The Closet, the right one and praise greeting

- Setting a goal for this past Saturday to have my home all tidy again and clean before the end of the day.  And making the goal; it is lovely to have a clean and tidy place.  But the closet in my home office has become a dumping ground and is a project for another time.  It does remind me a bit of Fibber McGee's closet in the film above.  :)

- Attending a cookie reception and finding a wonderland of cookies.  I circle the table while chatting until I spot the one I want - shortbread with fondant icing.  Yum.  (And another goes in a napkin to have later.)

- The director of Christian Education at my church always does the children's sermon and this week she talks about an African praise greeting that originated from Nigeria.  She tells the children of her neighborhood in Atlanta that has many people from other cultures who walk everywhere they go because they have no car.  She recounts a recent experience in which she asks a passing neighbor, "How are you?"  The response, "God is good, all the time."  She responds, "All the time, God is good."