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Sunday Blessing

Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling,
Calling for you and for me;
See, on the portals He’s waiting and watching,
Watching for you and for me.

O for the wonderful love He has promised,
Promised for you and for me!
Though we have sinned, He has mercy and pardon,
Pardon for you and for me.

Refrain:
Come home, come home,
You who are weary, come home;
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,
Calling, O sinner, come home!

From: Softly and Tenderly
by Will L. Thompson

This hymn is such a wonderful reminder of God's love for all men. He is "not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." ( II Peter 3:9 ) One frequent question asked of Christians is how a loving God could send people to Hell. The answer is that God is doing everything in His power to save people from eternal punishment. He will not take away man's free will, and it breaks God's heart when just one refuses to seek forgiveness. What a merciful God we serve!

I hope each of you have a good week. I am looking forward to spending more time with my grandmother, as she heads back to Idaho soon. We have certainly enjoyed having her with us for a while. We are going to enjoy some of her homemade chicken and noodles for Sunday dinner. YUM! :)

Blessings!
Charity

PS~ I took the picture last Saturday. We had a picnic at my parent's property. Butterflies were everywhere! It was such a beautiful day.

Finished Object Friday

I haven't done any crafting these past two weeks - unless you count a few knitting stitches. However I did want to share what someone has made for me. She doesn't have a blog, and they are so cute!



My friend, Amanda, made these for me. We met at college and have been good friends ever since! Being crafty must go along with being a history major, right? :)


They have become my favorite hairsticks. Not just because they were hand crafted, but they also stay in much better than any other hairsticks I have. I love the color as well.
Thanks, Girl! :)

Well, I did do a little something with my hands today. How do you like this hair do?


It's not the easiest thing to do with a two year old, but Faithie promised to sit still and she did a good job! :) She is looking at one of her two favorite books. (I now have this one memorized.) Her other favorite is Dr. Suess's Foot Book!


She's growing so fast!!

Maybe some of you have been craftier than me the last couple of weeks! :) You are welcome to join in. (I know I'm a little later today... I babysat two little girls this morning. I didn't get an updated picture of Hope, though.) Here are the guidelines for FOF.

Snapshots

I’ve been wanting to make banana bread for a while, but it’s been one of those things that just hasn’t been done. I did it today, though!

Yummy pecans from Mark’s aunt and uncle! Thanks, y’all!

All ready to go into the oven! The problem is that my oven isn’t working again. (a problem with the digital keypad.) So I am baking them in Mom’s oven. :)

All done! How about a slice?

Hope everyone is having a great Wednesday!

Blessings!
Charity

Snapshots from my day...

Angie and I with Grandma.

We are enjoying having Grandma down for a visit from Idaho!

My Parents



And of course the sock went too! :)



Yes, it's a bit of a fairy land around here... why do you ask? :)