194. viewing fireworks in a convertible

193. Washington, D.C. with Savannah-Jane and Burke

192. beautiful Amish countryside

191. Amish boys enjoying a simpler life

A good quote...

Francois Fenelon, a French Roman Catholic theologian, poet, and writer said, God prepares a cross for you that you must embrace without thought of self-preservation. The cross is painful. Accept the cross and you will find peace even in the middle of turmoil. Let me warn you that if you push the cross away, your circumstances will become twice as hard to bear. In the long run, the pain of resisting the cross is harder to live with than the cross itself.

Thankful

187. Arriving in Pennsylvania safely

188. Laughing

189. Driving a rented convertible

190. Cool nights in Pennsylvania

A Prayer

I am no longer my own, but yours.
Put me to what you will, rank me with whom you will;
put me to doing, put me to suffering;
let me be employed for you or laid aside for you,
exalted for you or brought low for you;
let me be full, let me be empty;
let me have all things, let me have nothing;
I freely and heartily yield all things to your pleasure and disposal.
And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
you are mine, and I am yours.
So be it.
And the covenant which I have made on earth, let it be ratified in heaven
AMEN.