The Perfect Orange...

 

Lately I just crave oranges...

It all started when I bought this huge bag of the largest oranges I have ever seen!

There were super expensive;

And I told my grandson, that I was either being ripped off;

Or these oranges were going to be the best oranges in the world.

And I am telling you that those oranges have been the most delicious oranges ever!

I think I have only one orange left...

What will I do?

I will always long and dream about the perfect orange forever.

Okay, that was a bit dramatic, but my point is this...

Once in a  while you just find the perfect orange!

I am learning to realize when I happen to come across a really delicious

Or lovely thing, I give thanks.

Some things in this world come a dime a dozen;

But we all just need the perfect once in a while.

In a way it is a bit like the glass slipper from the Cinderella story;

Everybody wanted to try on that perfect slipper.

But it would only fit one certain lady!
And just a tidbit of reality here;
I am sure Cinderella did not wear her glass slippers every day!
Some things, as wonderful as they seem do not happen every day and all the time!

I am glad that I did find a perfect bag of oranges,
And I was enjoying every last one of them;
And since then I have bought another bag of oranges.
Not even close in taste or sweetness.
No, not everything will be perfect.

But as we all know this life is not perfect!

I just wanted to share a few things this day!

Find the perfect moment in each day!
Just because the glass slipper does not fit doesn't mean you can't
Make a lovely planter out of it! ( Smile)
Even the hardest days have a lesson to learn in it!
Real friends you can not buy or purchase online...
Listen to those around you who have wisdom.
(You just might learn something)


Oranges are good, but then God made lemons and limes also...

I really love and appreciate you all amazing ladies out there
In blog land and I know you are real people with real lives.
And we all know that the glass slipper is just a story!

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Meeting Real People From Our Blogs And Real Friendships...

Deborah And Roxy

Meeting a dear blogging friend from,

The Beautiful Matters

Some girls just want to have fun...

When you are a blogger, you interact with so many different ladies,

From all over the world.

Some our young some are older and wiser.

Sometimes it is a bit hard to realize that they are real and have different

personalities and qualities.

Some are just in the beginning years of marriage and families.

But they all seem to have the same desire is to love God;

Raise their children and to be a good wife.

So yes, we seem to have that all in common.

So when you are given a chance to get to know a blogger a bit better!

Now, is where it gets fun and interesting.

Years ago we might of had a penpal to write to.

But through blogging we can email and send pictures to them!

We can even exchange addresses and write or send a gift!

You can even exchange phone numbers and have a nice chat!

Deborah and Amy

God's Grace Overflows

Also my darling daughter in law got to go with me to meet Deborah!

We all truly had a lovely lunch and great conversation!

Sometimes we can really get a sweet friendship through blogging.

My thoughts were very much matched what Deborah would be like.

She is kind and warm and gracious, and truly loves the Lord.

She is real and sincere and I loved meeting her!

She looked beautiful and her hair was darling!

(Remember her post on going natural)

And she did grace me with a lovely tea cup and a bag of tea.

It was a pretty white and black pattern.

All I can say is this;

Amy and I thought it was a lovely time visiting and sharing our hearts!

We loved meeting you, dear Deborah!!

Blessings, Living From Glory To Glory

Good Manners For Puppies And People...

 

Ranch Security

I would like to introduce you to our new puppy

Hank is his name, already has the nickname

"Hank the Tank"

He is part basset hound and terrier!

He is very smart and loyal.

He has the sweetest personality you could want to find in a dog.

I have been very busy training him to have good dog manners.

 And the importance

By doing his business outside! 

(We have had only two piddles inside)

This will be the first inside dog we have had in over 18 years.

But this little guy loves being outside with the other dogs!

But the plan is to have him inside in a crate to sleep.

He comes in every couple of hours to take a nap and play with his toys.

Oh, and of course to eat a bowl of chow.

But he has already managed to win our hearts!

Our cat Jasmine is wondering now when does this puppy go back

from where he came from??

Also with all we have to do outside, we are working in flower beds

 and watering the trees!

Spring winds and blowing dirt from the lack of moisture,

is so very upsetting.

