CELEBRATING!

Wednesday was my hubby's last treatments for his throat cancer! 

The staff got together and gave him a party!

No food, just fun and laughter!

 

That's our son-in-law blowing bubbles with the nursing staff. He is the pharmacist for the Cancer Center.  He loves to have a good time, the funny little stuff animal on the table is singing "Wild Thing"

It's so good not to have to go everyday.The drive was so tiring.

Curt's happy not to need more treatments, but it will be a few more weeks before they can find out if it's all gone. Praying it has! Thanks for every prayer and email I received during this journey. God has been with us all the way, praising Him daily!

 "Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid,

nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you

wherever you go" Joshua 1:9

Have a blessed weekend!

Sylvia

Happy Father's Day

I want to wish ALL Father's a very Happy Day!

Sylvia

Monkey Bread ---recipe

Sunday was my grandson, Johnathan's18th birthday. We had his party with the family at my home.  He also graduated from high school on May 23rd. So amongst everything else there has been blessings. (we are blessed everyday)

I made Monkey Bread. If you haven't tried it, you must. It's easy to make and taste like cinnamon roll. Everyone loves it.

I'll post the recipe at the bottom!

 

Here he is after graduating. Next comes College in August.

My daughter bought him a birthday cookie.

 

 

Here's the recipe

Monkey Bread

2 cans Grands flaky Biscuits

1-1/2 tablespoons cinnamon

3/4 cup sugar

1-1/2 cup chopped pecans

Spray Bundt pan with cooking oil and then pour in the chopped pecans.  Cut the biscuits in quarters. Place sugar and cinnamon in a large ziploc bag and shake biscuit quarters till coated, and then place in Bundt pan.

Icing

1-1/2 sticks butter

1/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar (I use light)

1-1/2 tablespoons cinnamon

In saucepan melt butter; then add sugars and cinnamon.  Heat until sugars dissolves and then pour over biscuits. Bake 30-35 minutes at 350 degrees until done.

Allow to cool in pan two minutes and then turn over onto serving tray. You can make a icing of confection sugar and cream then drizzle over it after it's cooled.  Yum Yum Good! Enjoy!

Have a Blessed Day!

Sylvia

 

Drawing from His Well

How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity". Psalms 133:1

" As you would that man should do to you , do also to them likewise"  Luke 6:31

 

 

 

We all have differences, but in some ways we are the same.  We want to be loved and cared for, we want respect, to be listened to, yet have freedom and opportunities. We need and long to be protected from harm. 

  

Each day as I care for my  husband, who is battling throat cancer, I learn more and more about myself. I believe God is showing me some  things about myself that has been hidden. We may think we know our hearts but only God truly knows it.

 

As I sit with my Bible and a cup of tea, I reflect on myself and how I am doing in my service to my 

husband and my Lord. Within us our spirit guides us, first we should seek to know God better and then share Him with others.  Our wants and needs may be the same as others, so doing for them brings joy and comfort and improves our relationship, as we learn to listen, encourage and forgive. 

 

 Walk in love,as Christ has loved us..Ephesians 5:2

 

Sometimes it's hard to show love when we've been hurt or pushed to our limits by the needs of others.  Our Well may run low or dry up. Our need to stay close to God and meditate on His word that we may draw from His well so ours will be full, is important to our relationship with Him and with others.  Drawing from His Well, we can share love to others ,for we can't show it out of an empty well.

 

Oh Lord, fill my Well with 

Your Love so I may share it with others! Amen 

 

 

 HAVE A BLESSED SUNDAY!

Sylvia 

Feeling Life's Blessings

HAVE A BLESSED WEEKEND!

Sylvia

Our Daily Life needs an Anchor

 Peter and the other disciples got into the ship and sailed out into the sea, as Jesus had told them to do, a storm arose and the waves were tossed and the wind was contrary. They became afraid,as they looked out into the night they saw a man walking on the waters. Jesus spake to them saying "Be of good cheer;it is I;be not afraid".  Matthew:24-36

Peter asked to come on the water also, and Jesus bid him to come. but as Peter stepped out onto the waters, he took his eyes off Jesus, the wind had become boisterous,he was afraid and began to sink, he cried out for Jesus to 'save him'. Jesus reached out his hand to him. When they came into the ship the winds ceased and all was calm.

