great is our God

the other day as I was singing some hymns that I knew from childhood, I started singing ." How great thou Art" and all the sudden I had this picture of God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit talking about making mankind. They knew from the beginning that in order to have men love them voluntarily, they had to give them the free will to do wrong. Also so even before they created man Jesus agreed to become a man and be nailed to the cross for our sins and rise again for our salvation. I just started crying. It was so wonderful so unbelievable that they would decide to do that for me, God loves us so much. There is nothing we can do to make him love us less nor anything we can do to make him love us more. But if we love him and obey him, we are more aware of His love. Sometimes I feel like I'm in the ocean of His love and I can just rest and float and know that He loves me. I am starting to cry again. Just wanted to share this with you.

End of year evaluation

There have several venues that have asked us: What was the best or worst thing that happened to you this year.So, after some thought I decided that the worst thing was that Don is still not working. Also, my pain is still with me, and the fatigue was worse this year. However, the fact that God has been with me in a greater way then ever before outweighs all the bad. I am more convinced than ever how much I am loved by the Lord!!! At no time were we short of food, nor did we get utilities shut off. We still enjoy being with each other, and with the rest of our family.

Any time I was hurting really bad, and I called to God, He immediately made me aware of His Presence and His Love! So this year has been more good than bad!!

a lazy Thursday afternoon

Well I've made it through till Thursday. Anyway. I worked today folding and hanging up and sorting clothes. I'm tired of going through baskets to find something to wear. So I thought I'd do as much as I could today.I got one basket totally empty. Hooray! A small victory but a victory, nevertheless. Now I'm resting, my knee is Hurting.!
Since we had snow, there've been a lot of different birds coming to our bird feeder. We saw a junco a tufted titmouse, of course our Blue Jays and Cardinals, and lots and lots of sparrows. So my husband is outside waiting for birds to come to the birdfeeder so he can take pictures of them. He takes very good pictures and he loves to work on them so they're perfect.
I finished looking and reading at my Better Homes & Gardens magazine. Sometimes they give me ideas and sometimes it all looks like too much work. I'm listening to Christmas music this afternoon like I've been for the past two weeks. One of the radio stations is playing Christmas music all day long. That is so cool. Well I can't think of anything else to say so I guess I'll close up for today.

Monday, December 06, 2010

today is Monday. Monday is usually a hard day for me. I'm tired after I'm tired after going to church. And sometimes we do other things that day. Even though I'm tired and I hurt. I can still have a good day. It is my choice. I can choose to be depressed because I don't feel good or I can choose to be upbeat because I've been through this before. I've had bad days before, and I'll have them again, but it's my choice what I do with them. So it's a cold, snowy December day but I'm going to listen to Christmas carols and thank God that I can do that. Then I'll meditate some more on the love that he had for us to send his son as a baby so that he might be the perfect sacrifice for us. God bless you and may you have a great day.

Monday

This morning in my devotionals I was reading 1st John. And it was talking about loving God. And how do we know when others are from God and when they're not. One of the big things that chapter talked about was if anyone can say that Jesus came in the flesh he was from God. If anyone could not say that he was not from God.
( There is a religion that is much talked about these days that does not believe that Jesus came in the flesh)
Another thing that was mentioned in this chapter of 1st John was that if we do not love our brothers and say we love God we are a liar. I remember once as a child when I was frustrated and angry of all my brothers for something they had done and I said to myself I just hate them the one I love is God. That Sunday preacher preached on this part of first John. I knew God was talking to me and I knew that I could not continue in that way of thinking so I decided to forgive my brothers and continue on. So today I'm saying that God has given us a way of knowing whether people are from him or not: do they say that Jesus came in the flesh. If they do then they are from God if they don't then they are not. And also that we are to love our brothers who we have seen, or we cannot love God we have not seen
May God give you a blessed day.

a day in the life of God's grace

This has been a rough week for me physically. I didn't feel good and I was tired and had to go the doctor and get an antibiotic.But I have been listening to a radio show about God's grace this week. I realized that by God's grace I'm still able to do things: I can sit on my porch and enjoy the warmth and the breeze and the birds and the kids in the neighborhood. I can visit with neighbors and play cards. I'm so thankful to have a husband who loves me, loves to be with me and helps take care of me. I'm also thankful to have a family that loves me. I have talked on the phone to friends and family. God has given me so much. I'm blessed so much. I'm so thankful to God for sending his son to die on the cross that I could then be adopted as his daughter

Monday

Today is Monday I have had a great weekend. Sunday it was hard to get up. But I did make it up and I went to church. I had an amazing time with Jesus, even though it was not a good day for me physically. Then we went to her daughter's house for a big family birthday party. We were celebrating three birthdays. We had a great time visiting and talking and watching the little ones play. I love these family get-togethers, they mean so much to me. I enjoyed myself so much. But today was so hard. I hurt everywhere. but you know, God helped me to relax. So that I was able to go to on the porch and enjoy the beautiful day he gave us. Then I called my sister and we talked and talked and it really helped me to get so was focusing on my pain so much. I'm so blessed to have so many people care for me.