Tag: God’s goodness

Ten Things of Thankful

March 22, 2026

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

Steadfast, Confident Heart❤

March 13, 2026

My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast and confident!

I will sing, yes, I will sing praises [to You]!

I will praise and give thanks to You, O Lord, among the people;

I will sing praises to You among the nations.

For Your faithfulness

 and lovingkindness are great, 

reaching to the heavens,

And Your truth to the clouds.

Be exalted above the heavens, O God;

Let Your glory and majesty be over all the earth.

Psalm 57:7, 9-11, Amplified Bible

Elevation Church ~ 20 Years of Ministry!

February 15, 2026

I am so excited to share this video from last week at Elevation Church in Charlotte, NC!   An online member for a number of years, I consider it my long-distance “home church”–and Pastor Steven Furtick’s messages get better every week.  He’s genuine, humble, honest, and humorous–and he knows the Bible inside out.  He wears his heart and his faith on his sleeve, and I’ve been deeply blessed by how he ministers God’s Word.

I hope you enjoy their amazing gospel music team, and hearing about all that the Lord has done through a young couple–Steven and Holly–who were only 25 when they felt called to start a church, and had only 19 folks with them.  The story is moving, filled with miracles and the favor of God on faith-filled people.  And they are the first to give All Glory to GOD!

~ Cale

 

Love Words

February 3, 2026

I will tell of the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD,

According to all that the LORD has done for us,

And His great goodness toward the house of Israel,

Which He has shown them according to His compassion

And according to the abundance of His lovingkindnesses.

8For He said, “Be assured, they are My people,

Sons who will not be faithless.”

So He became their Savior [in all their distresses].

9In all their distress He was distressed,

And the [a]angel of His presence saved them,

In His love and in His compassion He redeemed them;

And He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old. 

Isaiah 63:7-9 Amplified Bible