A Dress Tutorial

I love to sew when something is as simple as this one.  You can find a lot of fairly good bargains on this site and they even add tutorials now with project ideas.  I decided to share this one with you.  Hope you enjoy it!

Let's Go Fly A Kite!

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The Ribbon Retreat

To Honor My Dad - Wm. Roy Brinkley

It was six years ago today that my Dad gained the one desire of his heart, to see his Lord, Jesus Christ.  They put him to sleep for surgery that morning and he never woke up.  For nine hours the surgeon worked on his poor tired heart and it was just no use.  Dad's wish was that he would go to sleep and wake up in Heaven and the Lord was gracious to grant him his desire.  I miss him so much, but I know that one day I will be able to praise our Savior together.  I just wanted to share with you my bitter-sweet thoughts today and a song that makes me think of him.  I pray that it will be a blessing to your heart if you have someone over on the other side waiting for you, too.  Thank God for His precious promises! 
I'll see you again, Dad, on the other side!
"On The Other Side"

On The Right Side

Which side of the rope would you be pulling on? 

An interesting comic from Israel.

Meet Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher of North Carolina

A good read!  Mike found a link to this article on facebook.  It is so sweet and encouraging!

Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher

They have been married 85 years (86 in May) and hold the Guinness World Record for the longest marriage of a living couple and get this…. Zelmyra is 101 years old and Herbert is 104.

The happily married couple teamed up with twitter this Valentine’s Day to answer some relationship questions. Check out their take on finding love, getting through hard times and more. Good read.

1. What made you realize that you could spend the rest of your lives together? Were you scared at all?
H & Z: With each day that passed, our relationship was more solid and secure. Divorce was NEVER an option – or even a thought.
2. How did you know your spouse was the right one for you?
We grew up together & were best friends before we married. A friend is for life – our marriage has lasted a lifetime.
3. Is there anything you would do differently after more than 80 years of marriage?
We wouldn’t change a thing. There’s no secret to our marriage, we just did what was needed for each other & our family.
4. What is your advice to someone who is trying to keep the faith that Mr. Right is really out there?
Zelmyra: Mine was just around the corner! He is never too far away, so keep the faith – when you meet him, you’ll know.
5. What was the best piece of marriage advice you ever received?
Respect, support & communicate with each other. Be faithful, honest & true. Love each other with ALL of your heart.
6. What are the most important attributes of a good spouse?
Zelmyra: A hard worker & good provider. The 1920s were hard, but Herbert wanted & provided the best for us.I married a good man!
7. What is your best Valentine’s Day memory?
Zelmyra: I cook dinner EVERY day. Herbert left work early & surprised me – he cooked dinner for me! He is a VERY good cook!
Herbert: I said that I was going to cook dinner for her & she could relax – the look on her face & clean plate made my day.
8. You got married very young – how did you both manage to grow as individuals yet not grow apart as a couple?
"Everyone who plants a seed & harvests the crop celebrates together" We are individuals, but accomplish more together.
9. What is your fondest memory of your 85-year marriage?
Our legacy: 5 children, 10 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great grandchild.
10. Does communicating get easier with time? How do you keep your patience?
The children are grown, so we talk more now. We can enjoy our time on the porch or our rocking chairs – together.
11. How did you cope when you had to be physically separated for long periods of time?
Herbert: We were apart for 2 months when Z was hospitalized with our 5th child. It was the most difficult time of my life. Zelmyra’s mother helped me with the house and the other children, otherwise I would have lost my mind.
12. At the end of bad relationship day, what is the most important thing to remind yourselves?
Remember marriage is not a contest – never keep a score. God has put the two of you together on the same team to win.
13. Is fighting important?
NEVER physically! Agree that it’s okay to disagree, & fight for what really matters. Learn to bend – not break!
14. What’s the one thing you have in common that transcends everything else?   We are both Christians & believe in God. Marriage is a commitment to the Lord. We pray with & for each other every day.

A Song Remembered

I am always singing a song in my mind and sometimes, out of the blue, one of the older ones that I sang years ago will begin to come back to me.  That's the way this one did this morning.  I can't remember who wrote it, but it sounds like a Dottie Rambo song.  If anyone knows for sure, could you please tell me?  I will have to sing it again sometime soon, so you may hear us do it on the web site.



The One Who’s Been Holding to My Hand

　

Each step I take, I have Somebody with me,

He sees each deed I do, He hears each word I say,

He knows my heart, He cleanses it from every sin,

Without this friend, I would surely lose my way.

And I will not trade my Jesus for your treasures,

And I will not bow my knees to mortal man,

For I know the Heavens will be opened,

And I will meet the One who’s been holding to my hand.

