The past few days we've had the hottest weather of the summer, yet when I woke up early this morning and opened the back door to let the fresh air in I could smell the nearness of autumn in the breeze. As it seems to do more and more with each passing year, the summer has zoomed by. It's been a summer to remember, not because of anything extraordinary happening, but because of the extraordinary goodness of God in my ordinary life.
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Since 2009 I've been counting my blessings thanks to the prompting of Ann Voskamp.
I continue to count my thanks
piling up gratitude day by day
in my journal.
(and capturing some of my blessings via my camera or iPhone)
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8-15-16-
-hot tea and prayer with a friend who stopped by
-spending the afternoon with my oldest daughter and her two girlies
-my snuggly granddaughter
-they stayed for a yummy dinner of grilled steak, corn on the cob and salad
-trusting God with things I can't control
-long funny group texts from our daughters
8-16-16-
-God never abdicates His throne
-doing a favor for a young mama
-seeing a young couple's sweet newborn baby girl for the first time
-a wonderful dinner downtown followed by the live performance of The Lion King with my youngest daughter and son-in-law and his parents-what a great night!
-a phone call with a friend
-writing opportunities
-helping my oldest daughter pack for their move
-early to bed due to my hub's jet lag
8-18-16-
-picking blackberries and making a galette with my oldest granddaughter
- an amazing sunset
8-19-16-
-a relaxing hub's day off
-dinner and games with friends
-three of the grandkids spending the weekend while their mama and daddy have a getaway
8-20-16-
-pancakes and eggs for Saturday breakfast
-icy cold frappuccinos on this hot, hot day
-taking our youngest grandson for a haircut
-playing outside in the water
-frying potatoes that my husband grew in the back yard
-quiet time after putting our grandson to bed
8-21-16-
-a sweet quiet time before the kids woke up
-God's amazing plan of redemption
-lunch at Rib City with the kids
-resting
still following,
It sounds like you are soaking up the last of summer in the best ways possible!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful week of gratitudes! Always blessed when I read them. And yes, we are also beginning to feel a little *autumn* in the air, especially at night.
ReplyDeleteGOD BLESS!
Days FULL of God's goodness! Here, too :)
ReplyDeleteI love all the things God has given to bless you! It's such a sweet thing when we stop to see His gifts - count our blessings - and live with a grateful heart.
ReplyDelete~Adrienne~
Always so inspiring, Elizabeth!
ReplyDeleteTHE APOSTLES' TEACHING BY STEVE FINNELL
ReplyDeleteThe early Christians believed the apostles' teaching. (Acts 2:42 They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching....)
What was not the apostles' teaching? What was the apostles' teaching, what was their source?
The apostles' teaching did not originate from the Pharisees creed books. They did not teach from the Sadducees statement of faith. The apostles did not use the catechisms of the Judaizers as the final authority or as a substitute for the Scriptures.
The Scriptures were the source of the apostles' teaching and the words and writings of the apostles were also the Scriptures.
Acts 17:2 And according to Paul's customs, he went to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures......
Paul taught from the Scriptures, not from man-made creed books and catechisms.
2 Peter 2:15-16 just as also our beloved brother Paul, according the the wisdom given him , wrote to you, 16 as also in all his letters, speaking in them of theses things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.
Peter included the apostles Paul's writing as being Scriptures.
The apostles' teaching was from the Old Testament Scriptures and from their own words and letters which were in fact the New Testament Scriptures.
The apostles did not teach from the creed books of the Pharisees. The did not use the catechisms of the Judaizers to instruct their brethren in faith and practice. They did not consult the Sadducees statement of faith, in order to teach others.
The apostle John wrote the last Scripture in A.D. 95, it was the Revelation of Jesus Christ.
A.D. 95 was the last recorded teaching by an apostle.
If the contemporary creed books, catechisms, statements of faith, Bible commentaries, so-called new revelation of modern-day apostles, and other extra-Biblical sources are not the exact same teachings of the apostles of the Bible, then, THEY ARE IN FACT, WRITTEN WORDS OF FALSE DOCTRINE.
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It must have been nice making a that delightful galette with your granddaughter. I love that quote and it is so Good when we can recognize that God is at work in our lives ♥
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Spending time with my family is my favorite thing to do. Your pie looks delicious!!
ReplyDeleteLife is good and we all have much to be grateful for. Always grateful for the things that cannot be bought.
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