Dear Ones,
  Hope you are having a wonderful weekend. We are home from the Lake and had a perfect time. You can read about it following. 
Devotions from Judy’s heart
  This morning I read from the book of Galatians. Paul says in chapter 5, “Christ has set you free and to live a free life…use your freedom to serve one another in love; that’s how freedom grows…for everything we know about God’s Word is summed up in a single sentence: Love others as you love yourself. That’s an act of freedom…Live freely animated and motivated by God’s Spirit.

 I felt like we experienced a time at the cabin of freedom in the Spirit. When I went to bed last night, I thanked the lord for a perfect day from start to finish. When Al and I first woke early yesterday morning we had time for personal devotions with the Lord and then prayer together to start the day. We began our trip to Hackensack by stopping to visit a friend from our former church who lives in Assisted Living. When I arrived, she was not dressed, had not eaten etc. and ordinarily she would be at breakfast. But since the help neglected her that morning, we were able to have a time of sharing and prayer. Her hands are gnarled with arthritis so the cookies on a stick that I made for her were the perfect answer since she could hold the stick and eat every morsel.
At the cabin I unpacked the food I had prepared for company and our daughter came over to visit while we waited. We had an uninterrupted time to catch up as we sat on the deck with perfect weather and no mosquitoes!

Friends came who we have known for many years and value their friendship and prayers. We weren’t rushed and could share our hearts together, catching up and praying together. The night before we left, a package that I ordered was hand delivered right to our door and in it was the gift I planned to give my friend that was perfect for her present circumstance. God’s timing is perfect!

  We had time to relax, nap and play scrabble before we had a birthday supper for Al on Ann’s Deck. Perfect weather, not too warm or cold, and my uncle brought his new girlfriend who we enjoyed getting to know. We had a wonderful meal and decadent chocolate cake for dessert that was almost 400 calories a piece!
  Al and I ended the evening sitting on the cabin’s deck, sharing our thoughts together as the sun went down. A lone loon swam in the water right out from our dock and gradually we were enveloped in quite darkness of night. As my head hit the pillow, my heart was full of thanks and praise. The day was perfect in every way; lived in freedom from schedules and received gifts from others even as we served one another.

Challenge for today: In your busy schedule, carve out time with the Lord to just be, even if it is only an hour.
Blessings on your evening and prayers and love, Judy