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Forgive Yourself

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2. Accept God’s mercy
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Saturday Evening

York Chapter Banquet, Spring Grove, PA

Prior to the banquet I came upon a photo opportunity – TFC’s Office of Chaplains in one place.

L to R:  Sam Rittenhouse, Associate of Pastoral Care – Howard Moses, Director of Pastoral Care – Bunny O’Hare, Director of Chaplains

(I considered titling it “The Three Musketeers”!)

The chapter was pleased with the excellent turnout.

There was even a table in the overflow area.

I couldn’t resist taking a photo of our friend Pearl reading an article I wrote for the Fall Issue of The Extra Mile.

I captured another great picture when Master of Ceremonies Paul Schildt looked toward me and smiled.

Heaven4Shore presented an excellent concert of Southern Gospel music –  along with a bit of humor.

The singers on the left took turns singing and running the sound board.

Cerwin presented updated TFC information by using PowerPoint.

A funny thing happened when the slides began moving on their own.  I thought they were set to move on the click of the remote he was using – however I failed to make that apply to all slides!  Consequently he had to adjust.  Oh well, it made a few smile and laughs.

Saturday Morning

The sunrise almost took my breath away.

It is rare for me to get a full view of the sunrise, or even notice it, because of the position of our house in the woods.

However, we were on the road early to attend a prayer breakfast.

We had a great morning of fellowship, prayer, and inspiration with these friends from the Lancaster TFC Prayer Breakfast.

A Long Tiring Day

So I need something bright and pretty to enter in my post tonight.

Since our yard is preparing for winter, the only thing left – that is bright and pretty are these bushes.

The Lord

Is my strength

And

Shield;

My heart

Trusts in Him,

And

I am helped.

My heart

Leaps for joy

And

I will give

Thanks to Him in song.

Psalm 28:7 NIV

Lots of Rain on the East Coast Today

The skies displayed many shades of gray.

Wind threatened to dislodge the few remaining leaves from our trees.

At noon the skies were lighter, but the rain had become heavier.

By late afternoon we had lakes and ponds where there hadn’t been any earlier in the day.  (See previous photo.)

 Our outside light came on two hours early.

The clouds started to break up at sunset – giving us the most unusual skyscape.

Faith

 It was painful to cut our normally beautiful rhododendron back to almost nothing

but it seemed to be our only choice

unless we want to go through another season of brown leaves.

The two bushes went from looking like this in the spring of 2005…

…to this in 2006.

We are told that this serious pruning will bring new growth.

~ ~ ~

Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit

He takes away

and every branch that bears fruit He prunes,

that it may bear more fruit.

John 13:2 NKJV

Staying With the Thought

Today as I spent time waiting for a routine eye exam, I thought about yesterday’s entry, and how blessed I am to have sight in my physical and spiritual eyes.

 I was very aware of my physical eyes as I looked at charts.

Which is clearer – this one or this one?

Look toward the ceiling.

Look to the left.

Look to the right.

Look straight ahead.

Look toward the floor.

Then I spent the next few hours dealing with the effects of eye drops which were given to dilate my pupils. 

~~~

Later in the afternoon we went to church to have our directory photos taken.

Look here.

Look a bit to the left.

Smile.

~~~

After that we went to the viewing of a trucker friend who died following a valiant battle with cancer.

Ken was Cerwin’s age – 65.

Seeing his wife – alone – brought tears to my eyes.

~~~

I will lift up my eyes to the hills; From whence comes my help?

Psalm 121:1 NKJV

Seek the Face of God

Seek the LORD and His strength

Seek His face evermore!

1 Chronicles 16:11 NKJV

When two people can look into each others face

It is one of the purest forms of humility, honesty, and confidence.

I find it uncomfortable when people talk to me

but won’t look into my eyes.

Surely God feels the same way.

It’s cold, windy, and rainy outside, so it is nice to be inside, on a quiet Sunday afternoon, watching Oklahoma

Saturday

We left the house – about 2:30 in the afternoon – to attend a Transport For Christ banquet near Pittsgrove, NJ. 

A few miles before our destination we saw lots of deer grazing in fields on the outskirts of the woods.

Since we were early, we decided to take a side road in order to drive at a more leisurely pace and look for more deer.  (I love country roads!)

We saw several small herds like this…

…then turned around next to a pretty lake.

We got to Kountry Kitchen about an hour ahead of time – giving us plenty of time to put programs on the tables and set up the screen and projector.

We showed slides of the Truck Rally while everyone waited for the meal.

The music for the evening was an awesome duet by God’s Gift Ministry

Sam Rittenhouse shared his story, and how he became involved in TFC.  Cerwin and I closed the program by giving a ministry update. 

It was great to meet new people and visit with ministry friends we have known for years.  We got home at 11:30 PM.

Our Garage

Because I usually post pictures of our garage – and the room behind it – when it is in use for a newsletter mailing or family gathering, some people think we never use it for our cars.

However, it is where our van and CRV are usually parked when we are at home.

The three pieces of carpet are rolled up and stored along one wall.

The garage is next to our kitchen – which makes it easy for serving food when used as a room for gathering.