There is a hint of change on the leaves of some of the maple trees. As I look out my front window or as I drive down the road, I see the subtle change begin. It's my favorite time of year, but I can hardly believe it is Autumn in a mere 19 days.
I have begun the huge task of organizing and decluttering all our storage spaces downstairs. It is going to be a lot of work, but already I am happy to see things clearing out. For some reason the older I get the less 'stuff ' I want, or need.
I have items for Goodwill, homeschool books to give away, lots of memorabilia to let go....
I will not be letting go of the clutch of letters, cards and notes that my husband and I have written to each other over the years - it was sweet to read back over some of them and be reminded of our 'young love' years. I am thankful for Tim and for the years God has given us together. I love that man more now than I did then, for now I truly know what it is like to walk together through hard times, to hurt each other and to forgive. God is good.
I am not going to work on that today however. Today is a day of fellowship with our beloved church family. Last week another Mom and I broke out into mushy tears during worship listening to the joyful voices of the children singing. It was a song they knew well, and love to sing and I cried with delight knowing how the Lord must feel hearing us worshiping Him! Bonnie too - she said she felt a little silly until she glanced back and saw me crying too! Happy, joyful tears! Another blessing of having a Family Integrated Church!
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Decluttering. It's on my list. I think it's further down on my list than it is at your house, though. Soon enough. Perhaps the next time something falls on my head when I open the closet door, I'll be convinced.
An integrated church service just sounds like such a neat concept. I assume that your pastor doesn't preach two-hour sermons. ☺
Hello my dear! :) I'm glad you liked my mirror tutorial..it really was an easy thing to do to make such a huge difference!
I have been cleaning out and organizing too...I just want to get rid of stuff lately...I need the room to breath! :)
Don't feel bad about getting teary eyed over hearing children sing praises to the Lord..I do it too! My hubby is the music minister at our church and I get mushy just about every week...sometimes more than once on Sunday! lol
Have a great weekend!
Hugs
Missy :)
I'm doing a lot of decluttering and moving things around. Of course, my inspiration was redoing Christopher's room but it inspired me to make changes in a couple other rooms, too.
I was at a garage sale yesterday where they had gorgeous glass serving pieces very cheap but I told the lady I had made the decision not to buy anything that I have to wonder where to put it!
Vee - no two hour sermons, but an hour and a half of church!
Missy - It was so precious!
Brenda - That was amazing self control! I am going to be back at it tomorrow, holiday and all. Tim is working.
Beautiful. I think we SHOULD be moved to tears at the goodness of our children's voices lifted in praise.
I love the encouraging words about marriage... so necessary in this age of throwing it away so quickly, you never even know what it means to get to the 'real good'.
I envy your dedication to the task of organizing. It's still on my to do list. Not looking good right now. I just kind of peck away at it little by little...
Blessings, Debbie
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