Footprints Diary

Well, praise God my new blog is now up and running, and I hope that you will continue to read my blog posts there.



The last couple of weeks have been extremely hectic, as we had our friend, Gwenda, sick when she arrived to stay with us, but became very ill during her stay, and was hospitalised on her return to Tumby Bay. My mum was also admitted to hospital in Adelaide, but she is also now home. Ironically, they both had chest infections, secondary to viral illnesses.

In between nursing a sick friend, visits to doctors, phone calls to hospitals and visiting my mum in hospital, the last couple of weeks have become just a blur.

I would also like to thank the people who were concerned for me. It means a lot to me to know that I have friends who really care, and I do thank you from the bottom of my ♥. I would also like to thank you for following my ramblings, which I hope are always honouring to God.

Praise God that His presence kept me going, and that my new blog, Footprints Diary is now operational. My son made this new blog for me for my birthday, and I thank him, too, for all of the hard work that he has done in getting my new blog up and running. He has done an excellent job of designing and coding this website! ☺

Please join me there, where I intend to chronicle my walk, as a Christian, a hobby farmer and a homeschooling Mum with our one true and very great God!

A Fruitful Day's Labour

Today was an absolutely delightful day - we spent the day making necklaces and bracelets while our friend, Gwenda spent the majority of the day card-making. Later on this afternoon she also took my daughter for a short walk, and when they arrived home, they spent the rest of the afternoon doing crossword puzzles and other assorted puzzles, such as word searches.

Gwenda has been and continues to be a real treasure to our family, and we praise God for her friendship. Gwenda is one of the very few people who I see Jesus mirrored in, and she works so hard for everybody else that it's wonderful to be able to give her a holiday where she doesn't have to do anything - no cooking, no dishes, no washing or ironing and no cleaning. She is just here to rest and recuperate and have fellowship with us.

Sometimes serving God can mean just providing a place where a servant of God can unwind with friends, and she's no trouble at all to have here. The Bible verse below describes our friend, Gwenda to a tee, and we love her with all our ♥.

And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient.

2 Timothy 2: 24

Today's Challenge - A Labour of Love

Today's challenge has been to help my daughter sort her seed beads, as the lids came off when she dropped them. It took us about two hours to sort all of the different colours, but she is so happy that they are once again sorted. Methinks that I need to buy her some more containers with screw-top lids, so that we don't have to do that again. We used tweezers to pick up the individual colours, and I guess that you could call it a labour of love.

At the moment, we have a very dear friend, Gwenda staying with us from Tumby Bay, and she is a real pearl in God's kingdom. This afternoon while my daughter and I were sorting beads, Gwenda was making greeting cards, and she finishes them to perfection - they are absolutely beautiful.

During the next week, it will be pretty hit and miss as to whether I actually get my blog posts done, but I'll be here when I can get the time to post. Gwenda usually looks after her aunty and goes to Jolly Days, where she helps out, and is a real asset to the district of Tumby Bay. We shall enjoy the time that we have together, 'cause we love her LOTS!

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Praise God for...

O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

Psalm 107: 1-8

• sending His precious Son to die for my sins and the sins of this world. May I always strive to walk worthy of Him, seeking His face and drawing into a closer and more personal relationship with Him.

• friends - real-life friends, blogging friends and internet friends who bless and encourage us in our walk with the one true God. We had friends from church here for a BBQ yesterday, and we talked about God and His Word, we swam and had lovely fellowship one with another.
  

• my husband, who works hard for this family, making sure that everything that needs to be done is done, and done to the glory of God.

• our children - may God bless them mightily in their chosen walk with Him.

• homeschooling and the ability to be able to homeschool openly - we are so blessed in Australia. In many countries it is illegal to homeschool and the authorities take a harsh stand on those who are caught. In Germany it is illegal to homeschool, so I urge you, please pray that Germany's homeschoolers will one day have the ability to be able to homeschool openly. In Sweden, Dominic Johannson was snatched from his parents, Annie and Christer, as they sat quietly waiting for their plane to take them to their new home in India, so that Annie could be near her family. There is a petition to have Dominic returned to his parents, and I urge you to sign it.

• our home - it is such a blessing, especially during the hot weather that we are having. Yesterday was over 44C, today will probably be just as hot, tomorrow the same, but Tuesday it is supposed to be back into the low 30's, and on Wednesday it is supposed to be 25C.

• air conditioning and swimming pools so that we can escape the summer heat. The pool yesterday was 27C, and that was just a beautiful contrast to the heat outside.

• trees - large, shade-giving trees that drop the outside temperature by more than a few degrees, and without them it would be like living in the Sahara Desert. Our home has more than its fair share of large shade trees, and it is wonderful to have the protection that our Creator God gave us.