prayers for the bereaved

Heavenly Father, of all the changes we have to face as we journey through life, the hardest of all is the loss through death of someone we love. LORD, you know everything about each one of us and you see and feel our pain, our tears, our loneliness, our regrets and our despair. Comfort us in our sorrow and help us [in time] to move on. Change the, at times, overwhelming grief and sadness to peaceful acceptance and our weakness to strength. Help us to cope and to adjust to a different pattern of life, never for a moment forgetting those who have gone..... Help us to remember that Spring always follows Winter.

Through dying for us on the cross, Jesus has conquered death and opened the gates of glory for all those who believe. May we know, through your grace, the sure and certain hope of the Resurrection and new life. We ask these prayers in the Name of our LORD and Saviour, Jesus Christ.                  AMEN

second day in elfdom

He makes me smile

elf fun

I am going to have some fun this month with this guy.  It is fun to hide him in different places...doing different things.....(always makes me smile!).

Christmas music!! 3 hours!!

the advantage of an electrical fireplace

I must say I love my fireplace we purchased from Lowes. One great feature is you can run it without heat and thus you can enjoy the fire all year long. Today it is supposed to be around 77---warm for even here in SC this time of the year! But I can still enjoy a cozy fire!!

Advent/illness/movies ;-)

I love this time of the year. I wish I could slow the days down.



I like it when days slowly unfold


I Had to make my tree smaller--so I left off some of the lower branches and curled the remaining ones up a bit and voila! it fit. Yes.

I have had a cold this week and then a colonoscopy today--not the best of combinations! My stomach is singing gurgling noises. I have found a mystery series on youtube which I am enjoying that take place in England. It is called Midsomer Murders---I like them because they remind me of Agatha Christie , but in modern times.   I also have enjoyed the Love comes softly series. When I have a cold I like to curl up and have tea and movies! So nice not to have to go out to work while you are sick! Thankful!!!

The beach evokes this song

I love not far from the beach. This is what I think of when I walk there.