August 17, 2016

Our Princess has found her prince…

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The car

And we gathered from far and near as a family to witness their wedding… P1210639Sisters!P1210665Sisters!P1210670baby SisterP1210663my firstborn and his familyGrand Kids!

 

 

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and to celebrate family, new and old!

the latest addition to our familyour second son and his familynew grandbaby, Alexis

We shared sunshine and a bit of rain, picnics, walks, water and wonder…

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The Patriarch of this clan

Its a LONG way down

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There was laughter,  and there were tears…

 

And way too soonP1210793 we parted ways againP1210775P1210778P1210776 for our separate worlds…

We are grateful for all that God has done for us. Children are a heritage from Him.

--LS

“Let your work be shown to your servants, and your glorious power to their children.

Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us,

and establish the work of our hands upon us;

yes, establish the work of our hands!”

Ps.90:16,17

Alexis!

August 9, 2016

Waiting for clouds to clear…

Sometimes you have to just stroll awhile slowly…

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…stooping to glean wild raspberries along the way…

pausing to notice the thistles and their bees…

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Even things with prickle and sting have beauty.

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Sometimes it takes awhile to see clearly…

It takes time for the water to still and the clouds to be seen from a different perspective…

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May your summer’s finish hold such times.

 

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Be still, and know that I am God…I will be exalted in the earth. The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is  our refuge. Selah.

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He leads me beside still waters.  He restores my soul.

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For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known. So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!

Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

Ps.46:10,11; Ps.23:2,3; I Cor.13:12,13; I Jn.3:1; I Pet.4:8