Monday Quote

 There's some good in this world, 

and it's worth fighting for. 

~ J.R.R. Tolkien

 

Sunday Scripture

Psalms 27:10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. 

 

Saturday Links

Kathy O'Neill of Kathy The Picture Lady shared her photo session with Teddy, a horse: 

https://kathythepicturelady.wordpress.com/2026/07/17/the-challenges-of-doing-a-photo-shoot-with-a-horse/ 

Riversidepeace shares a good reminder: 

https://riversidepeace.com/2026/07/25/self-worth-and-chronic-illness/ 

God bless. 

Favorite Book Friday

Romancing Daphne (The Lancaster Family series Book 3) by Sarah M. Eden Regency romance. Another great story of struggling to become one's best self, written with tenderness and humor. Love it.  

Thankful Thursday

Midweek Gospel study at church

Serving/helping others

Air conditioning

One less scorpion in the world, you're welcome

Church

New books 

Cooler weather 

God's grace

The Piano Guys - I Will Always Love You

https://youtu.be/RUr5muZ7_V4?si=YiVtaL52gX1oSPqt 

 

Wordless Wednesday

 

Monday Quote

 The birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus means that one day everything sad will come untrue. 

~ J.R.R. Tolkien 

 

Sunday Scripture

Psalms 27:9 Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

 

Saturday Links

Beholding Him Ministries shared the delightful "a church garden":

https://beholdinghimministries.org/2026/07/10/a-church-garden/ 

Trivia Music Silliness shared a photo of Yellowstone Lake, one of my favorite places: 

https://trivialmusicsilliness.wordpress.com/2026/07/14/gallery-slides-30/ 

God bless.

Favorite Book Friday

Glimmer of Hope by Sarah M. Eden Regency Romance. While this is not part of The Lancaster Family series, it fits here chronologically. Lord Devereaux makes a brief appearance in Courting Miss Lancaster. However, it is listed as a stand alone story, not a part of any series. The story surprised me. A keeper.

 

Thankful Thursday

Opportunities to serve/help others

Church

Dear Friends

Lovely Air Conditioning 

Blessed rain 

God's grace

Danny Gokey - Jesus Over Everything

https://youtu.be/RdehIsbO7gA?si=CI2dyHVXD1eLbicE 

 

Wordless Wednesday

Monday Quote

Sea otters hold hands while they sleep so the current can't separate them. They call it rafting -- whole families floating together, paws linked, drifting through the night as one. No otter taught a class on it. It's just what love looks like when you live on moving water. And don't we all live on moving water? Time pulls, life drifts, currents come. Hold hands with your people on purpose -- the Sunday call, the standing dinner, the goodnight text. It's not sentimental. It's seamanship. ~ amazingQuotesWorld

 Found on Nuggets of Gold: https://joyroses13.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/tuesdays-thoughts-558/ 

 

Sunday Scripture

Psalms 27:8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. 

 

Saturday Links

Davids Daily Dose shares the importance of Recharging:

https://davidsdailydose.org/2026/07/04/recharged/ 

Bridget A. Thomas shares inspiration. I struggle with having a spirit of lack. I'm working on it: 

https://bridgetathomas.com/2026/07/05/living-from-gods-abundance-instead-of-a-spirit-of-lack/ 

God bless.

September 11

 25 years - Never Forget

Thankful Thursday

Good books and movies

A/C and fans

Midweek Gospel study at church 

Sister visit 

Church 

Labor Day lunch with friends

New book by a favorite author 

God's grace

The Piano Guys - Before You Go

https://youtu.be/vr2fseHHCCg?si=oR2Fga5OVogDOnPX 

 

Wordless Wednesday

Monday Quote

Sunday Scripture

Psalms 27:7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

 

Saturday Links

Katie encouraged me, maybe she will encourage you too:

https://katiesencouragementforyou.home.blog/2026/07/02/pivotal-moments-2/ 

Hannah, over at Choosing Hope, shared inspiration for me to learn to be a firefly friend:

https://choosinghope.live/2026/07/02/chasing-fireflies-the-anatomy-of-a-late-night-rescue/ 

God bless. 

Labor Day is Monday

Celebrate with a story.

Faith's Labor

The fifth novella in the series.

Welcome back to Holiday, USA, small town America, where nothing happens, except holidays... and maybe a little romance, if the hero and heroine trust God.

