Whew!!

It’s been a rough couple of weeks YET I have known I am not alone. Even in my misery, coughing spells, dizziness (not the fun kind either) and more coughing I have felt Poppa God with me. How you ask:

Having peace in my heart that this will pass. Being on the receiving end of encouragement and not a lot of “freaking out.” If you know me, you know how easy it is for me to go from A to Z in a nano second but through these past couple of weeks I have been calm on the inside and it has shown on the outside. And for that I’m thankful.

I often, at the end of the day, I will think “well I have sure changed over the years!” I don’t think the people who “know” me now would believe how I used to be. And that’s probably a good thing 😊I often say I’m exhausted – oh how more exhausted I would be if I was expanding all the energy of craziness, anger, and stress that I lived with for so long.

I’ve been back to work for two days (well half days) as I begin to slow down and lose steam about halfway through the day and end up taking a 2 1/2 to 3 hour nap!! I love my naps!!! What about you ~ do you like to take a nap? Long or short? Every day or just once in a while?

I’m thankful for a great boss who cares about me, along with co-workers and other work mates who ask how I’m doing? Encourage me to take things one step at a time and remind myself I have been gone for 4 weeks – the stack of TEAL’s will get done!!! Or should I say the multiple stacks of TEAL’s will get done – one TEAL at a time.

And in the last two days I have also received another stack of TEAL’s! They multiply faster than a bunch of rabbits!!! My prayer is that the powers that be remember I am only one person and I can only do one thing/TEAL at a time!! (I’m not referring to Jonathan but to some others ~ in case you are wondering?)

But I digress…I don’t want to be a complainer, I want to think about my time in the Word this morning and how I have been reminded who my Poppa God is! (if you click on the picture it will get bigger!) My prayer is that I can keep my notes in the forefront of my head as I go through today.

And what I shared yesterday morning in my Keep on Keeping On w/Him group:

“Good morning Friends. I’m feeling the need to be with Friends and I consider all four of you, my friend! I’m still trying hard not to be on Facebook though I will say having been sick with Covid for the last two weeks. I have done my fair bit of scrolling.

As I laid in bed last night, trying to fall asleep because 530 comes super early in the morning I found myself praying “ Jesus I just need someone to talk to.” I realize this morning as I’m working my way through a Bible study on psalm 23 that I have friends and I can call on you at any time just like I can call on Him.

So as I finished reading for today, I wanted to share with you what God reminded me of this morning –

1. How do I picture the Lord is my Shepherd? I wrote – I picture the Lord standing strong and tall with his staff in his hand for guidance close enough to reach out and touch me, but far enough a way that I am standing by myself to be able to freely stand alone, but in reality, I’m not really alone. I picture myself as a six or seven-year-old eagerly, anticipating seeing a smile on Poppa God’s face with his love just pouring out of his eyes into my own.

2. Qualities of God that are personal to me. – my rock equals strong, my light equals I’m not in darkness, my refuge I can hide and protect myself in His arms, my helper – I’m not alone and don’t need to do things by myself.

3. The qualities of God show up in my life by  being my rock – I turn to him in prayer, His light – feeling his love shine on me, my refuge – when the storms of life hit remembering his protective arm around me, and my helper – reminding me it’s OK to ask for help.

God as my rock – he stabilizes me

The Lord is my portion – He is enough 

God is my refuge – I am safe with him, I can feel safe with him

“ Lord, as I really lean on you as my Shepherd help me to feel the freedom to be as needy, or as dependent as a sheep.”

Footnotes – be needy, be vulnerable, be carried, be loved, be lead and be me and He is my Shepherd.

I hope in some way, my thoughts can speak to your heart as Poppa God has spoken to me this morning. Thank you for being here for me.”

Well my friends – the time has come for me to put the final touches together and head to work. Thank you for traveling along with me in this journey called life! As I like to always remind you (whoever you are) I love to get me feedback on my thoughts and answer any questions that may arise for you while reading my ramblings! Talk to you all soon!!

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Questions that came to me as I was writing: how do I change the font/color/style of a group of blocks instead of one at time? Notice I changed the block above but I couldn’t figure out how to do the same to the part I shared from my Facebook group – to just designate different things without doing it block by block. If you have a secret on how to do that, please share…I hope you understand what I’m asking 🤷‍♀️