advice to consider

don't fall into the trap of using quotes and funny pictures/drawings for your blog or else it becomes boring. a good example of one that has become boring is pieandcoffee. - keith

Maids want nothing but husbands, and when they have them, they want everything. - William Shakespeare

glad to not be looking for work anymore

He's like a bad smell ...

sometimes knowing the leading/will of God is like detecting the source of that mystery smell in the new-to-you older house you just bought. sometimes it takes bumping into walls and lots of tries to get it right. sometimes it takes cautious steps into corners and then backing out again when the smell disappears. sometimes it finds us with our noses in the air, sniffing out the clues while missing the rotten cheese at our feet. sometimes its not a thunder bolt from heaven but a hesitant step in the right direction. sometimes God's presence is like an faint aroma. its definitely there, but where?

"And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.

By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going." (Hebrews 11:6,8)

Have you been asking God what He is going to do? .... God does not tell you what He is going to do; He reveals to you Who He is.
-- O. Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest, Jan. 2

journal entry ?

it was supposed to be 35 degrees today. it’s 11. the wind chill “lowers” the temps to sub-zeros. the nightly winter weather report always includes the wind chill. it’s sort of like a northern footnote explaining that “yes, it’s insanely cold and we still live here anyway. but the insanity of it all means that we’re strong and brave for living here, not just crazy like everyone else thinks.” either bragging rights are not beneath us or our cognitive abilities went the way of last summer’s geraniums. either way, we’re here. we’re freezing. and we love it.