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Weekend Wanderings

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I really enjoy hopping around the blogosphere and sharing my favorite articles and ideas with you.  This week was very busy here on the home front, but there’s always time to read a bit more. Don’t you agree?

supreme-court-546279__180I’ve read Bible Love Notes since I first started blogging.  Gail often shares just the right thought when I need it the most.  Her archive of articles on judging is powerful.  I’ve often thought God’s word is not saying don’t judge.  After all, we’re human.  His word does say “we shouldn’t judge others if we’re using one standard for ourselves and another standard for others.”  (Quoted from the article, Inaccurate, Illogical, Popular.)

carrots-87673_640Ever wonder how home cooks are planning for the mega cook and freeze days.  This post is full of instructions and all around great ideas for spending a day cooking so the stress of choosing meals is a thing of the past.  Check out Freezer Cook on Life’s Little Moments.  It was written a couple of years ago, but it’s definitely worth the time.  There’s also a huge saving in buying in bulk like this.

dishwasher-449158_640I’ve been wanting to make my own dishwasher detergent tabs for a long time.  Having done some research,  I can make tabs for less than 10 cents where the store varieties cost 30+ cents a load.  I’ve read several blogs on the subject and I’ll be using the recipe from One Good Thing.  I’ll let you all know if it’s worth it.

It’s been a great night to watch my Tigers play baseball.   It was a really good game, and  of Freebie Ice Princesscourse we won.   I get a lot of stitching done while ‘watching’ and have almost finished the Round Robin piece I’ve been working on.  I’ll share a picture later on.  This week’s freebie over at Heaven and Earth Designs is Dancing Auroras (37 pages)  and Ice Princess (19 pages).  I’d love to see your finish if you choose to do one of these.  They’re both delightful.

Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, the sheep of His pasture.  Psalm 100:3 NIV

Blessings to you and yours!

Marie

 

An Open Letter to Whoopi Goldberg….We most certainly WERE Listening

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I have many friends who are nurses, practitioners, doctors, aides and so on. I’ve worked side by side with them as an administrator in some really tough situations. They are intelligent, trained, degreed, loving, kind, caring, and so much more. Unfortunately, certain members of the media think they can say anything they want without regard for others. To all the medical professionals I know, particularly nurses, thank you for all you’ve done for my family. You are awesome!

R.J. Rudd's avatarRebecca's Ramblings

Since I saw The View’s so-called “apology” clip on social media, I’ve given this post a tremendous amount of thought. My first instinct and knee-jerk reaction was to sit down with my laptop and blast them with full force…unload my anger  and outrage onto the page…err…computer screen…so I could purge it and get all of that negativity out of my system. I’ll admit, I even got about a quarter of the way through that piece, when I stopped to re-read it. It was a scathing, searing diatribe that quite frankly, made me ashamed of myself. It sounded like something that the View Crew would say…it was petty, spiteful, angry and distasteful. That’s not who I am as a person, a writer or more specifically, a nurse. Quite frequently, I end my blog posts with a sentence urging my readers to be kind to each other. I am a tireless advocate for tolerance, peaceful coexistence and doing…

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7 Ways To Stop The Christian Gossip Mob

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J.S. Park makes some powerful points in this post. We’re just fooling ourselves if we think we’re not part of this at some point. As Mr. Park says at then end ‘Just call it out’ better still, just cut it out!

Father’s Image

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I look like my dad.  It’s hard to describe how happy it made me when I was given this picture.  Dad is about six years old here and the child beside him is his twin brother .  I really don’t know why this had such a profound affect on me.  Throughout my life I’ve felt a special connection to him.  (Dad went to be with Jesus several years ago.)  He loved, supported, respected, and cared in ways that only the most special dad’s can.

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These are the character traits I saw in my dad and part of why he was the Best Dad Ever.

He put my mom first.

He loved, respected and supported we three girls.

He was always there for us!

He provided all we needed, even though that meant he might not have the things he wanted.

He saw us as individuals, allowing each of us to have room in his heart but not placing one above the other.

In Romans 8:39 we are told that nothing can separate us from our Father’s love.  I knew this to be true of my ‘daddy’ (I called him that through adulthood.) and it has helped me understand my Abba.

My Father's Eyes by Amy Grant

My Father’s Eyes by Amy Grant

This beautiful song My Father’s Eyes puts words to music.  Click on the picture to listen.

 

 

 

 

Blessings to you and yours!

Marie

 

No Carry-on Allowed

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Butch often says powerful things in his short posts. This is not exception! Enjoy it and pop over to his blog to see what else he has to say.

Butch Dean's avatarWordsmith's Desk

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Life for many becomes an opportunity to accumulate wealth and material possessions. There is nothing wrong with having things and being well off. The problem sets in when they become more important to you than anything else. It’s not money, but the love of money that is defined as evil. It’s not the possessions, but the priority one places on them.

When death comes and it is time to depart this life, keep this in mind; you take no baggage with you…no carry-on is allowed.

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