What a Day today has been ....

Today is Palm Sunday. One week from now Christians will celebrate Easter Sunday ... the Resurrection of Christ ... which is our Hope! For since He came, died & Rose again we now have the Hope of His return.

Church service this morning was incredible. The presence of the Holy Spirit was so strong. I know that God's word states that He inhabits the praises of His people and this morning was not unusual for our body of believers. But there was a difference this morning. For this morning I felt a weight of love for the lost like I've rarely felt before. I know I've "felt this way" before but not at the level of intensity that came upon me this morning. I also felt as if God wanted to challenge each one of us to Trust HIM and to step out in faith to believe for our needs. He will increase our faith if we lack the faith to trust HIM for all we may need from HIM. So here is a challenge to you. If you are new in your faith or perhaps the zest of your faith has been fading ask God to increase your faith. Ask Him to prove Himself to you again. Allow yourself to seek His Face yet again, and don't be shy about waiting on His reply!

Now I'll get off my soap box and tell you I've made some limited progress on my crochet projects. I've completed the snuggle sq. for my granddaughter. I've finished one of the two scarves (minus the decorative flower that usually adorns it) but I'm really doing my best not to start the 3rd hank of yarn she gave me ... but I don't think I will be able to manage a decent flower with the very small amount of yarn left from the first two hanks. Time will tell.

I am working on a design for a baby sweater. I have an idea I just need to see if I can execute it properly, and write the pattern on time!!!
Also I need to get the second scarf done and the baby sweaters that I should have finished already. So how do you like that for being late??? Oh yeah it happens.

So I wish you all a great week as Easter approaches take my challenge seriously. I know that God will meet you where you are.

Wishing you all frog free projects :)

PS ... I almost forgot to share with you ... one of my patterns has been published in the online e-zine Crochet Uncut ... it's called Toddler Scarf. (I made one for each of my granddaughters.) I hope you'll ck it out & let me know if you like it.

April Fool's ??

So today is April 1st. Also referred to as April Fools Day as long as I can recall. Personally I do not go in for all the April Fool's day gags, jokes, and pranks however if you can think of a really clever one & manage to pull it off then I can appreciate it.

I am not all that clever, nor would my execution of any of the pranks, gags or jokes be smooth enough to pull it off without a hitch! Instead of making lame jokes or a miscalculated prank I'm better off just ignoring the whole "April Fool's Day stuff" and concentrate on the important things happening around me. For example I have completed the second hat for Kathleen & need to get the scarves finished. I have one made without it's trim or flower and the second one is not even on the hook yet. So I must get to work on that. Then there is the charity challenge for this month ~ Blankets for Deployed Daddies... the idea is you make a specific sized baby blanket using a specific yarn & pattern they send your blanket to a daddy who is deployed to sleep with for a week so that their scent is now in the blanket he sends it to his wife so their baby can sleep with it & learn his scent. I think that this is sooooo cool!!! So I have this project waiting for my attention. Then there is the ever desired snuggle requested by my lovely granddaughter & she has been waiting for about a year now... I finally purchased the correct yarn for this and have actually started it but set it aside as there are more pressing projects to work on (see above mentioned scarves for Kathleen!!!) Not to mention I still have 2 outstanding baby projects to begin since they were expected (by me) to be completed long before today!!!

Oh so many things & yet I am so behind on their progress. But today I am really excited because I will be visiting my niece & nephew & their newborn my "great nephew" this morning. I am so happy for them & can't wait to hold this beautiful boy.

So I'm off to get ready for my visit and to get my projects lined up for working on when I return home.

Wishing you all a prank free & frog free day :)