{ Wednesday's Words - Old Sayings }

 I ♥ "old sayings"!

Bite the Dust - Psalms 72:9

The Blind Leading the Blind - Matthew 15:13-14 

By the Skin of Your Teeth - Job 19:20

Can a Leopard Change His Spots - Jeremiah 13:23  

Cast the First Stone - John 8:7 

Drop in a Bucket - Isaiah 40:15 

Eat, Drink, and Be Merry - Ecclesiastes 8:15 

Eye for Eye, Tooth for a Tooth - Matthew 5:38 

Fall From Grace - Galatians 5:4 

Fly in the Ointment - Ecclesiastes 10:1  

   Go the extra mile - Matthew 5:41  

The Love of Money is the Root of All Evil - 1 Timothy 6:10  

Nothing but skin and bones -Job 19:19-20 

The Powers that Be - Romans 13:11  

Pride comes before a fall - Proverbs 16:18 

Put words in one’s mouth - 2 Samuel 14:3 

Rise and shine - Isaiah 60:1 

Scapegoat (from the Old Testament Law) - Leviticus 16:9-10  

See eye to eye - Isaiah 52:8  

Sign of the times - Matthew 16:3  

Strait and Narrow -  Matthew 7:14 

Twinkling of an Eye - 1 Corinthians 15:52

There’s nothing new under the sun - Ecclesiastes 1:9 

Wash your hands of the matter - Matthew 27:24  

 Wit’s End - Psalm 107:27 

Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing - Matthew 7:15 

One of my favorites.....

"Red sky at morning, sailor take warning.

Red sky at night, sailor's delight"

Matthew 16:2-3

And, one from my Momma.....

"If I live and nothing happens"

(which I find myself saying a lot in my old(er) age, too)

Happy Wednesday, Friends!

{ Wednesday's Word - Rain }

As I'm typing this it's pouring down rain outside.  That might not mean much to some of you, but to those in our area it's a sound straight from heaven because we've been under an extreme drought with no measurable amount of rainfall since July 5th (something I heard on our local news). You can't even see the  ground for the leaves, but that is perfectly okay.  

Rain.....glorious rain!

This will give all the exhausted firefighters a reprieve from all their hard labor fighting the fires in Gatlinburg.

The rain will, hopefully, get rid of the smoke in the air that is making so many sick (including Pappy and me).

The rain will soak into the ground and cause the yards and trees and shrubs to drink it in and come back to life!

We don't always see the rain that comes into our lives as "life-giving" but as a burden or a hindrance.  As I grow old(er), I'm realizing that we need to be thankful for those stormy, rainy times because they make us to grow stronger in our faith and help us face the next trial with a little more HOPE and assurance that everything is going to turn out okay!

If we'll only trust in the One Who sends the rain!