One Thousand Gifts: Friday, Week Fifty-Eight

 

My other white violet that's blooming

Happy Friday, Friends!  It has been a week full of procedures and appointments.  Not only did Trip and Shanley Belle have their colonoscopies and I had my port removed, I also had a dental appointment and an appointment with my internal medicine doctor.  I'm looking forward to staying home this weekend and doing very little: grilling, reading, and watching sports.  That's it!  What are your plans for the weekend?

This week's lesson is entitled ""wearing grace."  This one was truly one of the loveliest of all the lessons, I think.  I can picture sweet, precious Liliana loving-up on that puppy, and mocking his expressions.  Joy like that is truly contagious!  Best quote from the lesson found on page 195:

What if we wanted to be beautiful more than we wanted to buy beautiful? 

Thoughts?

Here is this week's scripture:

Prayer Requests

• Carla's son Sam has friends who will be deploying to Iraq. Please be in prayer for our military and military families... this is a Wisconsin National Guard unit that is deploying to Iraq.  Sam is not deploying, but he has friends in this unit.
• Pray for Kitty's son Mike to get a job. AI has taken away many jobs in his industry.  Mike might have the opportunity to redo a game with a friends.  Let's pray that this works out for him, and it will lead to more opportunities.
• Rita asks for prayers for her sweet daughters as their graduate school semester is beginning.  Pray for them to have a healthy and productive work/school/life balance.  
• Pray for Christian leadership in our country.  Also pray that God will turn our hearts to him, and he will lavishly bless us with his steadfast love.
• Please pray for a job opportunity for our oldest daughter Shanley (her post doc will be coming to an end).  Also, our son-in-law Christopher is applying for a CMO position within the pediatric practice/company he works for.  Please pray that God's will be done for their job opportunities.  
• Rita has a praise regarding helping her SC sister relocate: small signs are pointing toward possible options for an apartment and for the logistics of moving. It's hard, and she's thankful for numerous siblings offering to help!
• I have praises!  Shanley Belle and Trip's pathology reports came back negative.  Although they found a lesion in Shanley's colon, they think it is probably scar tissue from colitis.  Also, I am so happy to report that my port is GONE!  YAY!  I have had no pain!  My surgeon prepared me for it, and even subscribed some pain meds, but I haven't hurt at all.  Thank you so much for your prayers.  God is so good!

I'm going to ask Shelley to bring me home PSL's this weekend.

I'm craving it!  

Until next time...

Blessings!
Ricki Jill