GOOD MORNING TO ALL! I HAVEN'T BEEN UP FOR VERY LONG. I HAD A BAD NIGHT LAST NIGHT. WAS IN TERRIBLE PAIN FROM MY FOOT. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE FOOT DOC ON MONDAY. I AM CONVINCED SOMETHING IS BROKEN.
ANYHOW. I HAVE TO FINISH MY LAUNDRY AND THEN GET IN THE SHOWER. GOT TO GET TO TARGET. MY BELT BROKE LAST NIGHT AND I HAVE TO GET A NEW ONE. THANKFULLY THERE IS ONE CLOSE TO US HERE AT THE HOUSE.
I ALSO NEED TO GET TO HALLMARK FOR 2 CARDS. HOPEFULLY THAT WON'T TAKE VERY LONG. I HAVE TO DO ALL OF THIS AND THEN MEET MY HUSBAND AT WORK BY 330PM. I HOPE I CAN MAKE IT.
I AM STILL SO TIRED. I THINK I AM JUST WORN OUT FROM EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED.. THE HEADACHES, THE FOOT ETC.
I WROTE A CARD TO MY COUSIN MATT LAST NIGHT IN IRAQ. I'LL GET THAT MAILED TODAY TOO. I REALLY AM TRYING TO WITNESS TO HIM AND MOST OF MY EXTENDED FAMILY ARE NOT SAVED AND I HAVE A SERIOUS BURDEN FOR THEM. I WANT TO SEE THEM IN HEAVEN SOME DAY AND NOT HAVE THEM BE IN HELL.
ANYHOW, GUESS I HAD BETTER GET MOVING. IT TAKES ME A BIT TO GET READY BECAUSE OF THE FOOT. IT IS SUCH A PRETTY COLOR!
MAY THE LORD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TODAY.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
A SHORT DEVOTION
"THE DISCIPLINE OF SPIRITUAL PERSEVERANCE"
BE STILL, AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD (PSALM 46:10)
PERSEVERANCE IS MORE THAN ENDURANCE. IT IS ENDURANCE COMBINED WITH ABSOLUTE ASSURANCE AND CERTAINTY THAT WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IS GOING TO HAPPEN. PERSEVERANCE MEANS MORE THAN JUST HANGING ON, WHICH MAYBE ONLY EXPOSING OUR FEAR OF LETTING GO AND FALLING. PERSEVERANCE IS OUR SUPREME EFFORT OF REFUSING TO BELIEVE THAT OUR HERO IS GOING TO BE CONQUERED. OUR GREATEST FEAR IS NOT THAT WE WILL BE DAMNED, BUT THAT SOMEHOW JESUS CHRIST WIL BE DEFEATED. ALSO, OUR FEAR IS THAT THE VERY THINGS OUR LORD STOOD FOR - LOVE, JUSTICE, FORGIVENESS, AND KINDNESS AMONG MEN - WILL NOT WIN OUT IN THE END AND WILL REPRESENT AN UNATTAINABLE GOAL FOR US. THEN THERE IS THE CALL TO SPIRITUAL PERSEVERANCE. A CALL NOT TO HANG ON AND DO NOTHING, BUT TO WORK DELIBERATELY, KNOWING WITH CERTAINTY THAT GOD WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED.
IF OUR HOPES SEEM TO BE EXPERIENCING DISAPPOINTMENT RIGHT NOW, IT SIMPLY MEANS THAT THEY ARE BEING PURIFIED. EVERY HOPE OR DREAM OF THE HUMAN MIND WILL BE FULFILLED IF IT IS NOBLE AND OF GOD. BUT ONE OF THE GREATEST STRESSES IN LIFE IS THE STRESS OF WAITING FOR GOD. HE BRINGS FULFILLMENT, "BECAUSE YOU HAVE KEPT MY COMMAND TO PERSEVERE....." (REVELATION 3:10).
CONTINUE TO PERSEVERE SPIRITUALLY.
FROM: MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST BY OSWALD CHAMBERS.
