January 3, 2010

Beginnings
Thou crownest the year with thy bounty
Psalm 65;11 RSV

What will you do
With this year that's so new?
The choice is yours--
God leaves that to you

A lifetime of Favor
Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints,
and give thanks to his holy name. For his anger is
but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime
Psalm 30:4-5 RSV

If you meet God in the morning
And ask for guidance when you pray,
You will never in your lifetime
Face another hopeless day.


I am using a new devotion book this year, which I actually bought yesterday.  The poems are by Helen Steiner Rice. 

I feel like she has some good thoughts for us to think about each day.  What are we going to do with this year, and are we going to ask God to guide our day?

Jack and I drove to South Dakota on News Years Day.  We started out by stopping in Devils Lake, we ate at the White Couse Cafe and then walked over to the St. Micheal's Furniture Store in the Mall. We had been looking at a sofa and had the fabric samples so we could match it to the floor cover in our living room.  They had the right colored sofa, but we took samples home because we are going to get a chair, and I wanted to get something that would look o.k. with the lazy boy that is in the room.  Then we took Highway 1 and drove down to Janets.  We were driving the maroon pickup and had the sofa loaded in the back that is going to Janet's house.  We got there and had a really good turkey dinner together, there was time to do some visiting.  The sofa looks really good in their living room.  Yesterday after we ate together, we started for home, My favorite place to shop is in the Mall at Jamestown so we stopped there, I found some fabric and the backing for the t-shirt quilt.  and then we came home.

Trusting that you have had a good week.  We did, we mostly traveled, etc.