From the fullness of His grace, we have all received one blessing after another. Saturday, June 28, 2014. I had great plans for my time away. I was going to blog every day, spend much time with my Heavenly Father, catch up on long neglected emails to dear friends, catch up on sleep, and come home completely refreshed and rejuvenated. If I was going to be graded on my success, I would say that I bombed! Tuesday, June 24, 2014.

I can do all things through Christ, who gives me strength. When you hear those words, one thinks of it as a positive thing. Maybe someone gave a gift, provided assistance, a courteous gesture, or paid someone a nice compliment. Thank you is associated with goodness and gratitude.

Click on the words above to see a short video, then continue reading. We recently changed our cable subscription back to basic. It singlehandedly fueled feelings of discontent with my home. The joy shown on the faces of the men, women and children in this video, in the midst of their poverty, can only be the result of God given grace. I should be so lucky.