Please pray for my husband's family. There is strength in numbers when two or more come together in agreement in prayer. My wonderful mother-in-law is very ill and well, things are not looking too bright at this time.
I know that God can heal the sickness but I also know that He takes away pain and suffering. He soothes the hurting and comforts all of us. He surrounds us with peace and love in His warm fuzzy blanket of grace and mercy.
Right now is hard but God will use this in us to make us stronger. Still, please pray.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Someday, somehow, someway......
I love knowing that someday, somehow, somewhere out there beneath the starry skies.... (sorry, I side tracked) I will be able to have my true heart's desire. Now if you have been reading my blog over time, you might think it is traveling. Sort of true but not completely. My true heart's desire is to take my big 'ol rockin chair to Africa or someplace such as that, plop it down, get comfy, and then rock, hug, and love on the little children of the world. It is my dream to do this. So maybe someday, somehow, someway I will go and rock the little children of the world.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Some things have been happening in my life that I am really not at liberty to go into detail about but because of it, I have turned more to the scriptures. This is a good thing. I have been in the process of reading a book by Lisa Whelchel called "The Facts of Life" She says straight up that this is sort of a biography of her life but not really because she doesn't share everything. This book is basically a testimony of her walk with Christ. It is inspiring because some of things that she struggled/struggles with is some that I am/have also. She continually includes scripture that spoke to her in these times and what a blessing it has been. I am continually amazed at God's timing. God presents scripture that I need to hear, read, etc. at just the time I am in what I call crisis mode.
Lisa talks in her book about how God pruned her, set her straight, showed her direction, etc. All things that I have needed to hear. She talks about listening to the voice of God and how to discern when it is Him and when it isn't. Again, things I needed to hear. For some reason I picked up this book to bring for the weekend rather than the classic novel I have been working on for months. I am so glad I did. The ministry that has come from the words and scriptures in this book have soothed my soul and made me realize so many things.
I was angry and hurt as the weekend started but God has comforted me and spoken to me in some ways that are just not explained with words. I am feeling so blessed by the words that I have had come into my spirit. This has also made me realize that I don't spend enough time in the word and that even though I pray every day almost constantly, it isn't the kind of praying that I really feel that God is calling me to do. I also realize that I will be under attack once I commit to being more into the word and I will have to pray harder and be ready.
The attacks are my weakness because I get compliant and comfortable. God is showing me that this is an area I have to work on.
So you see, out of the bad comes the good and out of this comes God's best. I ask that those who read this please keep me in your prayers that I will be diligent and in tune with what God wants for my life and not what I want.
Lisa talks in her book about how God pruned her, set her straight, showed her direction, etc. All things that I have needed to hear. She talks about listening to the voice of God and how to discern when it is Him and when it isn't. Again, things I needed to hear. For some reason I picked up this book to bring for the weekend rather than the classic novel I have been working on for months. I am so glad I did. The ministry that has come from the words and scriptures in this book have soothed my soul and made me realize so many things.
I was angry and hurt as the weekend started but God has comforted me and spoken to me in some ways that are just not explained with words. I am feeling so blessed by the words that I have had come into my spirit. This has also made me realize that I don't spend enough time in the word and that even though I pray every day almost constantly, it isn't the kind of praying that I really feel that God is calling me to do. I also realize that I will be under attack once I commit to being more into the word and I will have to pray harder and be ready.
The attacks are my weakness because I get compliant and comfortable. God is showing me that this is an area I have to work on.
So you see, out of the bad comes the good and out of this comes God's best. I ask that those who read this please keep me in your prayers that I will be diligent and in tune with what God wants for my life and not what I want.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
All That Has Happened Since Christmas
Well, everyone seems to have posted so much since I have. It has been so busy since Christmas. The Tatums and Ducommuns arrived and we went almost non-stop with Christmas, shopping, and visiting. It was a good visit and I enjoyed seeing the family.
We attended our annual January 1st reunion and got to catch up with family members we only see every 6 months. We missed several family members who were sick. Pictures were taken as usual. I think the kids out number the adults now. There was a time that we all thought that this might not be the case.
