I was shopping for a birthday card during my lunch hour last week when I overheard an elderly woman in the card aisle talking to her niece, a woman about my age. Here is what she said: “ I threw out all my cards. They never meant those words anyway .” Lots of laughter followed. How sad I thought to be unable to receive the love sent to her in the sentiments of a card. This incident got me thinking about the love of God and resolving to embrace it when it is offered to me. It doesn’t matter if I think I’m worthy of such extravagant love; He thinks so! In contrast, just a day later I received one of those gorgeous hand-crafted cards in the mail from my friend, Kay, who loves paper crafting. It was so pretty and love and joy just oozed out of it when I opened it. This is a sample of her designs at Creativity is Good. Kay wrote a beautiful note to me in the card reminding me of God’s tender love for me. She ended her thoughts with “The God of the universe loves us more than we can ever f...



Oh my goodness, Maxine just cracks me up! On so many levels she's my role model (especially now that she's quit smoking)!
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Kathleen
LOL! Oh too funny. Maxine is always good for a laugh. She tells it like it is doesn't she? Ha! ha!
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Oh wow, you picked some good ones Mary! I had to chuckle at each one.
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Love,
Debbie
Hahaha...my sentiments, exactly! ;-)
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Blessings,
Janis