Can you say Electric Bill or Mortgage?

Well I missed my first day of blogging already. We recieved a progress energy bill of $633.34 that we were not expecting. The month prior was $289.??. I expected a jump but not a hike up the mountain. First we are having our heat pump serviced and we will go from there. As far as paying the bill....not sure how that is going to work yet. My plan is to eliminate some electricity usage in our home very soon. I will be sharing with you in the coming weeks what I am doing and how or if it is helping.

p.26 from my grandmothers book

GOD IS THERE

I knelt down and deeply studied

The heart of a violet, blue and fair.

I crushed a raindrop, tween my fingers

And whisper'd, "God is there."

April 1940

First Entry

Well, this is my very first post on my very first blog. I am not all that computer literate but I get around on the web somehow. To start with, I would like to share with you a little book published in 1941, written by my grandmother, Alma Campbell Boyte. Alma died in 1976 before I was here. I can tell from her poems that she loved the Lord and her family, especially her mother, Sarah Campbell.

The Way of Victory

Of many ways of the human mind,

As yet, I never have been able to see

How that a Conqueror can count his gain

Through blood stained spoils as Victory.

A thousand times more I'd rather be

The humblest of peasants in his lowly lot,

Than thus be linked with history;

A thousand times, yes, let me be forgot.

May God hasten on that blessed day

When all mankind shall be led to know

That peace holds the way of Victory,

Rather than war with all its woe.

Jan. 8, 1941.