It has started.....

The rush, hustle, bustle and busy"ness" has begun. Take a big breath.

I think that it has happened a bit early this year, songs of season have intermingled with the fall decorations in the stores. Veteran's Day has now become a pre-Christmas shopping day...since when?

What has happened to Thanksgiving Day?

This day was always one of my favorite days, the reason of it was a day to spend with loved ones and share fellowship with them. That is all. Just sitting down and giving thanks to our Lord for everything we have been given. Just being in a spirit of Thankfulness.

Now I fear it has become a day before the shopping day of all days...how sad. Stores have opened on this day to get a few customers in early in anticipation of......?

My heart groans, a little more here and a little less there, a bit more time away from human companionship, a bit more to do, a little more of things that take us away from recharging our batteries. What scares me is what do our children base some traditions on now? Coming from a world of techno savvy teenagers whom are always "on" in case of....? I have to pull mom rank and ask them to put away cell phones during dinner or family time; must not miss the text, not a human voice call, a series of words. A little less......

There are so many people in the world whom their hearts are breaking, they are lonely and are crying out. Are we so busy in our own lives that we have become "deaf" to the sound of a heart cry?

How can we show Christ to them by our example if we get caught up in all of the stuff around us. Can we just sit and be with Him? The enemy is having a folly with all of this, he has to get such great satisfaction out of our quest to be/do _________ that we forget who we are.

We were created to fellowship with God, we created by HIM for HIM for HIS perfect purposes, to witness HIS wonders HIS Majesty, to help minister to HIS children. period.

Quiet times can become a struggle, the to do lists creep into my head. Did I do that or I wonder if I wrote that reminder down, have I paid the bill that is due.....oh sorry Lord, I'm back I just lost my way for a moment. The ultimate in broken fellowship.

As I have been sitting here I have thought of a lot of things that I could be doing, should be doing and why am I doing this anyway right now has entered in my head. There is a reason I did stop by.

Will you stop and listen and just be.

What is your (my) legacy going to be?

I saw this at another blog and thought it was wonderful...although in my quest in spending time linking one to another i lost where I started.

Begin.....
It's a word that gently nudges us to stop it already with the whining, worrying, fretting, crabbing, procrastinating, doubting, fearing, criticizing, horrible-izing ... and just begin. No pressure. No worries about the entire thing. Just the first step.
Just begin.
GO.
DO.

Hmmmn I think there is a principle here. Do we get so far down the road and away from God that we have lost where we were with HIM. The place to get to, gets to be more important than whom we are doing it for. He is waiting where we left HIM. He never leaves us. My favorite is my reasonings in telling God what I am doing for HIM, the control freak helping God out. ha.

"Quote of the Day
'The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.'
– Frank Lloyd Wright"

"Quote
'It is not joy that makes us grateful;
it is gratitude that makes us joyful.'
― Brother David Steindl-Rast"

Pat Sloan's Corner

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
— Scott Adams"

Pat Sloan's Corner: Your Top Wishes

"Quote of the Day
'It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.'
– Eleanor Roosevelt"

Maya Angelou quotes

"“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”

-Maya Angelou quote"

Maya Angelou quotes

"“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don't make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can't take their eyes off you.”

- Maya Angelou quote"

Pat Sloan's Corner

"And a little quote for today...

Memory is the diary we all carry about with us.

—Oscar Wilde"

Pat Sloan's Corner

Quote of the Day:
"'Sometimes a glance, a few casual words, fragments of a melody floating through the quiet air of a summer evening, a book that accidentally comes into hands, a poem or memory-laden fragrance may bring about the impulse which changes and determines our whole life.'
—Lama Govinda"

Pat Sloan's Corner

"Quote of the Day:
'If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?'"

Dolores Huerta

Let the heat begin.......?

School is out! yea! Do I sound happy? As much as I love teaching there is just something bout the long summer days. I am a huge fan of the Country Time Lemonade commercials, you know the one where the kids are walking along the fence on a beautiful country road- I want to go where they are with my children. My kids are getting older now and are busier than ever but summer gives me some time with them with not a lot of time restrictions, a time for relaxing and dreaming.

This is how part of the blog name got it's start. When my babies were little we would lay in the back yard on a nice quilt on our backs and stare up at the blue skies. Watching the cloud shapes go by and the kids trying to guess what "that" cloud looks like. Looking for the dragonflies at the fish pond, seeking the "cool" butterflies and watching the birds fly thru the trees. These are the memories I will never forget.

Well the summer is off to a hot start, I was kinda hopin' it was going to be awhile before we had to hide indoors from the heat. I hope that is not a repeat of last summer. We roasted last year, rain was non-existent, trees died, grass was a permanent brown and the flowers were....well they all died with the water restrictions. The only bright spot is that the humidity is not at 80+%. I am praying for a good rain, not the storms that bring tornadoes and push the planes off the tarmac.

The heat has brought some well needed time to spend indoors and finish all of the projects I have put off "until I had more time", not to mention the quilt(s) that are in progress and in much need of TLC.

Until next post.........