Some thoughts, lessons, and/or reflections from the day:
- I woke up early to find Susan had wandered upstairs after having a seizure. It was too early to head to work, so once she was resettled I went back to sleep.
- There was a sliver of the moon visible as I headed into clear the walks to start my day. It was a beautiful sight and the “unlit” portion was also visible in a shadowy kind of way.
- Somehow I had sent this week’s prayer guide to the office with last week’s prayer points so I had to print new copies this morning and put them in the bulletins after taking the incorrect ones out.
- In our church gathering this morning David shared a message from the series he is preaching from the book of Acts. Today’s topic was about not giving up because God is with us.
- God’s presence gives us His provision.
- God’s presence gives us His protection.
- God’s presence gives us everything.
- As I prepared to spend time with my family today, I thought about all the years I squeezed every last cent out of each dime we had because it always seemed like money was in short supply.
- I’m not sure which happened first but it seems like the more I have opened my hands, the more that I have found in them.
- We headed out today in search of eagles and a visit to Starved Rock State Park allowed us to find quite a few of them.
- Today’s photo is a collection of three photos I took of the bald eagles. They are sure beautiful and majestic to watch.
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Tom's Treasure 
All good points – the more generous we are, the more we seem to have! That isn’t to say we should be frivolous. We have to be good stewards… I hope Susan was OK.
As with everything, there is a balance. I believe a good steward learns to be generous without being wasteful . . . but even that is subject to interpretation, I suppose. 🙂 Susan was okay, the up and down weather patterns we have been having typically increases the frequency of her seizures but most of them are relatively minor.