2025 OneThing #44 - Know When to Say When . . .

My plan for 9.28.2025 was to write about sending letters of encouragement to our church's missionaries. That still has not happened. I had good intentions! But I spent many, many hours at St. Francis Hospital with my father-in-law and more time with him at Suite Living. He passed away on Friday, October 3rd at 2:19pm. We are in the thick of funeral planning and pretty much everything else has gone by the wayside.

SO this entry will cover 

• 9/28 - encouragement to missionaries
• 9/30 - September summary
• 10/5 - week of thinking I would be working on my "Abide" fabric word . . . 
• 10/12 - not setting a new goal for this week that's already half over (Hence the title of this entry.)
  

 

I have no idea what my "OneThing" will be for October 12-18. The funeral is on 10/14. We have something planned for each day of the week. Right now, Saturday, October 18 is my only unplanned day for the entire week. Sigh. I have to focus on my blessings because my life is filled with them!

Here's the sign I put up at church inviting people to share with our missions people:

Some people did write notes, but I haven't done my own yet and I think I should just wrap that up and mail whatever we do have!

I love snail mail but I recognize that not everyone enjoys that. Still, I had hoped for a more robust response. We gave people four weeks to participate.

Here's my calendar for a few weeks (I thought I was getting back on track!):

 Actually, weeks one and two went well. It's funny how much of a difference it makes when you rely on the Lord instead of yourself!

I'm also happy with the gift for Benjamin, but I can't believe I didn't get a single photograph at his birthday party!

My verse was from Galatians 6:9-10

 

 

 

 

Here's my fabric for my word for this school year:

My sister Ann expressed some confusion about this word. To me, it's best explained by John15:4. "Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me." 

I want to daily seek God's presence. I want to dwell in the shelter of the Lord. When I try to do things my own way, I end up frustrated / exhausted / defeated. 

Abide is the word I want for this school year! It's also my plan to stop doing the One Word after this school year. Perhaps I'll get back to quilting one of these days.

It's too depressing to take a photo of my house's piles of papers, photos, clothing, etc. And there's still more at Suite Living! We're almost done removing Lou's personal effects. After that, we'll take out the furniture. As usual, we have more to do than time to do it!