BE STILL, AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD (PSALM 46:10)
PERSEVERANCE IS MORE THAN ENDURANCE. IT IS ENDURANCE COMBINED WITH ABSOLUTE ASSURANCE AND CERTAINTY THAT WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IS GOING TO HAPPEN. PERSEVERANCE MEANS MORE THAN JUST HANGING ON, WHICH MAYBE ONLY EXPOSING OUR FEAR OF LETTING GO AND FALLING. PERSEVERANCE IS OUR SUPREME EFFORT OF REFUSING TO BELIEVE THAT OUR HERO IS GOING TO BE CONQUERED. OUR GREATEST FEAR IS NOT THAT WE WILL BE DAMNED, BUT THAT SOMEHOW JESUS CHRIST WIL BE DEFEATED. ALSO, OUR FEAR IS THAT THE VERY THINGS OUR LORD STOOD FOR - LOVE, JUSTICE, FORGIVENESS, AND KINDNESS AMONG MEN - WILL NOT WIN OUT IN THE END AND WILL REPRESENT AN UNATTAINABLE GOAL FOR US. THEN THERE IS THE CALL TO SPIRITUAL PERSEVERANCE. A CALL NOT TO HANG ON AND DO NOTHING, BUT TO WORK DELIBERATELY, KNOWING WITH CERTAINTY THAT GOD WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED.
IF OUR HOPES SEEM TO BE EXPERIENCING DISAPPOINTMENT RIGHT NOW, IT SIMPLY MEANS THAT THEY ARE BEING PURIFIED. EVERY HOPE OR DREAM OF THE HUMAN MIND WILL BE FULFILLED IF IT IS NOBLE AND OF GOD. BUT ONE OF THE GREATEST STRESSES IN LIFE IS THE STRESS OF WAITING FOR GOD. HE BRINGS FULFILLMENT, "BECAUSE YOU HAVE KEPT MY COMMAND TO PERSEVERE....." (REVELATION 3:10).
CONTINUE TO PERSEVERE SPIRITUALLY.
FROM: MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST BY OSWALD CHAMBERS.
Neurologist yesterday
WE WENT TO THE NEUROLOGISTS APPT YESTERDAY AND THEY WERE OF NO HELP WHATSOEVER. THE RESIDENT SEEM TO LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND, BUT WHEN THE BIG DOC CAME IN HE DIDN'T LISTEN OR TRY TO UNDERSTAND A WORD I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO HIM. HE WAS IN IDIOT. AND I TOLD HIM SO. I ALSO TOLD HIM HE WAS FULL OF CRAP. HIS BIG SUGGESTION TO GET RID OF MY MIGRAINES WAS TO STOP TAKING MOTRIN, TYLENOL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I TAKE MOTRIN TO HELP WITH MY FIBRO. BUT I MAY GO DAYS WITHOUT TAKING IT. THATS WHY I TOLD HIM HE WAS FULL OF CRAP.
WE ARE NOT GOING BACK THERE EVER AGAIN AND THEY KNOW IT.
THEY DID HOWEVER SET US UP WITH A HEADACHE SPECIALISTS IN DUBLIN AND PRAISE GOD THEY GOT US IN THIS MONDAY. I HOPE THIS GUY IS NOT THE IDIOT THAT YESTERDAYS WAS.
WE SPENT ALMOST 2 HOURS IN THE DOCS OFFICE YESTERDAY FOR NOTHING. OTHER THAN GETTING US INTO THE HEADACHE SPECIALIST, IT WAS A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND GOING TO ANY NEUROLOGISTS FOR MIGRAINES AT OSU.
ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE, I RAN INTO OUR CEDAR CHEST WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND WE THOUGHT I BROKE MY FOOT. BACK TO THE ER. THEY SAY IT IS NOT BROKEN (THOUGH I HAVE HAD ENOUGH BROKEN BONES IN MY LIFE TO KNOW WHAT THEY FEEL LIKE), BUT IT HURTS LIKE NO TOMORROW. I AM SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW UP WITH A FOOT DOC IN A WEEK OR SO TO SEE IF A FRACTURE HAS DEVELOPED. IT'S MY LEFT FOOT (WHICH I HAVE BROKEN BEFORE). THE BIG TOE, CLEAR OVER TO THE MIDDLE OF THE FOOT. IT IS AN UGLY SHADE OF PURPLE. COULD ANYTHING ELSE POSSIBLY GO WRONG???????
WE THOUGHT WE FOUND A SHRINK YESTERDAY WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON OUR INSURANCE AND WE CALLED THEM. THEY SAID HE DOESN'T TAKE ANY INSURANCE AND WE WOULD HAVE TO SELF-PAY. IT STARTED AT $200 FOR THE FIRST HOUR AND $100 EVERY HOUR AFTER THAT. I TOLD THE RECEPTIONIST THEY WERE NUTS TO THINK WE HAD THAT KIND OF MONEY AND HUNG UP ON HER.
