Isn't this a lovely day...

It is going to be a lovely day! Well, in fact, every day is a lovely day, because every day is the day the Lord made, and we will rejoice and be glad in it! But what I am talking about, here, is that the sun is coming up, and the temperature is expected to reach 60 degrees.

Yesterday was almost that warm, and we were able to go out and putter in the flower beds. Jill weeded our front bed; the one everybody sees when approaching our front door. I trimmed the roses back to their proper level for this time of year. I think I may even feed them this year I have shamefully neglected the poor things, but I hope to be more attentive this year. We are blessed to have a perfect, sunny location for roses along our driveway. It is a shame that I don't take better care of the area.

Yesterday afternoon, we had the privilege of serving at the home of dear friends, who were hosting a post-service gathering for their dear friend, whose husband went to be with Jesus a week ago. Jill and I arrived before the party returned from the cemetery and began preparing the last minute food items. Kathy had put a turkey in the oven before we arrived, and we put a ham in the other oven. (How decadent! Two ovens.) After we set up the coffee urn, the guests began arriving. Jill made a big salad. More helpers arrived to assist with serving and preparing food. It was such a blessing to be allowed to serve others in their time of grieving, and they were so appreciative. There were about 25 guests in all.

Today, we have the prospect of a sunny day with no obligations. I hope we can do some more work in the yard. The 16 inches of snow we had in December was hard on our plants. Some of them didn't survive. Of course, I see that as an opportunity to try some different plants. We do not have a symmetrical landscape plan, so we are not constrained to planting the same things that we lost.

In addition, we probably will call some friends and see if they would like to come over for dinner. We know a couple of couples who are "spur of the moment" types, so who knows what will happen? We do know that God will give us a glorious day, no matter what happens. He's like that, you know!