Dance

I got this in an e-mail and just had to share. Rejoice in the Lord God almighty!!! This new version of the 'footprints' story really caught me off guard at the end...What a blessing. JUST READ IT! FOOTPRINTS...A New Version Imagine you and the Lord Jesus are walking down the road together. For much of the way, the Lord's footprints go along steadily, consistently, rarely varying the pace. But your footprints are a disorganized stream of zigzags, starts, stops, turnarounds, circles, departures, and returns. For much of the way, it seems to go like this, but gradually your footprints come more in line with the Lord's, soon paralleling, His consistently. You and Jesus are walking as true friends! This seems perfect, but then an interesting thing happens: Your footprints that once etched the sand next to Jesus' are now walking precisely in His steps. Inside His larger footprints are your smaller ones, you and Jesus are becoming one. This goes on for many miles, but gradually you notice another change. The footprints inside the large footprints seem to grow larger. Eventually they disappear altogether. There is only one set of footprints. They have become one. This goes on for a long time, but suddenly the second set of footprints is back. This time it seems even worse! Zigzags all over the place. Stops. Starts. Gashes in the sand. A variable mess of prints. You are amazed and shocked. Your dream ends. Now you pray: 'Lord, I understand the first scene, with zigzags and fits. I was a new Christian; I was just learning. But You walked on through the storm and helped me learn to walk with You.' 'That is correct.' 'And when the smaller footprints were inside of Yours, I was actually learning to walk in Your steps, following You very closely.' 'Very good.. You have understood everything so far.' When the smaller footprints grew and filled in Yours, I suppose that I was becoming like You in every way.' 'Precisely.' 'So, Lord, was there a regression or something? The footprints separated, and this time it was worse than at first.' There is a pause as the Lord answers, with a smile in His voice. 'You didn't know? It was then that we danced!' To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven: A time to weep, a time to laugh, a time to mourn, and a time to dance. Ecclesiastes 3:1,4. Funny how you can send a thousand 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny isn't it? Are you laughing? Are you thinking? Spread the Word and give thanks to the Lord for He is good! Funny isn't it, when you go to forward this message, how many on your list are not receiving it because you're not sure they believe in anything? Sad. It's not WHAT you have in your life, but Who you have in your life that counts... Think about that. I ASKED GOD I asked for a flower, He gave me a garden. I asked for a tree, He gave me a forest. I asked for a river, He gave me an ocean. I asked for a friend, He gave me 'YOU.' Send this to whomever you think of as a friend.. I did. He is the Lord of the dance!!!

Studio Progress

Work has begun on the walls, we worked last Saturday on the walls of the studio. This is the south wall, I will be inside my own wooden box. LOL. It is so peaceful working up here, I find it hard to stay away (in fact I should be up there right now, quilting). I have this idea for the windows, how to cover them...........should the quilts for over the windows depict a pine tree or a cherry tree in bloom?? Envision a tree outside the windows, a huge tree, as if you were looking right into it or perhaps even inside it. Each window will depict a part of that tree, and even wrap around the bay, pine or cherry?? I was going to do a cherry but am leaning toward a pine. What do you think?















We had a little visitor for about 3 days. We rescued it from the dog and the cat. We are thinking the cat brought it home (kitten style) and then sat it down, the Rocky (the big 80 lb lab) had it in his mouth. He did not hurt it, in fact it was not hurt at all. So we brought it in and gave it a box with batting in it.


After it rested, I gave it some
lettuce, and it ate a little.

Next day it would not eat,
but that afternoon, I went out
and cut some grass and
that was the ticket, it ate and ate
then it got all hyper, even
escaping from its box.

I was so happy to see it
doing so well. As you can see,
it is the cutest little one.
Next day, I took it down to an area where there is alot of grass and alot of places to hide
and released it. I had to give it a nudge but finally it is back were it belongs and we
got to enjoy 3 days with it in our home.

Next up, making dandelion jelly.............................

Studio Update

The floor is down, the stairwell walls covered, finish is on AND the longarm is home.















Tonight we took delivery of part of the wood for the walls. In the foreground of the picture you can see the stairwell wall with the top plate on. I spent all day Monday sanding and finishing this area and the top part of the stairs themselves. Still have to put another coat of mud on the walls in the stairwell, then do the faux leather finish, and sand and finish the remainder of the staircase, but that is for another day.
Today, I worked on a birthday gift for grandson #2.
We are getting there slowly but surely, and paying as we go. It is wonderful working in this room, it is peaceful, bright, airy. Ya, I like it alot.

Until later.