Grains of Sand

Job 38-42 GOD SPEAKS! I’m putting myself in Job’s shoes. Lynda, where were you when I …? These chapters are particularly appropriate today as God speaks to Job using his mighty works among the animals to teach Job who's in charge. I hadn’t intended to take Abby and Lou Lou Belle back to Canada with me, but at the very last minute it seems I have no choice. I am thrilled to be able to keep them but terrified by the journey and the trauma that this move will mean to them. And God speaks today to tell me that he who displays his majesty through the animals will not abandon Lou and Abby on their journey either. Therefore, Lynda is going to do a “Job” and follow his lead: “ My ears have heard of you but now my eyes have seen you. Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes ” —Job 42:5, 6.

Welcome to Word-Filled Wednesday hosted by Penny at PennyRaine . Make sure to check it out. We were hunting for some real evergreen in one of the local nurseries before Christmas when from out of inside a pile of clay flower pots popped this little head. I think he goes well with the verse and the attitude that needs to be our theme as we begin a new year. " You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord, is the Rock eternal " —Isaiah 26:3, 4.

Today is Word-Filled Wednesday, hosted by Susan at Forever His . Check things out for yourselves. Abby and Lou Lou Bell very seldom touch. They get along very well—but usually with space in between them. It seems like the spirit of Christmas has invaded their little kitty hearts. So I send you all this greeting: " Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men [and animals] on whom his favor rests " —Luke 2:14 NIV. Have a wonderful Christmas.

What follows is a deviation from the usual fare of this blog, but it fit so well with what I just read on my friend, Vi Nesdoly's blog (http://vnesdoly.blogspot.com/2009/06/aging-warning.html). Like the cats, some of us do "loosen up" with age. I'm sorry I don't know who the author of this is, but whoever it is knows cats. WHEN I AM AN OLD CAT When I am an old cat I shall wear a diamond collar, and leave my footprints on white couches; I shall drink cream with a touch of brandy and spit out my vitamins; I shall sit on the laps of dog people just to irritate them; I shall nap on top of the neighbor's petunias and perch on the top of birdbaths and grow charmingly chubby. But for now I must tolerate the dog and use my litter box and not sharpen my claws on the sofa, so no one can doubt the truth that cats are superior to dogs. But every once in a while I wonder if I should be naughty now and then and nip a few toes, so my humans won't be too shocked when sudd...