Fall Back...

It's so interesting that we take our clocks back an hour every fall.  Suddenly, the days shrinks considerably.  It's dark when you're eating dinner, and don't even try to do yardwork after you get home from work, because it is useless.

It reminds me of the fact that we also "fall back" psychologically at this time of the year.  We begin to "roll up the sidewalk" so to speak.  We spend cozier times instead, eating warmer, comfort foods, and suddenly the furry slippers that were not seen for several months are a daily essential.

I am not amazed of seasons and the purpose of them.  God said in Ecclesiates 3: these words~

"To everything there is a season,

a time for every purpose under heaven." 

 

How true this is.   So here's to slowing down a bit, taking stock of another year, and making the most of the beautiful season and holidays, Thanksgiving and Christmas with my family and friends.  God had the right idea when he changed the seasons of the year.  However, I don't think man was very smart at turning back the clock.  This one was one that could have been left alone so we could enjoy the fall season naturally.







Four More Years

The votes are in and we will continue to have four more years of President Obama.  I hear that the election process cost billions of dollars.  This was a very expensive pause in the course that was sure to continue.  I wonder how much better the money could have been spent if we simply reverted to having an eight year presidential term with no re-election.  It's not only the money, but all the time and energy spent on campaigning that our president could have used to do his job.  I know that I'm only one person, and not a formidable advocate on a large scale.  My voice may not be heard on the national news, nor in the halls of Washington, D.C.  But, I am sure there are thousands upon thousands of those who agree with me that our nation needs to have more common sense.  It bends to the voice of the expedient, not weighing the wisdom of consideration.  I love what the bible states about conducting ourselves in such a manner that would yield long and lasting results, not only for ourselves, but for future generations~"Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gains understanding; for her proceeds are better than the profits of silver, and her gain than fine gold."

Wisdom is a rare commodity.  Yet, it is available to those who seek God and follow Him.

Our New Little Grandson...

My husband asked me why I hadn't blogged about our new little grandson, Carter born on October 25, 2012.  I simply answered, "Oh, because I didn't have a picture of him to add."  But, later I thought about this and marveled.  It's not like me not to write about something just because I don't have it all together with all the components I need.  I am a 'piece work' type of an individual.  The real reason I hadn't written about Carter is because I was still in quiet fascination of the miracle of birth, and still taking it all in.

Carter weighed 8 lbs. 2 oz. and measured 21 inches long.  A big boy, considering his mom is a hair below 5 feet tall.  I saw him just hours after he was born, and of course I thought he was a beautiful and precious baby.  I immediately saw his daddy's chin and mouth.  He had a full head of dark hair and his eyes reminded me of his mom's when she was born, although not so 'Yoda', but I think they are going to be big, like hers.  He's a strong little guy.  He favors his little fists up against his cheeks, and even breaks loose from his swaddling blanket to accomplish this pose.  I think that this determination probably will serve him well when he is an athelete.  He'll see the goal, and not let anything deter him from accomplishing it.  (You notice I'm not saying what sport?  This is because I want him to have all avenues before him as his playing field.)  Carter is going to be strong in whatever he chooses in life.

As a grandmother, I cherish the privlege to pray for my grandchildren.  And, this was no different for my littlest one.  As I held him for the first time, this was my prayer for him:

"Lord,
You see this little baby that you have given to Anicia and Brian.  Bless him with your love, guidance and strength.  Give him a good character, one that would love mercy, and walk humbly with his God.  Watch over him, protect him, and guide his steps.  Help him to glorify You in all that he does in life, and how he lives his life out before others.  Always help him to go to his mom and dad when he struggles, and above all to go to You in small and big matters.  You have fashioned him from the moment he was conceived, and know his every fiber-- his weaknesses and his strengths.

More so, help me to be a grandmother to him that would support him in prayer, in words of advice, and even the occasional chastening when needed that would help him through the rough spots in his life.  Make his heart tender to always receive correction so that he would not sway from Your perfect will.  Amen.