A new season

I think that Spring may be here soon. At least I hope so.
I know that change is in the air.
A new President in Washington, with many new untried ideas.
A new way of looking at financial security, I don't think that we have found it yet!
In Maryville, Il. There was a drastic change, from a quite peaceful church service, to violence and death! All in a span of a few seconds.
Is there any place that we will be safe and secure? Again this is a sign of change and changes to come. If we are to stand up and be counted a Christians, we will be persecuted. We cannot expect to go through life with out trials.
In the coming years and decades Christians should expect more and more persecution. We have been told that it is coming. So where or how can we be safe? Behind walls? In stocks? In government bonds? In church? The last one is the closest one to being correct. But it is not in the church but of the church. If we put our trust and hope in Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, as our protector from this world, nothing the world sends our way will be able to remove us from his hands! The Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life: of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27:1 KJV

Change is coming! Just like the seasons, Winter is giving up to spring with its new growth and life. Easter is coming and with it a renewal and re-affirmation of the fact that HE IS ALIVE! and because He lives so will I!!! And I can face tomorrow.

Keep the faith

COLD & WARM

The weather has tested our new insulation we put in our attic. It has helped! with the temp dropping to -14 our old heater has not had to over work to keep the house at the temp we set the thermostat, 68 that is a far cry from a balmy 72 but it keeps the bills down. Misty has been keeping Mom and I busy, she is on a 2 hour schedule for going outside. This starts at about 6:30 am and runs to 10:30 pm. She has been very good and is learning very fast, now if we could stretch her schedule out some... I think that we could have picked a better season for a new addition if it had been up to us, but the Lord knows best and we think that Misty will be a blessing to us all. She was sick for about two days after going to the vet and getting her shots, during that time she has clammed the corner by our sliding glass door as hers. The cold has limited my work our in the shop too cold for glue and finishing. So I have been planning and drawing out plans for projects. Mom and I are looking forward to spring and the projects we have lined up outside. That will come sooner than you think..

New addition

No we aren't in our new addition yet but we have a new addition to our family. Misty came into our lives on December 26th at the vets. She was a lost abandoned puppy looking for a home. Mom told them "If you don't find a home for her call me" Guess what? We got the phone call on Dec. 30th and now have a bouncing puppy in our house!

Could you resist those eyes?

Winter

I think that winter has arrived. There is ice covering the pond, we made an ice mound from the fountain that was keeping oxygen in the water for the fish. That is turned off and the fish are in Gods hands, as if they were any where else. Winter and cold are here and I still have a bunch of things on my to-do list. I did find out what happens when you have a garden hose rolled up on a dispenser, and you get caught in a cold snap. When you unroll it to make sure the water is out of the hose. When you are about 75 feet away from the dispenser and the hose becomes full of frozen water you start making sausages out of the hose, about 12" long and it breaks 12" long and it breaks... Looks like a new section of hose is in the works!