"I LOVE HIM TOO"

Today, our three year old granddaughter , Rory, was playing at our house for a little while. I still have a few things propped up against the wood stove, waiting for me to put them back up. One is a special gift that my nephew, Derek, made for me when my mother passed away. My mother was deaf, and she always signed the well known "I Love You" to everyone. The gift from my nephew, is a sketch of the Savior's hand, signing "I Love You". The wound from the nail in His palm is visible. I love this because it says SOOO MUCH that is not seen. I noticed Rory kneeling by this sketch, and doing the I love you sign herself...comparing her own hand to the Savior's. I grabbed my camera quickly, and got this shot that I will always treasure.

We talked about how Jesus loves us, and died for us, and that we love him too.

"Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me."

Isaiah 49:16

January 2, 2011

Sunday...My favorite day of the week. I am glad that we are back to the 9:00 - 12:00 meeting block. There is enough time in the day now to do all those Sunday things. I called my brother, our daughter, Heidi , and two friends who I needed to chat with and catch up with. I worked on my photography blog, and wrote in my journal. Our son, Brian, came to visit. Ralph and I watched an old movie on TV. It is one we went to when we were first dating. I enjoyed all of our meetings today very much . Our course of study for the year is the NEW TESTAMENT, which I especially love.

I have made some goals for the new year. I will not be listing all of them here. Some are on-going, others are new, but I believe they are possible to accomplish, and by sticking to my course, they will enable me to have a good year and feel like I accomplished something good in a year from now when I look back on 2011.

In my photo you can see some things that are really important to my goals. I'm doing some long overdue Family history. I want to learn Lightroom, I started a new journal, which always feels good, and I have a new planner. I can't function without a planner. Life seems to get busier and busier, and my planner keeps it all under control.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL......