Saturday .... here my week is already coming to it's end. Boy! What my mom use to say to me was absolutely true....the older we get the faster time goes!!!

This morning I was wishing that I could see the wildflowers growing on our lot. Each year we have the most beautiful field of flowers there, and I hate it when they begin loosing their beauty. Here in the mountains we can see the gorgeous stream of stars of the Milky Way at night, ... what a site to see!!! It is just beautiful.

When we lived in the city with all of the lights, we didn't realize how much we were missing! I never dreamed that the heavens were so spectacular as they are when the night is dark. What a showcase of God's creation! How quickly we forget that beauty when we are surrounded with the business of the city ... running to and fro with the fast life surrounding us. I'm so glad we've moved to a slower pace, and have been once again set in awe of this beautiful earth & heavens.

Life ... such a beautiful thing ... so simple, yet so intricate. We are so blessed!!! So even though life goes a little faster as we grow a little older .... let's stop and look around and enjoy the simplest of things .... because it is those things that bring us contentment!!!

What a day today is. We have had such a change in our weather ... from cool to very warm. Isn't it funny how we take advantage of the simple joys life brings our way ... like stopping to smell the fragrances of the changes in nature which our days are going through, until one day we realize it is pretty warm, and we wish we had payed a bit more attention to the little changes as they happened. The lilacs, the butterflies, the birds enjoying the early morning hours. The morning dew on the green grass and the flowers.

Let's take some time to go out and smell the roses/flowers, to watch the younger children play, taking a walk with someone we love, going out to see the ladybugs and the butterflies enjoying our gardens, hearing the birds so joyful in their music, watching our pets enjoying the morning sun, listening to the winds blow through the trees, watching the deer so gracefully walk through our yards.

Let's take a moment to feed on God's riches that are all around us ... they cost nothing ... but just taking a moment of our time to stop and enjoy life at it's fullest!

This verse has been my strength since the Lord gave it to me in 1985 right before I had my brain surgery, and it will forever continue to be a strength to my daily life.

**Jeremiah 32:27 "Behold, I AM the LORD, the GOD of all mankind. Is there anything too hard for me?"

Absolutely not!!! Nothing is too hard for our Father God. All we need is that "childlike faith," a prayerful heart, ... and He will do the rest!!!

Anyone can count the seeds in an apple ....
but only God can count the apples in a seed!