It's been a while since I've had a chance to post. I don't even feel I have anything to say (or worth saying) at the moment. I've been reading other blogs and there are so many that are just so well done and interesting. Mine pales by comparison. However, I will give myself the grace to do better - write better, make the blog more interesting to look at and read. It hasn't been #1 on my "to do" list lately as I just gave hubby a 50th birthday party. It was hard work, but fun. We had a couple dozen people and I think everyone had a good time. If nothing else, they had plenty to eat. Homemade ziti, sausage and peppers, meatballs, fried chicken. Parties and get togethers can be fun. I am actually still recovering from all the work as fibromyalgia doesn't take kindly to all the work that goes into them. That's ok, it was worth it and I'm so glad I was able to do it. Otherwise life can be boring if you don't get together with friends. & you don't keep friends if you don't put a little effort into the relationship. I have great friends tho and they more than meet me halfway.

50 is such a milestone. When I turned 50 I realized that I had probably lived longer than I was going to live and that thought cast a different light on everything. It really brought home the fact that everyday is a gift.......& His mercies are new every morning. So everyday when I get up I am thankful for another day - & to realize God's mercy anew - that He is always there & no matter what, waiting to hear from me. Not that His world revolves around me, but He loves me wants me to know Him - know Him in a real way.

Psalm 139 says:

How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How great is the sum of them!
If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand;
When I awake, I am still with You.

So - He is thinking about us - we can rest in the fact that His thoughts are constantly towards us, and they are thoughts for good and thoughts in love.