Sometimes having wood floors is a real pain as the dirt shows so easy on them.

I had a not very nice comment on the post I did on the

Warnings about the symbols in adult coloring books!

Some people really do not have any wisdom or manners.

Mean comments will make you feel terrible.

We just think we can all do and say anything we want,

Well, it is a lot like training a puppy!

Good manners and doing things with kindness will bring a good reward!

Not, sure why I wanted another puppy,

Sometimes we all just need a buddy or friend!

And of course security for the ranch is a must...

But this little guy has a basset bark and the height of  a low rider

And the width of a tank...

May I leave a little sound advice?

Do what you can!!

Always use good manners!

Do not allow someone else to define you!

But always be open to wisdom and of course sound doctrine.

Work and carry your burden!

Enjoy the little things!

Plant some seeds this Spring

(In the natural and the spiritual)

Stretch yourself from your comfort zone...

Beware Of Some Of The Adult Coloring Books...

Beware Of Some Of The Adult Coloring Books...

So many ladies have been going wild over the new craze of adult coloring books!

In the beginning of this new fad, it was very hard to find these adult books.

Many ladies ordered these online.

Then many stores starting carrying these coloring books!

Some of them had a bend towards New Age!

Also, they were laced with Hinduism symbols.

I think many times we think these little things do not matter.

But after giving it some thought and reading some negative information on these types,

of coloring books. I now feel that it deserves a warning!

A mandala is that beautiful circle pattern that looks like it would be impossible to draw free hand. 

It is also a “spiritual and ritual symbol in Indian religions, representing the universe.

 In common use, mandala has become a generic term for any diagram, chart or geometric pattern that represents the cosmos metaphysically or symbolically; a microcosm of the universe.”

(Wikipedia)

I have been given two really lovely coloring books...

The design is sweet and very beautiful!

You can feel very artistic and creative with the colors you choose to use.

Many women have expressed that by coloring it helps them relax!

It can be very soothing and yet interesting enough to use your brain.

So if you are using, these adult coloring books, I do hope they

Are the ones that are pretty and do not contain these things.

I believe engaging in even patterns that carry a motif that is not christian,

is not really very wise in a choice of design.

I realize that many will think this is a bit nit picky, but I have learned

that even in the small things we can make choices that bring glory to God.

The coloring should be fun and safe and not opening oneself to Zen or meditation!

Just because everyone else is using them does not make them safe!

You can color, but purchase ones without all that stuff.

It is rather fun to find a sweet coring book and I loved buying new coloring pencils!

Have you purchased a coloring book?

Have you enjoyed coloring?

I do hope you all have a blessed and creative week!

Blessings, Roxy

Were Not All That Different...

Sometimes we all just feel a bit fluffy...

We all have so many different ideas and goals.
But we all just really have very basic needs.

We are all really learning every day of our lives.

Sometimes we require very little!
I like to think of myself as not being high maintenance.

We all live in different time zones and spaces and places.
But we are really not all that different!

I am in the process of writing this blog post...
Will be updating as it cancelled, all I wrote.

I will not be derailed by a little glitch or a storm or pain!
Why?

Because we have to keep on, we need to shake it off;
Get over it!

If we always just stopped every time we felt bad or trouble came a knocking
 we would shrivel up and never produce the character or fruit we need!

Look, we need substance to live out our calling!

When we truly have hard times we have two choices!
We lean harder into the only thing that will remain forever;
Or we give up and shrivel up!

Why do we think that others always have it easier?
Why do we think every century had it better off?

Lets face it, we all are where we are suppose to be'
We either learn and grow and carry on,
Or we start the slow fade...

Well, as for me and my house we choose life in spite of all
the negative reports or the sorrow or pain.

We are called to help and inspire and work while it is yet day!

Many have it much more worst off than we do;
But that is not the point!!
We are called to carry our own cross,
And to stop and smell our own flowers!

Do not waste your time trying to live in another persons life,
Or to tend their garden...
Be diligent and enjoy this new day and season!

Look around...

Everything is coming to life...

Be inspired, do something that says I am alive

And HE LIVES...

