# 57 Moms!

When your mother calls your name, you know her voice. 

When we were kids and mom called, you knew it!

There is a very special bond between a mother and her children and I am in no way going to try and explain it. I have been blessed to have had a great mother, a great wife and mother  to our children, and great daughter in-laws who are great mothers to our grandchildren.

Happy Mothers Day to all of you who are mothers.

God Bless You!

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

Abraham Lincoln

Proverbs 31

10 A wife of noble character who can find?
    She is worth far more than rubies.
11 Her husband has full confidence in her
    and lacks nothing of value.
12 She brings him good, not harm,
    all the days of her life.
13 She selects wool and flax
    and works with eager hands.

# 56 Be Quiet

I just got back from a few days in the mountains of Utah. Yes there is still plenty of snow in May!

I took the time to fish some, pray some, and get some photography work done.

Today so many of us are tethered to our phones and computers or other "technology" that we MUST break free and spend some quiet time and let the dust settle.

We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly - spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order.

Susan L. Taylor

Psalm 46

8 Come, behold the works of the Lord,
    how he has wrought desolations in the earth.
9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
    he breaks the bow, and shatters the spear,
    he burns the chariots with fire!
10 “Be still, and know that I am God.
    I am exalted among the nations,
    I am exalted in the earth!”

# 55 Spring

Just when you thought spring was here a couple of weeks ago...many parts of this country got snow! I have been trying to breath life into my yard that has taken a beating over the past few years. I once had a neighbor who commented on my lack of grass... I told him at the time " I am raising boys, not grass"!

Well the boys are now men and its time for me to tend to the yard!

Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!

Sitting Bull

Psalm 19

God’s Glory in Creation and the Law

1 The heavens are telling the glory of God;
    and the firmament[a] proclaims his handiwork.
2 Day to day pours forth speech,
    and night to night declares knowledge.
3 There is no speech, nor are there words;
    their voice is not heard;
4 yet their voice[b] goes out through all the earth,
    and their words to the end of the world.

# 54 Re-Birth

This is Easter time, A time to celebrate the  resurrection of our Lord! It should also be a time of re-birth for us. Take time to think of the things you should let go of and then cultivate the good stuff. 

So do a little spring cleaning.....

Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.

Martin Luther

John 11

 25 Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live,26 and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?’ 27 She said to him, ‘Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one coming into the world.’

# 53 Smile

Would your family say you are a happy person?

A smile is free!

It is hard for anyone not to smile back when you smile at them.

As they used to tell me keep smiling, everybody will wonder what you are up to!

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

Leo Buscaglia

Proverbs 3

13 Happy are those who find wisdom,
    and those who get understanding,
14 for her income is better than silver,
    and her revenue better than gold.
15 She is more precious than jewels,
    and nothing you desire can compare with her.
16 Long life is in her right hand;
    in her left hand are riches and honour.
17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness,

# 52 Do It

My eldest granddaughter is starting to walk! Great fun!!

It does make me think that however hard, we must continue to take  steps  forward. 

All to often we tell ourselves we "can't", and we just "don't!

So get up stagger if you must but get moving...forward!!

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

Andrew Carnegie

Mathew 7
7 ‘Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.

#51 Regrets

A friend sent to me this week information on a book by Bronnie Ware, The top 5 regrets of the dying.

 I think we could all learn to be better people, by stopping our wishing and start doing!

1. I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
2. I wish I didn't work so hard.
3. I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings.
4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.

A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.

John Barrymore

Psalm 51

10 

Create in me a clean heart, O God,

    and put a new and right spirit within me.

11 

Do not cast me away from your presence,

    and do not take your holy spirit from me.

12 

Restore to me the joy of your salvation,

    and sustain in me a willing spirit.