I loved that God found me stuff to do on Sunday – I really wasn’t feeling like figuring out my own plan – just happy to trail along His lead… Got a lot done that way too – for both me and for God…

I did half a bag (my last bag) of photo sorting – yeah had to put down a towel to dry the table outside – after a drought, we have had much rain… Half the bag in the morning and then the rest in the early evening when it started to rain again – but I got my sorting done… (some snapshots of the sorting below)…

This sorting was being done while I listened to one church service online – love Pastor Joe’s sermons so educational and spiritual – and he spoke of more of the plagues from God to Pharaoh’s people while Moses was asking “Let my people go…” – Moses wanted the people to go out to worship God – well they ended up wandering for a while – and so do we… It took quite the shake up to get Pharaoh to see God as God…

Then church at church (in the building) was blessed and the message about how we forget to pray and praise – (and think of the manna coming from God – did the people grumble well yeah – and do we grumble and forget our blessings each day – well yeah – and do we forget to pray and praise – this is an understandable thing – but in Moses’s time, God instructed the people to tie the commandments as REMINDERS to many things – your hands – your doings – your doors – your gates – SO THAT WE REMEMBER…  Inside and Out remember God… REMEMBER THE BLESSING HE HAS BESTOWED ON US!!! AND REMEMBER HE TELLS US HOW TO LIVE…

Then after church the local folks came to the church basement for an organizing event for a local street fair – so I stayed as I will man the church table then…  In additon to plans, I heard the personal testimony of a man who said he has died 5 times – living now 2 years after his diagnosis of only 1 year to live (major melanoma cancers etc I don’t know the whole story but he urged us to wear sunscreen)…  As for the last time he was medically gone – but came back – he said he sensed walking up an incline in dark towards light but at the top he saw the gate but he was spun around and sent back “Get back out there!” – YES, he interpreted this as he has more to do on this planet – more to live – more to contribute – more to inspire…  Get back out there – not your time yet… And he preached the right message for the day – ONLY GOD SAYS WHEN YOUR TIME HERE ON EARTH IS UP – just keep living…  each day…

That feels like the truth for a Sunday as well as a Monday and everyday – God has stuff for us to do – people to be with – hope to share…  This gentleman was firm and clear in improving life around us – like we should wave at people in our neighborhood as they drive down the street – we should be neighborly – we should remind folks that our kids all live here – slowdown and don’t be looking at your phone while driving – and pay attention… He also is neighborly in having a packet available of take out menus when he goes to a new neighbor – connecting with them…  I have a feeling that this street fair (with our church on that street) will be something he wants to make memories last – make connections – make a difference… “Get back out there…”

The day continued and I went to help my friend with her mission project of giving out fresh produce at the local church food pantry – donated from local folks – thousands of pounds gifted for free – and I appreciated this sign at the church garage above the bread – “Give us this day our Daily Bread” – Matthew 6:11 – which is really about Jesus – He is OUR daily Bread – He is what we need…  (but yeah bread/manna/Jesus – all in the theme of the day – and remembering that God DID give and gives and will give – and really we should be thankful…

I am thankful – thankful my day continued – I had lunch – went to a friends to help her trim bushes – thankful for the technu and shower to clean any potential poison ivy off – thankful I finished this portion of my “take home” photo project – thankful for gas in the car an a roof overhead – thankful now to get back to job searches – thankful for thankfulness…

So today – let us “Get back out there”…  God keeps us on this spinning planet for reasons – let us find out why…  AND BE THANKFUL – PRAYERFUL – AND PRAISEFUL!

AMEN

PS – here are more photos: = One of my favorite photo finds this day was a funny pic – a cat on the sewing machine! … And I had a lot of photos of family meals – and oh the cookies – I miss those cookies… I miss the people even more but yeah I can taste the cookies and hear the laughter of my family…

PPS I love the Psalm 19 reminder of the praises given to the Lord – connected to Moses and FULFILLED by JESUS – the perfection for our imperfections…

The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul;
The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;
The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart;
The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;
The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever;
The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
More to be desired are they than gold, Yea, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
Moreover by them Your servant is warned,
And in keeping them there is great reward.

Psalm 19 NKJV
The Perfect Revelation of the Lord
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

The heavens declare the glory of God;
And the firmament shows His handiwork.
Day unto day utters speech,
And night unto night reveals knowledge.
There is no speech nor language
Where their voice is not heard.
Their line has gone out through all the earth,
And their words to the end of the world.

In them He has set a tabernacle for the sun,
Which is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,
And rejoices like a strong man to run its race.
Its rising is from one end of heaven,
And its circuit to the other end;
And there is nothing hidden from its heat.

The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul;
The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;
The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart;
The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;
The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever;
The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
More to be desired are they than gold,
Yea, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
Moreover by them Your servant is warned,
And in keeping them there is great reward.

Who can understand his errors?
Cleanse me from secret faults.
Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins;
Let them not have dominion over me.
Then I shall be blameless,
And I shall be innocent of great transgression.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in Your sight,
O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.

—

Deuteronomy 8 NKJV
Remember the Lord Your God – Moses said what God needed the people to hear:

“Every commandment which I command you today you must be careful to observe, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land of which the Lord swore to your fathers. And you shall remember that the Lord your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord. Your garments did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years. You should know in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the Lord your God chastens you.

“Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him. For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, that flow out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey; a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron and out of whose hills you can dig copper. When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land which He has given you.

“Beware that you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping His commandments, His judgments, and His statutes which I command you today, lest—when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses and dwell in them; and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold are multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; when your heart is lifted up, and you forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, in which were fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty land where there was no water; who brought water for you out of the flinty rock; who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do you good in the end— then you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.’

“And you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.