How To Help Eliminate Wrinkles In Your Clothes In The Dryer...

A Great Way To Help Stop Wrinkles In Your Clothes

Many Of You May Know This Trick!

But if you do not, then you will be enjoying this simple post!

I learned this from my daughter last year while visiting her.

She put tennis balls in her dryer, while drying her clothes.

I did not think much of it until I did my laundry.

So I just put in my wet clothes as usual along with the tennis balls,

that were in her dryer.

Oh my goodness...

What a huge difference it made in the clothes!

 There were very few  wrinkles in them, compared to usual!

She told me that she had been using them for a long time;

She felt it made a huge difference also.

When I got home, I purchased a small container of the tennis balls.

They were only a couple of dollars.

I place three of them in my dryer and I am so glad that I did!

I can see a huge difference in how they have very few wrinkles.

I do try to hang the clothes up just before the dryer runs out of time on the timer.

But this simple and easy trick does really work.

I still iron my good clothing when I want a crisp finish,

But this little trick helps with so many casual pants and tops.

Trust me, if you try this and hang them quickly you will be impressed!

And I truly do not mind ironing, but this has been wonderful!

Do you have any tricks to help eliminate wrinkles in your clothes?

How The Man Was Created To Lead and To Be Shown Respect...

 

A Man After Gods Own Heart...

A Man needs to be shown respect!
A Man was created to lead and protect!

We are all living in a world today of either not showing respect
Or very little!

Respect, is a very important key element to being a biblical wife.
But we are also missing the bigger picture here!

Men were designed to live in this code!
Respect is like a deep seated need, placed within each man!
When we show respect to them, we actually make a deposit
 that builds integrity,
And a greater sense of worth;

You have heard the phrase the chain of command?
This is used in every branch of civilization...

Well, it is because we cannot all just lead and govern our own way.
We need to be under a form of law and rule!
As we have protection from the very rules God has placed over us!
If we all did just what we wanted to do, we would have chaos!

We need to rethink this concept of respect;
I have heard this statement;
If he wants respect he is going to have to earn it!
But, what we need to do is show respect and then we gain favor.
This applies in marriage, business and the military...
Because this is God's design for his family.

The Word when applied gives us liberty and favor!

But we still must show respect to our husbands and authority;

Are You Comfortable With A Handshake Or Are You A Hugger...

Lately, I have been noticing a difference in the way I have been greeting people.

By nature I am a hugger...

With my dear friends I tend to give them a hug!

With girlfriends I of course just lean in and hug them.

With the opposite sex I lean into their side shoulder, (side hug)

It has been a bit of an uncomfortable practice in the last decade!

So lately with finding myself feeling awkward when meeting new people

Or greeting someone from the opposite sex;.

I have chosen to extend my hand and offer a handshake.

I have looked on at some very inappropriate hugs in the last decade.

I realize things are changing and affection has an opened end to it!

We as women need to be aware with what our hugs demonstrate.

Better to be reserved and use caution then to give a hug we are not 

Comfortable with and can be seen as an open door.

Years ago I would not even considered writing a post like this!

But I was even thinking of the scripture that tells us to stay away from

Even the appearance of evil.

Wrong touch and contact can cause problems.

Also, I just wanted to mention that, make sure you give a

Good handshake that says hello and not a cold fish or limp hand!

How do you greet your friends?

And how do you greet a new person?

So you like older men to hug your daughters and granddaughters?

You Can Learn To Become An Excellent Wife...

When we first got married, I would say I had much to be desired in being

"Called and excellent wife"

Being a wife can be the most glorious place for a woman to become all that her heart desires.

But as we all can attest to is the truth that it require's strength and endurance!

If you were one of those young ladies that had a Mother that was a godly example,

Then you had a head start on many of us.

We never really stop learning the ways that create a truly good marriage.

I think we have a culture that is in place that through their media productions,

we have lost sight of the truth of a wholesome marriage.

We have seen men leave their wives in droves;

Women have left their marriages

We have a problem...

How can we overcome?

We do the next thing that will bring glory to God!

It may just be changing the way we speak to our husbands.

