Monday Morning Meanderings Again 😊

It’s been another hard week emotionally for me. Sometimes I really wonder why I struggle so much. A good friend suggested I am grieving the loss of full-time rv’ing and traveling and working. The decision to settle happened so quickly. It’s not a bad situation ~ Ron got a job fairly quickly. It’s a shift he likes and once we get a few paychecks we will be okay financially ~ it’s the catching up that is so hard.

We so enjoy being close to Brandon and his family. We love that we are able to pick up kids from school and have sleepovers! Dinner with family and extended family are enjoyable! Our neighbors are friendly and great conversationalists!

I’ve got connected with a small group of ladies in a weekly Bible study. I will admit it has been a struggle for me to go and it’s easy to find excuses not to go: oh I’ve got a headache, I don’t want to bother B & D by getting the Expedition (Ron works that night so I need to use the Expedition to get there) and what do I do about CharlieBoy ~ oh yes, he can and does stay in his kennel for the 3 hours I am gone and he does just fine and he is super excited when I open the trailer door and we go for our evening walk to the mailbox.

EXCUSES ~ yesterday PR shared this on Facebook: Excuses ! Excuses ! Excuses ! If your Excuse want keep you from work why should it keep you from Worship .. Be Faithful to the Lord because He has Been Faithful to You !! So get up and get ready and come on, You will feel better if you do !!!! Oh I am so good at making excuses, but he is right ~ just get up, get ready and go, You will feel better if you do it!!! Each and every week I struggle to get to the LOL Bible study but each week as I drive home I am thankful I go.

I remember saying many years ago to my friend: “I am my own worst enemy. I always tell on myself!” She said maybe it’s a good thing because then I am accountable for my behavior. Maybe she is right!! Thanks Lynda C.!

Last week I didn’t do the lesson for Bible study but I committed to do Chapter 3 (last week’s lesson) before moving onto Chapter 4. So the last couple of days I have focused on Chapter 3 and oh how it hit home for me!!

Lesson 3 from is titled “Satisfaction” and it hit home for me! I have chatted with my Bestie a few times about being content, being content where God has planted me. Isn’t SATISFACTION or SATISFIED the same as BEING CONTENT ~ I think so! Once again God is meeting me right where my mind is stuck!!!

Many of the points made in Lesson 3 I already know, have read many times in God’s Word but yet again this morning I am given comfort in reading through and answering the questions. Below are the points that jumped out at me ~ I hope you enjoy learning along with me.

• Jesus will supply all my needs!
• It’s quite natural to crave our favorite foods yet at the same time we crave things of the Lord
  • Prayer
  • Worship
  • God’s Delicious Word
  • Love
  • Peace
  • Comfort
• Eating comfort foods last only a little while, but if I fill up on God’s provisions it is long lasting

• When I fill up with stuff (FOOD) it is only temporary but IF I fill up on God’s Word and His Promises, He satisfies is so many different ways!
• What fillers do I use to satisfy my cravings?
  • TV
  • Food – pasta, mashed potatoes, chocolate, carbs of all kinds!!!
  • Facebook
  • the list goes on and on 😣

• God’s word says He will provide for my NEEDS, not my wants ~ something I need to remind myself of quite often.
• Just as a baby cries and his mama gives him a bottle of milk IF I would cry out to God (instead of on Facebook) and seek and trust God He will provide for my/our needs!!

• Therefore if I keep my focus on the Lord, He will satisfy me and care for me.
• Be thankful for EVERY little thing!
• Stop COMPLAINING!!!!

• Stop complaining! Celebrate with one another; give thanks for all that God has provided for me!

The prayer at the end of Lesson 3 echoed my many thoughts so I share it here:

Lord Jesus, forgive me for seeing quick fixes to fill my emptiness. Thank you for filling me instead with your faith-giving Spirit. Satisfy my hunger and thirst, my every need, according to your will. You have loved me and will continue to love me, you have comforted me and will continue to comfort me ~ help me to seek you so that in turn I can love and comfort others! Amen*

Final thoughts: when I listen to worship music it calms my whole being, when I read God’s word I am reminded of God’s love for me and all of his promises that he will never leave me!!!

*Pg 49 Living a Chocolate Life by Deb Burma