When I’m cast down, I know I can depend on Him,

He sees what’s best for me, I need not be afraid,

He sees beyond the regions of this mortal life,

He holds my hand in His and I love Him more each day!

And I will not trade my Jesus for your treasures,

And I will not bow my knees to mortal man,

For I know the Heavens will be opened,

And I will meet the One who’s been holding to my hand.

So, if anyone knows any particulars about it, I would love to hear them!:-)  Hope you enjoy the song!  Have a blessed weekend!!

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Help in Time of Grief

(For the past few days, my heart has been very grieved for the Cretzman family, Missionaries to Cuba, whose little girl was killed in a car accident this past Monday. I know that there are others that are hurting as well over loved ones who are sick and even on the brink of death. It is hard sometimes to remember that God, who loves us dearly, has all these things in His Hand as well. But he does. These are the hard places in life, the places that make our hearts broken bread and poured out wine. They are never easy to go through but always, when looked back upon, the child of God can see his mighty hand at work in it all. The following entry is from, "Streams in the Desert", December 3^rd. I pray that when you read this, if your heart is grieved this day, you will be encouraged in the Lord, as I have been. God’s blessings!)

"Is it well with thy husband? Is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well"  (2Kings 4:26)

"Be strong, my soul!
Death looms in view.
Lo, here thy God! He'll bear thee through;
Be strong."

"Be strong, my soul!
Thy loved ones go
Within the veil. God's thine, e'en so;
Be strong."

　

For sixty-two years and five months I had a beloved wife, and now, in my ninety-second year I am left alone. But I turn to the ever present Jesus, as I walk up and down in my room, and say, "Lord Jesus, I am alone, and yet not alone--Thou art with me, Thou art my Friend. Now, Lord, comfort me, strengthen me, give to Thy poor servant everything Thou seest he needs." And we should not be satisfied till we are brought to this, that we know the Lord Jesus Christ experimentally, habitually to be our Friend: at all times, and under all circumstances, ready to prove Himself to be our Friend. --George Mueller

Afflictions cannot injure when blended with submission.

Ice breaks many a branch, and so I see a great many persons bowed down and crushed by their afflictions. But now and then I meet one that sings in affliction, and then I thank God for my own sake as well as his. There is no such sweet singing as a song in the night. You recollect the story of the woman who, when her only child died, in rapture looking up, as with the face of an angel, said, "I give you joy, my darling." That single sentence has gone with me years and years down through my life, quickening and comforting me. --Henry Ward Beecher

"E'en for the dead I will not bind my soul to grief;
Death cannot long divide.
For is it not as though the rose that climbed my garden wall
Has blossomed on the other, side?
Death doth hide,
But not divide;
Thou art but on Christ's other side!
Thou art with Christ, and Christ with me;
In Christ united still are we."


(If you would like to help the Cretzman family, go to this link:
http://brenda-lifeinmyshoes.blogspot.com/.  )

A Woman's Question

(This is a poem that I found in a book I was reading, "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" by Joshua Harris.  It is a good book, other than the fact that he uses other versions of scripture than the King James, which I really don't care for.  But the overall message in the book is good for young people these days.  Anyway, this was a great poem and I thought I would share it.  Enjoy!)

A Woman’s Question

Do you know you have asked for the costliest thing

Ever made by the Hand above?

A woman’s heart, and a woman’s life–

And a woman’s wonderful love.

Do you know you have asked for this priceless thing

As a child might ask for a toy?

Demanding what others have died to win,

With the reckless dask of a boy.

You have written my lesson of duty out,

Manlike, you have questioned me.

Now stand at the bars of my woman’s soul

Until I shall question thee.

You require your mutton shall always be hot,

Your socks and your shirt be whole;

I require your heart be true as God’s stars

And as pure as His heaven your soul.

You require a cook for your mutton and beef,

I require a far greater thing.

A seamstress you’re wanting for socks and shirts,

I look for a man and a king.

A king for the beautiful realm called Home,

And a man that his Maker, God,

Shall look upon as He did on the first

And say, "It is very good."

I am fair and young, but the rose may fade

From this soft young cheek one day;

Will you love me then ‘mid the falling leaves,

As you did ‘mong the blossoms of May?

Is your heart an ocean so strong and true,

I may launch my all on its tide?

A loving woman finds heaven or hell

On the day she is made a bride.

I require all things that are grand and true,

All things that a man should be,

If you give this all, I would stake my life

To be all you demand of me.

If you cannot be this, a laundress and cook

You can hire and little to pay;

But a woman’s heart and a woman’s life

Are not to be won that way.

~Lena Lathrop

If you like the poem or wish to comment: email me!

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