I’ve always wondered what people who chose this form of attention getting hope to accomplish.
I personally prefer the silence to having to listen to inane conversation spewing from their lips.
The silence absolved me from having to think about what they really want. Abdicates me from having to provide them with any kind of service.
Allows me complete total freedom to come and go as I please without having to vocalize my plans.
Provides me with blog fodder and amusement.
Bring on the silence!
51⁰F NNW@9mph SR0649 SS1919
Morning Offering given
Cascade peaceful
No coffee
Good volleyball game last evening. M is a fantastic server.
Fun flag football game. L did great! quite the run for a touchdown.
Slept like a log.
Hope to finish up my homework for the Bible study class next Tuesday. It’s going to be an interesting class. The plan is to meet K for coffee.
If we could touch on how to parent the disrespectful child (one day this week). If you haven’t pointers, that would be great.
Is one source. It may, however, be too foofoo. Personally, the 10 commandments are a good starting place. As well as starting young on modeling respectful language and recognition of authority. One can not display what they have not been taught or experienced.
https://www.verywellfamily.com/ways-to-deal-with-disrespectful-children-1094948 is another.
Know you are prayed for.
58⁰F NNE@7mph SR0633 SS1920
Morning Offering given
Village quiet
Coffee excellent
The man sleeps
Pray for the repose of souls for those lost in the terrorist attack 09.11.2001. May they rest in peace.
The girl and her husband return home today. I hope they enjoyed their time here as much as we enjoyed them being here. We’ll see them again in a few weeks down there.
Fall is almost upon us (23rd). I look forward to winding down the business while enjoying the rich colors and cooler weather of Autumn 🍂
I’m looking forward to the Lutifisk Supper, to eating lefsa, and seeing family at the end of the month.
It is time to reflect on life. To clean out the closets and drawers of the things in the past that should have been tossed out ages ago.
Know you are prayed for.
60⁰F clouds NNW@7mph SR0622 SS1924
Morning Offering given
Village quiet
The man is sleeps
Coffee good
Excellent post on climate change you should read it.
Anyone know where/who ref accident last evening
My new 2024 dayplanner came.
“The Pope’s Exorcist” very good movie. See it!
Have an awesome filled day
Know you are prayed for
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See it
If for no other reason than to remind yourself, satan is real and working here on earth.
Yesterday, sometime of a stroke
https://www.leonard-mullerfh.com/obituary/Jeffrey-Ogden
I am continually amazed at some things.
J was 2 yrs younger than me. We have not spoken to each other since our father died 12 yrs ago. Well, other than a nod of the head in recognition and the utterance of a first name.
Families hurt each other; sometimes, intentionally, sometimes not. 12 yrs ago, it was intentional. I took a stand cutting off contact. This was not a petty discussion his words hurt my children. To this day, it changed things for them. You do not tell adopted children they cannot come to Chistmas because they don’t deserve to be there. You can not tell adopted children they don’t belong. It does not matter that they are mostly adults it still hurts.
Then it was decided by him and my sister P to move my mother…I was not told. They distributed my mother’s belongings, and I was not told. My mother died, and I was not told. They, of course, will say we told your eldest child who, in turn, was given the duty to tell me. What kind of people tell someone’s child (alibet adult) to pass on a death message. That is something I should have done as a mother to comfort a child. Yet again, that is how they chose to do things.
I am not innocent in all this. I could have been a bigger person, and perhaps if this had been the only thing I would have been.
My deepest sympathy to his wife D and children L, B, & E as well as their families.
May he rest in peace. Pray for his soul.
48⁰F cloudy SSW@4mph SR0634 SS1924
Morning Offering given… it can be something as easy as… thank you, Lord, for allowing me to wake. I am yours to do with as you see fit guide me, and teach me, through the day
Village silent. Late night filled with fun at the Fall Fest. Who won the tractor pull? Car show is today.
Coffee good, welcomed in the chill of the morning.
2nd day of garage sale.
100 yr old rustic vintage coffee table, rustic bench too.
Tires
For those who need one almost new shower chair…
Quilt, leather jackets, flat screen TV,
Free working refrig…you haul
Tools
Books, books, books
The builder of the “Little Free Libraries” is moving in October. I have several new libraries. They usually run anywhere from 100-500, depending on size. The ones I have here are 25-75. New in the box. Also, 2 lfl benches. Stop in or give me a shout.
I’m still reading the spiritual direction book. There is a plethora of information there I will need to ponder. It’s funny how we grow up and think some things are set in stone. Most are not set in stone. We do it that way cause mom did is a fairly honest answer.
S-i-L…Kyle…the above statement does not include how to fold towels or sheets. Nor does it include the proper placement of TP in the holder or the proper position of the lid on the T. That is set in stone.
Know you are prayed for.
58⁰F NNE@3mph SR0634 SS1926
Morning Offering given
Village sleeps
Coffee dripping
Chilly front porch
Txs neighbor B had a great time at Peck’s last night. Looking forward to the next time.
The girl is doing a garage sale today.
Watched Nafarious last night. Very thought provoking. A must-see movie.
I am thankful the weekend is here.
Wondering what’s happening in your life
Know you are prayed for.
It got me to thinking and defining things.
It’s being disciplined to do the Godly even if we might not feel like it. Do the Godly until your heart catches up. Tenacious means to keep a firm hold of something. To be tenacious in our faith, we must keep a firm hold of our faith every day in all situations. We cannot become distracted.
In July 2021, Jacob Tanner (an evangelical) wrote, “Christians are commanded to redeem the time” (Eph. 5:16), “be instant to always preach the Gospel” (2 Tim. 4:2), “continually work to take every thought captive to Christ” (2 Cor. 10:5) “and pursue peace and holiness” (Heb. 12:4). “Far from being a calling to laziness, the Christian is called by Christ to continually be at work towards holiness. In fact, the command to pursue holiness is exactly like the command to “be holy as I am holy” (1 Peter 1:16). It is a command for active obedience in the life of the Christian. While this should never be understood as a prerequisite for salvation, nor as a requirement to keep salvation, the truth is that the one who loves Christ will keep His commandments (John 15:14) as evidence of the salvation that has been experienced. As Hebrews 12:4 also says, without holiness, no one will see the Lord. Thus, the Christian is both shown to rest in the positional holiness of Christ and encouraged to pursue practical holiness by the power of the Holy Spirit. This also means the Christian must actively fight for holiness by constantly putting sin to death.”
JT and I (although we attend different churches, we are both Christian) agree on this.
I had never considered the below:
Patience can be tenacious. In Psalm 31:24 we learn to “Be strong and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord!” The harvest does not happen instantly as anything worth doing takes time. Galatians 6:9 says “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up”
Frankly, previously tenacity always seemed to be somewhat of a negative.
I am grateful to my s-i-l for enlightenment.
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