Blessed Reassurance

Thank you, Lord, for your many gifts, including the gift of reassurance. I often second guess myself and just when I was wondering what I was doing and why (in relationship to the big decision on 11/8/12), this was today's Verse of the Day:

Trust me when I tell you that, indeed, this is blessed reassurance that the other quote was a sign and the decision was right.

Be careful what you ask for

So I said a prayer last night and when I woke up, this was the Verse of the Day:

 

I'd been thinking about this decision for a very long time and I just couldn't decide. I knew I had looked at it from every angle and gotten a lot of input on it where I could. But then I realized I hadn't done the one thing that I knew would give me the answer I needed--I hadn't prayed about it. So I prayed about it and got this oh so obvious answer (obvious to me anyway).

Thank you Lord for answering prayers and thank you for the wondrous and creative ways in which you do so. :-)

Anti-Greed

For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don't use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love.

~ Galatians 5:13, NLT

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I am appalled and frightened at how prevalent greed is in our American society today and how so many politicians and business executives are abusing their powers for self gain. It's especially frightening because I feel so powerless to do anything about it. Today Air 1 had this quote for its verse of the day and it's so true. It's the anti-greed, if we could just get everyone to believe it and do it.

More cocktail napkin wisdom . . . this time about cocktails themselves

"Wine is proof god loves us and wants us to be happy."

~Ben Franklin

Seen in the gift shop at The Tides Inn, Irvington, VA, with the Butterfly Friends (right before the Girl Scouts 100th Birthday Singalong on the National Mall).

Cocktail napkin wisdom

Oh so true.

I currently have 3 benefits of a good forgetter that I've collected over time and quote quite often. I'm not sure if I should replace one with this or add it to the list or just know that there are additional benefits.

My 3 benefits:

1. Forgive and forget is easy. Skip forgive, go straight to forget, and you can't hold a grudge.

2. When your old auntie tells you the same boring story for the 20th time, you can listen intently as if hearing it for the first time.

3. You can hide your own Easter eggs.

Consistency

Not sure if this is really true or just a great excuse for those who are inconsistent and imaginative. (As seen in Irvington VA.)

A fanatic

In Irvington, VA on the Chesapeake Bay, we ate breakfast every morning at a cute little shop in town called "The Local." It was in a row of quaint shops all connected yet all separated by white picket fences and these cute little signs with insightful quotes poked out of the ground in strategic spots. Just as you finished chuckling at one, there was another.

Tacky but clever

More wisdom from a come from a tea towel? (Seen in the gift shop at The Tides Inn in Irvington, VA on the Chesapeake Bay.)

Southern Diplomacy

Who knew such wisdom could come from a tea towel? (Seen in the gift shop at The Tides Inn in Irvington, VA on the Chesapeake Bay.)

Happiness

The Happiest People don`t have the best of everything,
they just make the best of everything

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