A few of my favorite things

I was outside last night and I thought I would snap a few pictures of a few of my favorite things
Things I love about being outside and to sit on the porch and enjoy the beauty of nature . These are from my neck  of the woods

 The view from where I sit

 another view

 a extra rocker for anyone to come sit a spell

 Lantana the butterflies and humming birds love this plant

 John F Kennedy rose

 A side view

A view of blooms

 This is just a few of my favorite things that while I porch sit before work or late evening
I so enjoy .  I must soak all this beauty in as it will soon be to cold to sit out and the flowers
will be gone .  To each of you enjoy those blooms and nature each day


Glenna

Multitudes on Mondays Week 65 August 22-28 2011

                            

              Giving Thanks to GOD this week for ..............


3946     Monday ~~~ for this wonderful day to start fresh !!!
3947      For this poem I found

I am thankful for everything I have experienced


In this life of mine

For in all I have found

That in His Word-the answers I find



I am thankful for all the tears I have cried

For they have taught me to appreciate laughter

They have given me the ability to see the

The joy that comes after



Through my tears I have come to know

His Holy Spirit in my life

How He is always there

And comforts through the strife



I am thankful for the storms I have encountered

Knowing that the rainbow is at the end

Realization that they are only temporal

That with time all will mend



I have learned that I don’t need to be strong

For GOD supplies the strength for me

He shoulders my burdens

Regardless of what the circumstance may be



I am thankful for all the relationships

For the good and yes, for the bad

For they have given life to my emotions

An appreciation of what I have had



My most valuable relationship

Is that with Yahweh, my Father

I know that I can trust Him

As I can trust no other



I am thankful for the pain I have known

It has given a compassion for the suffering

An ability to reach out to others

An appreciation of little things



I understand the greatness of  GOD's love

And the pain He has suffered for me

How He endured all things

So that I could be set free



I am thankful for the hunger and thirst

That I have had to go through

I appreciate having food before me

And sharing it with others too



He has given himself as my food and drink

To make sure that I was fed

His Blood shed for my drink

And His Body broken for my bread



Most of all, I am thankful for His Grace

For the provisions that it brings

How it has provided for

Me in all things

3948    For Amon having concern for Lc and coming by to see how things were going =A caring person
3949     Laughter watching kids  at a beauty pageant


3950     Tuesday ~~for this day !!!
3951      For the wonderful time at the park as it was beautiful at lunchtime
3952      Another evening of watering flowers and pruning them while having my time with GOD
surrounded by his beauty

3953     Wednesday ~~~For this beautiful day !!!
3954      Coffee brought to my bedside
3955      Crock pots = I have supper ready when I get home
3956       The picture below says what a beautiful sky I saw on my way to work , as though GOD is saying you are under my wings ..I thought of this scripture when I saw this ...........Psalms 91 (its a favorite of mine )
1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High

shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the LORD,
He is my refuge and my fortress:
my God; in him will I trust.
3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler,
and from the noisome pestilence.
4 He shall cover thee with his feathers,
and under his wings shalt thou trust:
his truth shall be thy shield and buckler



3957    Thursday ~~for this day !!!
3958     Going to my sisters with LC and having dinner with her
3959     Going out to take some late evening pictures around our yard
3960     Thankful that GOD knows what I need and will open those doors for me !!

3961      Friday ~~For this day !! thank you Lord for waking me this morning
3962      For running home to make some home made biscuits for us
3963      For my husband and I going out to Sonic
3964      American Standard replacing parts at no cost

3965     Saturday ~~For this day !!
3966     That I have a three day weekend
3967     That when I want to cry and threw in the towel so to speak  ..........GOD is there for me
3968      When everything goes wrong .......GOD is there right beside of me
3969      Texting LC about the lemons in life

3970      Sunday ~~For this day !!!
3971      Going to New Haven tonight
3972      The pastor telling about witnessing to a fair worker ...this sure did touch my heart
3973      Watering flowers and feeding my hummingbirds
3974      Daily ..Forgiveness

God I just come before you now thanking you for the many gifts and blessings you have allowed
me~~~I sure do thank you Lord !!! 

Praise GOD for all he has done and is doing in my life
may you feel his love each day
Glenna

Simple Pleasure Thursday 8 25 2011

Simple Pleasures Thursday

I love having lunch at the park or to just go and sit

enjoy GOD's beauty

Today I took the ducks some lunch

they seemed to love it

as much as I loved giving them some bread

                                                             GOD's  creatures

Enjoying some bread

I am enjoying the view

                                                                    The beauty

                                                                     of our earth

I really had more than one simple pleasure

1.  Feeding the ducks

2.  Enjoying lunchtime  on such a beautiful day 

  at a beautiful place that was so quiet

I am joining Dayle today

at Simple Pleasures Thursday

come on and join us

life sure is fun enjoying life's simple things

follow me over to her blog by the link below

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                                         Many simple pleasures to each of you
                                         Glenna

Who but GOD !!!

