Love, love, love my library! Here’s the proof above, moi volunteering at one of their local book sales. And whoever says books are going out of style, obviously hasn’t been to one of these sales recently.

I’ve been a loyal card-carrying library patron since I was old enough to pencil in an application form. And I’m also guilty of library-hopping, from branch to branch. This one has more magazines I like, that one has a wider selection of dvd’s and another one has an outstanding collection of Christian fiction! There is the small, quaint village library in an old historical building, with all its delightful twists and turns, or the more modern branch downtown. Each library has its unique character.

Do you visit your library on a weekly basis?

Have you ever considered volunteering?

Is your library one of your favorite places?

Is this where you discover new authors?

          Photo from Prayers for Special Help, Michael Brandon

FAITH – we all wish we had a little more of it. We pray for God to change situations but I wonder if we really believe He will do it. “Certain of what we do not see…” I’ve been praying for direction in a certain area of  my life and there are so many things that look impossible.

Oh yeah, God delights in the impossible. Why do I always forget that fact?

I heard a sermon a few weeks ago and one thought hit like an arrow straight into my heart. “You’re going to look around you and say, where did that road come from? It wasn’t there yesterday!” Right, I’ve been praying that He will make a way where there is no way.

He creates out of nothing. God will stretch out the new road for me and for you -out-of-emptiness- in His timing and His perfect plan. 

What are you facing today? Where is your faith? Remember,

God delights in doing the impossible!

I thought for sure I’d find these in my front yard this morning.

No penguins, but there were a lot of birds visiting my bird feeders, trying to find food in the midst of the frozen tundra. We’ve had several days of single digit weather and some below zero the last few weeks. It is a major effort to bundle up and force myself out into the chill air each morning.

Which brings me to this question: What winter activities do you enjoy? What do you do in the  midst of a snowstorm?

I’m looking for unusual suggestions for an article I’m working on. Do you visit local events, museums, moonlight snowshoe walks?

And what do you enjoy during the cold winter months that you would never do in the summertime? Do you super-clean your house? Toss out all the clutter? Re-organize photos? Open to your creative suggestions…

I think this one just crossed over my lawn.  : )