Organic herb farmer Faith Walker regrets many things in her life, none as much as marrying a man who divorced her after their wedding night, leaving her pregnant and alone.

Horse trainer Dusty Harper crushed on Faith all his life. What is he supposed to do when she drops back into his life and turns his world upside down?

God provides unexpected answers to those who seek His will...

http://www.amazon.com/Faiths-Labor-Holiday-USA-Book-ebook/dp/B00X5XJLMM/ref=sr_1_2

If you prefer paperback, Holiday, USA Anthology 2015

All four novellas published in 2015 are available in their entirety in paperback, including the covers on the back, for those who enjoy collecting a series.

https://www.amazon.com/Holiday-USA-Anthology-2015-2/dp/153018617X/ref=sr_1_22

Thankful Thursday

Church

Semper Fi Heating and Cooling replacing dead A/C

Friends who offered me their spare bedroom before the A/C was replaced

A dear friend who gave me a homemade chicken pot pie

A sweet friend brought me delicious peach cobbler 

Visiting a dear friend 

Grill Night with friends 

God's grace

Danny Gokey - God's Not

https://youtu.be/oGpKqX6ftcU?si=hRmgd_keMkKGqHHT 

 

Wordless Wednesday

Monday Quote

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds. 

~ Norman Vincent Peale 

 

 Found on Nuggets of Gold https://joyroses13.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/tuesdays-thoughts-558/

 

Sunday Scripture

Psalms 27:6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. 

 

Saturday Links

Bridget A. Thomas has wonderful encouraging posts: "God Doesn't Miss a Thing" 

https://bridgetathomas.com/2026/06/25/god-doesnt-miss-a-thing/ 

I'm so grateful for bits of encouragement, this one from jesusluvsall: 

https://jesusluvsall.org/2026/06/29/she-was-scared-to-go-alone/ 

God bless. 

Favorite Book Friday

Courting Miss Lancaster (The Lancaster Family series Book 2) by Sarah M. Eden Regency romance. The hero and heroine are introduced in book one. What a joy to read their story. Another delightful story with laughter and love and learning. Looking forward to it being made into a series. 

 

Thankful Thursday

A/C, fans, ice 

Church

Good books and movies

Friends who share

Opportunities to help others 

Fall is coming 

God's grace

Laura Story - I Can Just Be Me

https://youtu.be/0VRUU8UBXCk?si=22W9rRauZK1_xd0h 

 

Wordless Wednesday

Monday Quote

In English we say: 

"I'm trying to trust the process." 

In poetry we say: 

"I'm planting seeds in the dark and believing they'll find the sun." 

~ unknown 

- I found several variations with no one cited.

I found this version on Nuggets of Gold https://joyroses13.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/tuesdays-thoughts-558/ 

 

Sunday Scripture

Psalms 27:4-5 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple. For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. 

 

Saturday Links

Livora Gracely gives a wonderful perspective on the Law and the Gospel: Clear Directions:  

https://livoragracely.wordpress.com/2026/06/19/clear-directions/ 

Another Livora Gracely post "No Exit Strategy."

https://livoragracely.wordpress.com/2026/06/22/no-exit-strategy/ 

God bless.

Favorite Book Friday

Seeking Persephone (The Lancaster Family series Book 1) by Sarah M. Eden Regency romance. Loved it! The movie does it justice. Funny, touching, heartwarming, and so much more. Wonderful characters. Well done retelling of Beauty and the Beast. I only wish I'd read it sooner. Better late than never.

 

Thankful Thursday

Dove nesting in my queen palm

A/C, fans, ice

Trimming bushes and pygmy palms

Good books

 Sister visit

Visiting a dear friend 

God's grace

Chris Tomlin - Indescribable - written by Laura Story

https://youtu.be/5IlVfkY5q54?si=VehhEqJ238j9BqLx 

 

Wordless Wednesday

Monday Quote

Being a writer is cool 

because it's like always having homework 

and then you die. 

~ Unknown. 

 

Sunday Scripture

Psalms 27:1-3 (A Psalm of David.) 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? When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. 

 

Saturday Links

Bridget A. Thomas shared "Who's Praying?"

https://bridgetathomas.com/2026/06/16/whos-praying/ 

Grant Ferguson shared "Personalized Apolgetics 101":

https://writingforeternity.com/2026/06/17/personalized-apolgetics-101/ 

God bless. 

