04.26.2025

32⁰F NE8mph SR0602(0702) SS2000(1900)

Morning Offering given

Village sleeps

Coffee good

Internet issues more when repaired

I’m back
maid delivered
copies delivered
garage sale attended awesome finds
plants repotted
plants watered
laundry washed, dried, folded, and eventually will be put away
new copies made


I received a surprise in the mail: an invitation to my nephew’s son’s graduation. I was instant angry, maybe had I been invited to his wedding, or perhaps received an invitation to a baby shower, or even a baby announcement, or if there had been something more than total, complete silence except for exchanges of sympathy at the family funerals (no one bothered to call me about but I found out about and attended out of respect for family) I would have reacted differently. Maybe if they had treated all of my children as cousins instead of just the one biological child, ignoring the adopted, or if there had been invites to important family events, or even acknowledgements on the street, I wouldn’t have been angry. I threw the announcement in the trash. Now to work on the instant angry. Which means I must forgive them. That might take a lifetime.

Know you are prayed for

04.25.2025

47°F NNE11mph SR0603(0503) SS1959(1859)

Morning Offering given

Village sleeps

Coffee good

Copy work completed, emails readied for delivery

Today:
pray for the faithful departed
read Proverbs 9, commit to memory the verse/s that speak to you
RIAY Day 115 Wedding of the Lamb

Once more the day will be spent in lax, after which I have a teacher to take home. That will end my commitment to delivering and returning teachers (that board) this year. Please pray a suitable driver can be found asap for the wheelchair van. The knees continue to be without pain. Walking pad working well.

Know you are prayed for.

04.24.2025

51°F NE8mph SR0605(0505) SS1957(1857)

Morning Offering given

Village peaceful

Coffee good

Morning!

Off to Lax again this morning. The man is doing the workshop pick-up today. Parts need to be picked up as well.

Once again the old mind is blank.

Know you are prayed for.

04.23.2025

40°F SR0606(0506) SS1956(1856)

Morning Offering given

Village quiet

Coffee okay

I had another early run this morning. Then it is time to get to the Reflexologist and Chiropractor. I can tell it has been a while since I’ve been there. I should treat my body better. I need to be there at least every other week. I know this, yet I fail to get it done.

This morning, I found the Cherokee Morning song. Translated, it means, ” I am of the Great Spirit; it is so.” I then ran across an old book I’d read (FerVent by Priscilla Shirer) with a note sticking out of it that said, ” I pray you recover and maintain your passion for Christ and regain and sustain your cutting edge.” My eye then caught a night prayer tacked above my desk, paraphrased it reads, “Speak to my heart and mind so that I may find I have received a light for my way, strength for my tasks, peace from my worries, forgiveness for my sins and the power to live in your word.”

Know you are prayed for.

04.22.2025

51⁰F SR 0601(0501)  SS1950(1850)

Morning Offering given

Village quiet

No coffee

Off to Wautoma this morning. Totally messed up scheduling.  Tx goodness, the man was able to save me.

Dropped in for a quick moment at St. Joe’s.

Know you are prayed for.

04.21.2025

42⁰F WNW14mph SR0610(0510) SS1954(1854)

Morning Offering given

Village soaked

No coffee, too early

May Pope Francis rest in peace

Off to IA this morning to take someone home and quickly come back.

Mass was beautiful at St. Augustines yesterday. Was good to see a full church. Was very good to see the rail being used regardless of how you accepted Christ.

Workshop/special school picnic on Wednesday.  May 1 workshop goes to Monday & Wednesday until August.

The man did some raking last Saturday, looks good.  Garage items are being paired down. Flowers are peeking thru.

Know you are prayed for.

04.19.2025

40°F NW10mph SR0613(0513) SS1951(1851)

Morning Offering given

Jesus, take me as I am
Summon out what I should be
Set your seal upon my heart
Holy Spirit, dwell in me

Village peaceful and waking

Coffee good

Today… “Harrowing of Hell”
The word “harrow” originally comes from the Old English hergian, meaning “to harry or despoil”, and is seen in the homilies of AElfric of Eynsham, c.955-c.1010 monk. [b] The term ‘Harrowing of Hell’ refers not merely to the idea that Jesus descended into Hell, as in the Creed, but to the rich tradition that developed later, asserting that he triumphed over inferos, releasing Hell’s captives, particularly Adam and Eve, and the righteous men and women of the Old Testament period.

The Harrowing of Hell is mentioned or suggested by several verses in the New Testament:

  • Matthew 12:40: “For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so for three days and three nights the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth.”
  • Matthew 27:50–54: “And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many. So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, ‘Truly this was the Son of God!'”
  • Acts 2:24: “But God raised him up, having freed him from death, because it was impossible for him to be held in its power.”
  • Acts 2:31: “Foreseeing this, David spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, saying, ‘He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh experience corruption’.”
  • Ephesians 4:8-9: ” When he ascended on high, he took many captives and gave gifts to his people. In saying, ‘he ascended’, what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower regions, the earth?”
  • Colossians 1:18: “He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything.”
  • 1 Peter 3:18–19: “For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit, in which also he went and made a proclamation to the spirits in prison, …”
  • 1 Peter 4:6: “For this is the reason the gospel was proclaimed even to the dead, so that, though they had been judged in the flesh as everyone is judged, they might live in the spirit as God does.”

Theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar sees parallels with Mark 3:24: “If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but his end has come. But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his property without first tying up the strong man; then indeed the house can be plundered.” That and Matthew 16:18 (“And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.”) speak to Jesus’s power and the impotence of Satan.

Know you are prayed for.

04.18.2025

48⁰F  NNW13mph SR0613(0513) SS1950(1850)

Morning Offering given

Village soaked… thunderstorms went thru, it was glorious!

Coffee good

Anniversary greetings to C&J Mc have a wonderful celebration

New baby girl on the sandhill ridge. Mom and Baby are good. MM went to hosp yesterday, transferred to Lax GundLuth, had surg. is resting comfortably now. AM still in hosp after being butted by a bull. Broken hip and leg, sore chest. Lots going on in the Amish community this past week.

As I drove in early morning through the thunderstorms Matthew 27:51, Mark 15:38 and Luke 23:45. Very appropriate for Good Friday. The veil represented a barrier between God and humanity. The tearing symbolizes the breaking down of that separation, and the tearing top to bottom symbolizes divine intervention. Matthew 27:51-53; And behold, the veil of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked, rocks were split,  52 tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised. 53And coming forth from their tombs after his resurrection, they entered the holy city and appeared to many. Mark 15:38; The veil of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom. Luke 23:44/45 It was now about noonz and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon 45 because of an eclipse of the sun. Then the veil of the temple was torn down the middle.

Know you are prayed for.