Friendship

A simple friend, when visiting, acts like a guest.
A real friend opens your refrigerator and helps himself (and doesn't feel even the least bit weird shutting your ' coke/Pepsi drawer' with her foot!)

A simple friend has never seen you cry.
A real friend has shoulders soggy from your tears..

A simple friend doesn't know your parents' first names.
A real friend has their phone numbers in their address book.

A simple friend brings a bottle of wine to your party.
A real friend comes early to help you cook and stays late to help you clean.

A simple friend hates it when you call after they've gone to bed.
A real friend asks you why you took so long to call.

A simple friend seeks to talk with you about your problems.
A real friend seeks to help you with your problems.

A simple friend wonders about your romantic history.
A real friend could blackmail you with it.

A simple friend thinks the friendship is over when you have an argument.
A real friend calls you after you had a fight.

A simple friend expects you to always be there for them.
A real friend expects to always be there for you!

We all can think of friends who are just simple friends and we can Praise The Lord for those real friends. I for one is going to work to make my simple friends real friends.

A This Or That Tuesday

First I would like to thank Betty of Betty This or That for this beautiful award.


Then I would like to thank Grandma of Gratitude Journal for these beautiful awards. I would like to pass all three of them to those who visit my blog on a regular basis.

If you have scrolled down my side bar you will have noticed the disappearance of awards I have received in the year of 2007. I realized my side bar was getting cluttered and I decided to begin another blog just for awards and pictures I have received from friends. You may visit this one any time you wish. I will not be posting as ofter as on this one. You will find the blog when you view my complete profile.

Read It Again

Our Sunday Bulletin was a picture of a Grandmother and a grandson reading a book. Here is the quote from the back cover.

READ IT AGAIN
"Can we read this one again, Gram?" my grandson asked as he climbed onto my lap clutching his favorite book. THE POKY LITTLE PUPPY We had already read it several times. After about the fifth, I could pause midsentence, and he would complete it. When I turned to the last page Tyler declared, "No desserts unless puppies never dig holes again!" That's how I like to read the Bible. I can't grasp a portion of Scripture after reading it once. Sometimes I read the same verses every day for a month. When I'm not sure what to read. I turn to a favorite passage and delight in its promises again. Before I know it, I can pause midverse and complete it from memory. I like to imagine my heavenly Father smiling as I climb onto His lap, clutching my Bible, and Ask, "Can we read this one gain, Dad?"
By Kathy Hardee

A Sun Shining Sunday

I am sitting here at my computer smelling spring in the house as it penetrates through windows being open. Right now it is 73 and the sun is still shining. My Hubby is outside cleaning an area to add to my back yard. Sorry to say I am a person who really does not like to clean up outside. Yes, I will work in my flower bed, but that is all.

Thank you for the comments on my post about a job interview. I was the first person to be interviewed and I do not know how many more will be interviewed. So while I am waiting for an answer I am subbing. Wednesday I saw 13 year old boys act like 8 year olds. The weather has been fanatic and I decided to taken my afternoon classes outside after they got their work done. I told them they had to be still while working. Well, it did not take long for the boys to make sure everyone was still so they could go out. All of them had a wonderful time and even the grass stain on jeans did not mean anything. On Friday I subbed again and had some of those boys come up to me and thank me for letting them go outside and their Mothers were not upset about washing grass stained jeans.

Around here on Saturday, it rained most of the day. That meant nothing to me as I went to an all day preaching. The theme of the eight sermons was BEING READY FOR THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST AND HOW WE WILL KNOW HIM WHEN HE COMES. Here are some of the topics preached:
Christ Is The Amen
Jesus Is The King
Fullfiller Of The Law And Prophets
The Last Adam
The Way
Rider On The White Horse
Root Of David
The Bridegroom
I took pages and pages of notes. You will read about some of the sermons at a later date.

Thanks For Prays

Good day to all. Thank you all for the prays that went up for me concerning the interview I had this morning. Have you been in a situation where you knew the Lord was sitting by your side? That is what happened this morning. The words that came out of my mouth were from God. This is a position working for a Christian organization that works with troubled children. I do not know how many they are interviewing, but I was the very first one. This is one time my age meant nothing. What did was all the years of experiences I have experienced. I was feeling the prays from the time I parked the car to the end of the interviews. Thanks so much.

I have prayed God will not mine.

love and Hugs,
Joyce

Tuesday In Other Words

Today's post is my 200th post. Blogging began on September 1, 2007. The blog was began as a journal that no one would see. Well, Creation In Progress, has progressed to bring humor, encouragement, pray, and just rambling at times. Something I never imagined was making the blog friends I have made. I was wondering what kind of post I would do for a momentous occasion and I saw the quote for Tuesday In Other Words and because of a Ladies Bible Study this morning and a telephone call this afternoon I am going to make comments of the quote.

One of the most wonderful things about knowing God is that there's always so much more to know, so much more to discover. Just when we least expect it, He intrudes into our neat and tidy notions about who He is and how He works.
~ Joni Eareckson Tadaby ~

First the Ladies Bible Study, studied a lesson on Miriam, Mose's sister. For most of us a verse in Exodus 15:21-22 shot out with information we all had skimmed over time and time again. The fact was Miriam was a prophetess. We all knew she was there to make sure Moses was raised for His formative years by His Mother but, the fact She grew up to be a leader for Her people was a discovery. It is so wonderful to know God is going to show us, teach us, and allow us to discover more and more from the Bible.

As some of you know, I am waiting for an answer to a pray I prayed 14 years ago for change to happen in my life. Through these years I have learning how He has intruded in my neat and tidy life to show me how He words work. Well this afternoon I received a telephone call from an organization I visited last fall about a job and left a cover letter and resume. I figured before I left the parking lot what I had left went into the trash. Well, the neat and tidy notion was so wrong. This organization is now looking for an Administrative Assistant and the HR person pulled out my resume and I have an interview April 17, 2008 at 9:00 AM. How God works is fantastic. I am going into the interview with God by my side. I pray that the interviewer sees something that she sees if this is the answer to the pray. If not, I will continue job looking.

May we continue to discover new and wondrous things in our Bible reading and our study of the word.

The Whisnants

Hubby and I enjoy going to Southern Gospel concerts and Saturday night we were previous to see and listen to The Whisnants from South Carolina. They have been on the Southern Gospel charts for a few years and have a #1 at this time.

During the two years I was ill I was able to see them three times in our area. One of the songs that speak to my heart is "Even In The Valley" Their web site is www. thewhisnats.com You can go to their site and listen to any and all of their music. Here are the lyrics to the song.

“EVEN IN THE VALLEY”

High upon this mountain – the sun is shining bright
My heart is filled with gladness here above the cares of life
But I’ve just come through the valley of trouble, fear and pain
It was there I came to know my God enough to stand and say

CHORUS:
Even in the valley – God is good
Even in the valley – He is faithful and true
He carries his children through - like He said he would
Even in the valley – God is good

The road of life has lead you to a valley of defeat
You wonder if the father has heard your desperate plea
But there is hope in the rugged place where tears of sorrow dwell
Can’t you hear Him gently whispering “I am hear and all is well”

Rebecca Peck & Amy Marie Unthank / Thomas Peck Music / BMI
Admin. By Thomas Peck Music

The chorus is sung a number of times and each time I hear the words my heart and body heals and joy enters. I know God is Good Even in the valley. Durning the concert they told us about a valley they were going through. Someone set their recording studio on fire and the whole building burnt to the ground.