My first Ten on Tuesday. Check out more here.
1. Any Human Being in my house.
2. My purse with my wallet, etc.
3. My cell phone.
4. My Important Papers (Passports, etc.)
5. My lap top Computer.
6. My photo albums.
7. Jewelery
8. Original Artwork
9. Keepsakes that are dearest to me.
10. Sterling
Whenever there is a holiday where stores remain open and we are both in Washington Ellen B. and Lana G! go shopping at the Bellevue Goodwill Store.
Lana picked me up at 9 AM and we headed south on the 405 Fwy.
Lana heads to the book section while I make a return.
Our cart is beginning to get filled. My first find were 4 Riedel wine goblets for $1.49 ea. (but because it’s Labor day they are 40% off!) That was a steal…
The cart is full and it’s time to sort through and leave behind whatever we aren’t thrilled with.
This was my stash…
So here’s the fun part of our shopping trip. Lana is paying for her stuff. Whoever’s bill ends up being the most gets to buy lunch for both of us, too! Lana usually wins and gets to pay for lunch.
Oops this time I spent $5.oo more than Lana so I get to buy lunch.
We were so excited to find a Russian deli close by.
We bought piroshky (Cabbage and Mushroom)
The borsch was lousy 😦 but we ordered a hot pastrami sandwich with it and that was great!
Another successful Labor Day Shopping trip for the girls in Washington. Blessings on your day.
Any photos missing from my posts are the result of Photobucket blacking out all my photos that I stored on their site since 2006.
Hoping you find rest today!
Labor Day: How it Came About; What it Means
“Labor Day differs in every essential way from the other holidays of the year in any country,” said Samuel Gompers, founder and longtime president of the American Federation of Labor. “All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflicts and battles of man’s prowess over man, of strife and discord for greed and power, of glories achieved by one nation over another. Labor Day…is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race, or nation.”
Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.
To read more go here.
Good News for all those who labor!
” Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
I’m not called the Happy Wonderer for nothing. There are lots of things I wonder about. Right now I’m in the midst of my yearly Bible reading (reading each book of the Bible 20x ~ which will take way longer than a year) I’m in the book of James.
James 5:14-15 ~ “Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.
So my questions are:
Has anyone called their elders when they are sick? Did they come?
Did they annoint you with oil and pray for you?
If you haven’t done this, why not?
Is it a common practice?
What has your experience been with this instruction?
Leave a comment with anything that might help my wondering….
Never Give Up
Never be sad or desponding,
If thou hast faith to believe.
Grace, for the duties before thee,
Ask of thy God and receive.
Refrain
Never give up, never give up,
Never give up to thy sorrows,
Jesus will bid them depart.
Trust in the Lord, trust in the Lord,
Sing when your trials are greatest,
Trust in the Lord and take heart.
What if thy burdens oppress thee;
What though thy life may be drear;
Look on the side that is brightest,
Pray, and thy path will be clear.
Refrain
Never be sad or desponding,
There is a morrow for thee;
Soon thou shalt dwell in its brightness,
There with the Lord thou shalt be.
Refrain
Never be sad or desponding,
Lean on the arm of thy Lord;
Dwell in the depths of His mercy,
Thou shalt receive thy reward.
Refrain
James 1: 2-4 ~ “Consider it all joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”
ht: Cyberhymnal
Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever, his faithfulness continues through all generations.
I am praising and thanking God that I am experiencing His love and care by being with my children and closest friends these two weeks in Washington. I am basking in the goodness of it all! Praise God from whom all blessings flow…
To see more Thankful Thursday Posts head on over to Sting My Heart….
This simple 6 x 8 notebook is my organizational wizard. I use this each week to organize myself and to get things accomplished. With a pencil I line out 7 boxes for the 7 days of the week starting with Monday. Each box has the date and day of the week. I put the set appts. in each box. Along the left side I list all the tasks I’d need to accomplish or would like to accomplish that week. I add more as I think of them during the week. In the upper right hand sidebar I list any birthdays that are in that month. Below that I keep a running list of anything I need to buy at the store. Nine times out of ten if I have something on this list it gets done. I take great joy in crossing off accomplished tasks or purchased items. I put fun things to do on these lists too. Below are some pictures of one of the fun things I always try to include on my to-do list.
