My Cat

Spice

My little fluff of black and white,

Burrowing under covers on a winter’s night.

Faithful companion through the seasons,

You will hold a special place for many reasons.

Farewell my furry friend,

I’m saddened you couldn’t mend.

A pampered life of thirteen years,

Ending in a day of tears.

I had to put my friend to rest on Saturday.  She was battling kidney failure and it was not going well.

Family Reunion

What a wonderful way to spend Independence Day weekend!  The Chase Family Reunion was awesome -- we were missing a few of the gang but enjoyed the company that was there.  I am so glad we do this on a regular basis as it keeps us connected to those we may not otherwise get together with in the day to day grind.

New Job

I am so thrilled with my new position.  I applied for an Administrative Specialist 2 position in early May.  I started on May 22nd - working mornings at my Customer Accounting Specialist 2 job and afternoons at my new position.  I will continue along those lines until I have trained someone for my CAS2 job.  The posting closes this afternoon so hopefully someone will be hired next week.

I have been praying about my work environment for quite some time and I believe this was God's answer for me.  Thank you, Lord!

This isn't a pay increase, not even a lateral move; however, the slight (very) decrease in pay is worth it's weight in gold for the change in environment and co-workers' attitudes.  That is not to say that I won't miss working closely with some of the people that will be left behind; however, they know who they are and that I will still be nearby.

Freedoms

Here in the United States, we are blessed with many freedoms.  Freedom of Speech, Religion, Press, Assembly, Petition, the Right to Bear Arms, “No-Quartering”, the Right to Equal Justice, the Right to Own Private Property, and many other rights including the Freedom to live or travel anywhere in our nation, to work at any job for which we can qualify, to marry and raise a family, to receive a free education in public schools, to join a political party, a union and other legal groups…

The Glory of God is that we are Free from Sin when we accept the gift of Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection.  Freedom in Christ is more important than any of these ‘freedoms’ we have in our country – because we gain eternal life when we become a child of God and become dead to sin.  As we surrender daily to our Lord, we are given Grace [the power to obey] and the ability to continue to say NO to sin; yahoo!

We have been in the Book of Romans at Church and this past Sunday the ‘big idea’ was: We have a choice; serve sin and die or serve Christ and live forever!  

Happy May Day

Although May Day is an ancient spring festival; I always think of making paper baskets and flowers or picking flowers and leaving them on our front door for my mom when I was young :-)

Spring Visit and Resurrection Sunday

The last weekend of March, I went out of town to visit with my dad and his wife.  What a great weekend it was!  I’ve wanted cowboy (girl) boots for ages and purchased some *early birthday gift to me*; we went to a couple of craft stores; ate rosemary fries; crocheted; ate pizza; played cards *313* and had wonderful fellowship.  They live just blocks from the Tulip Farm (see pic)!  It makes for a busy road but the tulips are gorgeous.

Yesterday was Resurrection Sunday and I hope you all were as blessed as me in the remembering of our Lord’s sacrificial death and rising from the grave.  What hope He gives all who believe in His life!

Acts 4:12  Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.

Bible Study Group

I have been in my Bible study group for about 3 ½ years now.  It is such a blessing to forge relationships with other Christian women.  We are from different backgrounds and run the gamut of ages from early 30s to 70s.

I have just embarked on co-leading (facilitating) a new Bible study for ladies on Sundays during one of our church services.  This will enable women to use the child care that is available, if needed.  We have prayed over the room, resources and our willingness to be used by the Lord.  We have been informed that we are a total of 8 commencing this weekend.  The Lord is good!

Learning and drinking in the Word, being accountable to sisters-in-Christ and being a servant for the Lord are all things I am praying come of this group.