A Christmas 1943 Gift

You may know we have to move.

Thus you may know there’s packing to do.

This evening Ruby came across this treasure from 1943, so I took a photo of me holding it:

a Christmas gift from 1943
a gift my Roth grandparents gave to friends for Christmas 1943

How it came into our possession, I no longer recall. I wonder if one of the recipients’ kin gave it to us.

Well, I also scanned it front and back, and thereon lies the rest of the story. Read it all

Socks. Blessed Right Off?

Yesterday morning the folks at Master Books Homeschool posted this question:

How is God blessing your socks off today?

So I took a photo of me:

Mark Roth's socked feet
Blessed?

I actually have a caption superior to that one, but maybe you’ll come up with it on your own.

Yeah, that’s right — if you have a good caption, please post it as a comment below. Especially if it answers the question.

Or if you would rather just answer the question, that would be great as well.

Cows and Pre-Apples

All creatures, great and small.

cow photo
The black calf is very skittish and curious.
apple blossoms
Apples in the making!
more apple blossoms
Such pretty apple blossoms!
looking down our driveway
Down our drive
curious cows
Cows are such curious creatures!
little flowers; big tree
Little and delicate vs big and hardy
me in bloom
The Lord God made them all.

I Don’t Deserve It!

It’s so easy to feel that way. And believe that way also.

“What did I do to deserve this?!” is our cry sometimes.

Perhaps I need to adjust my perspective.

No. Not perhaps. I do!

So let me try my hand at it….

  • I don’t deserve this; what I deserve is far worse!
  • What have I done to not deserve this?
  • I remember that time I didn’t get what I deserved. And that time. And that time. And….

So there you are.

But I still have a hard time (sometimes) thinking I don’t deserve this. 🙄

(What is this? Never mind. Just remember the lesson.)

That aside, how about five photos? I took them yesterday and today. Read it all

Above all, love God!
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