a need

I’ve felt led to pray this prayer for many that are in need to feel God's arms around them. from St. Francis of Assisi.

Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted;
to understand, than to be understood;
to love, than to be loved.
For it is by self-forgetting that one finds.
It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.
It is by dying that one awakens to eternal life.
Amen.
We have friends that have been called to serving in Haiti for a time.
We have a family member who is having BIG behavior issues who is at a special place seeking help for a time, parents with very heavy hearts over the matter.
We have a very dear mother who has had a GREAT life and now is so done with it.  She has Alzheimer's...which is so sad and mind boggling. 
We have a brother who has had large business issues which has brought him down as far as a person can get here on earth I think..
We have special friends who have missed up majoring and now trying to put the pieces back together again. Where does one begin.
I know our family can come up with many more issues that family and special friends are going through right now.  We just need to refocus our eyes and heart on God and His word and the fact that we are just passing through and here such a short time. 
Life is hard but God is good! 
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So much is going on that is so wonderful too!  We got to spend time with part of our KC family this passed weekend and this weekend brother Bill and nephew Drew.  Lots a quality family time is making us realize how much God has blessed us.  We have our crops all in "the first time" as Rick states. We have had such timely rainfalls and sun shining days.
So I sit here and realize how very thankful I am for this life here on earth today.
Again I have to say"To God be the glory great things He has done."
I have mentioned before how I see God in nature.  Well this week I smelled God with the lilacs blooming at Brandyn and Emily's, and soon the Locusts will have a sweet aroma on our yard, here is a photo of the many buds almost to bloom.

This week praying our prayer that we are encouraged to pray many many times a day, "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner."  Just repeating those words time and time again makes me very aware of God being right here, I see Him, I smell Him, I hear Him, I feel Him. I love this time of year!
Many times a negative thought has come to mind and now right away God sways me to say the prayer and makes it just simply go away.  How God can make one simple prayer turn away such negative thoughts, (sin) is like WOW! to me.

 I caught Rick trying to jump out of the bathroom window...actually he was putting out the thermometer for outside reading.

 I think Uncle Brandyn and daddy is already known for Ranger rides.