                              Tell me who but GOD could do such things as this.............
                              As I was driving to work this morning I was sitting at a red light
                              looking at the sky how beautiful it was .
                              I drove on up the road to find a spot to pull off and capture this picture
                              I thought who but GOD could make such a beautiful sky, not only the sky
                              HE can walk from cloud to cloud and take his finger tip and make this beauty
                              I am privileged to see ..
                          
                              My thoughts turned to who but GOD could take these seeds
                              and make something beautiful to view or eat.
                             

                             Who but GOD .................................................


                              May you feel GOD surrounding you at this moment
                               Glenna

Sorry that my blog is not formatting right bear with me as I try to fix it.                          

Multitudes on Mondays week 64 August 15-21 2011

                            

              Giving Thanks to GOD this week for ..............

3916    Monday ~~For this day !!!
3917    For a much needed payday
3918    Kindness of others sharing their garden
3919    I have listed this before but its such a blessing to me to have some time to pray and talk to GOD will I mow and weed eat ~~~Thank you LORD ~~~for mowers and weed eaters

3920    Tuesday~~For this day !!!
3921    That GOD will provide for his kids !!!
3922    Enjoying the day off
3923    For the new recipe Supper in a bag
3924    That I have managed to clean a much needed guest bedroom
3925    For a cool evening to enjoy outside ~~

3926    Wednesday ~~for this day !!
3927     Feeling better this A.M.  THANK YOU LORD !!!
3928     Limeade from Lisa
3929     Going to our county wide revival seeing so many Church's come together
3930      Faith..............Hebrews 11:1 now faith is

3931      Thursday ~~for this day !!!
3932      For Windex
3933      My time to porch sit this evening after watering my flowers
3934       For allergy meds

3935       Friday ~~For this day !!!
3936       Bedside coffee brought to me with love .....
3937       Champion finally ate some , the love I have for this dog


3938       Saturday ~~for this day !!!
3939       For the bright sun early this morning
3940       For my sister and Lc coming to porch sit

3941       Sunday ~~for this day !!
3942       Thankful for this day of worship with my church family
3943        For a note that said thanks for the much needed company last night
(helping someone that is lonely )
3944        For porch sitting again with the same crew on a different porch
3945        Laughs about kids ...................nothing more precious


This week  I thank GOD for all things of each day , for every breath that I have taken was GOD given, so many blessings from his hand that loves this ole gal ..and he calls me his own
Thank you LORD a millions thanks would still never be enough for each minute of each day that you are right there blessing me I love and Praise my Saviour !!!!

Blessings to all
Glenna

Follow up from yesterdays post Heaven and Hell

I Posted yesterday would I still be a Christian if there were no heaven or hell ......................
Each time I think of this my mind goes to some family remembers that saw into
heaven . took a walk there and came back to tell others . I just had to share this with you
as its was laid on my heart to do so.



First my nephew Bill he flat lined and died on the way to the hospital about four years ago
He told everyone he what he saw and felt , he said it was like being wrapped in a blanket of love and peace no pain he saw his sister Kim that had passed on about 18 years when he had this experience.  He told everyone of this feeling and how GOD is that blanket of love and peace, he said mom when its time for me to go don't cry its wonderful to feel that feeling I will never be afiard  to die as its wonderful !!!

This year in January my brother had a out of body  experience he had a wonderful faith in GOD for many years on is journey of life.   He told me to never doubt its real as he told me of seeing JESUS and tried to describe him and the beauty of his brightness, he said there is just not words for the beauty that I saw . He saw many loved ones and told me about each one . Just like he told me don't doubt its real I have saw it  don't stop praying and don't stop going to church .
I pray if I were to ever doubt that heaven is real ...........may I always remember the blanket of love and peace and the real things that both Bill and Buggs talked about .

The following was wrote by my brother Buggs some time back

IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED HEAVEN, EARTH AND MOON

THIS WAS ALL APART OF HIS GREAT PLAN

NOW SCIENTISTS SAY THE UNIVERSE WAS MADE BY A GIANT

EXPLOSION SOME EVEN BELIEVE THIS IS TRUE

BUT LET ME TELL YOU CHILDREN MY GOD LIT THE FUSE!!!! (EMJ)

I feel that both Bill and Buggs lived their dash well in the few years they spent with us on life's journey !!!

I sure do miss all them but heavens sweeter with my family there ........
May you never doubt that its real
Blessings to all
Glenna

IF there were no HEAVEN or HELL

Today I am joining Amber at Journey of faith ~~Special Edition ~~
Her question today was If there where no heaven or hell would I still be a christian

I  have thought about this for just a few minutes after reading Amber's Article and YES
I chose number
 1.I absolutely would still be a Christian....


