Sabbath!

Looking at this picture of Molly can't you just hear her say, "What you talkin' bout Willis"? Hahaha!

Molly giving Mommy Loves!

Well we didn't show the house over the weekend. One family was away at a church youth camp and the other family was on a cruse. Oh well, if and when they call they can come see the house. Tonight I put the house on our local Internet site. We are still planning to have an open house this weekend unless someone shows up with a big fat check! Please pray for the sale of the house and for some decisions we have to make. I know the house will sell and we will be moving forward but the unknown of when is scary.

It has been SO HOT and humid. I water my flowers everyday and I am thinking I am going to have to water them twice a day. By the late afternoon they are drooping and wilting. Our tomato plants are doing well. We planted them a little late so they are just now producing. From our large cherry vines we have picked 2 and right now have about a dozen or more that are about ready. The Better Boys are just not getting babies on them. It took them a long time to start producing but when they did, boom...there they were, about 8 of them. There are tons of itty bitty cucumbers but none for the pickin'. Speaking of tomatoes, last weekend I made fried green tomatoes! Larry is hooked! I must admit they were soooo yummy! I bought them from a man down the road that sells produce out of the back of his pickup truck. I stopped in one day but he had forgotten to put them on his truck. I told him I would come another day. A few days later Larry and I stopped by and when I walked up he clapped his hands and said, "I've been waitin' on you alllllday"! He was such a cute and sweet old man. Reminded me of my Papa so much.

Larry's best friend, we call him Tac, is in Iraq. Larry heard from him and he is doing well. He just went home for R&R and he is half way though his deployment. Thank you Lord for his safety this far and continue to shelter him from harm.

Larry and I are so drained. I am just praying for strength to keep going. At the church we are going to, Pastor Bob is doing a series on The 10 Commandments. Sunday before last, the sermon at church was on the Sabbath which means rest. One of the points was that it don't just mean on Sunday we should rest but that we need rest daily. We all say, ok I'll do this much more then I'll stop...ok, after this I'll stop...if I keep working at it I can finish it....then by the time we know it, it is midnight and we are not getting the rest we need to begin another day. I can't even begin to sum the service up for you but boy did it hit home with us. We did work in the house after church that day. We talked about it on the way home from church and both of our thoughts were that our time is limited and God understand that we need to paint the porch today. At the end of the day we were draggin' big time! Well, this past Sunday Larry said, "Today, we are taking a Sabbath. We are going to rest because it's the right thing to do". So we went to church then had Mexican food for lunch. We goofed off around the house but didn't "work". Then today, Monday, I had to go by where Catherine is volunteering and give her some money and Lauras Bible. I stuck the money inside the Bible and went out to leave. When I sat inside the Mountaineer I opened the Bible to make sure I had not dropped the money out along the way. When I opened the Bible to where I had randomly placed the money, guess what was the first word I saw in BOLD print...."Sabbath"! Out loud I said, "Ok Lord, I hear ya". I read the first couple verses, closed the Bible and smiled because I knew he was making sure I "Got It"!

I had no idea that I was going to write all of this. I had no intention of talking about this but before it knew it, I had already written it. Maybe someone reading my blog needs to be reminded to "Sabbath". Or, maybe it was Gods way of double checking me!?!?

OK, time for me to R-E-S-T! Goodnight...Sweet Dreams!

kdp