'm going to go walking and hopefully will continue to do so now unless the weather is bad.

I'll be heading for the camper after I get the car loaded then and be back home on Monday sometime. It's supposed to be hot so I'll be enjoying the shade there in the woods and the pool to cool off too.

THINKING

Peace comes when we are doing what God has planned for us. When trying to decide what to do, step in the direction you think you should go, and wait for peace. If you lose your peace, back out of wherever you were headed. Without peace, we will be subject to heart failure and mind games. Without peace our God given relationships begin to unravel and society begins to disintegrate.

A man’s mind plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps and makes them sure

Proverbs 16:9

NEW IN THE KITCHEN

Stuffed French Toast

1 package maple flavored sausage

1 package cream cheese

8 slices bread

2 eggs

butter

maple syrup

Brown sausage in pan. Drain grease and add cream cheese, more or less depending on how much you like cream cheese. Use the sausage mixture to make a sandwich with two pieces of bread. Dip the entire sandwich into a well beaten egg mixture. Toss this onto a buttered skillet, and fry up just like French toast until light brown and sausage is warm. Serve with maple syrup

Makes 4 servings

PRAYERS

Dear Lord, thank You for the beauty You surround each of us with daily. The greens of grass and trees, the reds of tomatoes and strawberries, the smell of the air after a rain. God You are magnificent in Your beauty and goodness! And You're gracious in Your blessings. Open my eyes to notice them.

Amen

Please pray for God's protection of

our troops and HIS wisdom for their

commanders.

Lord, hold our troops in

your loving hands.

Protect them as they protect us.

Bless them and their families for the

selfless acts they perform for us

in our time of need. I ask this in the

name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior.

AND bless our Police Officers, Firefighters

and Paramedics and EMT's

GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

AROUND HOME

Yesterday I went out to get a few things like food for the dirty bird and some suet cakes for the little birds outside. We've discovered that the chickadees love them as much as the woodpecker does. They usually go through one a week.

I got some cookies baked to take with me to share. I cannot remember when was the last time I baked. But as I'll have someone to help me eat them I may bake more often.

FAMILY

Thursday evening I picked up DS#5 and his wife. They were very tired and were going home to bed. They said that we'd see them camping the 4th of July weekend so we can see their pictures then. It sounds like their trip was wonderful. DS#5 even made it to the top of the Eiffel Tower. I can hardly wait to hear more and see the pictures which they have put on their computer so we'll have a mega slide show.

COUNTING THE DAYS

What can anyone give you that is greater than this precious little instant known as now?

Author Unknown

90 DAYS UNTIL FALL

Keep looking ON THE BRIGHT SIDE of things.

A little smile, a word of cheer,
A bit of love from someone near…

Love,

ma