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Belonging, I am comforted.

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Comfort

In the stillness of the room
I sit.

I recently had a message from a friend
Needing prayer.

A loved one needing
Emergency surgery.

Comfort sought.
Prayer needed.

Fretting, worrying, 
I know it well.

It brings to mind
the worry.

Of a father 
lying ill. 

It also brings to mind
A line

From the catechism
of Heidelberg.

What is your only comfort in life and in death?
That I belong body and soul, in life and in death, to my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ.

We are not our own.
That’s a comfort,

A surety and
 A Knowing.

So fret I might
Worry I might.

Pray I will
Comforted I will be.

Knowing that I AM NOT
In this alone.

I have a faithful with me
Always at my side.

Belonging
I am comforted.

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This is a five minute Friday post. the word prompt is brought to us by Miss Kate over at Five Minute Friday.  What is Five Minute Friday?  Well it’s a party of a group of like
minded folks who gather on Friday to do a five minute free write around a
singular word.  AND THEN (and this is the most important part) we take the time to offer up encouragement to
each other on this writing journey.  It’s fun, though it’s not always
easy, but it is always good.   Come join us won’t you?  You are always
welcome.

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Friends: Always worth the risk

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Friends, I’ve got Friends.

I can’t say in life I’ve always had a lot of friends…I’ve always more of a one friend at a time person.  Just having a person that I can connect with on a personal level is enough.

This year on the crew I’m making friends with different people, and it’s rather fun albeit they are long distances friendships that, if you met in person, might not stand the test of real life, but overall, it’s rather fun to have people to chat with.

People to share stories about children and know they understand.
People to share recipes with and how to adapt them to meet the needs of others.
People to say “HAPPY CANADA DAY” to, even if they aren’t all Canadian.
People to say “hey, I’ve got this application thing to go through, can you  help?” and know that they will help!  It’s very cool.

Not all friends are long-distance.  I’m gaining friends through working at the food bank with the lad (and he is too even if they are older than he is).  I’ve got friends ready made in my family. 

The Lord God tells us that friendship, relationship with each other is very important. A good friend can be closer than a sibling.  A good friend helps you mind the things of God better.  A good friend builds up, helps, lends a hand, gives you a boost to live life better.  It’s a good thing to have friends don’t you think?   Whether many or just a few.. it’s worth the risk to cultivate friendship in your life.
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This post is part of the Crews Instagram word prompt challenge. I find them fun to turn into posts, don’t you?
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Play, a poem

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Play
Birthday Party
Boys arrive.
A day of fun
Let’s go Live.
Swimming Pool
Diving boys
Water cold!!!!!
Let’s find new joys.
Running around
Barefeet hurt
Let’s go home
Get out of the dirt!
At home we find
a birthday cake
Fidgit Spinners
Slingshots Make!
Popcans set up
Board in place
Please make sure
No shots to the face.
Next in line
The nerfguns come
Watch out world
See those bullets hum!
Come home Lads
Hear the shout
Burgers are ready
Come now or eat out!!
Boys come running
Washing hands
Watermelon crackles
Finest burgers in the lands.
Time for home
Sad boys ride
In the car
BOY!  It’s HOT inside
Chatter chatter 
All the way back
Boys are happy
Time to hit the sack!

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This is a five minute Friday post. the word prompt is brought to us by Miss Kate over at Five Minute Friday.  What is Five Minute Friday?  Well it’s a party of a group of like
minded folks who gather on Friday to do a five minute free write around a
singular word.  AND THEN (and this is the most important part) we take the time to offer up encouragement to
each other on this writing journey.  It’s fun, though it’s not always
easy, but it is always good.   Come join us won’t you?  You are always
welcome.
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 Sharing over at Kym’s.
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Flags Flags Everywhere

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Everywhere I turn today.
I see flags, flags everywhere.
Flags on poles.
Flags on cars.
Flags on cakes.
Flowers of flags
Cupcake Flags.
People wearing flags.
The colours red and white.
It’s Canada Day.
Celebrate shall we!
Enjoy the flags.
Enjoy the cakes.
Remember the history.
For today of all days.
Canada is 150!

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This post is in response to a word prompt the crew does for Instagram fun.
I find it relaxing and fun to do them as random word posts for myself and you.  🙂

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Blessings in Abundance

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When I saw the word blessings this morning you know what I immediately thought of?

My day yesterday.  🙂

Seriously.

It was a rainy/cloudy type morning so we kinda honestly vegged.  My lad wanted to watch Harry Potter movies and since he was motivated and finished his summer schedule early we did!   

