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.
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.
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
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/
Psalms 27:8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
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.
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
Psalms 27:7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
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.
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
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
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/
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.
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.
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.
