ByGrace

Let me tell you, we are in the midst of IT today! We're having some work done on our house (of the pest control, ie silverfish, kind), and the man said we have to be out of the house for six hours AFTER he's finished. We left when he got there. And where are we going to go for most of the day? The library , of course! Wes, Beth, and I are set up in the 'Quiet Room' of our local library, each with our laptops, doing things we might not think we have the time to do at home . . . like writing blog posts! I also have plans to enter some recipes into my computer (from a library book I've had for 5 weeks and still haven't looked through), do some Bible study, and make some plans for next year's ladies' meetings (is it really next-year-planning-time already?!). Part of today's chaos is leftover from yesterday's . You see, the bug guy was scheduled to come yesterday. We had our day planned very well: finish getting things ready for the bug guy, whic...

We have to acquire a peace and balance of mind such that we can give every word of criticism its due weight, and humble ourselves before every word of praise. Dag Hammarskjold These two situations, on opposite ends of the spectrum, show our true character. May we learn to find the kernel of truth in every critical remark and give glory to God through every word of praise!