Light, bright and shadowed are the trees soaking in the rays of the soon sleeping sun. It’s worth a smile. Perhaps even a pic. 
But you know the eye of a phone :) cannot crisp the details like baby blues (or greens, hazels and browns).
I hope you all have been enjoying Father’s creation and perhaps some football today.
Carry on! 
See you soon, LORD willing.
If you all knew on our wedding day my husband to be then left his suit pants hanging separate from his jacket (not inside as is his custom) on the door frame of his bedroom instead of bringing them to the church, you would think today’s story is nearly as funny as we do.
So. Today hubby picked up his suit to take it with him and he checked for his pants inside – they were there; we both grinned. We exchanged our ‘see you in a little whiles’ and I followed him out the door. He went right and I went left to check the tomato bushes. It was a short check – good thing. As I turned toward the back door I saw. Yes! pants on the ground! With a giggle already bubbling I scooped them up waving them over my head racing for the front yard. As I reached his car, I said, “you are just set on losing your pants, aren’t you?” His smile is priceless!
Folks, embrace the laughter! Relish together the moments as they come to you and then cherish the memories! It makes life GOOD.
Perhaps I have misunderstood and if so please forgive, but it seems right to share one of my prayers with you today.
Abba. Thank You for this huge privilege of cleaning; floors, toilets, the whole of it. Thank You that You elevate these housekeeping tasks to blessings for our families, even for You; for You because You gave us these homes and it is to Your glory that we care for them in appreciation and thanksgiving for Your abundant grace in providing them. I pray to be balanced in this caring, perfection is desirable but not practical and I know well perfection quickly becomes an idol so that we resist. We aim for clean, healthy, comfortable, modesty in decor and a welcoming atmosphere for us who live here and those that You in Your grace allow to visit in our homes. And, Abba, make us hospitable people. Huh, Abba, if I spelled that right being welcoming and operating in hospitality is a form of the word hospital. Wow, make our homes places where those, even our own can come and find healing for what ails them. Oh, Abba, that is huge. Thank You so much. Amen and amen in Jesus welcoming and holy name.
Truth.
I just wanted a means, something to put on the page for today to help keep The White Stone on your radar and, of course, in the process hopefully give you something helpful.
This!
Esther 1:13 (TLV) 13 . . . for it was the king’s practice to consult experts in matters of law and justice. source
That’s what opened and that’s what I saw.
Key words: practice to consult experts
The complete verse: Esther 1: (TLV) 13 So the king consulted the wise men who discerned the times, for it was the king’s practice to consult experts in matters of law and justice. source
What better counsel could we have? To consult experts in the field of – – – whatever the field of question or decision I would say. But how do we choose an expert? VERY CAREFULLY! For me, my experts MUST line up with Scripture. Without that alignment with the Bible I cannot shall we say trust their expertise.
For it was the king’s practice.
Abba, thank You. Thank You for this passage of Scripture. And thank You that I just happened :) upon it today. Thankfully America does not have a king but we do have a president so it is for our President that I ask that You move upon him to more and more consult experts not only in fields of law and justice but experts in all matters before him for decisions. I pray those experts will not be experts of only earthly wisdom but will have heavenly wisdom as well – Your Wisdom, Father. And not just President Trump but Vice President Pence and Attorney General Sessions, Secretary of Education, Secretary of HUD, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, each and every person in the Trump Administration, I pray You will make Yourself and Your Ways known to them and I pray they will respond accordingly. Thank You, Abba.
~ ~ ~ If the Church Don't Rise, Kathie
