Good Things

GOD SPEAKS TO US THROUGH HIS HOLY WORD:

17 May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish the work of our hands for us - yes, establish the work of our hands. - Psalm 90:17(New International Version).

GOD'S PROMISE TO US FROM HIS HOLY WORD:

13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good; honey from the comb is sweet to your taste. 14 Know also that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off. - Proverbs 24:13-14(New International Version).

A QUOTE:

I breathed a song into the air; it fell to earth, I know not where.... and the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend. - Longfellow -

THOUGHTS TO REMEMBER A great person is someone who has not lost the heart of a child. - From Reminisce Magazine - Believing Christ died - that's history; believing Christ died for me - that's salvation. - From Our Daily Bread - Nobody else's footsteps lead exactly where you're going. - From Go For It -

NOTES:

We had lots of rain starting around 1:00 a.m. last night and continuing until around 10:00 a.m. this morning. I got up around 7:30 a.m., made my breakfast (microwave), took my first pain pill of the day and watched the news on television. It continued to rain and I kept wondering if I should go to Worship Services. I called my daughter, Treva, between 8:30 and 9:00 as I do every day and I asked her what she thought about me going to church. She left it up to me. I had just about decided to go back to bed so I took the rest of my pills that I take every day for high blood pressure, etc. It was then that I decided that I should go ahead, get ready and go to church. About an hour later when I got in my van the rain had stopped. I am so glad that I decided to do the right thing and go on to church. We haven't had any more rain today but it is supposed to come again by morning. We had a good Worship Service with choruses, hymns, spiritual songs and testimonies. Pastor JT's sermon was titled "Transformational Living: From Believing to Becoming." I am so glad that I attended church this morning. I had lunch at home. I took my afternoon nap. Beau was my nap partner this afternoon. I awakened around 3:00 p.m. and at first I thought it must be Monday and I hadn't put the garbage out front last night and would have to wait another week. Then I realized it was still Sunday. Does that ever happen to you? If not it will one of these days. I put food and treats outside for the cats around 6:35 p.m. and sat with them for a few minutes. I put the garbage out on the street after 7:00 p.m. Thanks for reading the Good Things and thanks for your emails.

The cats are fine. Smokey is fine and is lying on a desk near me at present and so is Rascal. Last night just before midnight it was thundering a little to the north of McAlester so my cats all came in except Lucy, the former stray. I went to bed around midnight and left the cats in for I had looked at radar on the Internet and saw that storms were headed our way and would be here before long. I went to sleep and around 1:00 a.m. the storm arrived with lightning, rain and thunder. Five of my cats got on the bed with me thinking that I could protect them from the storm. They were Rascal snuggling close as usual, Beau, Emmy, Friendly and Leo. Smokey was under a sofa somewhere because he hides out when it thunders. Tony was lying in the floor somewhere, thunder doesn't bother him. Itty Bitty was also hiding out somewhere because sometimes the loud thunder bothers her. Lucy never came in so she was at her other living quarters wherever that is. She came in this morning before I went to church. That is my cat story for today and when you get tired of all this tell me so and I will drop you from the Good Things.

Have a nice Monday to start the week. Everett