This was so  nice, spending time with family AND I was able to finally start the book of Romans.

Later we headed out of the house because he had a birthday party to go to.   He chatted the WHOLE way there rather than being stuck into his tablet games.

I dropped him off.
Then headed out to visit with my mom.

We had such a delightful visit.  Seriously.
We chatted about this and that.  Serious moments, light hearted moments, just good time to visit. She took me out and got me a purse, wallet AND supper.  🙂

She even let me borrow her camera so I could take pictures of a small children’s book for a review (it’s coming), looked through it and gave me her comments.  Then she kept it as a gift for a wee niece of mine. (daughter of a niece).

Picking up my lad again I had a chance to chat with the birthday boy’s mom.  So nice to get caught up again.  I was reminded about how I need to take more time to visit with friends.

Then on the way home my lad chatted all the way home again.  It was so nice to talk with him, hearing about the things he’s learning about, finding out about the party he was at and all the good things that happened there.  Just delightful.  We don’t talk enough sometimes I think. It’s so easy in the car to plug in a story to listen to, that we forget to just chat sometimes.

When I got home and after I got him settled, I was so wired from the day that going to bed seemed hard and then a friend contacted me (two actually).  One with a request that I was able to fill… which made her happy (which made me happy), and the second was a conversation with another friend (who is close to my heart).  🙂  

My heart was so full of the blessings of God.

In the comments… let me know what blessings you’ve received lately so I can celebrate with you eh?  🙂

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This is a five minute Friday post. the word prompt is brought to us by Miss Kate over at Five Minute Friday.  What is Five Minute Friday?  Well it’s a party of a group of like
minded folks who gather on Friday to do a five minute free write around a
singular word.  AND THEN (and this is the most important part) we take the time to offer up encouragement to
each other on this writing journey.  It’s fun, though it’s not always
easy, but it is always good.   Come join us won’t you?  You are always
welcome.
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Sunset

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Sunset
A trip to Pennsylvania.
Dad for a conference,
Mom and lad to go exploring.
We took a tent, some supplies, and our bikes.
We spent our days exploring.
Penn’s Cave.
Hershey’s Chocolate World.
Indian Echo Dell Caves
Gettysburg
Harrisburg Science Museum
The State Capital.
Elizabethtown.
Sore feet.
Sore backs.
Tired brains.
Simple affordable food.
and as sunset fell across the campground
Biking,
A lad and his mom.
A lad outpacing his mom.
He shouts of encouragement.
“Mom!  You can catch up to me!”
Fellow campers grinning.
The tree peepers chorusing.
The bullfrog thrumming.
“You can do it, you can do it, yes you can”.
 The Heron takes flight.
Mom stops.
These hills are hard.
A picture taken.
A boy breathing hard races to find
Where his mother stopped
to see the lake
to breath easily
And he smiles
and says
“Nice, isn’t it mom?”
and 
“I had to find where you were.”
Kind and thoughtful 
this lad of mine.
It was good to spend time with
this growing young man.
He makes my heart smile.
God has blessed me
Abundantly.
Enjoy the Sunset!
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This post is in response to a wordprompt
the homeschool review crew uses for instagram fun.
I find it relaxing and enjoyable to turn them into posts for you and me.  🙂

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Steady, A poem

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Steady

The steadfast love of the Lord never changes
His mercies never come to end
They are new every morning
New every morning
Great is thy faithfulness Oh Lord
Great is thy faithfulness.

The steadfast love of the Lord.
Steady
Sure.
Unchanging. 
Never ending.
Geared toward those who Love him.
Who trust in the saving work of his son.

It is what we are called to be.
Steadfast…just as the Lord is.
Fighting against the sin within that causes us to NOT be steadfast.
Unchanging.
Sure. 
Not selfish.
Not wanting our own way.
But seeing the bigger picture.
So standing
Firm
Steadfast.
Unchanging.
Geared toward those who love the Lord.
Geared to turning hearts toward the one,
who ALWAYS has his heart turned toward us.

So let us stand
Steadfast
Steady.

copyright June 2017, Annette V.

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This is a five minute Friday post. the word prompt is brought to us by Miss Kate over at Five Minute Friday.  What is Five Minute Friday?  Well it’s a party of a group of like
minded folks who gather on Friday to do a five minute free write around a
singular word.  AND THEN (and this is the most important part) we take the time to offer up encouragement to
each other on this writing journey.  It’s fun, though it’s not always
easy, but it is always good.   Come join us won’t you?  You are always
welcome.
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