I absolutely  would still be a CHRISTian!!!!
I have this Joy way down deep in my inner most being , my soul.
that tells me to do good for evil , to help others, to go , to do , to tell others of this goodness
that I feel  way down deep in this soul of mine.
 The JOY, LOVE, PEACE,  that I can not hide , even on days when I am so far off the course for living the right kind of life and being the right kind of example that I should be I still come back and ask GOD to forgive me thankful for his forgiveness
This is so hard for me since I know beyond a shadow of doubt that there is a HEAVEN and there is a HELL...

In the rough and tough world we live in with all of the crime,and bad things that can happen to anyone of us at anytime
 ( I have had to lay on the floor with a gun pointed at me during a bank robbery glad to know that GOD watched over me during this time when others were so evil)  ...yes I pick the good over evil !!
 
Thankful to know that GOD is my saviour and king
Glenna

Simple Pleasure Thursday 8 18 2011

This Picture is my simple pleasure today

my husband was out in town and knows

how much I love Mickey D's tea

Its yummy tea as most of us

from the southern states

love sweet tea

A simple picture of tea that was

brought with a lot of love

sweet tea and love

nothing better on

this day !!!

I am joining Dayle at Simple Pleasures

Today

Hop over and join us too

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                                           May your day be filled with sunshine and the SON-shine
                                                                             Blessings to all
                                                                                 Glenna

Multitudes on Mondays Week 63 August 8-15 2011

                              

              Giving Thanks to GOD this week for ..............


3884    Monday ~~for this day !!
3885    Chatting with my BFF in KY at 6 am 
3886    Early morning to enjoy the beauty that surrounds me a few pictures below of GOD's beauty !!

3887   For being in a meeting that opened with prayer and the pledge of allegiance

3888   Lisa letting me come pick blueberries .....(thanks Lisa)


3889    Tuesday ~~for this day!!!
3890    Thankful to soak in the early morning seeing another sunrise
3891     I love yous as the door closes
3892     Going to water exercise =many laughs + good for the body

3893     Wednesday ~~for this day !!!!
3894      Lisa bringing a camera for me to use until I purchase a new one !!!
3895      For Raindrops falling on my way home from work

3896      Thursday ~~for this day !!!
3897      That GOD is good and will supply my needs
3898       That when I am upset he is there for me

3899      Friday ~~for this day !!!
3900      For a much needed hair apt. and hi lights
3901      For John 3 16 the love he has for me

3902    Saturday ~~for this day !!!
3903    That I have this day off from work
3904     A longer time to porch sit
3905     Cutting back roses and pulling weeds
3906     For sevin dust to spray the roses to keep the Japanese beetles away
3907     For talking with my husband and being with him on a better day
3908     For late evening sisters porch sitting
3909      For the thunder and lighting as I am reminded of the song How Great THOU are ....in times of storms

3910     Sunday ~~ for this day !!!
3911     Fixing pigs in the blanket  (sure thankful they gave me something easy to fix)for our brunch at Church to welcome our pastor and his family
3912     Church family coming together for fellowship before worship
3913     The message the pastor brought
3914     That the new mission house is under roof
3915      Hearing the praises for prayers being answered ~~PRAISE GOD ~~ for those answered prayers

Blessings to all
Glenna

Grasshoppers or Giants what will we be

Grasshoppers or Giants 

Thinking about the little grasshoppers 

along with the giants 

in Numbers 13

The Lord spoke to Moses

and told him to send men 

to search the land of Canaan 

what they found was a land of large 

fruit , milk and honey 

the men said they are so big they are giants compared to us 

thinking upon this since yesterday 

how if in our day we too would have been scared,

with GOD helping us as a  grasshopper 

we too can be giants for the LORD

we can take that stand to be a witness to tell others 

of the love , share what GOD has done for us 

we are in a battle of being that grasshopper or trying to be  the giant

I thought of this song
Little David wasn't afraid he shook off his armor
and was clothed with the power of GOD
I must try to be that giant

A grasshopper going to try to be a better Giant

Glenna

Multitudes on Mondays Week 62 Aug 1-7 2011

                              

              Giving Thanks to GOD this week for ..............

3856   Monday ~~for this day !!!
3857   My extra day off
3858   Mowing and weed eating this evening also watering my flowers = time to spend alone with me and GOD in nature ...reminds me of the song
VERSE #1

I come to the garden alone,

While the dew is still on the roses,

And the voice I hear, falling on my ear,

The Son of God discloses.

And He walks with me, and He talks with me,

And He tells me I am His own,

And the joy we share as we tarry there,

None other has ever known.