Favorite Book Friday

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Science Fiction Adventure. I loved the movie, so a friend gave me the book. I loved it, too. Some things I liked better in the movie, and some things I liked better in the book. The movie is loosely based on the book, but I feel like they enrich each other. There is a little swearing and adult situations in the book that are not in the movie, but it didn't detract from the story; it made sense in context. I'm not a science-y sort, but I did find it interesting. The main characters captured my heart. The end is unexpected and perfect. Happy. Happy. Happy.

 

Thankful Thursday

A/C, fans, ice

New books

Friends and family 

Church 

Dip in the temperature, even out of triple digits. 

Sarah M Eden and Jake Stormoen announced the continuation of the Lancaster series! 

God's grace

Sharing again:

Laura Story - Blessings

 https://youtu.be/XQan9L3yXjc?si=TKTkO0wn228DTjS-

 

Wordless Wednesday

 

Monday Quote

I needed the reminder:

If you think you've blown God's plan for your life, 

rest in this: 

You, my beautiful friend, are not that powerful. 

 

Sunday Scripture

Psalms 3:5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me. 

 

Saturday Links

Back in June, Bridget A. Thomas shared "A New Thing." Still applicable: 

https://bridgetathomas.com/2026/06/09/a-new-thing/ 

Lively Gracely shared "Maximum Adventure." Delightfully silly fun.

https://livoragracely.wordpress.com/2026/06/17/maximum-adventure/ 

God bless. 

Favorite Book Friday

When God Doesn't Fix It by Laura Story nonfiction Christian inspirational. Laura Story (Elvington) shares her journey with her husband Martin, more particularly from his diagnosis of a brain tumor, surgery, and beyond. She talks about the Myths and the Truths. She wrote "Indescribable" and "Blessings" and "I Can Just Be Me." Inspiring, uplifting, encouraging, especially for those in the midst of trials and tribulations that feel like they never end. Some don't and it isn't because God doesn't love us. He has a different plan than we do, and His plan is always better than our plan.   

Thankful Thursday

A/C, fans, ice

Encouraging friends

 Hope

Overnight lows below 90s - Whew

New bed 

God's grace

The Piano Guys - Waterfall

https://youtu.be/680j52mXqlE?si=BmD5qM8nBtNX7XMw 

 

Wordless Wednesday

Monday Quote

Stay in the habit of 

'glancing' at your problems and 

'gazing' at the Lord. 

~ Joni Eareckson Tada

 

Sunday Scripture

Psalms 3:4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.

 

Saturday Links

Bridget A. Thomas shares a good reminder "Where We Place Our Focus Matters":

https://bridgetathomas.com/2026/06/03/where-we-place-our-focus-matters/ 

Fake History Hunter debunks supposed history pictures and views; this one is an AI review: 

https://fakehistoryhunter.net/2026/06/06/ai-review-time-witnessed/ 

God bless.

Favorite Book Friday

Reflections on Life 1 by Staci Stallings nonfiction. Short essays of inspiration and encouragement from one of my favorite authors. 

 

Today is Friendship Day

Celebrate with a story. 

Just Friends

The sixth novella in the series.

Welcome back to Holiday, USA, small town America, where nothing happens, except holidays... and a little romance, if the hero and heroine trust God.

After Mindy Harper's life crashes, she cuts off her friends. What other choice does she have? She doesn't fit in anymore. Holidays commemorating friendship fail to convince her she should celebrate them. A handsome ranch hand won't change her mind.

Cowboy left most of his past behind, with no regrets. The moment he sees Mindy he knows where his future lies. Friendship is the best place to start, but what is he supposed to do when she declares they're acquaintances?

God opens closed doors to those who knock, if it's His will...

http://www.amazon.com/Just-Friends-Holiday-USA-Book-ebook/dp/B017FSC4WG/ref=sr_1_1

If you prefer paperback, Holiday, USA Anthology 2015.

All four novellas published in 2015 are available in their entirety in paperback, including the covers on the back, for those who enjoy collecting a series.

https://www.amazon.com/Holiday-USA-Anthology-2015-2/dp/153018617X/ref=s

Wordless Wednesday

 

Monday Quote

 

Just Friends Day is the 30th.

Thanks to Donna Keevers Driver for creating this for me.