Hearts in Service Blog

I opened up my computer calendar this morning and remembered that a new month is upon us. May normally is the month of celebrations - Nathan's birthday is on the 1st, Mother's Day, Memorial Day and Emily's birthday on the 30th. This year everything is so different. I normally head out to our National Office in Colorado Springs at the end of the month for yearly meetings, but this year they have been canceled. Our district conference was supposed to be this month and that has been postponed until October. My nephew's college graduation and army commissioning service is this weekend and that has gone virtual.  Yesterday, our governor made the decision to keep schools closed through the end of the school year and many high school seniors I know are grieving.  Our world has changed overnight.  Things we took for granted have fallen by the wayside.  I have moments each day when I really want to put my head down and cry. I try not to give in to those e...

It's been a long, long month. A month of mask making and wearing. A month of livestream services, recordings, Zoom meetings, online Bible studies and all things technology. A month of cooking even when there were days when I really didn't want to do anything! A month of sewing projects. A month of snowy days, rainy days, and sunny days. A month of holding it together and a month of days of falling apart. A month of joy and a month of sadness. And at times some days of anger mixed in there. Some days of extreme loneliness and other days of too many people in my space. But through each day of this past month, God has been with me. He has not failed me. He has seen me through and He has been teaching me. So all in all, I'd say it was a good month. Lamentations 3:22-24 ~ Because of the Lord's faithful love we do not perish, for His mercies never end. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness! I say: The Lord i...

Today started out not so great. I woke up, it was dreary and raining and I felt a wave of depression wash over me. However, what started out not so good ended up being a very good day. Dan and I went to the church and practiced the music and message for tomorrow's live stream service. It's so different to be doing it this way and my non-techie husband has really stepped up to learn new things.  After lunch, Dan did a bit of work and then he and the boys went to the church to hang out and play some ping pong. I cut 22 yards of fabric for our local fabric store. They are giving out free kits for people to make face masks and can't keep up with the cutting. Our church secretary works there and asked if I'd be willing to cut some. For the first time ever I tried my hand at grinding my own flour from wheat berries. It worked great and I made pizza for dinner from the flour.  I made my own pizza sauce and then had fun coming up with the different ...