It is great that the Myers Christmas windows are still going to take place this year, even though there is the current virus situation! The display was cancelled but now they are back as there has been discussions of how to do them in a safe way! I can remember going to see  them after doing my VCE  year 12 exam at the Royal Showgrounds ! I was doing my year 12 by correspondence but had to do my exams there. Mum and I caught a train from our local rail station  to the Showgrounds so that  I could sit the exam, then we caught a tram to take us to the City to meet up with Dad who was working at the Bank in the City. We all then went home together on the train! It was fun and enjoyable to look at the Myers Christmas Windows, especially after the stress of an English Literature exam! 

         It is lovely to see and feel the warmth of sunshine coming through a window! It makes you feel encouraged and blessed inside! Our Loving Lord’s love is just like that! It is like the sun brings a big glass window from our Lord each morning and through the window comes the beautiful rays of our Lord’s deep and eternal for us! May His rays of love feel you with warmth today 

The mail delivery seems to be very “ up the pole” at the moment! When you post a letter or mail, you don’t really know how long it will take to get to the destination...or even if it will arrive at  all! ( It usually does though!) 

    In all the uncertainty that life brings where we are unsure  of what the day will hold, and what will happen next, may we be hugely grateful and richly encouraged that our Loving Lord and and our Heaven Father is watching over us, knows the present and the future, and will one day welcome us with wide open arms and is preparing a beautiful new home for us❤️

  One morning last week, I was feeling quite chilly soon after I had got up, then all of a sudden the words of a hymn popped into my mind! “When morning gilds the skies, my heart awaking cries : May Jesus Christ be praised!” It is very descriptive way of describing the start of the day! Whatever the day would bring, I knew that our loving Lord, who created the skies themselves and brings each morning so that we start a new day, would also be watching  over and caring  for us! ❤️

 The other day, a slice of Mum’s white bread that she has for toast had a hole in it! After the bread was toasted and buttered, the butter went through the hole and landed on the plate! 

    Just like the butter, our Lord’s love for us and His light, comes through all the things that make up our day and brings comfort in the midst of our pain and tiredness. Unlike a small hole, His love and light, is very,very wide, deep, and high! It is ongoing and continual now and eternally! ❤️

It is a not good when you have a part of your body that is sore, and then that is the particular part that gets hurt in another way! I had a sore toe/foot due  to a bump on it, so then as I walked through a doorway I accidentally caught my foot on the edge of the door! That made it doubly hurt! 

 Our loving Lord sees all the little and big  things that happen and  make up our day. He tenderly and caringly watches over us in all our hurts. Though physical pain is extremely awful, sometimes our heart hurts even more! May we find comfort in the knowledge that He knows every inner sigh, inner pain, and has promised to hold us always and ever in His loving hand. He will always and ever carry us through ❤️

 It has been so very “chilly” lately, particularly overnight and in the mornings!  The coldness really “ gets into your bones!” I can imagine the inside of my bones become a big chunk of frozen ice! Then, when I put the heater on, the bones start to thaw! I can’t even imagine the heat that we usually experience in January and February at Summertime! It seems such a big difference! 

   May we always show “warmth”  to everyone we are in contact with each day of the year whatever the season!  May loving kindness to others help to  be like a blanket that envelops others as they endure the pains that everyone goes through as we walk through life. May we take refuge under the warming wings of our Loving Lord ❤️

  I got a surprise when I was in the kitchen the other day and saw a bowl of strawberries on the table! They were very nice and big ripe red ones! I didn’t know that it was the time for strawberries to appear! But... they were there in the bowl! I thought that they were more a Summer season fruit!     

Caring for and about other people never “ goes out of season”! Showing love and encouraging them as we all travel along life’s pathway, is for each and every day! The love of our loving Lord encourages us, and we express His love in what we do and say ❤️

 We have a big plastic container of lavender disinfectant on a shelf in our laundry.It is a Coles brand disinfectant and when used, the lavender smell is  lovely! Lavender has a beautiful aroma and fragrance! It is like our Loving Lord’s love. His love fragrances our lives! When we are in pain, tired, feeling unwell, the fragrance of his love envelops and enfolds us even more, as we  rest in His love ❤️

 Carrot flowers are very pretty! They look like white snowflakes! They are the flowers that sprout from carrots that aren’t dug up for a while. Many years ago, I remember some carrot flowers that sprouted in our garden! They were so beautiful! It is amazing that our loving Lord can create such a beautiful flower from a simple sprouted carrot! Even more than that, He cares so much about us! He makes everyone with much beauty and watches over us each day! 

