05.17.2023

46°F clear SR@0535 ESE@8mph SS@2024

Morning Offering given

Village quiet

Coffee strong

the man sleeps

Today I remember my baptism in May 1955 at Nelsonville Lutheran Church. My grandparents Clair & Lorraine P were my Godparents. May they rest in peace.

Birthday greetings to John S husband of my dear friend Kathy, may she rest in peace.

Current news…Leaked Pentagon Report Forensically Dismantled Fauci-Led Natural Origin Study. You can read about this in the Epoch Times. You can also read about how Adam Schiff still insists Trump Conspired with Russia even after the Durham Report further discredits the FBI Probe. Sigh…how long will we have to put up with corruption in the US Government? Monkeypox is on the rise again…that vaxx doesn’t work either.

Yesterday’s eye exam went well as did the hearing aide visit. Yes the Golden Years are wonderful…the eyes go, right along with the ears. No wonder things are so wonderful you can’t hear or see the things that are going wrong. Add this to the crepe skin, numb feet, thinning hair, and skin apron you are set.

How’s the garden coming? Did you get it in? I put mine in containers this year. Asperagus is ready for picking. So is the ruhbarb. The plum tree has bloomed along with the tulips and daffodills. The rose of sharon shrubs and the lilac trees make the garden smell wonderful with their blooms. Nature has a way with taking someone out of the doldrums of the winter browns. Spring is the time God set aside to get your spirit working again after the rest time of winter. There used to be a time when winter meant rest, take life easy, relax, regroup, regenerate. Then, when spring arrived, you were rested enough to enjoy the new emergence of energy and life. Our modern world has forgotten it. For whatever reason, the expectations of today are to be busy all the time, leaving minisule downtime. This is an error in our thought process. One does not have to be busy all the time. Our children do not have to have something to do all the time. It is good for them to be bored. It allows them to have time to explore their minds looking at the world through a child or young adult eyes. We don’t see the world the same you know. Let your children experience downtime/boredom so that they can exercise their minds. Children are wash and wear. They do not have to be clean all the time. It is good to sweat, exercise, and get dirty. It is good to play.

Ascension is tomorrow; but in many churches will be celebrated on Sunday. (Do I dare say it used to be celebrated on the day it landed and in some churches still is. You might ask why it isn’t today in all churches, well that’s because no one wanted to be inconvienced or bold enough to tell their employers they were going to church and would be in afterwards. We lost some of our constitutional rights when we agreed to that. But that discussion is for another day.

I believe in God, the Father almighty,
      creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
      who was conceived by the Holy Spirit
      and born of the virgin Mary.
      He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
      was crucified, died, and was buried;
      he descended to hell.
      The third day he rose again from the dead.
      He ascended to heaven
      and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty.
      From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,
      the holy catholic church,
      the communion of saints,
      the forgiveness of sins,
      the resurrection of the body,
      and the life everlasting. Amen.

Have an awesome day.

Know you are prayed for.