Hey friends, how are you doing? How was your week? What did you do this week? What was your weather like in your neck of the woods? We have had beautiful spring days this week. Jazz (our cat) and I are once again fighting for space near the kitchen window. She insists on laying down, right across the window sill. I’m teaching her to share the space, but it’s a work in progress. Anna (the baby in the family) says cats think they control the humans and I’m now convinced Jazz is of that opinion. It’s my job to help a cat out.

Do you think the Lord is busy? He should be, right? He has millions of His peculiar people walking this earth and we all need help. We clamor for His attention, sometimes several times a day. We need more grace, we need more mercy, we need forgiveness. We are down, we need Him to be the ‘Lifter of our head‘. We need protection and safety, we need guidance. And that’s just the humans. Then the earth needs His attention, the sun and moon need to know when it’s safe to come out of hiding. The birds need to be fed and the list goes on and on and on. Even the Psalmist says, ‘He never sleeps nor slumbers‘. He really should be very busy; but He isn’t. Of course, He isn’t busy, He is God!

Do we need to be reminded of that, today? If God isn’t busy and He is in control of everything, then why am I? What control do I have over anything? Even the control over my own body is limited. Our Lord left us a great example of making time for ‘the good part”. The ‘good part’ begins with putting our Lord first. Everything else will fall into place.

Today is a special day (I did tell you May is an extra special month). Today is our first born’s birthday. Today, our precious Cleo is 21 years old. We had our usual birthday talk this morning. I’ll sum up what I said to her, “mother knows best”. Gotcha! Well. I did say that, but I also said, ‘love the Lord with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your might”. Everything else always falls into place.

While walking our neighborhood yesterday, I thought I’d share with you a few beauties we came across on our way. Deep breathes… have a fabulous day. What are your plans for the weekend? Wish Cleo a great day with me.



48 responses to “WHAT ABOUT TODAY?”
cooool
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Praise the Lord; to Him be all the glory 🙂 May the Lord bless you abundantly
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thank you so much
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Aw, what an adorable cat! I have a cat too (Checkers)! Cats are just so puurr-fect! Btw, love you hair! How did you get such beautiful curls? My hair can’t do that! LOL! Thanks for sharing.
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I love that name, Checkers 🙂 🙂 I two strand twist after I wash my hair and I make our hair products 🙂
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Thanks, name him after the burger place, because that’s where I rescued him. I will try to do the same with my hair. Wish me luck! LOL!
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You can do it 🙂 Experiment on the oils that work for your hair. Put those in the butter
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Knowing God is taking care of things, makes it easier to go to sleep at night. 🙂
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amen and amen. It most certainly does, He gives peace and rest
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Happy Birthday Cleo!!!!
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Thank you 🙂 She had a great few days 🙂 🙂
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What a beautiful post. Lovely pictures! May God shower his blessings on Cleo. Have a great day.
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thank you and amen 🙂 such blessings our God gives to us 🙂 May the Lord bless you
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Happy belated Birthday, Beautiful Cleo! 🎁🎉🎂
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Thank you 🙂 She had a few great days, to God be the glory 🙂
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Amen and Amen!!
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My day here in Mobile, Alabama was absolutely fantastic. I was able to go outside and enjoy the weather that the Lord blessed us with on the Gulf Coast.
I like the thought that the title of your blog brings about. Just think, that our lives are a masterpiece being shown to the world by the creator of all things. My prayer is this; Dear Lord, help me to be the picture of Grace that others can see your love for them. Help me not to discolor what you are making out of my life. Amen
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thank you and amen. I stand in agreement with you 🙂 May we show the love of the Lord to all we come across. May the Lord bless you
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Beautiful post and daughter! I love the name Cleopatra ❤
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He father named her 🙂 She is a blessing 🙂 and her celebrations somehow consisted of more than one day 🙂 🙂 great is our Lord
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This is beautiful! Happy birthday to Cleo.
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thank you, our God has been good to us 🙂 Her celebrations continued into the weekend 🙂 🙂 I guess she had a good time
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Happy Birthday to Cleo! She is beautiful! Loved the awesome post and pics!
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Thank you 🙂 The Lord has blessed us with so much 🙂 🙂 To Him be all the glory. She had a great and busy weekend 🙂
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Wishing her wonderful birthday blessings!
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Thank you, she had a great and busy weekend, because one day isn’t enough, right? 🙂 🙂 May the Lord blessings you
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We are on the same wavelength. I have a post about our cats in my drafts, and I’ve been thinking about sharing some pics of the flowers I planted! Your pics are beautiful! So is your daughter!
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🙂 🙂 Thank you.. the Lord has indeed blessed with good ‘things’. Cats are the best pets 🙂 🙂
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Happy birthday to your baby 💕
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Thank you 🙂 She had a great time May the Lord bless you abundantly
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Happy Birthday Cleo. She is a beautiful young woman and precious to Jesus as is her mom. 🙂
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Praise the Lord! The Lord has indeed been good to us, ❤️ She is enjoying this day to the fullest
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😁🎉🎉🎉
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Thank you! The right post to read at the right time. And a very happy Birthday to Cleo!
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Yeah! Praise the Lord. Thank you 🙏🏽 God bless you
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Cleo – beautiful! 😊 Happy birthday.
Brenda, she looks like you. I’m so happy to think she has such a wise mama.
I love your pictures today. You have warmed my spirit.
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Praise the Lord 😂 Great is our Lord and He is greatly to be praised. Thank you for such a a beautiful compliment ❤️❤️
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Happy Birthday to Cleo!
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❤️❤️❤️ according to her, she is having a fabulous day 😂😂
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Awww!!!! Happy Birthday Cleo!!! – It’s amazing how busy God must indeed be with over 7 billion people on the earth, but it’s even more amazing how that is so but yet, he still has time to listen and make room for us. He’s an A-MAZING GOD!
Enjoy your time with Cleo, I remember when I turned 21…I pray you all have a GREAT mom and daughter day! (Loved the pics of the flowers, they were beautiful =)
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Amen and amen 🙏🏽 we serve a Great and Mighty God and He wants us to slow down enough to ‘see’ Him
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Brends, these are beautiful Pics.
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Thank you ❤️ I love God’s creation
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Me too.
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A very Happy and Blessed Birthday to your daughter! God bless you all!
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Thank you 😊 praise the Lord ❤️
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Beautiful sis. Your daughter is very pretty😊
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Thank you, glory to His our Lord. She belongs to the Lord ❤️
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