Monday, Monday; the last Monday of 2014. Christmas is over. All the hustle and bustle is done. It is almost as if the world has come to a stop. The only event on our schedule today is a routine doctor's appointment for Ms. Kate. It's just an ordinary day. Her appointment is late enough that we will end up going out to lunch and then most likely to Target, since we haven't been there since well before Christmas. For sure, with New Year's day approaching, we must get some black-eyed-peas to have for luck. I don't believe that eating them will bring me good luck; --- but I do like too eat them, especially with corn bread.

It is a partially sunny, 33° morning with an 11 mph from the N/NE which say brisk and cool. The squirrels and birds are all "puffed up" allowing what ever process God gave them to stay warm in the winter to work. So, everything looks fat this morning like they have been on a Christmas dinner binge. And, --- from the looks of the feeders, they have been. I'll need to fill everything probably tomorrow.

My son in law Jim helped me Saturday and we took the mower deck off of the John Deere and put the snow blade on. We have had a very mild winter so far. The only snow we have seen was the storm in November, and it didn't amount to much. But, this area gets snow in January, February, and March. We have even had snow over an April Easter so, I'm hoping that by putting on the blade, I won't have to use it. But, better prepared than waiting until it does snow and then having to put the thing on by myself. It was difficult enough with the two of us this time.

Our Sunday services went well yesterday. I started a program a few months ago in which we gave every person in church a little cardboard bank in the shape of a church. I asked people to put their pocket change in it through the Christmas season and said we would collect them on Christmas Eve and on the last Sunday of 2014. I called the program, "Making a Change". Each church would decide where their money would be given to. I'm very glad to say that the two congregations responded extremely well to this program. There were a lot of boxes collected at each church. I know that St. Lucas voted to give their money to The Ronald McDonald House but I haven't heard who St. Paul's will help suppirt. The bottom line is that it was an illustration that we can do God's work with so little effort, and can help so many people. We can "make a change" in the lives of others simply by dropping our pocket change into a jar and then putting it together with others. God doesn't look for grand gestures; --- God simply looks for people who care enough to help someone else. Focus on that thought as you have a very blessed day.