Month: January 2014

Ugh…that is how I am feeling…

…I think the busyness of Christmas,

New Years, snow,

stressing out over things that really didn’t need stressing out about, snow, fighting getting a cold, did I mention snow and freezing temps, like really cold temps…yes we actually got down to -2*, felt like -17* and just plain doing too much…it finally caught up with me…

…the worst headache I have had in many years,

…congestion, tightness in the chest/back

…coughing, backache oh yeah, the headache from @#$%&*.

Yep I went to bed Wednesday evening about 9 PM and

crawled out of bed about 3 PM on Thursday

for about an hour…while I made some soup and ate said soup,

and found my bed, my pillows and blankets till 

7:20 AM this morning (Friday).

I am happy to say the headache is now about a 1-2 instead of 10+,

still have the tightness in my chest/back,

still coughing and feeling congested…

…I did get up and work for about 6 hours,

celebrating I got all the End of Month and Year reports done!!!

and now I am snuggled on the couch, 

finally checking emails…can you say over 600!!!

And that just overwhelmed me so I decided to 

write this very lame blog post.

And trying to get all the i’s dotted and t’s crossed

so we can go on vacation in

29 days and 26 minutes.

Can’t wait to see our kids and grands!!!

And friends and family,

our family at Northwood Alliance Church.

Time to go lay down…

…I will write more later.

Woke this morning at 6:00 AM to 0′ but felt like -15′

that is just too darn cold.

To warm myself up I rode my stationary bike

for 45.05 minutes, 9.65 miles and burned 495 calories.

Got on the scale and am down 1.6 lbs this week for a

weight loss of 8.2 lbs since 9/1/13 with a total

weight loss of 23.2 lbs since 8/1/11.

I need to lose 16.6 lbs to get to my first goal.

The sun is shining bright and looks beautiful on the snow,

the skies are clear.

This was taken at 7:53 this morning, isn’t it beautiful?

I began my Bible study this morning reading 

and I was reminded that I am the one who is to seek the Lord.

He is always waiting to hear from me.

That just warms my heart to know that 

God is ALWAYS here for me,

I just need to call on his name.

And then Mark 10:46-52

and the question Jesus asks Bartimaeus

Jesus asks not only Bartimaeus what he wants from Jesus

he asks that of me too.

What do I want Jesus to do for me?

God wants to know what we (I) want?

He wants specifics, the desires of our heart.

Laying heavy on my heart is reconciliation within my family.

I have prayed off/on for healing in a specific relationship,

that of my sister and myself.  I have cried out many times to God

and to her…all to no avail…but I am reminded this morning that 

I need to be diligent in my seeking God for healing and

remind myself I have done everything I can do … 

it is now up to her and God.

And I know it is all in God’s timing.

I need to be patient and continue to trust Him,

continue to pray for my sister and because I don’t know 

what is going on in her life

I just pray…

Lord be with Joanie, 

love on her like I am not able to do.

And then my focus changed from being on me to

what does the Lord want me to do.

Am I ready and willing to do what the Lord

asks me to do?

I am trying every day to say 

“Here am I Lord.  What do you want me to do?”

And then I ask myself

“Am I really willing to go where the Lord would have me to go?  

Or am I like Asa in 2 Chronicles 16:7-10

Or a little child who gets mad while playing with someone and grabs her ball and goes home crying because she did not get her way?  Don’t I respond like that sometimes.  Get mad, storm out of the room because I don’t like what someone said or implied?

But God is not like that…his grace gives us second chances, he loves me no matter what, he loves me not my sin.  Even though I don’t like what so and so said to me or did to me I need to stop, be quiet, listen and then do what is right even if its not what I want to do.

Thank you Jesus for giving me so many second chances, 

for loving me in spite of what I say or do that is not right or nice.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to right those who I have wronged.

Help me Jesus, to be quiet more, 

to listen more,

to think before I react.

Thank you Jesus for loving me!!!

And thank you for showing me how to extend grace

to others and myself as you extend it to me.

Amen.

We woke to SNOW this morning

These were taken about 7 AM out the office door of 

 Our motor home is under the light.  

The cabin is behind it.

Looking up the hill from the office.

 

And then about 8:00 this is what I found.

I just love that guy!!!

I am so thankful for a hubby who loves me and 

cares not only about me but all our guests as well.

Then about 11 AM we looked outside.

You can barely see where Ron had blown the snow.

But you can see where someone was able to get out of the campground.

And we thought you might like to see how big some of those snowflakes are.

Well I guess I should get off the computer.

Time to make some Apple Pancakes for brunch

and then start tackling my To Do List…

one of this weeks goals is to take down the Christmas decorations.

The house always feel so empty when everything is down

so I think I might leave some lights up inside.

What do you think?  Is that a good idea or not?

Psalm 118