26°F NW15mph SR0708 SS1726
Morning Offering given
Village peaceful
Coffee good
St. Scholastica and her brother St. Benedict show us how to work to build Gods community of faith guided by example. Lord, help me to work within my family to create a greater love for God with patience and insight.
Meditations for Each Day pg. 59 “The Love of God” In a man wants to know if he s living a good Christian life all he has to do is ask himself if he loves God above everything and his neighbour as himself. I failed this question today. I squeeze God into my day and with the exception of one or two I seldom think of my neighbours. So even though I make time for God I am not loving him above everything. This is the great human downfall I do believe. We think we can catch God when we have a moment instead of making him everything.
Scripture Readings for Day 10
•Names of God• Jehovah Jireh• Genesis 22:13-14 Abraham looked up and saw a single ram caught by its horns in the thicket. So Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering in place of his son.* 14Abraham named that place Yahweh-yireh;* hence people today say, “On the mountain the LORD will provide.”
•The Love of God• Psalm 86:15 But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in mercy and truth.h
•Love• 1Peter 4:8 c Above all, let your love for one another be intense, because love covers a multitude of sins.*
Looks like I’ll be in La Crosse today. Hopefully, I’ll get home at a decent time. More changes in the future for my driving are being made. Life needs to wind down a bit and be more relaxed. We need to play more Scrabble, cards, and bingo. The house project for this year is finish what we started. All the bits and pieces still left undone. Like emptying the closets and attics, have multiple garage sales and marketplace items. Sort, throw, giveaways for sure. The garage collection sorted and out of here, except for what we need to keep. Which, contrary to the husband’s opinion, is not every pulled nail and stripped screw. It is time we have reached our early & mid 70’s, we cannot do what we once did and it is foolish to keep thinking some day… We need to reset the mindset and get rid of the burden thinking.
Aging is not fun, it could be, but right now it is not.
QUESTIONS: What is your definition of success? What do you really need to have/own to fully retire?
Know you are prayed for.
In the "Wilds of Wisconsin & Cornfields of Iowa" 