Monday Quote

Sunday Scripture

Genesis 1:24

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creatures after his kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beast of the earth after his kind, at it was so.

Saturday Links

This post by William Emmons resonated with me:
https://wemmons.wordpress.com/2018/10/30/it-has-all-been-worth-it/

A good reminder from Beholding Him Ministries:
https://beholdinghimministries.org/2018/11/01/just-a-little-more-time-is-needed/

God bless.

Favorite Book Friday

Rescued by His Christmas Angel by Cara Colter contemporary romance. Charming, heartwarming, and staying on my Christmas reading list.

Musical Thursday

Chris Tomlin's "I Lift My Hands"

https://youtu.be/c24En0r-lXg

Wordless Wednesday

Tuesday Tidbit

Organizer was not used until 1849. However, I can use planner, from 1716.

Monday Quote

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. ~ Calvin Coolidge

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/c/calvincool121116.html

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/c/calvincool121116.html

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/c/calvincool121116.html

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/c/calvincool121116.html

Sunday Scripture

Genesis 1:20-23

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, and after their kind, and every winded fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let the fowl multiply in the earth. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

Saturday Links

Jim Denney's piece on "Why I Read and Why I Write" over on Christians Read:
https://christiansread.wordpress.com/2018/10/21/why-i-read-and-why-i-write/

Mustard Seed Blog's Run to Him:
https://mustardseedblogs.com/2018/10/29/run-to-him/

God bless.

Favorite Book Friday

Guess Who's Coming for Christmas by Cara Colter is a contemporary romance. I love this story. It holds a place on my annual Christmas reading list. Each year, I look to add or discard stories. Keeping this one on the list.

Musical Thursday

My music list to start the Christmas season:

Stille Nacht (Silent Night) by Manheim Steamroller on their Christmas album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anv4FIQ4tbo

Believe Again: O Come All Ye Faithful by David Osmond
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF__6qGtwSc

Angels We Have Heard On High by The Piano Guys.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrLoWt2tfqg

Baby, What You Goin' to Be by Trinity HS Alumni Choir
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsoB7mmdmFg

Mary, did you know? by Donny Osmond
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtLCCrEVqPA

Believe by Josh Grobin on the Polar Express album.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ19mW-TMRk

Merry Christmas Darling by the Carpenters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR1ujXx2p-I

The Gift by Aselin Debison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgvpI0xp9ms

Josh Groban's O Holy Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zh-yR0pbmU

A Soldier's Silent Night

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO4cJdN-Q8o

 

Wordless Wednesday

Tuesday Tidbit

Disillusion and disillusionment didn't show up until 1855.

Monday Quote

Sovereignty means God never goes:

Oops, I missed that one.

~ Tony Evans

Sunday Scripture

Genesis 1:16-19

And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

Saturday Links

A Donna Hatch Regency truth telling:
http://donnahatch.blogspot.com/2018/09/lies-jane-austen-never-told-me.html

I'm working on learning to live a more Poised Life. I was especially caught by the desire to prayer sincerely for those who don't like me. Posted on "Desiring Light":
https://desiringlight.com/2018/10/19/the-true-meaning-of-a-poised-life/

Good Times Stories shared "A Pleasant Reminder of the Reason for Thanksgiving":
https://mygoodtimestories.com/2018/11/22/a-pleasant-reminder-of-the-reason-for-thanksgiving/

God bless.

Favorite Book Friday

The Dogstar (Regency Christmas Courtship Anthology) by Edith Layton Regency Christmas romance. Fanciful. All right, what I love about this story is the dog. 

Happy Thanksgiving

Giving Thanks

Escape the insanity with a romance novella for the holiday:

The eleventh novella...

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

Eight years ago, Michelle Bronson ran away. Returning Thanksgiving Eve will allow her to settle before anyone knows she's home. Accepting Jesus made her new, but the past won't stay buried. She's strong enough to face it. She must, if she wants to embrace life. Maybe assistant baker at Holiday Sweets is the open door she's seeking.

Theodore Williams III lived his life as Mr. Straight as an Arrow. He remembers Michelle, along with his harsh judgment of her, but she's not what he expected. The choice is his to hold to what he knew or to embrace the new. Perhaps God is opening a door to the future.

Placing God first opens doors never imagined...

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071W5C2T6/ref=sr_1_1