Congratulations on the Birth of your new Baby Boy!

to

Therese, Steve and Family

of

Aussie Coffee Shop

on the birth of

their adorable new baby boy.

Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. Psalm 127:3

Follower’s Button

I have added a follower’s button to my sidebar for anybody who wants to follow my blog. I know – highly presumptuous of me, but I just thought that someone might like to add it to their sidebar. You can find this button in my sidebar below The Filing Cabinet and above Networked Blogs.

If you would like to add my button to your sidebar, please copy and paste the text from the “Link to Me” box into an HTML widget.

Friendships

Kylie from Blog, Blog, Blog gave me the gift of her playing The Steadfast Love of the Lord Never Ceases on her flute. This was such a delightful gesture on her behalf, and I would sincerely like to thank her from the bottom of my ♥. I have saved it to my computer so that I can listen to it and remember the love of a friend.

After all, it’s not every day that somebody takes the time to do something nice for someone else. We I usually become so engrossed with the everyday life that I forget to do the little things that make friendships special. I find it so difficult to give to people, as I’m definitely not the crafty sort of person, although recently I have been making home-made cards, and this has been a steEP learning curve for me, too.

Yet, we are told in the Bible to “consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:” [Hebrews 10:24], and yet again in 1 Corinthians 13:13, “And now abideth faith, hope, charity love, these three; but the greatest of these is charity love.”

AND yet again in:

John 13:34

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

I pray that God will teach me how to have a servant ♥ to my friends so that our friendships will continue to blossom and grow, and so that I can also continue to grow in the love of the Lord, reflecting the image of our Lord Jesus Christ through my actions and my daily life.

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.

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!