Can you believe fall is here already? I absolutely .....LOVE..... this time of year. It marks the ....s.l.o.w.i.n.g d.o.w.n.... of the summer months, pool activities , BBQ's, and summer guests ( not that I don't just love hostessing our friends and family!). I love the windows kept open through out the day, cooler breezes, no more need for air-conditioning ( and no more fainting when you open the electric bills!). I burn the fall candle in the morning and enjoy the scent lingering through the house throughout the day. Soon, we will drive by and watch the crops in the fields around us being harvested. The weather always seems just perfect. Fall....... reminds me of "relaxing".
This weekend, I wanted to bring in all of my fall decorations and start putting them up....but never got that done. Our weekend had so much on the "calendar", that I never got my chores and cleaning done either. Or much of a chance to do my "fall relaxing"...... I start to get a little sideways about not getting those things done and having enough time for myself. Sometimes I can be so self-centered. And "sideways" does not look very pretty on me. My family doesn't like it much either. When I get like that eventually God gently nudges my heart....and reminds me that I have so much to be thankful for. So.....here is my verse for the month. A very good one for me.
2 Chronicles 23:30
"....to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise at evening...."
What is it in your life that can make you go ...."sideways?".....messy house? Bills piled High? Crabby neighbors? The TV on too loud?
Maybe I should set my alarm on my phone to go off twice a day, as a reminder to stand right where I am and thank and praise Him. That would be a good idea for me. ( especially for my "sideways days".)
I'll get my decorations put up next weekend, and the chores and cleaning?.....well....if I HAVE TO......! ....And I WILL have a chance to relax and read a book a little. No need to get sideways....I have so much to stand and thank and praise HIM for.......:-)
So, Jan and Robin, Pam and Nancy( and anyone else who joins us...)...when you leave your memory verse, want to leave one of your favorite things about fall in your comment section? Can't wait to hear your verses!
Barby
ReplyDelete" .....to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at evening." 2 Chronicles 23:30
setting the alarm on my phone now! I sit here in the kitchen, looking at the candle burning, smelling it.....the window open,.....feeling the breeze.....for the moment I am relaxed, and thankful.....I'd love to keep it that way!
ROBIN CAHILL SAID
ReplyDeleteThis past month has been a whirlwind of emotions with all the changes that have come our way, ( moving, husbands "Cornea" transplant)....but the Lord has been there through it all as He promised He would. I am thankful to have a Father that sees the beginning from the end, and knows what we will be going through before it is a glimmer in our eyes.
My verse this month is from Psalm 103:1
"Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name!" NKJV
The Fall season is one of my favorites. I love to bake this time of year so that our home smells warm and cozy. I love to take a drive with my family and see the Lord's artistry in the changing colors everywhere. I love to sit by the fire and read a good book with a cup of hot cocoa. I mostly love to spend time with family and friends.
I told Barby that I made a mistake last month in picking out an extremely long verse. So here is my October verse:
ReplyDeletePsalm 13:6 I will sing to the Lord because he has been so good to me.
And that says in a nutshell the truth and I am so grateful to Him. And yes I agree with Barby the fall season is so glorious. I love all the colors God has painted the trees and bushes, I just want to look and look. But this season is also a melancholy time as I experience each year the October day that God took my husband home to be with Him. But "I will still sing to the Lord because he has been so good to me."
~ I love fall too! The mornings are cooler and the leaves are turning beautiful shades of gold, orange and red. It often means driving to a nearby apple orchard and having some fresh apple cider or apple pie. Yumm!
ReplyDelete~ My verse is Philippians 4:19 - "And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus."