Focus Upward
I'm a daughter of the King of Kings, wife, and mother of 2 lovely young adult daughters. Focusing upward on Jesus.
Ignore
Five Minute Friday Challenge
We have had some harsh winter weather in TN for a few days here and there over the past month. It is difficult to ignore the warnings of the local meteorologists. We have had "red alert" weather days for extreme cold (zero degrees with below zero wind chills), excessive rain, and also some freezing rain/sleet/snow mixtures. I am thankful they . . .
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January 2023 - Share Four Somethings
Happy January and Happy 2023 to you all! I can hardly believe we are already near the end of the month. How did it happen so fast? I'm excited to be joining with some familiar (to me) bloggers at a new spot with Jennifer Goodwin on her Overflowing with Thankfulness blog. I've been following her since Heather announced the change . . .
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December 2022 - Share Four Somethings
Join me as I link up with other writers for this month's journey as we come to the close of 2022.
Something Loved: I have loved being part of this community of "Share Four Somethings" for the past 2 years. Heather Gerwing hosted for 5 years and now is passing on the hosting duties to Jennifer Goodwin, who will . . .
November 2022 - Share Four Somethings
Something Loved: As I read over last month's post, I realized that November's would start off in a similar way. I loved that our family was together again for Thanksgiving. It's always fun to hear the banter between our adult daughters and to play games. This year I also loved that we tried some new variations of our . . .
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Perform
Five Minute Friday Challenge
Perform - to carry out, do; to act or carry out an action; to give a performance.
Looking back over my life, I have performed a lot! I was in children's choirs at church, numerous piano recitals, and high school choirs in which I sang or played the piano as an accompanist. In college, I was a vocal major and spent 4 years . . .
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Day 31 - Me
31 - Day Writing Challenge 2022 - Prayers on Being - Grateful, Thankful and Blessed
"Be gracious to me, God, according to your faithful love; according to your abundant compassion...Surely you desire integrity in the inner self, and you teach me wisdom deep within...God, create a clean heart for me and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not banish me from your . . .
Day 30 - Yes
31 - Day Writing Challenge 2022 - Prayers on Being - Grateful, Thankful and Blessed
"But let your ‘yes’ mean ‘yes,’ and your ‘no’ mean ‘no.’" Matthews 5:37 (CSB)
"In Jesus we hear a resounding “yes” to all of God’s many promises. This is the reason we say “Amen” to and through Jesus when giving glory to God." II . . .
