FOR TODAY (January 19, 2009)… Outside My Window…Daylight is dawning and today is supposed to be in the twenties.. Yay a heat wave! I am thinking…Whew. I am totally exhausted emotionally and mentally! I am thankful for…a safe trip and a wonderful time candidating a church From the learning rooms…book work..The color gray Ovals and pre writing exercises From the kitchen.. HMM! I haven’t thought that far ahead yet..BBQ chicken I think! I am wearing.Sweats tights socks..It’s in the teens are you kidding me! I am creating..Diaper sacks for on our vacation in less than a week I am going…no where til Wednesday I am reading..Prayer by Philip Yancey, Defuse by Karol Ladd and Genesis, psalms Provebs and Matthew! I am hoping..for God’s will in this new church and for it to be a YES! All wrapped into one! Safe travels for our vacation I am hearing..the hum of the computer Around the house Unpacking and repacking One of my favorite things.SLEEP! A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week…Unpacking today repacking for our vacation and so much more…there really is too much to blog about! A picture I am sharing with you…. 
Thankful Thursday
I’m thankful for A god who KNOWS EVERYTHING!–that would be omniscient! This upocoming weekend Hubby and I are venturing out on a limb yet again. We give all of ourselves to just be knocked off that branch time and time again!
So God knows what is going to happen this weekend and he knows the outcome of the vote on Wednesday..He also knows our response and He knows what will happen after that. Hubby and I have “thought” we know what was going to happen a few times and we were blown away so completely that it took us a time to recover. And God knew all of those things too!
So strangely amidst all of our anxiety on doing well to please God I have this strange peace this time…mostly because I know there isn’t a thing that is going to surprise God AND I have prepared myself for the worst..It sounds bad BUT I would much rather have a HUGE surprise than the ultimate let down.
I am Thankful that the God I serve knows all and understands all. He will take care of us no matter what happens!
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Well I have been wondering around the blogosphere in some spare time this afternoon. I have a few chores that aren’t so pressing at this moment that i could be doing. Life has been good lately except for my dad for whom i am somewhat worried for right now. He has been sick the last few days and has had two ER visits and a short hospital stay. You may ask what is wrong but the truth is no one really knows. Back a year and a half or so he had the surgery to help prevent his severe acid reflux disease from occurring. They do this surgery for people like my dad to help prevent a person from getting esophageal cancer. they tested my dad and he didn’t have cancer so he was a prime candidate for the surgery. Well back at Christmas time this year my dad had pneumonia…and with that comes a lot of strained coughing….Well they think that part of his issues (not being able to swallow food and throwing up a minor amount of blood) is that he might have torn his esophagus when he coughed from the pneumonia…There is a second side to all of this..the ER docs thought on Saturday that the rest of my dad’s issues were linked to Gall bladder issues to which they told my parents that he would need emergency surgery…My poor dad’s stomach hurts so bad. His family doc came in and said it was noting to worry about and they sent him home on Sunday though he was still in terrible pain. He has an appointment today with the doctor who did his reflux surgery and he will need two scopes done to understand and know what is wrong with him concerning the rest of the situation. As for other things we are headed out Friday evening to test God’s will for where He would have us one more time…No we are not going to call it quits if this is not the place for us. But this time it feels a little surreal. Before I had overwhelming confidence…in what i am not all that sure to be completely honest. I guess when it comes right down to it it’s gotta be a God thing..I mean yeah sure I or Hubby could say or do A LOT of things to really mess it up but if we do what we think is best and they still vote us down then God must not want us there either…It’s just soooo tiring…we can take rejection matter of fact we have taken a lot of it. the total is up to about 6 or 7..and that’s not counting the ones who never had us candidate… can you blame me for being a little apprehensive of the whole thing? And then the best part is that in less than two weeks we as a family head out on our first long family vacation in 4 years. After the year we have had i think it is LONG overdue!…I am very excited and no matter what the outcome is of this weekend..the vacation comes at a perfect time. Well i haven’t had such a rambling post as this one n such a very long time. i am sorry for boring all of you and I must now get back to my chores at hand..Have a great Wednesday and PLEASE Remember to pray for us this weekend!
Simple Devotions
For Today…
Dear Lord,
I bring you my shortcomings… focused on you in all that I do!. trying to get your perspective instead of dwelling on my own ALL the time
I bring you my worship and praise… You are the God of creation..yoou know everything about everything and I know nothing about everything!
I bring you my prayer… of a great upcoming weekend serving you and giving it all again. and that it would not return void! We love serving you and we want to do it in this capacity ALL the time!
You spoke to me… in the beauty of your creation and through your word
TACKLE IT TUESDAY
CHARGE MY DIGITAL CAMERA BATTERIES SO I CAN ACTUALLY TAKE PICTURES TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL!!!