Raising My Expectations

A single mustard seed of faith, some quiet patience–and believing God means what He says–will raise confident expectations that He’ll restore what seems irretrievably broken or lost.

~ Cale Caron

Therefore, thus says the LORD [to Jeremiah], “If you repent [and give up this mistaken attitude of despair and self-pity], then I will restore you [to a state of inner peace] So that you may stand before Me [as My obedient representative]; And if you separate the precious from the worthless [examining yourself and cleansing your heart from unwarranted doubt concerning My faithfulness], You will become My spokesman.  Jeremiah 15:19  Amplified Bible

Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!  When God restores [the fortunes of] His people, Let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.  Psalm 53:6 Amplified Bible

God, who shows you his kindness and who has called you through Christ Jesus to his eternal glory, will restore you, strengthen you, make you strong, and support you as you suffer for a little while. 1 Peter 5:10  GOD’S WORD® Translation

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Ten Things of Thankful

Happy and thankful to be here once again!  I love weekends…there are no business calls to take, so I do regular stuff I enjoy: church, cooking/baking, emailing with my Bestie, movies, and visting my 2 cat nieces downstairs.  (We’ve concluded that slow and rhythmic waving of tail by Sammie as she stares at me, is feline version of human eye-rolling🙄.  I get it…I’m jibber-jabbering away, and she can only feign interest for so long.)

I’m beyond blessed and grateful to be using my cell phone exclusively.  The landline service became ridiculously/outrageously expensive–so I took a deep breath and downgraded to Internet only!  The first day was both scary and funny: I had to call a list of folks to update my records with new phone number…and more than several times I accidentally disconnected before people could answer the rings.  But I’ll get the hang of it before too awfully long–I have faith!

I’m thankful that although my corned beef was not especially successful this St Pat’s Day (I tweak recipes unwisely sometimes)–my caregiver was glad to take home all that I would have tossed!

It was a delight to celebrate her birthday this past week:  I baked a cake of course, and found 3 Russian versions of the traditional “Happy Birthday” song on YouTube.  She was so surprised.  The cake was absolute perfection (whew!):  Black Magic Chocolate Cake is very delish, and has a secret ingredient! (if you ask, I’ll tell you)

As always, I’m glad and grateful for blogging–so many wonderful people, and every day is different.

6-Sentence Story is dear to my heart–I’m thankful for new prompts each Sunday (and grateful the Lord drops an idea in my head)!

I’m beyond grateful the snow was fleeting…enough to satisfy folks who didn’t get a white Christmas, and not sufficient to freeze the parking lot into an ice rink.

I’m thankful for very old needle-nose pliers.  I’m no “Tina-the-Tool-Gal”, and the knob broke off the thermostat in the Upper Room…who knows when Maintenance will respond…so the pliers are ugly but handy.

Alright-y…I don’t know how many thankfuls that is, but you’ve probably heard enough of Cale’s world–so I’ll just tell the Lord I’m grateful He stuck with me another day, and sign off.  See y’all next week, if He doesn’t call me Home!

~ Cale

Army of Angels

If you make the LORD your refuge,

if you make the Most High your shelter,

no evil will conquer you;

no plague will come near your home.

For he will order his angels

to protect you wherever you go.

They will hold you up with their hands

so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.

Psalm 91:9-12 New Living Translation

Busy Living While Alive

I do not want to just sit around and wish for heaven.

Joni Eareckson

Joni Eareckson Tada is an American evangelical Christian author, radio host, artist, and founder of Joni PTL, Joni and Friends, an organization “accelerating Christian ministry in the disability community”. Wikipedia

Battle Songs (and More)!

Good tidings!

Sooner or later–of one kind or another–we’ll ALL have spiritual battles to fight (as part of relationships or in life’s situations), and here’s the best way to win. 

It may seem counterintuitive, but praising God in the midst of battles is His huge weapon for us to use–and it’s not heavy.  He will run to our rescue every time He hears us sing (or speak) His praises–this I Know is True.

After the songs, you’ll see the link to a post I found very helpful, personally–it has a list of Bible verses that affirm the Power of Praise when we’re treading waters of Trouble instead of walking on top of them!  We can be conquerors and have the victory in Christ, so let’s Sing Out Loud!

Blessings to all ~ Cale

Here’s a link to an excellent post about fighting our battles with Praises to God.  I highly recommend it:

https://www.happyhealthyandprosperous.com/praise-is-a-weapon/