Monday Manna - Stories of God's Goodness #4

 

Hello Sweet Peas....

Hope you and yours are doing well, and enjoying this time of year.

Well, my story today happened, I would

 estimate about 12+ years ago.

Hubby and I were out for a bike ride,

 and we were riding on the sidewalk that

 is beside a roadway, and since it had been

 raining for days before, when we got to

 one area, the trees were hanging way

 lower than normal cause of all the

 wet leaves.

So when we got to that area we sort 

of had to bend over the handlebars 

to go under the tree branches which

was fine, but due to paying attention

to that, when we came out from under

the branches my front bike wheel

was way too close to the edge of the

sidewalk and my first instinct was to 

jerk the wheel to the left, but in my

head I heard "go for the grass", which

was to the right, where there was a

small strip of grass about 4 ft. wide,

 and on the other side of that grass 

was the roadway with a car coming.

Anyway, I went for the grass, and as

soon as my front bike tire hit the 

grass, the bike just stopped because

it was so soft and muddy, but I flew

 over the handle bars, as my poor hubby

watched in shock and fear, as he had

known of people breaking their neck

from flying over the handle bars.

Well, I landed on the top of my head, 

in the middle of that muddy swale and 

rolled to a sitting position.

 Then Hubby rushed over to see if I was

 okay, as cars went by, and I said I'm not

 sure give me a minute.  So I sat for a

few minutes and then he helped me get

up, we noticed I had some bruises on

my legs, but I felt okay, so we were

 only about 5 or so minutes from home,

So we rode our bikes on home, and

by the time we got home, the bruises

on my legs were gone, which was such

a surprise, but I was starting to feel

a lil sore, so I took some ibuprophen

and took a nice hot shower and felt

better, but in the morning I was so

thankful I had taken the ibuprophen

and taken that hot shower cause

I could hardly get out of bed the  

next day I was soooo sore.  lol

I Also had bruised my hip bone as

I flew over the handlebars. but had

no breaks of any kind.

Anyway, I knew that voice I heard

was the Lord, cause I knew if I had

 jerked that wheel to the left that

 outcome would have not been good 

as I would have landed on concrete

instead of a soft muddy ground that

gave with my impact, and I also landed

 right in the middle of the swale but

 could have landed in the roadway 

and could have been hit by a passing 

car. I had a few days of soreness but

 other than that I was in good shape. 

The Lord spared me once again.

 Praise the Lord for His goodness

to me..............

Have a lovely week.

Love and Blessings,

Nellie

Scripture Sunday

 

So thankful to know God 

is always in control.

Have a lovely week.

Love yall,

Nellie

Thankful Thursday November 5, 2026, and previous Thanksgiving Table

 See to it, brothers and sisters, 

that none of you has a sinful, 

unbelieving heart that turns away

 from the living God.

Hebrews 3:12

Greetings Sweet Friends,

How are you today??

Doing okay, I hope, know some of you

are probably bummed out by the election

results. Have to say we were shocked,

but we are thankful to know God has

not left his throne, and none of this

was a shock to him, and He is the one

who holds our future.

Pictures today are from a previous

 Thanksgiving table from 2015, just in 

case you are looking for Thanksgiving

table ideas, Like I am. Got some of

 the ideas for this tablescape off a

 Better Homes and Gardens magazine 

cover, and I had a bunch of Fall leaves

 that we preserved years ago when

 our Daughter lives in Asheville. 

So was a perfect idea.....

Simple yet elegant.

See the original post here

 if you'd like.

So on with my Thankfuls......

#1

Thankful that we got some questions

 answered from the kids about Thanksgiving

 and Christmas.  Which makes it a bit

easier to start planning since we are

now in November.

#2

Thankful our Thanksgiving menu is

planned, and we do a gift exchange

for Christmas, so we have drawn

the names.  So a couple of things

off my list early.  Which is nice.

#3

Thankful hubby got those new

 Christmas lights that stay up all year,  

that way he doesn't have to be 

getting up on the ladder every year, 

which is not the safest thing at

our age.

#4

Thankful for a nice time at our Son

and lil darlings house last night. We got

take out Mexican food and it was 

 really good., an so Great to get to see

them and to get out of the house

 as well.

#5

Thankful we are experiencing a

Sun Shower right now.  That is... it

is raining and the sun is shining.

Love seeing that, as it is sort of

 a rare sight, but interesting as well.

#6

Thankful for our dear, long time 

(about 43 + years), Sweet friend

 Sharon, she is turning 80 yrs. old

 today. She was a Halloween baby.

Her family had a lovely party for her

and she had a number of surprise

out of town visitors.  So nice.

So wishing her many many more

years of good health and happiness.

#7

Thankful for the feel of our wood

laminate floors on my bare feet.  lol

Don't go barefoot that often, but 

love when I do............lol

A simple pleasure!!

#8

Thankful we got a referral for some-

one to paint our house. He came out

today and checked us out, so just 

waiting to get the estimate, but not

 sure he can do it until the New Year.

Was hoping for sooner......so will see.

Very nice fellow...

#9

Thankful that a disagreement at

church got worked out, and folks

are unified as they should be.

#10

Thankful I was able to refresh my

guest bath with pinecones and faux

 amber berries, since all the Beauty

berries have mostly died off. I love

them but they don't last all of Fall

unfortunately.

