One Thousand Gifts: Monday, Week Fifty-Eight

 

Happy Monday, Friends!  How was your weekend?  We watched rain, baseball, and college football for most of the weekend.  Our dogs are miserable because they haven'e been able to go outside and play in so many days!

It's early, and I will be taking Trip to get his colonoscopy later this morning.  Shanley is having hers today, too!  Just a reminder: They both have Lynch Syndrome, and it requires annual colonoscopies.  I'm praying that both are cancer free.

This week's lesson is entitled "wearing grace," and if I don't read it in a few minutes, I will probably read it at the hospital.  I will be taking a couple of things to read with me.

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!
• Please pray for good results for Shanley Belle and Trip's colonoscopies today.  Please pray for me tomorrow as I'm having outpatient surgery to remove my port!  God is good!  I can't wait to have it out!

This is our larger white violet in bloom.  I'll share the smaller one on Friday.

Almost all of my African violets are in bloom right now!

Until next time...

Blessings!
Ricki Jill