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.

Earth day

Today is Earth Day. That doesn't mean a whole lot to me. I do recycle a few things, but not very much. Yesterday and today have been days of no energy. In fact I was reading a web post by another woman about how God is using her even though she is in constant pain. As I read it, I was feeling like I didn't help anyone. Then I remembered that I had this blog and that I could comfort others with the comfort that I was comforted with. So here goes. I am loved by a loving God. I mean that there is no one who loves so much. He loved me so much that He gave his son to die a horrible death so that I could be with Him for all eternity. Knowing all this helps me to know that I would not be going through all this pain and fatigue if it was not necessary. I don't know why it is necessary, but it is. So no matter how bad I feel on any given day, I can rest in His Love and He will help me through the day. I hope that you enjoy the flower pictures that I took.

I gave Blood today!

Today I gave blood! That may not seem like a big deal to you but there are so many things that I can not do. And this is one thing that I can do. The information that they gave us at the donation center says I helped 3 people by giving blood. I am celebrating a victory!

I also drove myself to the donation center and got my scooter out of the trunk by myself!

Yesterday, I went to a family birthday party also by myself! My husband was bowling in the city tournament. A really big deal to bowlers.

I also was able to go with my husband to a viewing in Fayette, OH. A trip that long is hard on me, but I went anyway to be there for a family member (of the deceased). It was hard, but I made it and am doing O.K.now.

I am very thankful to God for his help!!!!

Thursday

Today is not a great day. I hurt, I can't think very clearly. I needed Don's help just to put clothes in the washer. Our brand new dishwasher is broken. The door lock is frozen locked. Fortunately, the door was open. We called the Whirlpool service number and they will send someone out on Monday to fix it. Don had cleaned out the fridge.(Kudos to him) and now all the plastic containers need to be washed by hand. :(
However, I want to tell you about what happened this week. Don had decided that he needed to get my car working. The battery had been dead for most of the winter. So last Sat. after he ran a errand for Cher, he retrieved our battery charger that Cher and James had borrowed earlier. Then on Tues.he charged up my car. (He had read in the obits online that someone in his hometown had died and the viewing and service would be on Sat. and he didn't want me to be stranded without transportation) On Wed. he got a new battery and got the slow leak in my front tire fixed, so now I can drive my car!!!
That evening I found out that the birthday party for one of my grandsons will be on Sat. So now I can go to the party without asking for transportation. Praise God for his goodness!

Lazy Sunday

Well, I couldn't get up and go to church today, in fact I still don't feel great. Yesterday, I was in pain all day. That was hard to deal with, but we still did what we had planned. One of my sons had come over several times over the last several weeks and help us hook up the new dishwasher and helped us with our laptops. I had turned off my wireless network and didn't know how to turn it back on. Anyway, we took him for lunch and had a great visit with him. But that was all I could do so we came home and I sit for several hours until the pain subsided, then I didn't want to move because I was afraid that the pain would come back.
The weather this past week was great, nice and sunny.
I called a friend the other day. she is on facebook and she had had computer problems recently and had lost by my email address and my phone number. so she messaged me on facebook. So I decided to call her and we had a great talk. Seems, she loves to read also and then emailed me a short list of Authors she enjoyed.
Well, I can't think of anything else to say; so I will stop.