48°F clear SSE@9mphSR@0543 SS@2016

Morning Offering given

Village peaceful

Coffee is awesome

Daylight found its way thru the blind shortly after 5 this morning. I was lingering in bed thinking how nice it would be if I could just stay there for a few more hours and recover some of the sleep we had lost driving back on Monday. It was not to be, way too much going on today to lounge around wishing for more sleep.

Have a few errands to run this morning plus get the garage in order for the rummage sale tomorrow thru Saturday.

John 15:  4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in me. Comforting verse don’t you think? Jesus invites us in and He comes to us. Where he fills us with peace, bestows grace, pours out love, and gives us strength to keep on. His gifts to us help us pray, and be faithful in our marriage and friendships, we are moved to repent/reconcile with those we have hurt and we joyfully serve others. Sounds like an idyllic life. However, we know that forming a friendship with Jesus is anything but easy. satan (yes he is real and does mess with us) works very hard to steal that peace and tranquility from us. He is a manipulator and a liar, stopping short at nothing to interfere with our union with Christ. This is why we must daily choose to unite ourselves with Christ taking comfort in the grace he pours on us to remain strong in him.

Know you are prayed for.

We could use a bailer!  Actually we could use a nice young person who wants to earn mowing $$’s.

Had to mow before we set things out for the Villagewide Garage Sales this weekend.  I question if we will ever get things set up for this sale.

Flowering vines have shot up.  1st asparagus pick happened. Had to plant the lettuce and spinach in large planters to keep them away from the rabbits.

Half finished projects are all over.  If we died tomorrow, our children would be snowed under with half finished things.

Maybe we’ll get lucky, and a nice guy who knows and enjoys projects will come along and make us an offer we can’t refuse for this place.  We’d be able to leave behind a garage full of already purchased supplies.  

While I’m on the wishful thinking end of things, perhaps there’s someone out there in need of an expedition with 290,000 miles on it or a 350 dually.. sigh, the man will shoot me when he reads this and complain about me trying to get rid of his toys.

I can smell supper.  Hopefully, it will be ready when the man returns from the store.  We’ve had a long day but productive.

Yesterday late afternoon as I drove N on I35, in Missouri, a little white coup with Colorado plates zoomed past and in a blink of an eye was nothing but a dot in the distance. That car was moving!  45 mins to an hour later, we noticed a MO State Trooper had stopped him.  We continued our journey N.  Just a few miles S of Des Moine, IA, I noticed headlights coming up quickly. Lo and behold the little white coup from CO pasted us again.  Seriously?!  Must not have learned a thing was my thought.  We continued N bound on I35 passing thru DSM and Ames when who was once again along the side of the road in front of flashing red and blue lights. Almost immediately, I thought to myself , ” He got caught again,” deserves whatever he gets. Today, I ponder my quick judgment, relating it to how very many times God has caught me in the same day speeding to get to heaven, hoping no one notices I’m not following the rules as I go. Always with the thought, I’ll deal with the rule breaking if/when I get caught and hope God understands when I get there.

55⁰F clear SE@11mph SR@0552 SS@2016

Morning Offering given

Independence has traffic

The drive back has gone well. Made good time. Missed most of the rain.

Our morning will be sleep time. Then we’ll start setting up the garage sale.

More later.

It’s afternoon now, got a few hours of sleep, ate a sandwich for lunch. As I ate I read today’s reading

“MY PEACE I give you” that what Jesus said. Not just any old peace but his. His peace, the one that passes understanding. How awesome is that! You have received and can feel the peace given to Jesus. The only thing required of you is belief. I know it’s hard to believe… but true. So step back a bit from the chaos, quiet your mind, and reach for the peace of Christ that passes understanding.

Know you are prayed for.

Our Lady of Miracles, Haley’s 1st Holy Communion.

59⁰ F clear W@12mph SR@0611 SS@1944

Morning Offering given

Sierra Blanca is peaceful

We slept in again or at least it feels like it. At home, it’s our normal waking time.

Just heard this morning that our G’daughter Keziah A and the Wartburg College choir were honored to sing during Mass at St Peter’s Basilica on May 6. May it increase their desire to know and serve the Lord.

Congratulations to Haley C who will receive her 1st Holy Communion today at Our Lady of Miracles. We are honored to be here with her, not only as her G’parents but as her Baptismal sponsors. She’s grown into a beautiful young lady.

Proverbs 8: 17 I love them that love me: and they that in the morning early watch for me, shall find me. 

God came to Solomon in a dream (1Kings3:3-15) and told him to ask for whatever he wanted. Solomon humbly asked for Wisdom to lead God’s people. Here in Proverbs we find that all of us can find wisdom if we look/watch for it. Wisdom is the first and highest gift of the Holy Spirit. It is the perfection of faith, through which we come to value properly those things we believe through faith. It is applying that knowledge into our everyday life.

Our time here in Sierra Blanca will soon be over. Our long trek home will begin. We will take the time to meet old friends 5 hrs down the road and catch up with the past 30 yrs.

Send up a few prayers for our safe return to the North Country.

Know we are praying for you.

41°F overcast SSW@12mph SR@0551 SS@2009

Morning Offering given

Village peaceful

Coffee good

The man sleeps, we were up much too late last night

I did not sleep well. I can hear this sound, like an alarm warbling, all night long. No luck in finding it, although I cased the entire house. I can still hear it as I sit here. high, low, high, low long…sending me out of my mind. It must be something with tinnitus because the man hasn’t been bothered by it. Gotta love the golden years.

Rest in peace Aunt Louise (1997)

From the Margin… from the BVM… “Silence and obscurity”, that is what I ask of you. Let the light of the Lord shine through you in your daily duties. Many misunderstand this and think that they must be in the public eye to do great things for God. It is often quite the contrary. Silence and obscurity-as I was in Bethlehem and Nazareth.

Question of the Day… Whose feet are you washing today?

Saint of the Day… St Hilary. Bishop of Arles. He found himself prey to a violent interior contest. “On the one side, I felt that the Lord was calling me, whilst on the other hand the seductions of the world held me back.” and “My will swayed backward and forwards, now consenting, now refusing. But at last, Christ triumphed in me.” I’m thinking many of us today could say things like this about our spiritual journey. As I look at myself I can certainly see it.

Guess I’d best stop lollygagging and get the suitcase packed.

Know you are prayed for.

26°F snow NW@20mph Sunrise 0617 blustery out there

Morning Offering given

Village covered in snow lots of it

Coffee is great

Looks like a home day to me. At least until the plows go out.

Have you considered asking the Lord for boldness? Boldness to push back against the fears that may creep into our hearts. Boldness can help you stand up for your beliefs, spread the faith, and conquer fears… Lord, fill me with your Holy Spirit and enable me to speak and act with boldness today.

Happy Birthday to Richard A (1975) and Colton L (2010) Hoping your day is awesome!

School is closed in Cashton today. Actually, the entire area is closed today.

I need a new book.

Stay safe, stay warm, stay home.

Know you are prayed for.

This morning…