A COUPLE OF OUR FRIENDS ARE TRYING TO FIND US A CHRISTIAN SHRINK THAT WILL TAKE OUR INSURANCE. I PRAY TO GOD THAT WE FIND ONE SOON AND THAT WE CAN ALSO GET IN TO SEE HIM/HER SOON. EVERYONE IS CONVINCED I HAVE A CHEMICAL IMBALANCE AND THATS WHY WE'RE SEEING THE SHRINK.
I GUESS THATS IT FOR NOW. MY FOOT IS KILLING ME AND I NEED TO TAKE SOMETHING FOR IT. ALSO I AM SO WORN OUT TODAY I AM THINKING ABOUT TAKING A NAP AND ITS ONY 1030AM.
THANKS ONCE AGAIN FOR LISTENING YOU GUYS.
LOVE TO ALL AND GOD BLESS.
I TAKE MOTRIN TO HELP WITH MY FIBRO. BUT I MAY GO DAYS WITHOUT TAKING IT. THATS WHY I TOLD HIM HE WAS FULL OF CRAP.
WE ARE NOT GOING BACK THERE EVER AGAIN AND THEY KNOW IT.
THEY DID HOWEVER SET US UP WITH A HEADACHE SPECIALISTS IN DUBLIN AND PRAISE GOD THEY GOT US IN THIS MONDAY. I HOPE THIS GUY IS NOT THE IDIOT THAT YESTERDAYS WAS.
WE SPENT ALMOST 2 HOURS IN THE DOCS OFFICE YESTERDAY FOR NOTHING. OTHER THAN GETTING US INTO THE HEADACHE SPECIALIST, IT WAS A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND GOING TO ANY NEUROLOGISTS FOR MIGRAINES AT OSU.
ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE, I RAN INTO OUR CEDAR CHEST WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND WE THOUGHT I BROKE MY FOOT. BACK TO THE ER. THEY SAY IT IS NOT BROKEN (THOUGH I HAVE HAD ENOUGH BROKEN BONES IN MY LIFE TO KNOW WHAT THEY FEEL LIKE), BUT IT HURTS LIKE NO TOMORROW. I AM SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW UP WITH A FOOT DOC IN A WEEK OR SO TO SEE IF A FRACTURE HAS DEVELOPED. IT'S MY LEFT FOOT (WHICH I HAVE BROKEN BEFORE). THE BIG TOE, CLEAR OVER TO THE MIDDLE OF THE FOOT. IT IS AN UGLY SHADE OF PURPLE. COULD ANYTHING ELSE POSSIBLY GO WRONG???????
WE THOUGHT WE FOUND A SHRINK YESTERDAY WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON OUR INSURANCE AND WE CALLED THEM. THEY SAID HE DOESN'T TAKE ANY INSURANCE AND WE WOULD HAVE TO SELF-PAY. IT STARTED AT $200 FOR THE FIRST HOUR AND $100 EVERY HOUR AFTER THAT. I TOLD THE RECEPTIONIST THEY WERE NUTS TO THINK WE HAD THAT KIND OF MONEY AND HUNG UP ON HER.
A COUPLE OF OUR FRIENDS ARE TRYING TO FIND US A CHRISTIAN SHRINK THAT WILL TAKE OUR INSURANCE. I PRAY TO GOD THAT WE FIND ONE SOON AND THAT WE CAN ALSO GET IN TO SEE HIM/HER SOON. EVERYONE IS CONVINCED I HAVE A CHEMICAL IMBALANCE AND THATS WHY WE'RE SEEING THE SHRINK.
I GUESS THATS IT FOR NOW. MY FOOT IS KILLING ME AND I NEED TO TAKE SOMETHING FOR IT. ALSO I AM SO WORN OUT TODAY I AM THINKING ABOUT TAKING A NAP AND ITS ONY 1030AM.
THANKS ONCE AGAIN FOR LISTENING YOU GUYS.
LOVE TO ALL AND GOD BLESS.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
College
well, i filled out my application for capital university online tonight. i hope that they accept me. tomorrow i have to request transcripts from the 2 other colleges i attended almost 20 years ago. hopefully that process will go smoothly.
today i got my first depo shot. it hurt more than i thought, but am hopeful still that they will work better than the seasonique. after today, i will be able to give myself the shots every 3 months. that is helpful so i don't have to run to the doc for them when i need them.
tomorrow, we are going to see my neurologist. the appt is at 230pm. i hope that he comes up with something that will work. my migraines are not as severe but i am still averageing 2 a day. that is very tiring.
i have been reading a pamphlet on healing by A.B. Simpson. i like what he has to say and agree with all of it. maybe i have been going about the healing situation the wrong way. we will see.
