Due to a long 4th of July weekend that was punctuated by moving one of my kids out of their college apartment, I have no post today. I hope you have a wonderful weekend and I hope to see you back here next week.
Have an awesome day!
Wendy 😊
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No Post Today
Last Saturday, my family had a celebration for my daughter’s college graduation. On Sunday, we celebrated Mother’s Day with my mom. On Monday, my daughter graduated and on Wednesday, I started a new job. I had a really blessed and busy week and very little quiet time to reflect and write, so I don’t have a post today. I hope you have a wonderful weekend and hope to meet back here next week.
Have an awesome day!
Wendy 🙂
No Post Today
Due to an unbelievably hectic week, I don’t have a post today. I pray that you have a wonderful weekend and I hope to meet you back here next week.
Have an awesome day!
Wendy 🙂
His Timing is Always Perfect
I have recently been struggling a bit with future plans. My hubby and I are empty nesters and we have been talking about our next chapter, the possibility of downsizing and the possibility of a move closer to family among other various details. I have prayed a lot about our plans which feel like really good ones, but I’ve been walking with Jesus long enough to know that my plans and His plans don’t always line up. I have learned that God’s plan is often different than mine and in the end, infinitely better, even when I can’t see it at the time.
But, I’ll have to admit, that it’s often not the fact that a door doesn’t open when I want it to, that makes me struggle the most; it’s the silence from God that causes me the most frustration. I want to know if He wants me to pursue my plans or go another way completely and I would like bold answers in neon lights sooner than later, thank you very much I’m a planner and I like to have a plan to follow and when I don’t, it makes me restless.
Yet, the waiting produces faith along with patience, both of which I know I desperately need. In my heart, I know this is true, but my human nature sometimes gets the best of me.
But, out of the blue, this week, my Google photos on my phone popped up two pictures from seven years ago. Google doesn’t regularly perform this service, so I am always interested when it does. They were both screenshots taken in 2014. I have no idea what was going on that prompted me to literally take a snapshot of my computer screen, but I did and now seven years later, here it was to encourage me.
The first one said, “God didn’t bring you this far to abandon you.” The second said, “God’s timing is perfect.”
Honestly, I felt tears burning my eyes. I don’t believe in coincidences where God is concerned and the fact that He knew seven years ago, that I would need that specific encouragement seven years later both amazed and humbled me. While I still didn’t have my answers, I had a reminder that He is working. He was working seven years ago and He’s working today. The same is true for you. “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28
Sometimes I need reminding. Perhaps you do too!
Have an awesome day!
Wendy 🙂
The Wonder of Planting
Earlier this week, we were blessed with fabulous weather. We had several days of warm sun. It’s the last week of February and when we get a day where temps reach seventy degrees, it’s a gift. And since it’s been gray, cold and rainy for weeks on end, it was especially sweet. When my watch buzzed at me, reminding me that I needed to get up and move around, I headed outside.
The earth still looked completely dead and my backyard was covered in piles of leaves everywhere, but I used the opportunity to throw some sticks over the fence and check on the goldfish pond. We covered it with a net in an attempt to keep the leaves out. As I scanned the area, a seemingly dead plant in a pot underneath the net, caught my eye. It was a hydrangea that I planted last year.
To my delight, there were green buds forming on the ends. Life was being produced and resurrection was happening from something that appeared dead to the outside observer.
Millions of people planted gardens last year in response to the pandemic and I recently read an article discussing the fact that our desire to garden during a crisis has been documented back to World War II. In 1943, a Life Magazine Article reported there were 18,000,000 Victory Gardens growing in America. While I’ve no doubt they were started out of necessity, I suspect the planters received much more than food from tending their gardens.
Planting seeds takes a certain amount of faith. Once we dig a hole and put a seed or a plant in it, we can water it. We can fertilize it. But, we cannot make it grow. Gardening or any type of planting teaches us that we are not in control, even though we often so desperately want to be. Sometimes we do everything right with our tending and nurturing and what we plant refuses to thrive. Sometimes we don’t put in nearly the amount of care that we should, yet we are still blessed with a bumper crop.
I think growing and tending are in our DNA. God calls us to plant, because it grounds us and it makes us remember that He is sovereign.
Kindergartners often have a project where they plant seeds in a cup. They are filled with wonder when a fully formed, colorful flower pops up. Planting makes us remember the wonder of God.
A hydrangea springing back to life provided me with some much needed wonder. I certainly can use some wonder in the season I am living in. Perhaps you can too.
Have an awesome day!
Wendy 🙂
Internet Outage
Due to an internet outage in my area last night and my inability to type an entire blog on my phone, I have no post today. Have a wonderful weekend!
Have an awesome day!😊
Wendy
Taking a Break
I have family visiting over the next few weeks. There will be lots of laughing and talking and very little quiet time, so I’m going to take a break and be fully present. I hope to see you back in this space soon. I hope you and your family have a wonderful and safe 4th of July.
Have an awesome day!
Wendy 🙂
Have a Great Weekend
I have no post today. My daughter got a new pup last week. I haven’t shared the house with a puppy since before my kids were born and they are both in college now. Our dogs have always been rescues who have been a respectable two years old or so and potty trained. It’s been an adjustment, a happy one, but we have been busy. Puppies are a picture of pure love and some of God’s best work and I’m sure going forward, I will have tons of nuggets to share. I can’t wait to see what the little fellow has to teach me. Have a wonderful weekend!
Have an awesome day!
Wendy 🙂
Taking a Break
Last week I left my job of 3 1/2 years to to start a new one. It was a really good move for me, but leaving was hard. I was very attached to the people that I worked with as well as lots of the kiddos and their parents. I started my new job and I’ve met some wonderful people and I’m really excited to be there, but it’s been a long week with very little quiet time or white space, so I don’t have a post this week. I hope to get some rest and see you back here next week.
Have an awesome day!
Wendy 🙂
A Family Week
Due to a wonderful Mother’s Day visit that lasted much longer than we planned, that resulted in a late return home, I don’t have a post today.
My youngest graduates from high school on Friday and there are quite a few activities planned this week. It’s a bittersweet time for this mama. I’m choosing to be fully present and soak up every moment with my family over the coming week, so I won’t be posting this week. I hope that you seek and find God in the world around you this week remembering that He’s always present and always working.
Have an awesome week!
Wendy 🙂