I thought since it seems are lives are so difficult and sometimes on the negative side. Maybe we might just start acknowledging blessings each day. Maybe this will help us keep ourselves from falling into all the negative. Like today I am blessed because I noticed my patience is getting better. I hope you all can see at least one blessing a day. Even though we have many we sometimes don't think about or see. May God Bless.
I am also grateful that this new lady at church just showed my Mom so much love, that is always a blessing when someone shows my Mom love. It is so refreshing for me.
And I am grateful to have completed my pie baking for this evening.
Mostly I am blessed for the following reason:
“As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.”
John 15:9
“Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.”
Proverbs 31:30
I am truly a city girl at heart. But, after living in the country 12 years or so, you learn to do necessary things. I don't like relying on my DH , because what if he wasn't here I would need to know how to take care of things. So there are a lot of things I have learned over the years, for my own survival. Thank the Lord. even though a city girl at heart, I love now the quiet of the country, growing our own food(of course the Lord grows it, I just plant, weed, water) and actually enjoy cutting wood. Its good exercise too.
Thank you Snoopy.
So glad you got a bit extra sleep, hope that equals rest. Wonderful news about your cold, and glad you had a nice and eventful day.
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalms 27:1
Today I had so many wonderful blessings. . . I was able to sleep in a bit, and woke up feeling immediately that the symptoms of the cold I've had the last few days were greatly reduced. I popped downtown to do a few errands, got a little of the Christmas vibe that can be fun to feel this time of year. Then my dad and I went to church and it was so lovely and refreshing. Great sermon, some carols and praise songs, and the sanctuary lit up with lights.
Thanks, Lord!
I’d just suggest next time she says it is “you” time, don’t ask three times if she is sure she doesn’t want to go..she might change her mind! :) (kidding, just a Saturday joke!)
Very glad you had that wonderful personal time with God and nature.
On a different note, I’m impressed!! chainsaw, the woods, load of wood! You are a quite a self sufficient woman and that is great :)
So I asked DH to warm up the chainsaw for me(I can never get it started unless its warmed up ;)
I put it in the back of the jeep and said I'm gonna go get some wood. I asked Mom did she want to go with me. To my great surprise she had a big smile on her face and said, "No, this is your time."
What? I thought.
I said are you sure, and she repeated the same.
I was so surprised by that answer. I have never said anything about, "My time."
She always goes everywhere I do.
so again I asked her if she was sure, she said you go and have fun and be safe. what ?????
So she prayed with me, I hopped in the jeep, drove into the woods, the dogs
followed. I cut a load of wood. drove up top to the pond sat there for a little bit, talked with the Lord, listened to the birds and watched the dogs explore,
Fantastic!
So refreshing, and I was ever so grateful to the Lord for that bit of sanity.
Came back to the house and guess what, everything was ok, and nothing or no one fell apart in my absence.
Fantastic!!
“Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.”
Proverbs 30:5 (KJV)
Romans 12:12 - Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
We do work hard. Sometimes too hard. It's said idle hands are the devils tools. But, we also have to watch out not to be too busy to remember the important things. I think the devil has a part in that too.
Baking went well, thank you, so much.
My Mom woke up yesterday and wasn't right. She said I feel like crying or screaming and I don't know why. I told her, if she feels that do it, it is ok. I also reminded her what she tells Red the man who lost his wife. That it is ok to be sad and to cry. She said I know. Then my DH and I hugged her and prayed with her, and shortly after she said, my blahs are gone, I feel better.
And then I felt bad all day, concerned if she was really ok or not. But she seemed like she was. We baked and then she was just happy all the live long day. She is still grieving my Dad ,only she fights it.
I just thank the Lord for all his blessings, those that I recognize and those that I don't.
We are truly a blessed people and nation.
Lord, thanks for the blessings you gave me today. Thank you for the beautiful church Christmas concert we were able to take Dad to and which he was able to appreciate so much (singing along with the hymns, enjoying every moment). Thank you for the beauty of the lights on the "Christmas street" that we toured afterwards. Thanks for good food, a safe house and a warm bed.
Amen!
Mom loves when we go on a job, its always like a field trip to her. I always find little tasks that she can do because she always wants to help. She truly is one of the hardest working women I have ever met and she still is. Always keeping busy.
Anyway, Hallelujah, job done and bills paid. Now back to baking tomorrow.
Thanks, Lord!
Winter Wheat is planted.
Praise the Lord!
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7
Thanks, Lord!
“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?”
Jeremiah 32:27
Then DH and I went to get some firewood in our woods. I took the 4 wheeler and got to ride around for a bit through the woods. It was quite refreshing, I hadn't done that in a while. Well, really since I moved my parents here. What I noticed though was that I was super careful. Before I would zoom through the woods and around. It was fun. But today I just noticed how much more careful I am about things, thinking if anything happens to me, what will she do?
I am also grateful that I am done for the day and get to "put my feet up" at a decent hour. (sigh)
But, it was a wonderful day and I am so thankful to the Lord for allowing it to be so.
Luke 6:38
2 Chronicles 15:7
The dinner we had for Mom(kind of a dinner to honor my Dad) but it's really for her, something she looks forward to, but wears me out. :) Well, it went well, I believe everyone had a good time. I am exhausted and Mom had a great time, she laughed a lot, which that always makes me happy. So I thank the Lord so much that all that went well and that it is completed for this year.
Hoping to get some much needed rest tonight.
May God bless you all.
I can't afford to get sick.
Had a nice Sunny day.
Hope everyone else who has been feeling under the weather is feeling better.
So sorry you have the flu. You can definitely count on prayer on your behalf and your Moms as well. So glad the Lord has given you strength to endure,
Snoopy, glad also that you enjoyed some blessings this day. In Him we have our very being.
Much love to you all.
Also, I would very much appreciate if I could count on your prayers so I quickly overcome the flu :/ I have been down with it since last Friday, and you all can understand how being sick as the sole caregiver impacts not only us but the person we care for. It has been very rough, specially because instead of getting better I seem to “evolve” into another phase of the illness. BUT the reason I’m thankful is because although very hard, my mom and I have been able to navigate through this and she has not gotten the flu, which could be ten times worse for her. So thank you in advance for including us in your prayers!
“And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”
Luke 18:27