The younger two kids and I started back to school and have gotten back into the swing of things. The oldest son had oral surgery in the middle of the week. It started back the Monday before Christmas when he told me that his tooth hurt. The next day at the dentist, we were told that every molar had a cavity. Not only that but a 12 year old molar had been coming in crooked the whole time and as a result, had bumped against the other tooth. The result was the 12 year old molar developed into an abscessed tooth and had to be removed. They did fill several cavities on one side of his mouth but we still have a lot of work to do. He came through the surgery fine but was really grouchy for several days. I know that the pain was a cause but it was a endurance test of patience at times. Our girl came for a visit and she needs to have saint hood on her head for putting up with the boy. She helped out around the house and with the cooking. I really enjoyed having her around. I miss both of them since they had to go back to school.
The other thing that I seem to have been doing a lot of is cooking. I have been really going after it. I have learned to make brisket that the guys around here will eat. The same recipe works with roast. They ate that up as well. I made cookies, homemade bread, homemade salsa, mango salsa, beef stew, stuffed jalapenos, and breakfast tacos. I just find myself in the kitchen and all the sudden I am cooking something. I did watch the movie "Julie and Julia" but not until this week. I would love to do what Julie did and cook my way through a cookbook and blog about it. The problem is that no one here would eat Julia Child style food. I need to find a great cookbook and start doing that. I do have all of Rachel Ray's cookbooks and I toyed with that but.... Something to ponder.
OHHHHH!! I finally finished a whole skein of yarn on a project. The problem is that it didn't turn out like I had hoped so I am toying with what I want to do with it now. It is either going to be the world's biggest pot holder or half a scarf that I need to finish. I was just excited that I did it in 4 days. At the reunion there were 2 little eight year old girls there crocheting and they made a complete pot holder while there. The sad thing was that they had only learned to do that the day before. I learned a year ago and still haven't finished a project. I am so ADD when it comes to crafty things.
Be prepared for an upcoming project. I am going to redo the oldest son's room. I have a great plan for it. I am going to be posting before and after pictures of what I do. I hope to be done in the next month. I am also hoping to be posting finished projects in the next couple of months. Wish me luck.
We attended our annual January 1st reunion and got to catch up with family members we only see every 6 months. We missed several family members who were sick. Pictures were taken as usual. I think the kids out number the adults now. There was a time that we all thought that this might not be the case.
The younger two kids and I started back to school and have gotten back into the swing of things. The oldest son had oral surgery in the middle of the week. It started back the Monday before Christmas when he told me that his tooth hurt. The next day at the dentist, we were told that every molar had a cavity. Not only that but a 12 year old molar had been coming in crooked the whole time and as a result, had bumped against the other tooth. The result was the 12 year old molar developed into an abscessed tooth and had to be removed. They did fill several cavities on one side of his mouth but we still have a lot of work to do. He came through the surgery fine but was really grouchy for several days. I know that the pain was a cause but it was a endurance test of patience at times. Our girl came for a visit and she needs to have saint hood on her head for putting up with the boy. She helped out around the house and with the cooking. I really enjoyed having her around. I miss both of them since they had to go back to school.
The other thing that I seem to have been doing a lot of is cooking. I have been really going after it. I have learned to make brisket that the guys around here will eat. The same recipe works with roast. They ate that up as well. I made cookies, homemade bread, homemade salsa, mango salsa, beef stew, stuffed jalapenos, and breakfast tacos. I just find myself in the kitchen and all the sudden I am cooking something. I did watch the movie "Julie and Julia" but not until this week. I would love to do what Julie did and cook my way through a cookbook and blog about it. The problem is that no one here would eat Julia Child style food. I need to find a great cookbook and start doing that. I do have all of Rachel Ray's cookbooks and I toyed with that but.... Something to ponder.
OHHHHH!! I finally finished a whole skein of yarn on a project. The problem is that it didn't turn out like I had hoped so I am toying with what I want to do with it now. It is either going to be the world's biggest pot holder or half a scarf that I need to finish. I was just excited that I did it in 4 days. At the reunion there were 2 little eight year old girls there crocheting and they made a complete pot holder while there. The sad thing was that they had only learned to do that the day before. I learned a year ago and still haven't finished a project. I am so ADD when it comes to crafty things.
Be prepared for an upcoming project. I am going to redo the oldest son's room. I have a great plan for it. I am going to be posting before and after pictures of what I do. I hope to be done in the next month. I am also hoping to be posting finished projects in the next couple of months. Wish me luck.
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