The storms of our personal life can come upon us as fast as the ones that bring the rains,thunder and lightening! Those storms that are within us that causes us to douth our faith and become fearful so our focus is on the situation and not on the One that's in control. The waters of douth rises and we feel as though we'll sink into the ocean of fear and uncertainty. 

Just like Peter we need an Anchor for our souls, when we take our eyes off our Savior, we can sink.

In Times Like These

Ruth Caye Jones

In times like these you need a Savior 

In times like these you need an anchor;

Be very sure, be very sure

Your anchor holds and grips the Solid Rock

This Rock is Jesus, yes, He's the only One!

Be very sure, be very sure,

Your anchor holds and grips the Solid Rock.

In times like these I have a Savior,

In times like these I have an Anchor;

I'm very sure, I'm very sure

My Anchor holds and grips the Solid Rock!.

 This song has been on my heart lately as I face some storms in my life, as I write this, my Lord, my anchor, has shown me that He is in control, that I must trust Him and not be afraid. I prayed as I started this post that He would give me the words to say that it may bless some one and now I find that He speaks to me. Oh what a wonderful Savior! His love and promises are always near us, if only we'll reach out and take His hand. I'll put my focus back on His promise to always be near, and "come aside to a deserted place and rest awhile." Mark 6:31

I come aside from the world of strife,

With its burdens, trials, and the cares of life

To a beautiful,quiet, restful place

Where I commune with my Jesus face to face..

.Brandt from Our Daily Bread

 

Have not I commanded thee?

Be strong and of good courage;

be not afraid,

neither be thou dismayed: for 

the Lord thy God is with you 

whithersoever thou goest.

Joshua 1:9

Like a ship on the sea needs an anchor to cause it to be still,

we need an anchor for our souls!

Lord help us to keep our focus on You,

the Anchor for our souls!

May God Bless you on this Memorial Day weekend!

Sylvia

Interruptions in life

I've  always believed that there was a reason and purpose for all things in life. Ecclesiastes 3:1  'to every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:'.   Life very seldom goes the way we plan it.  I've learned this lesson in the last few weeks.  God may have other plans for us that is better.  

 As I read my devotional this morning I was reminded of not to depend on others or myself, but to look to Him, the one that knows our future and all things that concerns us. Jeremiah 29:11

 Jesus found the opportunity to minister to a suffering woman and demonstrate His power and love. When He was on His way to heal the daughter of Jairus,a women with a health issue, touched the helm of His clothing. Her faith made her whole. (Mark 5:21-34)  The interruption of the trip to visit Jairus' daughter was known by Jesus to happen, but the disciples were irritated by this. Jesus saw it as an opportunity to minister to a suffering woman. In the meantime Jairus' daughter had died.  Jesus told them not to be afraid ,only to believe, that she was only asleep.

In our trails and sufferings, Jesus already knows the outcome, we are only to believe and trust Him. Our disappointments in life can and may very well be God's appointment, to bring us to a better understanding of His will for us, to teach us to depend on Him and strengthen our faith and bring us to a closer relationship with the one that already knows our future.  

So today as I start a new week I'll try to see the purpose in my life for the interruptions in the plans I've made, and pray that I not become irritated and complain but to minister to others and be a better witness of His Love. To take each interruptions as blessings in disguise.

My first grandchild graduates from high school this Friday. I'd planed to attend all his senior functions last week but my plans was interrupted and I only attended one out of three, I do believe it was for this reason, to slow me down and to trust God and wait on Him to lead me to a closer understanding of love and ministering. 

 I awoke at 4 this morning and could not go back to sleep, so I got up, put on a load of clothes to wash, and read my daily bible devotion. 

Lord, this humble house we'd keep,

Sweet with play and calm we sleep,

Help us so that we may give

beauty to the lives we live.

Let Thy beauty and thy Grace

Shine upon our dwelling place.

Poem by Edgar A. Guest

 Sylvia