Great news and Friday Fave Five Tues.4

Linking with Susanne for today's post.

(Tuesday 4 below FFF)

I can't believe that a whole week has passed since I was last here. Life has been busy and lots to be thankful for that I might have more than 5 things. 

1.So thankful because last Sunday my youngest grand got baptized! He made the decision himself after seeing his uncle get baptized last month. Elijah is 9 and amazes me with the deep questions he ask me when it is just the two of us. He usually ask about heaven. I answer his questions as best as I can, sharing about hope, faith and what the bible says. His sister was playing the keyboards.

 

2. Thankful for family that was there to support him. My daughter and her kids came to see him. Really nice since they go to another church. My other son had to work. His grandma and Nana had already committed to an event but came for lunch.

3. Thankful for music!!! I have spent a lot more time listening to music. I mostly listen to Christian music, especially when I am Bible journaling. I also downloaded an 2 albums that I really enjoy from the 90's. I do like to listen to oldies not and then, especially if I am doing general crafting.

4. Thankful for the beautiful weather we have been having, low 70's and gentle breezes. It has been a worse allergy season because of all the rain, but we needed it.

5.Thankful for my family, husband kids, grands and furbaby.

6. Thankful for my lifegroup that meets once a week to go over the sermon and sharing life experiences. We enjoy food and someone shares a song. We start and end with a pray. Many of the women in this group are also in my Bible journaling group which is smaller.

7. Thankful for the Lord's leading with the topics I present to the women. Thankful for the graphic artist and the internet for the artwork used for my handouts. The theme for June will be wedding/Bride of Christ. The women are sending me their wedding pictures to print out for a verse in the Song of Solomon. This is one of the graphics I plant to use.

Questions about your life........

1. What makes you tired? Not getting enough sleep makes me tired. I have good nights and some bad night. Thankful that I am retired!

2. That things do you value in life? My faith in God and a relationship with Jesus. My family, friends and health.

3.How do you want others to see you. To see the real me. A woman who cares, a good wife, mom and grandma(Mema) To see that I enjoy life and in spite of trials, I continue to live life.

4.What do you do the most and what do you enjoy. I think I answered that in my list above.

So thankful for memories.....

So thankful for memories.... How many of us remember the day man walked on the moon? I do. I was at youth group and someone brought in a small television and we all huddled around it to watch this amazing event. Every time I look at a full moon, I think about that day. Earlier in the month I went outside to take a picture of the "Snowmoon" I read about it on Facebook. I used my Cannon zoom and I had to set myself up to be in a place I could keep my camera steady. Here is my picture.

So thankful I can read the Bible! I have just started an in depth study of the Bible called Journey through the Bible. I have read the Bible 3 times. But this time I will be really digging into the Word. I feel like I am back in college taking Art History. Lots of reading, studying, word mapping, Greek and Hebrew meanings and more. Before starting, we were asked to read Psalm 119 and ask God to open our eyes to this study.
As some of you know, I like Bible journaling and 4 years ago I started doing this with my cousin. There are so many things I could say about this but I will leave it at this. God colors my world. "In the beginning, God created"............everything!

After looking at the moon, I had to find this picture. It was released in May of 1968 to honor Apollo 8 for orbiting the moon. How amazing to think that a few months later man would walk on the moon!

So thankful to be able to fly! Not only does God create, He allow man to create. God allows man to take a gigantic heavy piece of metal with people, luggage and fuel, defy gravity and fly for hours for our benefit and pleasure. I was so afraid to fly for so long until I gave that fear to God. Man might get to go back to the moon someday. But I think it is more important to get to Heaven. Meanwhile I will be looking at that bright moon in the sky and praising the Eternal One who made it!

So thankful that I can share this with my grandkids!