Begin the Week Prayer

             This picture and the next ones are a continuation of the Cliffs of the Moor.  See previous post.

This prayer comes from the section titled "Testing, One, Two, Three" in the book A Book of Payer by Stormie Omartian.

First the accompanying scripture:
     Praise our God, O peoples, let the sound of his praise be heard; he has preserved our lives and kept our feet from slipping.  For you, O God, tested us; you refined us like silver.
                                  Psalm 66:8-10 NIV

     Prayer:

Lord, I don't want to wander around in the wilderness of life, going over and over the same territory because I haven't learned the lesson.  I  pray that I will always have a teachable heart that recognizes Your hand in my life and soaks up Your instruction.  Help me to trust Your timing.  Establish in me an unwavering faith so I will know that when I walk with You, even the refining fire provides the perfect light for the step I'm on. 
Amen.

                                                       Castle Lookout on the Cliffs of the Moor



       Inside:

                                                         One of the views from inside the lookout.

Just a brief line about my weekend with the Irish lass; I will tell more later. The house is quiet  --a little too quiet.  Even though the cats are happier and my nerves aren't on edge from me making sure she doesn't get into something she shouldn't and possibly hurt herself, I miss her.  She lit up my life for those four days and showed me the world through new eyes. 

Did you know that Cinderella's hair isn't blonde---that it's a bright purplish pink that the lass calls red?  Yep, every one of her Cinderella pictures had that hair.  One time I got the yellow marker out and colored the hair 'blonde'---she told me, "No, grandma!" and preceded to color over it with that precious marker.

No pictures of our time together yet--- hopefully later on this week.

                            Blessings to you as you begin this week.