(Our tone shows respect)

We can just stop what we are doing and truly listen to what hey are saying.

(Being a good listener)

We can ask someone to give us some guidance in our marriages.

(Having accountability)

We can read a few good books on the subject of being a good wife.

(Resources are a valuable tool)

Look, becoming an excellent wife is no easy task!

But if you will commit to learning and growing in this high calling,

You will  never regret the rewards, some will be here and now.

But mostly they are heavenly accounts in your name.

God tells us that marriage is His idea...

Every hard day and year

Every horrible fight or little disagreement

You can overcome...

God has given us support and guidance!

There are women out there that have stood the test of time!

God wants our marriages to be healthy and pure!

We have a very tough fight on our hands!

Do you want a good marriage?

Do you believe your marriage could use a refreshing lift?

I have a few books like the one in the photo;

I pull them off the shelf and reread portions of them!

Then I try to implement something that will spark or help me in an area that is lacking!

Take your marriage seriously!

Do something everyday!

I want to thank the Lord for placing those Godly women in my life!

And for the direction of using a few good books to glean from!

Blessings,

Living From Glory To Glory

Why Laziness Will Bring Ruin Upon Your Homes...

 

Laziness 

If you don’t think laziness is a problem in America,

 Consider the fact that we have a chair, the “Laz-e-boy,” tailored to and marketed to the American home.

And it sells! 

Laziness, much like selfishness, is bent toward the self,

 But it gets its marching orders from the comfort committee.

 We desire the comfort and refuse to do anything difficult because it could be uncomfortable.

 Laziness is chiefly about preserving and promoting the perception of personal comfort.

 And laziness becomes a lie to yourself and others!

 We should know when there is a problem in our marriages and our homes,

 And we should also know that it requires a change, perhaps even a painful change.

 So what happens? 

"Laziness say's, “Oh, I’ll get to this another time.”

 Or laziness says convincingly, “It’s not that bad. 

Waiting to later can result in a broken marriage!

Your home turning into a broken down shack!

Laziness is a terrible crisis in our culture!

Time and energy is a gift from the Lord!

Get busy and spring clean your homes!

Get busy and give some attention to your marriage!

Get busy and clean up your yards!

Do not be like the slugger, or sloth!

Work and use your time wisely...

Hormones In All Their Glory...

 

When I feel the weight of a long day, I tend to seek quiet and comfort.

Our days are a bit like the weather;

Or shall I say a bit like hormones...

I am glad that I am not programed with set responses.

Yet, I do not want to live my days controlled by hormones.

I guess you could say we can't live with our hormones

or

Without them!

As a woman we have been given the gift of hormones!
But as anything if we have to much or to little it can be a problem.

But in our modern day our foods are ladened with hormones,
But these hormones can cause other problems.

We need hormones...

When we are in our teens those hormones can rage.

But as we age, we can become low in certain ones.
I personally have chosen to take a very low dose of Estrogen to help me!
I really did not want to take it, but the quality of life;
Is maybe the better choice right now!

Do you find yourself feeling a bit weepy?

I have found myself feeling weepy in the long evenings.

I find myself crying as I watch Hallmark movies.

I can sit down and look at old photos and feel a sadness that all those
 Sweet memories, have come and gone...
 Yet, it seems like they happened just last week.

I am so thankful to have these photos of my memories as I can see visually 

they have played a big part in who I have become today.
And I can also see the changes of our growth.

A wife that has been loved well!

A Mother that had the joy of raising them into amazing adults.

A Grandmother that has a blessed inheritance!

Sometimes I just need a good cry...

WHAAAA...

Sing As Onto The Lord...

A New Song

God loves to hear his people sing.

He created us to sing;

Children so easily sing and hum, it is very precious!

Women who have trained themselves to have a song in their hearts!

Will have a resource that will bring peace and calming in many storms.

After all, we are called to bring a joyful noise unto the Lord!

I  feel bad that I do not have any natural or trained musical ability;

But, it has not stopped me from singing and giving praise!

A heart that is filled with a hymn or a song of praise;

Will always have a chance to turn complaining around;

A song that is in your heart is like a bird that cannot contain its song!