VERSE #2

He speaks, and the sound of His voice,

Is so sweet the birds hush their singing,

And the melody that He gave to me,

Within my heart is ringing.

And He walks with me, and He talks with me,

And He tells me I am His own,

And the joy we share as we tarry there,

None other has ever known.



VERSE #3

I'd stay in the garden with Him,

Tho' the night around me be falling,

But He bids me go, thro' the voice of woe,

His voice to me is calling.

And He walks with me, and He talks with me,

And He tells me I am His own,

And the joy we share as we tarry there,

None other has ever known.
 This song was one of my favorites even as a child ..I still love it ....nothing like being in the garden with GOD ...and I can sing really loud no one can hear me with the mower .....

3859    Sitting on the porch late to cool off

3860   Tuesday ~~for this day !!!!
3861    The Hummingbird that came up to me as to say I need fresh food = I love when they come close to me .so tiny .one of GOD's beautiful birds ....

3862    Wednesday ~~for this day !!!
3863     Seeing the sunrise from my porch , with my husband and coffee
3864     For everything that GOD allows me to borrow each day ~~his goodness and love is so wonderful
3865      Reading other blogs that Love the Lord
3866      For the gift of corn from SB.

3867     Thursday ~~for this day ~a gift from GOD !!
3868      I say this alot each morning ~early morning porch sitting with my husband and coffee watching the sun come up and all GOD's beauty that surrounds us
3869      Reading simple pleasures
3870      Our ladies potluck ..thankful for the ladies in our group
3871      Thankful for the laughter we shared and some tears also = a great evening

3872     Friday ~~for this day ~~!!
3873     Lisa walking to pick up my lunch = she is my knees thank you so much
3874     Laughter we shared about last night
3875     A call from my husband
3876      The gift from GOD of beautiful flowers ......and allowing me to have some in our yard
3877      Praising GOD for memories of loved ones and enjoying looking at those pictures


(this song came to my mind as I was looking at pictures )

3878     Saturday ~~~for this day GOD has allowed me !!!
3879      Thankful for that early morning time with my husband on the porch and the time after he goes in =My  early time with GOD
3880        Being with my church family to worship 
3881         The message from numbers 13 ...are we grasshoppers or giants
3882         Beautiful drive for dinner with my husband 
3883         A week of safety !!!! 




Giving Thanks to GOD this week for all the many blessings of life that he allows me each day 
when I look at the flowers or see the birds I think how much he loves them and I know he LOVES ME !!! 


May you have a blessed week 
Glenna 

Simple Pleasure Thursday 8-4-2011

     My Simple Pleasure

This week I had a early Morning meeting

as I was driving I could see the  beginning of the sunrise

I just had to pull off and watch

it come up

as I sit there

watching GOD bring

such beauty to life before

me

I just was in awww with the sunrise

as  you can see it was sure

worth pulling off the road to watch

I only had my phone camera

so the pictures aren't the greatest

quality but you will still

see the beauty of the morning

                                                                    the first capture

                                                      The Sun starting to show up

                                                    Shining a little more

The beauty of a sunrise

is my simple pleasure

Today Dayle is sponsoring Simple Pleasure Thursday's

Join us by clicking on the link below

Thanks Dayle for allowing us to share

Simple things in our life

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                                                    May you feel the sun (son) near you today
                                                                                Glenna
                                
                                            

Multitude on Mondays week 61 July 25-31 2011

                              

              Giving Thanks to GOD this week for ..............

3825   Monday ~~for this day !!!
3826   That we can sit on the porch this AM
3827   For Knowing Betty and the Christian life see lived
3828   For talking to GOD knowing he understands when I don't have a clue as to WHY
3829   Getting laundry folded =I have clothes to fold and they are clean
3830   For Tylenol

3831   Tuesday ~~For this day !!!
3832   Not having the headache this morning
3833    Safe travels today
3834   Long talks with my husband
3835   Late porch sitting listening to nature
3836   That CW's knee is feeling better

3837   Wednesday ~~for this day !!!
3838    Hummingbirds and fixing them fresh food
3839    Chucks knee is feeling better
3840    For the invitation to dinner of Fresh Green beans, corn , and it was yummy
3841    Porch sitting with my sister and then later to porch sit with my husband

3842    Thursday ~~for this day !!!
3843     Up to be outside to watch the sunrise
3844     Chuck getting the breaks fixed
3845     Having Kim a little birthday get together after work
3846     For kids....Jayden dancing ......so cute and sweet

3847    Friday ~~For this day !!!


3848   Saturday ~~for this day !!!
3849   Being off these next three days
3850   Being with my husband on his birthday
3851   Safe travels this day

3852   Sunday ~~for this day !!
3853   Meeting to worship with our church family
3854    Fresh green beans
3855    Naps = a day to be lazy