My Walk Monday

Carolyn , The Scrapping Servant, hosts this theme each week. She reminds us that..

"As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17

My Walk Monday every Monday is where we just share what is going on in our walk for the week or just the day and link up here so we can run this race together!"


Because of this winter storm we didnt have church yesterday and activities for today( our Bible study) were canceled.. Im not doing a Beth Moore this time around and I am finding that old patterns are trying to settle back in... it is so easy to become so distracted that one loses all sense of dedication to and perseverance to time in the Secret Place... I love what Bob Sorge writes in his book about The Secret Place," Not only will this book help to defuse your personal struggles related to the secret place, it will also inspire you to the thrilling exhilaration of developing a personal connection with God. Your heart will be ignited with passion for Jesus."

That is what I truly yearn for... passion for Jesus, the Lover of my soul. Today I dwell on Psalm 42.... one of my very favorite passages...
As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, O God.

² My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When can I go and meet with God?

³ My tears have been my food
day and night,
while men say to me all day long,
"Where is your God?"

⁴ These things I remember
as I pour out my soul:
how I used to go with the multitude,
leading the procession to the house of God,
with shouts of joy and thanksgiving
among the festive throng.

⁵ Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and ⁶ my God.
My ^c]">[c] soul is downcast within me;
therefore I will remember you
from the land of the Jordan,
the heights of Hermon—from Mount Mizar.

⁷ Deep calls to deep
in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
have swept over me.

⁸ By day the LORD directs his love,
at night his song is with me—
a prayer to the God of my life.

It is that very deep place where my spirit longs to connect with the spirit of God... where words are unnecessary.. and flesh has no substance.. where I can soar with the eagles in perfect union with his spirit and be made whole in body mind and spirit.. Where love is matchless and divine... where He is all the sustenance I can ever need! I love you , Lord!!!!

The Simple Woman Daybook

FOR TODAY... from Carolyn's Daybook

Outside my window... a bright and glorious sun is rising above a frozen and snow-covered landscape~glory to God!!

I am thinking... life offers myraids of golden opportunities if we are open to and willing to accept the challenges!!!

I am thankful for... every precious blessing of our Lord and Father..... with Him we have all things and without Him we are nothing!!! He is our all in all!

I am wearing...my warm and cozy sweats.... nowhere to go on this cold and winter's day!!

I am remembering...that one of my resolutions for the year is to write hand written notes weekly so I have valentines to write and address to send today!

I am going... to be starting on this week's Bible study directly and then begin work on the laundry... yikes...does it ever get caught up!!! I also want to do some travel research today on
the Yorkshire Dales... a friend suggested to me that this of the UK is even more beautiful than the Lake District which I love. Im always seeking to learn more and more about my beloved ancestral homeland... the United kingdom!

I am currently reading... The Cranford Chronicles by Elizabeth Gaskell.

I am hoping...to lose a few more pounds this week. Being on prednisone for this ridiculous sinus infection is wreaking havoc on my dieting... but I am on the downhill side again!!!! Praise the Lord!!!!

On my mind... I have so many projects that I wish to begin I dont really know where to start..... Thankfully the studio is just about ready to allow me to take on whatever I like! That is great news... so what will it be... oil painting??? card making?? knitting????

Noticing that... the days are getting longer and the sun is marching triumphantly up the horizon.... the snow doesnt belie the fact that spring is a comin'!!

Pondering these words...

He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me; he delighted in me.
Psalm 18:19

From the kitchen... we thankfully will enjoy leftovers,.... savory bowls of piping hot chili! Yummy!!

Around the house...the kitchen could do with a swiffer mopping! a light dusting about the parlor... and perhaps I could wash the glass in the back screen door... or perhaps not... we'll just have to see... I'd rather do anything else! HEEHEEHEE!

One of my favorite things~ going to the Tearoom with the girls.... something I really hope and pray we will still get to do tomorrow... snow, snow go away!!!!

From my picture journal...


Yesterday I got out some of my gardening magazines and started thinking about what to do for spring.... wouldnt it fun to be more like grandma and start my own tomato plants this year...um!! That's an idea!!
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Yorkshire Dales

I do believe that my friend was right.....The Yorkshire Dales certainly do offer the need for much more investigation... I believe I'll enjoy the discoveries to be made here!!!