Posted in Daily Blessings

Once again I find myself with time slipping by very, very quickly.  It seems as though it was just yesterday that I was posting here, and I look, and its been more than 2 weeks.  Yikes! 

Life has been busy.  That's about all I can say.  Between school, taking care of my grandchildren, and helping a friend take care of her grandmother, its hard just finding the time to tend to the work in my homemaking.  However, our Lord is generous with His guiding hand, and He is leading me where I need to be with His priorities in mind.

I have closed my online fellowshipping group for the time being.  Again, time is a big factor with that.  I may reopen it at some point in the future with the Lord's leading, but for now it will remain closed for a while.  This was a hard and painful decision for me to make, but since doing so, I'm feeling a tremendous sense of freedom.  Perhaps its that the burden of the decision-making is past me now, or perhaps its just knowing that I've freed up a bit more time every day that is so desperately needed.  Many of the sisters are keeping in touch with me via private email, and are quite understanding when it takes me a few days to answer them.  I am going through the post archives (slowly), and gathering all of the recipes for a group cookbook.  I will put it in a nice format, and that will be a treasure for each of them to have and enjoy for many years.

The Nuggets of Wisdom newsletter is way behind schedule, but it, too, will go out soon.  The next couple of weeks are filled with Finals and my Graduation, but I am working on it as I can.  It will be a double issue, seeing as how I missed putting out the April edition (oops).  So the April/May edition should be in your inbox sometime by the middle of June (okay, maybe it will be a triple edition!).  I'd rather have it be late and of excellent quality, than on time and mediocre.  I'm of the opinion that anything worth doing is worth doing well.  My dear Mama taught me that many, many years ago and it still holds true for me to this day.

I've been having some transportation issues lately.  My beloved T-Bird is heading to the scrap yard, unfortunately.  It seems that the parts needed for it are impossible to find as the car is now considered "obsolete"!!!  I nearly cried when the Ford dealership told me that, as I dearly loved my little sports car.  However, it was beyond me to keep it considering the cost of the repairs that needed to be done--even if the parts could be found at a junkyard somewhere in the world.  So I will be on the lookout for a new car (hopefully small and fuel-efficient), and will be commuting by bus in the meantime.  Considering the cost of gasoline here lately, the bus is much more economical (especially when you consider my little T-Bird was a V-8!!!). 

All things work together for good to those who love the Lord and are the called according to His purpose!

Hugs,

Cynthia Robin