Fall Birthdays Take 2!!

Jonathan and Baby Kaden and Big Brother Hunter
Tammy and Jeff

John and Linda

Hannah and Grandpa

Jason, Hannah and Jared

Celebrating Fall Birthdays with the Family

Robert, Preston and Mandy
Ami and tired Trenton

Morgan and Charlie (it was Homecoming in Deer River today)

Sandi, Taylor. Maddi and Sue Sue

Cindy and Clarence

Fun Day with Friends!

Brunch at my house this morning with my "Nicaragua

Seesters"~ Becky, Loretta and Susan~

Bonnie and Becky

Tonight dinner out with Steve and Jerry!

I feel blessed!

For the Good.......

windmills in holland

No one is good but One, that is, God. Matthew 19:17 NKJV

Because God is good, everything that comes to us from Him is meant for our benefit. God’s good is the highest good; after His goodness there is no better or best. The Gospel is the “Good News” because it comes to us from God. We are also assured that He will not withhold any good thing from those who walk uprightly before Him.

We are told in the Scriptures that God is able to work all things together for the good to those who love Him and are called according to His purpose. In ways that we may not fully know or understand, God is able to take even the hard and difficult things we go through and use them for the good. Goodness, not evil, will always have the final say in our lives as we trust God to fulfill His purposes for us.

After years of hardships, unfairness, rejection, and isolation, Joseph was able to say, “But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.” Genesis 50:20 NKJV. Joseph understood the goodness of God because he was able to witness the purpose of God fulfilled through all he experienced. The good purpose of God was something much greater than just the life of Joseph, it was to save the lives of the children of Israel and the lives of the Egyptians, in whose land they had come to dwell and grow into a great nation.

Our lives are not just about God being good to us, but also about God using us to extend His goodness to others. We can see this in the lives of people like Corrie Ten Boom and Amy Carmichael. God used the incredible hardships of Corrie Ten Boom for the good purpose of bringing hope, comfort, and encouragement to people all around the world. Amy Carmichael came to understand that God was able to use her pain for the good purpose of ministering, with empathy and compassion, to others who were hurting and going through great suffering.

Whatever you may be going through today, no matter how dark the sky may be, or how deep the valley takes you, be assured that God has not abandoned you, and because He is with you, goodness has not abandoned you…it will follow you all the days of your life, and goodness will prevail in the end.

~meet me in the meadow

Last weekend with Friends and Family!!

Yvonne, Dianne, Evelyn, Elaine and standing

Susan and Toni. Friends for life celebrating Toni

and Elaine's Birthdays!! (Y & D are both going thru chemo,

we have so much to be thankful for!)

Sisters~ Cindy, Sandi and Susan

Oh how I love these two!

Grandma Cindy and Ashley!

Ashley with her Great Auntie Sue Sue!!

~ what a thrill to be loved by these young ones!!

Autumn in the Northland!

Saturday when we were out to garage sales

St. Louis River in Jay Cooke
A neighborhood near by this morning after work

So very lovely as the sun shines thru the trees!

Prayer of Comfort.....

The Boston Light

Through the tears, Oh God, I bring my hurting heart to You. I cry out with all that is within me, to You, the One who is my comfort and my Comforter. You know my weeping, You see my sorrow, You hear my cry. My tears drop upon the pages of Your book that hold the promises of hope and comfort that You have written for me to lean upon. Thank You that You have drawn close to me to gather my tears and keep them in Your bottle; to assure me that you will not forget about me or be indifferent to what I am going through.

Jesus, You wept, You are acquainted with grief, You were wounded, You were rejected, You were a man of sorrows. As my High-Priest, You have born my burdens, You have carried my sorrows, You have compassion upon me. Thank You for praying for me with an understanding, all-encompassing, never-failing love.

Holy Spirit, thank You that you have come…sent by Jesus, to me, for me, as my Helper and Comforter. I receive Your ministry of love, tenderness, and mercy. Draw me close to the healing heart of Jesus, to the embracing arms of the Father.

Lord, how great, how good, how compassionate You are. Thank You for Your promise to wipe away all tears from my face. Thank You for being my true Comforter, the One who renews, refreshes…the One who restores and keeps my soul.

Scriptures: Ps 23, 56:8, 116:8, 126, Isaiah 25:8, John 14:26-27, John 16:7, 2 Corinthians 1:3-6, Hebrews 5:7, 7:26
~meet me in the meadow

To all my family and friends who are struggling , may God be your comfort. Love, Susan