Friday, October 11, 2019

Friday five for October 11


I didn't post a Friday five last week, as we were on the road heading home from our getaway.  So here goes with one for this week ...

1. The opportunity to spend an entire week away, just the two of us. This is something we have not done since our honeymoon, decades ago.  We've taken vacations, yes, but always with family.  This focused time together was a blessing for both of us.

2.  The gorgeous fall foliage that is surrounding us right now.  Such a great reminder of God's power in Creation and also of His faithfulness.  Genesis 8:22 is one of my favorite verses -- "While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease."

3.  Time to fellowship with Christian friends.  We've been blessed with some wonderful friends and we are so thankful that we could spend time with many recently.  Breakfast out with our dear friends from Wisconsin, supper at our cabin with a couple, coffee at our cabin with friends we hadn't seen in years, lunch at our friend Charlotte's cabin, Sunday lunch at our home with dear friends from Indiana, and supper out with these same visiting friends on Tuesday.  We feel so blessed!
Image from Baptist Bible Hour
4.  Time to write a couple of long blog posts that hopefully have been an encouragement to others -- one on our getaway, and one on the ladies' retreat I attended in September.  I believe that blogging is one way God wants me to minister to other women, and I was so thankful for the time He gave me to put these posts together.
Image from Good Morning Girls
5.  The opportunity to head off this afternoon for a couples' retreat at The Wilds of New England.  We have gone to every couples' retreat there since the very first one.  It's become an important part of our fall, an encouragement to our marriage that we just don't want to miss out on.

So there are five blessings from the week!  How about you?  What blessings might you share today?
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8 comments:

  1. Terra 11:30 AM

    I like your list of blessings, fall foliage, the Genesis scripture, ministering to other ladies, it is all good.

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    1. Mrs.T5:27 PM

      All good! You are so right. God is so good.

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  2. Vee7:30 PM

    You're going back so soon? Wonderful! I am glad that you have the opportunity, especially when the drive will be so beautiful, though that is not the most important thing, of course. My blessing this week is for the strength to prepare for a family party tomorrow. It has taken me all week, yet I feel prepared...or nearly. Have a blessed weekend at The Wilds.

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    1. Mrs.T5:29 PM

      It was wonderful, and the drive was beautiful. It's southwest of here, so I wasn't sure what to expect for foliage, but it was glorious!

      That is so wonderful that you were able to prepare for and host that family party! What a great blessing from the Lord! Praying for you as you enter the final round of treatments!

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  3. Sandy9:10 PM

    Great blessings.

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    1. Mrs.T5:30 PM

      Yes, indeed! God is so good!

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  4. Becki1:27 AM

    What pretty fall pictures. While we've had some beautiful days lately, there just isn't much color here yet. I'm afraid it's either not going to amount to much, or we'll have a pretty short season. No complaints though. Beautiful days and chilly nights. Pretty perfect, even if not colorful!

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    1. Mrs.T5:31 PM

      Yes, beautiful days and chilly nights are just about perfect. Hope you will end up getting some colorful leaves, though!

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