This is Leticia our waitress at our favorite local Mexican restaurant near our home in Washington. Eating at her family restaurant was on my list this week and voila here we are!
The restaurant is called La Corona and we’ve been here often enough that they know what we like to order and we have more than casual conversations with Leticia about herself and her family.
Laura and Josh joined us for a late celebration of their anniversary.
Dear, Ellen b. and Katie stuffed already on our favorite salsa that they make here. Katie’s friend Heidi joined us too after the photo-op.
So not only do I schedule chores but I schedule some fun too. Bottom line what works for me is organization with my little binder and eating out at a Mexican Restaurant at least once a week!
To see what works for other people head on over to Rocks In My Dryer and join the frenzy fun!
Any photos missing from my posts are the result of Photobucket blacking out all my photos that I stored on their site since 2006.
Tim Challies has posted a great guest article on how to listen to a sermon. Click here and be encouraged with advice that will keep on giving every Sunday!
I’m putting this at the top today again because I really think it’s a good word and if you missed it yesterday you might get a chance to head over and read this today. Blessings…
“Under the banner of God, victory is always assured; but apart from it, defeat is a certainty. When the banner of God’s rod was not held high, Amalek prevailed. You can’t do battle against the flesh under your own power.”
~ Kay Arthur ~author of LORD, I Want To Know You Above quote is in reference to Exodus 17:15: “The LORD is my banner”
So in other words…
As believers we all have our “Amaleks” that are waging war with us. Our sin nature daily wants to separate us from the God who has redeemed us. We will wage this battle until we enter into our final rest with Christ. We should not be deceived into being passive and unaware of the fact that we have to turn away, work hard, get rid of things in our lives that keep our eyes off of God. We need to claim who we are in Christ. We need to resist the enemy. We need to battle daily the thoughts and actions that would keep us from the victory that Christ has won for us. We need to see God’s banner before us and follow behind that banner and claim the victory we have been promised in Christ. “Apart from Him we can do nothing.”
So today I wake up and say Thank you God for going before me into this day and defeating the enemy before me. Help me to be obedient to you and give me your victory today in my thoughts, my actions, my hopes and my dreams. May I be aware I am in your army and that you are my King. Thank you for what you have done for me.
I John 5:4-5
“For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world – our faith. Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?”
To read more In Other Words Tuesday posts go to Joy in the Morning…
“Learning to say no”
A lot of women feel like they have to “do it all”, regardless of what may be realistic for them. Do you fall into this category? Can you just not resist the urge to be involved in everything? Or have you learned to say no? Have you taken a step backward and seen positive results? Share your frustrations or share your advice… Tell us what you think about the current trend to be all things to all people.
I think contentment might go hand in hand with this issue of not being able to say no. Are you content right now where you are in your life? Wherever you find yourself today you are called to be content. When you are I think you will better realize what you can do right now and what is not wise for you to do right now.
What stage of life are you in?
What are your responsibilites that go with this stage of life?
What are your gifts?
What is God calling you to do?
Think about these things. Listen to what God is motivating you to do. Respond to those things and say no to things that just don’t fit into your life right now. Of course this just covers all the optional things. There are crisis situations and family situations and the call God puts on our lives to be hospitable and to care for one another that will call you into action regardless of whether you want to say yes or not…
Caring for elderly parents
Caring for sick children or a sick spouse
Helping those in the body who are suffering
When these situations come crashing into your life you need to step back and realize that this might be all you are called to do right now and rest in this. It’s all the optional stuff that we think we need to do that can really tax our time and emotions. Consider leaving some of this stuff behind so you are better equipped for what God is truly calling you to do in your giftedness.
To read more Woman to Woman posts go to Seeds in My Garden…
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
