Every Friday, over at Lisa-Jo Baker, tales of a Gypsy Mamma women write for five minutes flat. All on the same prompt that she posts at 1 minute past midnight EST every Friday. No extreme editing; no worrying about perfect grammar, font, or punctuation. Unscripted. Unedited. Real.

So, this week I am participating. Let's see what happens!!!!!

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This Shared Feast

It was just my husband and I; the children were gone!!

All of them were gone.

The table was elegantly set with our finest ~~China~~ chipped-around-the-edges Correll dishes.

Complete with blue checkered napkins and the finest of ~~silver~~ stainless ware.

First there was a salad of mixed greens, pea pods, cherry tomatoes, and garlic and cheese croutons.

My husband commented that the salad looked like it belonged in a restaurant.

After the salad, there was a delicious dish of breaded-garlic-chicken-tenders, baked baby potatoes served in butter and onions, and a slice of buttered raisin bread.

For dessert, there were two Whitman chocolates for each.

The food was delicious, the conversation sweet around the looong empty table minus seven. Someday this will be the norm...but not yet!!

'This Shared Feast' was for two; someday there will be a 'Shared Feast' with Jesus, the Lamb of God.

Will you be present at 'That Shared Feast?'

Friday Faves

Tuesday night we had to drive three hours from our country home to the city airport to send three of our children off on a mission trip. I totally forgot to add my favorite reads from the past week in setting up WholeHearted-Home Wednesdays so here goes for my Friday Faves!!

Here is a sweet blogger whose blog I hop on over to weekly. She wrote an inspiring post this week called, The Double-Edged-Sword. She blogs over at Fanta-4-Two. You have to read why she has given her blog that title!! You'll just have to visit her to see!!

In a moment of 'thinking I should just not bother to blog any longer' I came across a wonderful post on 'Blogging with a Mission' from Denise in Bloom. I hope you will take the time to read this as it is such an encouragement. She couldn't have said better for me why I blog.

Gail, over at Bible Love Notes wrote a very helpful post that is a must read:

Fun Free Blog Tool I hope you stop over to read this as it will help you to be a better blogger for the Lord (it is the Lord you blog for, right??) Gail would love it if you subscribed to her 1-Minute Bible Love Notes too!!

Happy Friday ladies!!

In Christ Alone,
~Judith~

Friday, July 13, 2012

Random Thoughts & Friday Faves (4)

Its Friday again and time for my weekly informal post!!

I love posting on Fridays as it is fun to
let down my hair!!

Photo Credit: Haven of Rest
My friend, Nita, over at
Pilgrim's Purse and Poetry,
knitted then felted my clip :-)

I have been so blessed this week to find some new blogs and also to have had some new followers to my humble online abode.
Thanks so much for following and enjoying the fellowship over here.
I have certainly enjoyed reading your blogs!!

Laura over at Journey in Faith
shared these kind words this past week.
I hope you drop on over and spend some time on her sweet blog!!

What Others See in Us

I have read soo many posts this past week from all my sweet friends in my blogisphere. You are all a blessing to me!!

I have been working on my blog the past couple days and now have some social media icons at the top of the page.
I also have a grab button for my blog with the html code.
I appreciate Jacinda Vandenburg over at the

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