- here I am and it is still Monday here but I know that I am pushing it..............
- V is sometimes a very very hard letter to ponder on------
- but then I remember that it is one of the main food groups
- VEGETABLES
- alas we in Canada and USA have got away from eating vegetables-
- I remember as a kid that we had vegetables with dinner and supper
- so many different kinds--carrots- turnips- cabbage- squash- peas
- beans- corn-tomatoes and others but these were our main ones
- and we grew all our vegetables- Mama had two gardens - one close
- to the house which was for summer vegetables- and then the big
- garden out in the field where we had our groceries for winter.
- They were both hard work but paid off well each year-
- The gardens were our main source of food and a must-
- there was no corner store or money to buy something we could grow
- mama canned a lot of veggies in the hot month of August-
- on our wood cook stove and then around the end of September
- we all went out to dig the main garden - all the vegetables had to
- be dried well before storage-
- We ate all winter long and enjoyed many foods- including homemade
- pickles-
- Thank God for vegetables - HUGS FROM MEME
- check out this blog for more letter V fun-------http://unglazed.blogspot.com/
Martha, Martha, thou - careful and troubled about many things. But one thing is needful; and Mary hath chosen that good part.......Luke 10: 41,42
- --------------confession from Meme---------
- I suffer from busyness- I am always doing something and always have something to do
- and often run out of time to finish everything and fall into bed too tired to do anything
- to tired to do my devotion
- too tired to pray
- too tired to hear His voice
- too tired sometimes to sleep =
- too busy and too tired!
- our daily life can do that to us- we fill our homes with things but things get dirty or used or moved and so we need to take care of things.
- but lately I have no energy to do all the things on the list in my mind
- and I have been burned out for double days now
- and just having to rest and there is no energy left to burn
- and the Lord is reminding me that the blessings He gave to me were never meant
- to become burdens---or a replacement for His friendship=
- I need to find the Mary in me-- I need to sit down and have idle hands
- and a quiet mind- I ask Jesus to come and then I leave Him to sit alone
- in my heart and my house-
- this is a not a new problem for Meme but now it is time for me to begin
- to make changes so that I too can sit at His feet with out a do list in my head.
- I have let the ordinary things of daily life take procedure over the Lord=
- I ask for prayer to begin again as a friend of Jesus who takes the time
- to hear His voice. A friend who will sit and listen- a friend who is glad to have
- His company.
- Forgive me, Lord for my busyness- Teach me to be still - both mind and body-
- Love from Meme
- I think that I will do some blogs
- on favorite things that I enjoy.
- no special order or timing
- but mainly wanting to share
- some of the blessings that the Lord has given to me.
- they are just ordinary things that add joy to my life.
- my electric blanket:
- I am a cold person and this blanket is a warm blessing for me.
- It is a soft light green, polyester, and soft.
- It is the size of afghan so is easy to fold up
- and pack from room to room.
- This blanket and I have shared a lot of naps
- together- it has a timer so Meme does not over cook-
- and this blanket kept papa hubby warm
- when he was a home with cancer-
- It reminds me of how the Lord covers me
- in times of cold and weariness
- His love is soft and warm.
- He covers me with His love.
- and watches over me while I sleep.
- ''Come to me, all you are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.''
- Matthew 11:28 NIV
- cool and wet day here so maybe our summer is over
- I have been getting some summer sun
- and also just not doing so great
- I realize that I am going to have to let
- the grief go=====
- as it is now making me sick and tired
- so I am trying to find some new focus in my life
- to take my mind off of--
- missing papa hubby
- Dogman is fine- in and out all day
- but always in by bedtime
- he just sits and watches in case a
- kitty should dare walk the back alley
- I will have to dig some blogs out of my memory
- and see what I can come up with
- have a great week
- huggles from Meme
