Sunday Blessing

Come, Thou Fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it,
Mount of Thy redeeming love.

Here I raise my Ebenezer;
Here by Thy great help I’ve come;
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed His precious blood;

O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be!
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,
Bind my yeilded heart to Thee.
Let me know Thee in Thy fullness;
Guide me by Thy mighty hand
Till, transformed in Thine own image
In Thy presence I shall stand.

Come, Thou Fount
by Robert Robinson
3rd stanza alt. 1931

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Aren't those blackberries pretty? They are growing wild around our yard! :) They were so juicy! I wanted to "share" them with you all! Have a great Sunday!

Finished Object Friday

I love chairs. (Whew. It feels good to get that confession over with!) :) No, really. I have several unique chairs. And I have a hard time passing up a unique chair - even if it is falling apart. (*ahem*) However, most of the chairs I do pick up are very stable and usable. Like this one: (An after picture - cause I want the pretty picture first...)

...which I picked up for a very reasonable price at our local Goodwill. (I'm not sure what is up with their furniture prices, but usually they are about what you would pay new. "Oh, look a cheapy bookcase - for $20! umm... isn't that what they are new in the store??) So anyway, I was happy to get this one for whatever price it was (I don't remember...) :)

Here it is how I bought it - plus just a little sanding.

I love it that the seat is a circle - unusual!

I started in painting - with minimal sanding as you can tell - and this is what happened:

very mottled. I was about to give up for the time being and go grab some primer. But I persevered!

I love it in my laundry room with my new apron hanging behind it!

So what have you been crafting recently? Maybe you have also been wielding a mean can of spray paint! I can't wait to see! :) Happy Friday, everyone!! (If you're new to FOF - check out this post for more info and instructions.)

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1. Ruffled Tote Bags 2. Scrappy doll blanket 3. FOF From The Pink Parsonage

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Thrifty Finds

This post is coming about a week later than I wanted. Last week was just too crazy! Between my friend's baby in the emergency room and me just not feeling good, I didn't get a lot of blogging done! :) Sometimes life's like that, huh? This week everyone is feeling better (baby is back to her normal, happy, inquisitive self) and I am going to enjoy some blogging time! :)

Week before last (you know, before all the craziness happened) was our favorite thrift sale! It seems like we always find the best treasures there and for such awesome prices!! Here is a sneak peek at some of our finds on this trip.

So many fun treasures! I can't wait to put them into use. Some of them have already had some tweaking! :) (But of course I'm making you wait...) :) What I really enjoyed finding this time was some very pretty linens... I LOVE this tablecloth. It is just a small square, but such pretty detail!

I got LOTS of napkins as well. These were with the napkins. They were labeled as tea napkins, but I think they might be hankies. Does anyone know the difference?

I love these glasses. I actually didn't find these - Angie and our friend Lorie went the next day and brought them home. I got to keep them! :) I think they are soo pretty - and I also love that stainless steel tray in the background.

This is probably my favorite find though. A vintage apron!

I may have paid 50 cents for it. I really don't remember. It did have a stain, but Hooray for Oxyclean! It's so pretty now. Isn't that chicken scratch embroidery?

I just love good deals, don't you? :) I am already excited to go to the fall sale!

Well, it's good to be back. I will try to get more recent events posted in the next couple of days. And don't forget, Finished Object Friday is coming up this week!

Sunday Blessing

Tell me the story of Jesus,
Write on my heart every word;
Tell me the story most precious,
Sweetest that ever was heard.
Tell how the angels in chorus,
Sang as they welcomed His birth,
“Glory to God in the highest!
Peace and good tidings to earth.”

Refrain:
Tell me the story of Jesus,
Write on my heart every word;
Tell me the story most precious,
Sweetest that ever was heard.

Fasting alone in the desert,
Tell of the days that are past,
How for our sins He was tempted,
Yet was triumphant at last.
Tell of the years of His labor,
Tell of the sorrow He bore;
He was despised and afflicted,
Homeless, rejected and poor.

Tell of the cross where they nailed Him,
Writhing in anguish and pain;
Tell of the grave where they laid Him,
Tell how He liveth again.
Love in that story so tender,
Clearer than ever I see;
Stay, let me weep while you whisper,
“Love paid the ransom for me.”

Tell Me the Story of Jesus
by Fanny J. Crosby

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I took this picture in my garden yesterday. When I was thinking about my Mother's Day post, I thought of how Mother's are like gardeners - growing healthy children - physically, emotionally and spiritually. I know that each mother reading this takes more pride in her children than I do in my garden! :) But how important it is to nurture children and train them to grow in the right direction.

I am so gratefully for my Mother who took time to train me and to lead me to Jesus at a young age. She still takes time to take care of me, even though I'm all grown. I'm so thankful for her and also for Mark's mom that raised him to be such a wonderful man! :)

I'm grateful for each of you readers. Those of you who are mothers, especially those of you who have had a long wait, like me, but are now enjoying the many joys of motherhood.

I'm also grateful for each of you who may be waiting for motherhood. Or maybe you are waiting for God to send you the right husband. Remember (and I have to remind myself of this as well.) God's timing is perfect and His ways are not our ways.

Blessings to each one of you! (Oh and also to the one or two guys that read my blog - Mark and Nate at least!) :)

Sunday Blessing

Love divine, all loves excelling,
joy of heaven, to earth come down;
fix in us thy humble dwelling;
all thy faithful mercies crown!
Jesus thou art all compassion,
pure, unbounded love thou art;
visit us with thy salvation;
enter every trembling heart.

Breathe, O breathe thy loving Spirit
into every troubled breast!
Let us all in thee inherit;
let us find that second rest.
Take away our bent to sinning;
Alpha and Omega be;
end of faith, as its beginning,
set our hearts at liberty.

Finish, then, thy new creation;
pure and spotless let us be.
Let us see thy great salvation
perfectly restored in thee;
changed from glory into glory,
till in heaven we take our place,
till we cast our crowns before thee,
lost in wonder, love, and praise.

from Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
by Charles Wesley