well, i guess thats it for tonight. i am tired and still have some stuff to do. please pray that the neurologist will have some serious ideas for my migraines so that i am not on narcotics for the rest of my life. thanks you guys.
love to all.
today i got my first depo shot. it hurt more than i thought, but am hopeful still that they will work better than the seasonique. after today, i will be able to give myself the shots every 3 months. that is helpful so i don't have to run to the doc for them when i need them.
tomorrow, we are going to see my neurologist. the appt is at 230pm. i hope that he comes up with something that will work. my migraines are not as severe but i am still averageing 2 a day. that is very tiring.
i have been reading a pamphlet on healing by A.B. Simpson. i like what he has to say and agree with all of it. maybe i have been going about the healing situation the wrong way. we will see.
well, i guess thats it for tonight. i am tired and still have some stuff to do. please pray that the neurologist will have some serious ideas for my migraines so that i am not on narcotics for the rest of my life. thanks you guys.
love to all.
No Menopause
saw my gyn yesterday and she doesn't think my problem is menopause. i was disappointed by that. but we move on. we are stopping the seasonique that i have been taking to help control my migraines and switching to depo-provera. i am getting my first shot today and then from now on will give myself the shots. i am hopeful that this will work better than the seasonique.
i received info today from cedarville university and capital university which is here in columbus. i am excited to look through the info and figure out which one i prefer and get the application etc filled out.
the counselor that our pastor has hooked us up with is a very nice guy. we haven't met in person yet, but talked several times on the phone. we are still working some things out. however, i am hopefully that once we get going, things will get much better. i thank God for that. he is a christian counselor.
one last thing, my pops has been really sick. mom told me last night that he has been running a fever of 102 for about 2 days and they cannot get it to break. he had a doc appt this morning and i am waiting to hear from them what the doc had to say. please pray for him. he very rarely gets sick and i am more concerned than usual this time. thanks guys.
talk to you later.
love all y'all.
i received info today from cedarville university and capital university which is here in columbus. i am excited to look through the info and figure out which one i prefer and get the application etc filled out.
the counselor that our pastor has hooked us up with is a very nice guy. we haven't met in person yet, but talked several times on the phone. we are still working some things out. however, i am hopefully that once we get going, things will get much better. i thank God for that. he is a christian counselor.
one last thing, my pops has been really sick. mom told me last night that he has been running a fever of 102 for about 2 days and they cannot get it to break. he had a doc appt this morning and i am waiting to hear from them what the doc had to say. please pray for him. he very rarely gets sick and i am more concerned than usual this time. thanks guys.
talk to you later.
love all y'all.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
ALIGNMENT
TODAYS SERMON WAS ON "ALIGNMENT". THE VERSES WERE PROVERBS 3:5-10.
"TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND DO NOT LEAN ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING. IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE WILL MAKE YOUR PATHS STRAIGHT. DO NOT BE WISE IN YOUR OWN EYES; FEAR THE LORD AND TURN AWAY FROM EVIL. IT WILL BE HEALING TO YOUR BODY AND REFRESHMENT TO YOUR BONES. HONOR THE LORD FROM YOUR WEALTH AND FROM THE FIRST OF ALL OF YOUR PRODUCE; SO YOUR BARNS WILL BE FILLED WITH PLENTY AND YOU VATS WILL OVERFLOW WITH NEW WINE." (NASB)
THE PASTOR ALSO REFERENCED JOHN 14:23, PROVERBS 23:26, PHILIPPIANS 2:5, PHILIPPIANS 4:8 AND ISAIAH 55:8.
MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU WITH THESE VERSES AS YOU STUDY THEM AND LEARN FROM THEM.
"TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND DO NOT LEAN ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING. IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE WILL MAKE YOUR PATHS STRAIGHT. DO NOT BE WISE IN YOUR OWN EYES; FEAR THE LORD AND TURN AWAY FROM EVIL. IT WILL BE HEALING TO YOUR BODY AND REFRESHMENT TO YOUR BONES. HONOR THE LORD FROM YOUR WEALTH AND FROM THE FIRST OF ALL OF YOUR PRODUCE; SO YOUR BARNS WILL BE FILLED WITH PLENTY AND YOU VATS WILL OVERFLOW WITH NEW WINE." (NASB)
THE PASTOR ALSO REFERENCED JOHN 14:23, PROVERBS 23:26, PHILIPPIANS 2:5, PHILIPPIANS 4:8 AND ISAIAH 55:8.
MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU WITH THESE VERSES AS YOU STUDY THEM AND LEARN FROM THEM.
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