When you are alone, it is so sweet to sing a song to the Lord!

Sing while you're doing your dishes.

Sing as onto the Lord!

I always remember the scripture where He is singing over us!

God serenades us everyday...

Hear the birds singing

Hear the wind blowing

Hear and feel your own heartbeat!

God is the great conductor!

May your life have harmony as a symphony that moves us!

We all have heard the statement;

~She moves to the beat of her own drum~

As it should be when we are in rhythm of the Lords timing...

May a New Song of gratitude spring up and be sung...

Nothing on earth is so well suited to make the sad merry,

The merry, sad, to give courage to the despairing,

to make the proud humble, to lessen envy and hate,

as music.

~Martin Luther~

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Hind Sight Can Become 20/20 Vision In Our Lives...

Hind Sight Is 20/20

We can learn to become wise women by learning from our past!

I am not saying always ponder your past, because that is not wise in itself.

Some things just need to stay in the past;

What I am referring to, is the things that we can now see that we may have

Had a different outcome if we had done a few things differently.

A wise woman learns from her mistakes.

A wise woman grows when she is teachable.

A wise woman does not keep track of wrongs done to her!

A wise woman becomes wiser because she makes time to reflect!

~There is a difference in reflecting and mourning the past~

We can become stuck in what we thought it was all going to look like.

Sometimes I enjoy putting on those Rose colored glasses!

Sometimes the cold hard bare facts are just too much for me!

The Pollyanna syndrome can be a lovely thing...

Be free to express your true feelings;

(But not at the expense of creating a chasm that has no bridge)

As we can all attest to the very sad or difficult separations that have

Appeared for just wanting to be right!

But my point is this;

There are times we have missed an opportunity to speak from the heart;

Just maybe when we had a opprounity and the timing was right!

We may have missed it;

So I do want to speak to those I love or those who need correction.

With a word of wisdom...

Sometimes it can be just from your years of wisdom or

A scripture or a biblical truth...

We need to be brave!

We need to ask them, please can I share with you from my heart?

I need to say this or I may have regrets that I stayed silent!

But we also know this fact, sometimes it is better to say nothing at all!

But we now can have 20/20 vision in some areas of our life.

If we will read and study the word, to gain a heart of wisdom!

So next time we cannot go down the same wrong road expecting a different result!

See, we now can see clearly...

If not put your Rose colored glasses back on for a bit!

Saying I Love You...

 

Saying I love YOU...

~Some words carry weight and life~

Why we must be asking these questions,

Why do you love me?

Why do I love you?

Because without love, we would die a slow and painful death!

We are warned in scripture that the love of most will grow cold...

If I wrote a bestseller book and had not love

If I lived in a mansion and had not love

If I knew hundreds of people, but had no friends;

Love is a commodity worth millions...

Love is a terrible thing to waste,

But we all know we can not love everything that some people are doing!

Love the sinner, hate the sin!

If you have been given the chance to extend true friendship;

Honor it

Grow it

Keep it

I Love You...

Because He first loved me!

Trying To Find Time...

Trying To Find Time...

What are some of the lovely and satisfying things that you just long to do?

I really do enjoy sewing and making aprons and cloth dish towels.

And my new fun favorite thing to do is make little tea bag fabric holders.

Any more I need smaller projects so I can get them done quicker.

It would help if the darn thread stayed threaded in my machine;

(I think the hole in the needle is shrinking)

When I do get into town and I always find myself in the fabric store!

(Might need to join Fabric Hoarders Anonymous)

I have a drawer full of fabric, but I just can't help myself at times...

Are you ladies finding it harder to get to those projects that you

really enjoy doing?

Sometimes I just have to tell myself today is the day I will sew!

I think that when we just always do the normal housework;

And we do not just do something that makes us sing deep down inside.

We can become tired and a bit stale in our imagination.

Once Spring gets here and I do believe it is peeking its head out,

We will once again have yard work to do and planting!

I think we have the change of seasons so we can have a

Long winter's rest inside so we can really enjoy the fresh outdoors,

Come spring and summer.

I do hope to finish a few things this next week!

