Five Minute Friday is here again! I’m less settled than I was because my house is torn up with wallpaper being taken off the two bathrooms and the kitchen. One bathroom and the kitchen/breakfast room is done and the walls are all prepped and primed for paint on Monday. Then they will do the other bathroom.
Whoops! I forgot to tell you, when they work on the bathroom, they remove the commode! That’s why they can only work on one bathroom at a time! Let’s get real. We can do without a lot of things, but a commode isn’t one of them!
So, despite having a mess on my hands over the weekend, I’m seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. Maybe by Wednesday I’ll be able to get my house back. That will be good. No, it will be excellent!
Other events this past week? The 39th birthday of one son-in-law, the 13th wedding anniversary of his and my middle daughter’s wedding the next day, and today, the 7th birthday of our first grandson. Last week was the 10th birthday of our first grandchild and oldest granddaughter Caroline. The milestones keep piling up! Delightful!
We got through our visit to the vascular surgeon today. Ron’s aneurysm that we have been following for about 5 years is very stable. The radiologist was overly consciencious. That is a relief! Now I can plan for the future, knowing that ultimately it is all in GOD’s hands and we could all be gone in a second!
Finally, I found a great hairdresser. I went to see her today and liked her a lot! My daughter’s recommendation was a great one!
However, finding an internist is going to be difficult…very difficult. The settling-in process continues.
Join us at Lisa-Jo Baker’s page. The rules for FMF are listed there as well.
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look at her
she is a mess.
but imagine,
imagine who she is…
in Christ!
she is your sister
she could be your daughter
she could even be you
but imagine her
in Christ.
that is what I do.
that has been my “job” for years.
was I fixing people?
at times…before I learned better
before I learned more about the grace of GOD
before I learned that isn’t who He is.
He loves first
yes, he changes us
but he isn’t guilting us into it
or worse, manipulating us into it!
He found me… and you
in the gutter.
whether it was the gutter of sexual sin
resentment
hatred
jealousy
idolatry
or the one that we rarely mention…
self-righteousness
even there, his grace extends. STOP
yes, our sin is big
huge in fact.
bigger than we know
only one thing is bigger than our sin
the grace of GOD.
thanks be to GOD!
you hit hard with this one Martha and I love it. Imagine me , imagine you – we are recipients of His GRACE. was looking for your post on listen and found this. so happy to stop by sweet lady! weekend blessings!
thank you my friend:) glad you’re on my fb. i have such a conglomeration of friends there. i introduced you to them today…b/f you were my official friend. i just love your blog!
have you ever heard our pastor here in AL? his name is jean larroux. the church is southwood presbyterian. i have linked a sermon or two of his b/f. we’ve only been here a few weeks but enjoy him a lot! his illustrations are great! (pardon for the ramble:)
i wrote this b/f i realized you were responding to an older post:) had to edit my reply a bit.
Hee hee – you said commode. Yes, I’m immature. You expected something different? Sounds like you’ve got all kinds of things going on. Wow! I’m impressed you had time to post and super happy that you did. Great poem and good words for me to read today. Thanks sister!
thanks for stopping by debi. sounds like we had dancing events to attend today even tho’ yours was at a much higher level than mine. it was my first. so fun:)
i was trying to be somewhat dignified. i tho’t commode was the best i could do. i didn’t want to call it the john (or jane) and many americans aren’t familiar with loo (is that the spelling?) so i tho’t i’d keep it simple:) i guess i could have said toilet too but it seemed too ordinary.
anyway, right now, this moving thing is rather crazy. i can’t seem to get any order here to save my life! i do have curtains up but very few pictures on walls. after the painting i will get that done. THEN it will feel like home:) i still have some important decos i can’t find yet.
Glad you shared.
thanks for stopping by denise:) nice to see you.
Hello.
I enjoyed how you set your writing out, it was like a poem to me. You do sound very busy! Thanks for the words of wisdom.
Blessings, Roxy
thanks roxy. glad you liked it. i’m long and rambly and with only 5 minutes (which i rarely make) when i use this format, i feel like i get more content in. it is sort of like a sketch. with prose, i get on all kinds of rabbit trails!
unfortunately, there are lots of blanks to fill in this way and not all get filled in the way i would!