Where to I begin?
It has been a couple of weeks at least since I have blogged and today I just knew I needed to but just have the blahs. I have had a wonderful few weeks since I have last blogged. To Paris and than home for a couple of days to rest before Carrie and family came. We had such a wonderful time.
Lennie rented a 9 passenger van for the 10 days they were here and boy did we put the miles on it. Carrie and Matt drove to Heidelberg the first couple of the days they were here to see some of Carrie's Club Beyond friends. Than we drove to Garmisch and drove all over the beautiful Bavarian country side. I have said this before and I will say it again...I could live there the rest of my life. Much of my family came from this area so I truly do think that is why I am so comfortable there. It always seems so familiar. The peacefulness, beauty, tranquility, and the majestic presence of the Alps are indescribable. It really is something you must experience yourself. When I am there Romans 1:20, "From the creation of the world, His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what He has made. As a result, people are without excuse." Each night as we were lying in our bed, with the window open just enough for the fresh Alpine air to seep in, we went to sleep hearing sounds of church bells and cow bells! Up in the meadows above us they were feeding in the quiet of the night and each time they bent down for another piece of grass their bells would gently ring into the night. Lennie and I agreed that no one who lives in the Alps should have high blood pressure. It was like listening to a personal lullaby from God Himself. A blanket of quietness, solitude and serenity given to us as a free gift just because we are His!!
Maddie just could NOT believe she was at the REAL Princess Castle. She had so much fun. She saw pictures of the princess, being born, taking a bath, kissing her Prince and even getting married....she was so full of joy. Everyone around us knew Maddie had come to see the Princess Castle. The only sad thing...."Where was the Princess?" My 4 oldest granddaughter's love Princesses....I cannot remember being so enamored like this about Princesses but it truly does make them so happy!
The greatest pleasure of the whole 10 days was just being Grammy and Papa to two of the sweetest little girls this side of heaven. There are times Lennie and I pinch ourselves because we cannot believe God has given us such wonderful gifts in our grandchildren. Our heart's do have an emptiness in them when we are not in their presence. But thankfully, we have wonderful, thoughts and memories of them all and God willing many,many more ahead.
So now we are back to being Debby and Lennie but we have some fun things planned for ourselves before we must go home. We were coming back from lunch on Monday afternoon, and Lennie looks at me and says, " I am going to miss this place." We have a peace and simplicity here that we do not have at home and we have made a plan to take it back with us. We do live so simply here. The only thing we both miss is Christian fellowship and that we miss much. I do not know what I would do without the computer. Daily I do my Precept Bible study with Kay Arthur, do my One Year Bible reading on line, listen to K-l0ve and Calvary 88.9, and Dave Ramsey, too! Thank God for facebook...because this really is how I get alot of fellowship. What a technical world we live in....and it has been a blessing to me being so far away from the things that are important to me.
Well, I have spoken enough today. I am back on track......
Tshuss,
Debby
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