Dart Board

I have a dart board that I have it hanging on my wall in my computer room. As I look at it I have some Bible Verses typed out large enough so I can see them. And I use the darts to keep them on the board. I also have some other important papers on it.

My dart board also reminds me of missing the mark (sin) in my life. This reminds me to pray for any sins that I know I have in my life.

How Do You Smell?

Today we had a missionary at our church and his sermon for church time was the idea of how we smell to God.

He started in the Old Testament and was talking about the different sacrifices that were to be made to God. Now when the people did it right. God was pleased and the offering had a sweet smell to the Lord. Even though to the people and the priest it must have smelled bad, to the Lord it was a sweet smell because the people did it out of obedience.

But if the people gave a sacrifice of an unclean animal, or an animal that was blemished the Lord was not happy with the sacrifice and it was not a sweet smell to Him.

Then the missionary went on and asked us how we smelled to the Lord. Do we have a sweet smell to Him because of being obedient and doing all He asks with the right attitude.

How about you? How are you smelling to the Lord and those around you?

Joni Eareckson Tada-Paints With Her Mouth

It has already been 40 years since Joni had her diving accident. But she has a great testimony of what God has done in her life.

If you go to http://www.joniandfriends.org/televisionpainting-gods-pleasure/ you will hear her story and see what beautiful art that she paints.

News Article

Lincon, Neb (AP) "Thousands of fish are dying in the Midwest as the hot, dry summer dries up rivers and causes water temperatures to climb in some spots to nearly 100 degrees."

This is part of an article that I found as I was looking at the news on Yahoo. It reminded me of the verses in the Bible which tell of the end times and the things that will take place. One such place in the Bible is Matthew 24:6-8. "And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrow."

We are not to be troubled about these things because the Lord is in control and these things need to take place in His plan.

Spiedies

In yesterdays post I referred to our community having a Spiedie Fest and Balloon Rally. For you who may not know what a spiedie is here is a little history.

The spiedie started out with pieces of lamb meat marinated in a special sauce. Then the pieces of lamb were placed on a skewer and cooked on a grill. Once they were done then one piece of Italian bread was folded in half in one hand. Then the lamb pieces were pulled off the skewer and placed inside the fold of the bread.

Now spiedies are made with any kind of meat and sauce. Usually at the Rally there is a contest to see who can make the best spiedie. They smell so good and tastes delicious.

Well need to go for now as it is almost time for the balloons to go up again. So I am going to go outside with my camera just in case so balloons come our way again.

Hot Air Ballons

pressconnects.com Friday,  August 3,2012.

I live in an area in which each year during the first weekend in August we have a Spiedy Fest and Hot Air Balloon Rally. It starts on Friday evening and ends on Sunday. If weather permit  balloons go up around 6:30 pm and 6:30 am each day.

This evening we had three balloons come our way. One year one balloon landed in the field below us. My daughter called to let me know that they were doing a life broadcast on pressconnects. I am not sure if you will be able to get it on your computer but try and see if you can. It shows how they blow up the balloons and then shows them taking off.

My husband and I took a ride in a balloon and it was great! If it did not cost so much money would like to do it again.

There is a verse in the Bible where it says people are like grasshoppers. Will I can say for sure that once you are high in the air looking down on people, baseball games, and animals running around in circles because of the noise of the balloon, everything looks very small.

I thought of how it is like God looking down from heaven. Of course He can see a lot more and a lot clearer than us. But it sure was peaceful just floating along.

August 1st Already

Genesis 1:14
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

It does not seem possible that August is here already. It just seems like the year just started. And usually when August comes and my birthday and anniversary (August 20th) it means that the Fall season will be here in no time at all. Some leaves are turning already in my area. But is has been so dry in Upstate New York. We can walk across most of our rivers if we wanted to.

I am so glad that I live in an area that has changed of seasons. I like Fall and Spring the best.

What is your favorite season?