Brotherly Love

A pic from my recent trip home. Two of my nephews after a long pool day.

Float

K, A and I bought some air-mattresses yesterday at Target, and enjoyed their flotation at the reservoir. No pics, but it made me miss days on the lake in Minnesota. Looking forward to returning to the Land of 10,000 Lakes!

Uniquely Individual

"I praise you because you made me in an amazing and wonderful way."

Psalm 139:14

This scripture was passed on to me by a wonderful woman yesterday, and I wanted to share it. As I'm pondering lately about what will be next in life for me (isn't everyone doing that on some level all the time?), I'm reminded that there are certain things I can do, that no one else can! "You have an instrument and a song, and you owe it to God to play them both sublimely." I'm suddenly more encouraged to search out what my "instrument" is, to not give in to what the world is telling me I should be doing, and to give glory to The One who has blessed me in such extravagant ways.

Thanks M!

A Job Well Done (?)

Last week I received acknowledgement at our staff meeting for 3 years of service with my organization (1 in China and 2 in the US). I was given a giftcard to downtown Fort Collins (so grateful for this!), and a nice little letter. At the end of the letter, it says something like, "We are thankful for your service and 'a job well done.'"

Ah the joys of unnecessary quotes. If I wasn't sure of the good intentions of my organization's letter, I might think they were mocking me on "a job well done"! Ha. In honor of unnecessary quotes, here are a few more you might enjoy.