(Well, that is if;

The Lord willing and the creek don't rise)

I think we just need to have something to look forward to.

Hope you have some plans to do something special!

Work and pray and enjoy...

Tornado Drops From The Sky...

Tornado's

Our daughter and son in law and their children were in that tornado that

Struck in the night in Pensacola, FL.

God truly protected them all...

When they saw all the damage that had hit the other homes;

They praised God for His hand of protection!

And we thanked God for answering our prayers!

As you all know we ask for God to protect our loved ones!

Even in the  path of a fierce storm He delivered them.

All the stuff is replaceable...

Life is the most valuable thing we are given;

Firstly, physical life, but it is the converted, regeneration state of

Our very souls that we must truly understand

The gift of God that really matters!

Trees that have graced the neighborhood for 30+ years,

Were tossed around as if they were but a blade of grass.

Storms will come!!

~We will find peace in the eye of the storm~

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Even when fear strikes our hearts!

The Wind In My Sail...

 

About this time of the year I long for sunshine and warmth...

But it is the sound of the ocean that I find so alluring.

It may be such a strong draw because we live so far from the ocean air and winds.
Because we;

Made our home and life on the flat lands of the prairies.

It is a funny thing when you think about how God places

us within our boarders!

It is no surprise to the Lord that we live miles away from an ocean!

As a matter of fact, we live smack dab between the Pacific and the Atlantic.

But I find that even in the middle I feel a draw to the water!

Not really the sunbathing or water sports,

But rather the tide that comes in and returns to the sea.

Over and over again...

The sea can be very calming and soothing to our souls;

But there are times the water becomes wild and out of control.

It is the wind that brings the turbulence!

The sea can be smooth as glass;

or rough and choppy...

And that is my point!

Life is like the sea...

When the winds of adversity strike it can cause damage.

But if we can set our face and sails into the wind.

We can build momentum and speed ahead in the direction,

That is the right course that the Lord has mapped out for you!

Why do we act shocked when things do not go

According to our plans?

Do we not trust God with all the details in our lives?

The ocean and life have an ebb and flow...

How I long for a breath of fresh air!

Sometimes this air smells of wood smoke from the chimney above.

Sometimes the air is filled with the smell of coffee and bacon frying,
In our early morning campsite in the summer time.

Sometimes it is the aroma of the Russian Olive trees in bloom!

Oh the smell of the rain that causes us to breath deeply!

I write this to encourage those that have had the wind knocked out of them.

Do not give up, the wind will surely once again come around
And help propel you to the new thing that is coming your way!


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Pearls A Great Treasure...

What do you consider to be a great treasure?

Jewels and cars and big beautiful houses, can be a powerful lure.

But we know deep down inside;

Money can't buy us happiness or love...

Have you ever really wanted something so bad, But then when you got it,

It was such an anticlimax moment after maybe a day or a week or a month.

Like maybe when the due date for the payment came due.

There is a mix in this world of the real and the imitation;

Or shall I call it what it is (A Fake)

We are not trained to tell the difference anymore!

So many of us cannot afford the real;

So we now have fake diamonds and pearls to your heart's content.

But there are just some things that cannot pass for the real!

Margarine instead of

"Butter"

Cool Whip instead of

"Whip Cream"

Stuff instead of

"LOVE"

True and real love is the one thing that sustains life...

Love in a true relationship

(Husband and Wife)

The love you have for your children and grandchildren!

The love of a peaceful and joyous evening or day at home!

A good nights sleep...

Why do we run around looking for the next thing?

Why do we allow the need "more" syndrome rob us of the now?

Or the real foundational truth that it is love that conquers all!

May I give you a word of wisdom?

Stop missing the moments that are real and in your face!!

Dreamers and schemers and a false expectation...

Do what is required of you!

Give and enjoy and take pleasure in all you set your heart and hand too!

And you will find true love and joy and peace in the middle

of every season and trial or fearful thing that comes your way.

I can make this promise to you because I know it is true;

Christ love will sustain you

And His joy will fill you!

Love as if it were your last day upon this earth...

Living From Glory To Glory

~Roxy~