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      Lately there has been an advert on the tv for jars of Australian made peanut butter. It seems to be on the tv each day! I am wondering if the  makers of the peanut butter think that with most people needing to stay at home due to the virus situation, everyone is having peanut butter sandwiches?! It brought back memories of when Mum and I used to cook peanut butter cookies for her to take with her for morning tea for the ladies at the Craft Group she attended. The recipe used a whole jar of peanut butter, and so our kitchen had such aroma of peanut butter whilst we were making. cooking and cooling off the cookies! It was a very easy recipe though! You just needed to combine the peanut butter with some sugar  and an egg, then shape the cookies into round balls, and bake them in the oven! 

   Often when we hear things said or are reading the newspaper, something reminds us of something else that happened at an earlier time. It brings back special memories! When I see or hear the word “ kindness” I think back when I was a little girl and heard the word  “ lovingkindness” said in a bible verse. I thought ( and still do!) that it was a lovely warm and beautiful word! To me, it seemed to be full of sunshine and warmth, with it being a big bundle of love and kindness combined together! May our love for our Loving Lord be a big part of kind actions or words that we do and say each and every day! 

 I had a little giggle to myself the other day when I read a news story about free doughnuts! There is a company who sells doughnuts online, and delivers them to customers at their home. To support and encourage everyone to stay home, the company is delivering free packs of their doughnuts five times each week! People can leave their address details on the site, and 5 people are randomly chosen! But... they do need to be home when the doughnuts arrive or they are not left! They are also called : “Houghnuts” instead of “doughnuts” as they are considered to be “healthy doughnuts”! They are “Gluten free. Vegan. Refined Sugar free. Baked not fried” !! 

   This brought back lovely happy memories of when I was a little girl, and I belonged to the Woolworths “ donut club”!! I had a little card, and each weekend you could take it to the Woolworths Bakery, get it stamped and receive 2 free cinammon doughnuts! I think they did this to encourage the rest of the family to buy other items from the bakery section of Woolworths at the same time! Cinnamon donuts have such a lovely aroma when they are warm! I always thought that it was cute that donut holes were sold also! 

      Donuts remind me of love! They are shaped as a circle and have no end! It is like we are in the empty middle area of the dough, being hugged. Love is eternal! The love of our  loving Heavenly Father and our Lord is eternal, forever and ever and includes right now! Unlike a soft donut though, love is strong. It endures through all that the day and our lives hold! It is strengthening and encouraging! 

 I was looking the other day at pictures of the Aurora Borealis ( Northern lights ) and Aurora Australis (Southern lights ) and they are very beautiful! The sky  looks so very lovely with the blue, green,yellow, pink colors! The sky looks so very magestic! It is really beautiful! 

I started thinking and it struck me that it is just a tiny glimpse into the majesty and glory of our beautiful loving Lord! May we praise Him every day! And He deeply loves us! 

    It is bit “frustrating” when you lose something, and you spend ages and ages looking for it...then discover that it was exactly where you always keep it! This happened to me the other day! My eyes must have kept overlooking it! I was at the same time glad that I found what I had lost!

    Our Loving Lord watches over us all the time! He will never ever lose us! He knows what we are going through and how we are feeling, and gently cares for us and gives us the strength we need to face each hour. May His love for us always and forever and ever encourage us ❤️

  Dad has been getting  tins of diced beetroot from Coles lately. I am not sure if it is new product or not, because I thought that you only could buy beetroot sliced, not diced! He has it in salads. I am always a bit “wary” of beetroot as I don’t want to drop it as it is hard to remove beetroot stains! 

    Our Loving Lord wants to leave His love as  a “ beetroot stain” on our hearts! He loves each one of us so very much! His love encompasses our day and life, and we see His loving blessings  in many, many ways through our day. Just like the beetroot is “diced” so the month is also “diced” into days and we can be thankful for new blessings each and every day! ❤️