As In a Mirror

Average temperature around here has basically stayed in the 20′s. Now, that’s not too bad compared to the -20′s, but it is still COLD!! Our cat has (for some odd reason) been wanting to go outside in the snow! So Mom sometimes takes her out, but a couple times so far, she has darted straight for the door once again, begging to go back inside! “Mommy, it’s COOOOLD!!”

She is a blanky lover.

At night, she will come to our beds and meow at us to lift up the blankets so she can get underneath and get warm.

Since she was a little baby, she has LOVED the heating pad; the blanket that is always full of warmths!

At least she also keeps our laps warm.

Isn’t she adorable?!?

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After three or four months of winter, you (or at least I) start to feel like a hibernating bush; cold and confined. I decided it was time to break the boredom on this blog particularly and share some stuff, cuz sharing makes you feel good inside, right?

Anyway, I did get out and get some pictures of winter (a while ago); here’s one that describes how I feel right now:

Sunset; there goes our heat. Great reminder of our purpose, though, to walk in the light, to work now, while it is still day. There is really a lot we can learn from a sunset… but I’m getting philosophical…

And, I couldn’t close this post without sharing some great music. Y’all know how much I like Hillsong’s music. I just discovered the song “Devotion” from Hillsong United’s 2006 studio-recorded album, “All of the Above.” This song is a little different from most of their stuff; their songs focus a lot on adoration and declaration (in a word, worship), but this song is a meditation on Devotion; it is a prayer that comes from the depths of a believer’s heart. I loved it right away. And to my delight, I found it on tangle.com! Actually, this is “Devotion” and “Draw Me Close” from the same album.

I’ve been running, trying to be one who sees
I’ve been working salvation out on my knees.
There is nothing better than knowing that we are redeemed
I’m believing, trusting in creative hands
I am praying for our world to bow to Your plan
This one thought is unmistakable:
Take up my cross and follow You, Lord

When You stand, the tall trees and mountains bow
When You speak, the fiercest of oceans is still
And I see the sinner seek devotion
The lost become chosen
And I fall to my knees

I’m forgiven by a Savior who did not deserve death
He was blameless
And I was lost in shamefulness
I’m delivered but it doesn’t seem right
Unless I keep my eyes focused on the Savior who gave His life
In the middle of a world that denies it believes
it is breaking apart at the very seams
There is one thing to be alive for
And it’s to take up my cross and follow You, Lord

When You stand, the tall trees and mountains bow
When You speak, the fiercest of oceans is still
And I see the sinner seek devotion
The lost become chosen
And I fall to my knees

I will take up my cross and follow Lord where You lead me
I will take up my cross and follow wherever You go

I’ve found the place, caught in open arms
Where love’s embrace mends a broken heart
Here I will stay for all my days

Drawing closer, drawing closer

So that’s the stuff of a winter day; now I must go and prepare the dinner; chicken and rice… sounds good.

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… Same Great Content! Haha! I think I LOVE this new look; how about y’all? I am actually thinking about improving the header a wee bit. My Mom has been telling me that I needed a new template for some time (I am really picky) but I came across this one a few days ago, told her about it, and just last night she got it all set up for me!!! (I am not that smart with computers!) The setup of this new template seems just PERFECT for my taste; I love the colors, too! Seems that most templates are cluttered and and official-looking, way out of my league. So this pretty, clean, reflective, simple theme really fits my style! (I think I’ve said that enough already…) So tell me what you think! BTW, the picture in my header is of the Rannoch Moor in Scotland. Beautiful place!

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Photography and music! Haha! There were a few inches of snow outside this morning, but I haven’t taken any pictures yet… However, I am already remembering what beautiful flowers were all around my garden a few months ago. This is a blue hydrangea, like one of the THREE blooms it had this year! They are so beautiful, and one year the whole bush was covered with them; I wish it could always be that way.

As it is cold in the house now, my poor cat has been huddling in all the blankets, even mewing to us to help her make the blankets neat. Isn’t she just a sweetheart?

Oh, and I thought that since I wrote such a LENGTHY review the other day, I should help you out a little more by finding some CLIPS OF THE SONGS!!! Yes, unfortunately, they play automatically, so you can just click the links to the songs you want to listen to.

Saviour King, I’m not Ashamed, Break Free, Hosanna, Here in My Life, You are Faithful, To Know You’re Name, In the Mystery, One Thing, Lord of Lords, and You Saw Me.
I am sorry I could not find In Your Freedom, God of Ages, or You are My Strength. Let me tell you, though, the sound and visual quality is FAR better on the DVD! I just thought I’d help y’all to get a good look at it before you used your money!

So I hope y’all are enjoying your first days of winter. I am NOT partial to winter, though. Yuk. I LIKE summer, when everything is alive, the sun is shining, the days are long and warm, and there is lots to be done . But if you like all the snow and… whatever there is to like about winter, then I’m happy for you . (By the way, I am a true Yankee, but somehow our family has picked up the “tradition” of saying “y’all”– Maybe it even came from me, as I have studied a lot about the history of the Western United States!)

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Whew! We got our first snow of the year yesterday, not much for so late in the year, but that’s OK with me! It means there is less to shovel. Funny thing is, yesterday I was also doing some more photo-editing, and realizing that often the pictures I take do not look at ALL like what I see when I take the picture. I end up having to EDIT it to make it look like the ACTUAL image! Here, I will show you.

This summer I took a photo of a beautiful orange lily by our arbor in the secret garden; I’m not sure what it’s called but it was SO beautiful! I had to get a picture, but this how it came out:

Blaaaaaahh. No depth of color, no nothing that communicates anything like what I really saw. So I put it into Paint Shop Pro X, and this was the result:

Tadaaaaaa! Now THAT is more like it! Ain’t it purdy?

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