#11

Thankful for our Son. Today is his

birthday. Since he is working at home,

we are gonna take him lunch and then

paint lil darlings bathroom. Hopefully

we can finish today, and hopefully

it will make his birthday a lil special,

since we aren't gonna celebrate it

until Thanksgiving and we can all 

be together.  His Choice!!  lol

#12

Thankful we did finish the painting !!

We are thrilled but didn't get to see the

results yet. Our Son had it all prepped

for us, as he had spackled, painted

the ceiling, and sprayed some orange

peel on the walls, as some didn't have

that for some reason. He still had

some touch up he wanted to do, so

couldn't unveil in yet but when he is 

done we can see the finished product. 

 But very happy we finished and can't

 wait to see it and for lil darling to 

see it as well. 

That's it for Cozy Place this week.

Glad you could come by

and

Hope you are enjoying November!

Love, Hugs

and First of November

Blessings,

Nellie

Random Quotes Tuesday

 

We can make up our minds whether

 our lives in this world, shall wound like

 thorns and nettles, or be beautiful and 

fragrant like the lilies of the field.

By Brother Andrew

Monday Manna - Stories of God's goodness #3

 

Hello Sweet Friends

and

Happy Monday to you!!

Hope yall had a nice weekend.

Todays story happened a long time ago,

but felt like the Lord brought it to mind

along with the one I told you last week,

so I would share it this week.

It was back when my kids were still home,

and it was their and hubbies first day to

go back to school and work after the 

Christmas holidays. They had all left for

their destinations, and I had returned

 from a walk in our neighborhood and

decided to start taking the Christmas tree

 down, so worked on taking the ornaments

 off the lower half and finished that, so

 grabbed a taller than usual chair and 

climbed up and started taking ornaments

 off the top half of the tree, when all of

a sudden, I had (what I guess, was a 

vision).  I saw myself laying on the floor

 injured with no one to help me. 

 So I promptly got off the chair, and as 

soon as I stepped off the chair, I heard a

crack, and by the time my feet touched

the floor the chair seat cracked all way

the way across. I just stood there stunned

by what had just happened,  but also

full of gratitude because I definitely knew

 the Lord had warned me and spared me

 what would have most likely been

 a nasty fall.  

I Love remembering these stories as

they help build my faith all over again.

Have a wonderful day,

Love and Blessings,

Nellie

Scripture Sunday

 

Isn't that so...........

Each day has enough trouble of it's own?

That's why we need to seek His Kingdom

and His Righteousness daily...........

Love ya,

Nellie

Thankful Thursday October 29, 2026, and pictures of all things orange

 

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.    

 Galatians 6:9 NIV

Fall Greetings Sweet Friends,

Hope your week has been a good

one.  Ours has been. We have

warmed up some this week,

much to our dismay....lol

but that's the way our Fall

weather goes here in florida.

Todays pictures are of all

things that are Orange.

So..... on with my Thankfuls

#1

Thankful and can you hear us singing the "Hallelujah Chorus"

 as we finally finished the wall paper stripping in lil darlings bathroom. Now we can finally move head with getting it painted. It was truly a labor of Love. lol 

#2

Thankful that I got to spend the better part of the day visiting with a dear friend.  Always so enjoyable!  Thanks Becky

for coming.

#3

Thankful for an opportunity

to bless someone and make their

day, and it truly blessed our

day as well. It really is more blessed to give than to receive.

 As Acts 20:35 says!

the Lords way of doing things

is just so opposite of what we

typically think.

#4

Thankful for Pastor Allen Jackson, a Pastor in Tennessee,

that we watch on You tube

He is excellent and so down to

earth, and definitely preaches

the word of god.  We love listening to him.

#5

thankful for a comedian that

 we have seen on dry bar comedy

 tonight saw on "Focus on 

the family".  He is really funny

and has very clean humor.

His name is Kenn Kington.

Watch him here

#6

Thankful for these small 

battery operated lamps we got

about 6 mos. or so ago. They are

so cute and I love that if I get

up during the night I can use one

of them rather than turning on

our normal lights which are of

course, much brighter.  they make

it just seem so cozy if you are 

reading, sitting or eating!! 

#7

Thankful for a nice long phone chat with another long time friend yesterday.  We have been texting, but so much nicer to actually get some details on things, and to catch up.

#8

Thankful for a pumpkin bundt

cake I made earlier this week,

it has been so good, and we started putting apple butter

 on it which made it even better.

Just one piece left

and Hubby got it!!  😞 lol

#9

Thankful that hubby had the 

idea for us to try and do a

crossword puzzle together,

as neither of us are good at

those, but when he retired our

Daughter had given him a crossword puzzle book, along with some other puzzle books

 as well. So he thought maybe 

with both of us that might work, and guess what?? it did!!

We finished the whole puzzle,

and had a lot of fun doing it.

So there will be more of that

in our future!!  lol

#10

Thankful we had another opportunity to  bless someone this week. Such a 

blessing for both of us and 

especially for me, since I am home

bound, so always looking for an

 opportunity  to be a blessing

 from a distance.

#11

Thankful to be able to see,

talk, hear, eat and walk.

So easy to take all that for granted.

#12

Thankful for the enjoyment of living in our home, and having it decorated for Fall. 

 So enjoying that! 

that's it for Cozy Place 

this week!

Thanks for your visit.

and

Have a lovely week ahead,

Love, Hugs and end

Of October Blessings,

Nellie