I am so grateful that God has blessed me with this little home by the lake.  I love coming out onto my deck to watch the sunset and the ducks paddle by. I have my own little personal place of peaceful retreat. I do not take this place, this blessing, for granted.  It is truly a gift from God. I often sit in wonder that the God and Creator of the universe would take notice of me and bless me so abundantly. And so, with a grateful heart, blessings flow back to Him through His Word: Blessed be His glorious name forever; may His glory fill the whole earth. – Psalm 72:19 (NRSV)