R&R~In Pictures

I requested a day with my family for my birthday~and this meal was thrown in~

What we fixed for lunch before checking out of the motel that hubby and i stayed in. These pictures are not in order, but  takes too much time to fix~just read the captions~

One of my favorite stops

To see the injured/recovering/rescued sea turtles being rehabilitated 

I never get tired of the view

~especially on the beach~

Watching the kite boarders~something father and son had planned to do for  birthdays this past year was to get lessons
~but cancer got in the way this year~

The view out our  hotel window

This is the  first place we were going to stay~but their prices had already been inflated for  summer rates.

This was the real deal

After a 3.6 mile walk to and from the DQ, this felt wonderful!
Hubby had forgotten how far away it was

I forgave him :)

This was the back door~right out to the jucuzzi~

Simple Gifts

I am  enraptured by the roses my Chief brings in for me. He chooses them from our ever~bearing rosebush 'tree' outside my kitchen window.  They speak volumes to my soul.  Many object lessons and parallels I find from this bush.  Leaf cutter ants  threatened to take it down, but it conquered, and is producing beautiful roses. 

Simple gifts~my love language.  

I am blessed.

Prayer

 

I recently listened to a sermonette by Chaplain Barry C. Black, and I was blessed by his message on prayer.  I want to remember his suggestions, so am 'recording' them here.

1. Prayer~make it as natural as breathing.

2.Use prayer to keep you from despair.

3.Do not expect a "yes" to every prayer.  

"Oh my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from M; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will." Matthew 26:39

4.Persevere in prayer

5.Pray in faith. 

"... men always ought to pray and not lose heart." Luke 18:1

"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened to you." Matthew 7:7

"And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart." Galatians 6:9

""But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him." Hebrews 11:6

6.Survive through prayer.

Now to put it all into practice!