This week has had two wonderful blessings -- on Sunday we were able to spend a bit of time with the Santos family. After church, we went to get pizza ... and sat and talked for about an hour and a half. It was a wonderful time to sit and chat with Eremer & Esther and with Ralph & Narrisa. The kids sat and talked with the Santos kids, so all enjoyed themselves. Then on Tuesday, we had Chick-fil-A with Russell and Debbie Raymer. After dinner, we went back to the house and talked for a couple of hours. It sure was great being able to spend some time with friends.
Friday, we took a day and went toward Lancaster, PA to spend to some time. It was Josie's first real car trip - she did quite well. We went to A&W -- what a fiasco. The service was polite, but the order fulfillment was pathetic. Orders were wrong, it took forever to get food, and worst of all, the rootbeer was not right. How can I go to A&W and get bad rootbeer? The only redeeming quality of the stop was the deep-fried cheese curds. They were, as Goldilocks would say, "Just right."
Saturday pm Brie made a peach cobbler. A couple of weeks ago she made a blueberry pie. All I need now is a pecan pie and a shoofly pie and she will have hit for the cycle. Sweet!
I realized the other day that I did not give thoughts from Philippians 4. Here they are:
- Paul admonishes the believers to “stand fast” in the Lord
- The believers are instructed to rejoice.
- We should have a testimony of moderation, or forbearance.
- Paul warns us to take our concerns to God and not to worry or fret.
- After we commit ourselves to prayer, the peace of God will encompass our hearts.
- God wants us to filter those things that find entry into our minds. Here are the criteria for what is allowed into our thinking.
- We are to listen and learn, all so that we can put into practice what we have learned.
- God will provide, though not always what I want or in the way I expect. He expects me to be content.
- I need to know how to fit into any situation, whether I am lifted up or brought low.
- It is God who empowers me to perform His will.
- The same God who used you to meet my need will meet your need.
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