Happy Birthday Evelyn Hart Pohjola!

58 looks pretty good on Evelyn!
Old Friends, Good Friends....
We have been thru thick and thin together!
God is good to bless us with each other.
Yvonne, Evelyn, Toni and in back
Dianne, Elaine and Susan

You Are Not Alone

Colorado~ photo by heather bauer christine

You are not alone—
For God is with you.
You are not defenseless—
For God is your protector.
You are not inadequate—
For God is your sufficiency.
You are not useless—
For God has a purpose for your life.
You are not worthless—
For God sent His Son to die for you.
You are not without hope—
For God has a place prepared for you.
You are not unloved—
For God loves you with an everlasting love.
You are not rejected, or abandoned—
For God calls you His own.
~ meet me in the meadow

“I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.” So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me?”
Hebrews 13:5 NLT

God Has Chosen You

~photo by toni drake

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: John 15:16 KJV

God was the one who formed you, gave you the breath of life, and brought you into the world. He did this so that His arms could embrace you and His love could keep you—He wanted you to know that your relationship with Him would always be of more value than the things He would have you do for Him. He wanted you to be certain that He loved you completely before you ever did anything in His service, so that your service would never become a way of trying to earn His love or favor.

As you came to know His heart and hear His voice, you heard Him speak a call to your life. This call would mean that He would never ask you to do anything for Him that He expected you to do without Him. He alone would be your sufficiency. His only desire is that you daily open your heart to His resources—never saying, “I can’t,” without also being able to say, “He can!”

You are now in the place He has called you. He has made no mistakes in leading you. Even in the hard places He is working out what is best—not only for you and for others, but also for His Kingdom. He is not looking at your statistics or programs to measure you; He is looking at your heart to see if you are faithful. He wants you to know that the results of your obedience are for Him to determine. Be assured that it is His presence that will keep you and make you strong.

You are in God’s place at God’s perfect time. Your days are in His hands, and He is your future. He has gifted you and placed His hand upon you to bless you and make you a blessing. The burden of your ministry is not yours to carry—as you rest, He will work; as you abide, He will bring fruit; as you sow, He will give the increase. He is your shield and your exceeding great reward.

He is your provider. He will take care of you. He will nurture and sustain you. His Spirit is the wind to cool you, the water to refresh you, the power to enable you, the oil to anoint you, and the river that flows through you to touch the lives of others. Continue to be God’s man, in God’s place, doing God’s will, in God’s way, and always remember—God has chosen you!
~meet me in the morning

Florence Nightengale 2010

Congratulations Kerry Wester on becoming an LPN!!
I see London, I see France, I see someone's SMARTY PANTS!!
You have worked hard!!

Nurses: Kerry, Susan and Jill!

Sisters: Susan, Cindy and Sandi!

and a good time was had by all!

Monday- Jammin' with Delia!!!

Delia stirring the pot of rhubarb, pineapple and strawberry jam.

Recipe compliments of her Aunt Esther Guertler,

who was my Grandma Benham's best friend.

No wonder we are such dear friends!

Ribbons of beautiful rhubarb!

The pot has boiled for 15 minutes and ready to be put in jars.

2 batches makes 20 pints, 10 for each of us. All but 2 sealed.

Come for tea and toast, I will share some with you!

YUM!!

Sunday with Alex, Ashley and Philip

Sunday the 4 of us went to church, then out to lunch

and then the young ones went to the park!

Saturday on the South Shore.......Lovely Lupines!

Lovely drive to the south shore

with

Toni, Cathy, Mary!

Does it get any better than this???

Happy Father's Day Dad!

Happy Father's Day Dear Dad of mine!

Love you!

My Geraniums loved the sun today!

These are the orange red ones that I really like. No red red for me!!!

These are the watermelon colored ones. First time I have seen those colors.

These are my favorite colored ones but I had a hard time finding them.

They are the salmon and the coral ones.

Quote for today........

Completely surrender everything about myself and my circumstances to Him...Then simply, follow the One who loves me without condition and knows what is best for me. –Rich Davis

Lunch with Mary Nichols!

Lunch today up the shore with my good friend Mary.....

Oh the memories we have of working in the CICU and ICU.....

What a good nurse she was, I would of trusted her with my life....

She is retired and traveling in her lovely motor home with her hubby and cat!

We had to control ourselves in the restaurant and make a promise

to each other that we would never dress the way

someone else did who came into the cafe!

May we grow old with dignity!

I love you Mayr!!!

Happy 82nd Birthday Dad!

Proud owner of 6 children~

Proud owner of 10 grand children~

Proud owner of 12 great grand children~

Here he is holding his youngest, Kaden~

May God Bless you with continued health.

Happy Happy Birthday Dear Father of Mine!

Love you ~your first born, Susan

Happy Happy Birthday William!

The world is so empty if

one thinks only of mountains,

rivers and cities; but to know

someone here and there who
thinks and feels with us, and

who, though distant, is close

to us in spirit, this makes the

earth an inhabited garden.

~Go'ethe

Happy Birthday, I love you my friend ~Susan