Of rain and roses and things....

Thankful for:

• The sound of rain- on our roof, on the skylight at work. Love it!
• A lovely new off white iron trellis for our climbing rose - it is a Cecil Brunner and has lovely small pink blossoms. Though since this is the first year there are now blossoms yet! But, there is the hope.
• Only 3 days of work this week. Calm days of work.
  
• Memorizing a verse of the Bible. Memory work does not come easy, but such a blessing to spend time going over and over a phrase...and finding practical application.
• The friendship/fellowship of ladies. As in, our monthly ladies Bible study we had this week.
  
• The capability of playing Scrabble long distance with my children. Even when I get beaten rather soundly.
• The way the Lord works out the timing of things and works out the details of schedules etc, so that even with one car we do manage to get to where we need to go. And, the willingness of a daughter to help out in the taxi-ing business.
• Contact with friends through e-mail, and Facebook.
• Freshly mowed lawn. It is a blessing to have found somebody to do it for it, and a blessing that he does such a nice job. It was a joy to come home from errands and find it all nicely mowed and edged!
• The certain knowledge that my Heavenly Father cares and is in control, and is always working to draw me closer to His loving heart.