Having a day off!

No school today...professional day for teachers, not me!

Thank you Father!

Lets start with a bit of praise for what has been going on.

1. Eldest daughter loves teaching 7th grade Math! Has her own classroom, wonders if the new teacher feeling will ever go away because she loves going to work now!

2. I got a new do! Short! Donated to Locks For Love! Getting compliments!

3. Lost 12 pounds...so busy!

4. Paid off three outstanding debts...no more car payments!

5. Hubby is committing to attending church with me!

6. Youngest made Merit role for first grading period!

7. And this wonderful soup we had yesterday! Hubby made it all by himself...

Arghhh!!!! I give up! Anyways the most delicious soup...go to www.startcooking.com and look up the Butternut Squash Soup recipe...video instructions included...we only added 1 Tablespoon of maple syrup instead of two!




8. What I have gained in just two chapters of reading "What Happens When Women Say Yes to God" by Lysa TerKeurst.

a. My mind tends to go away from God, and directly and often incorrectly to the people I care about, instead of to God, who is the ONE who covers those I care about. Realizing I need to write more scriptures down, read more of God's Word and share that directly with Him.

b. I need more patience still....

Prov. 20:21 "Possessions gained hastily at the outset will in the end not be blessed"

Here again I sometimes get revelation internally, but cast it onto myself instead of to God. Knowledge gained through scripture and others is wasted. Seeing greater need to correct that!

c. Thus leading to renewed mindset to participate more with alone time by reading scripture, journaling after each reading, asking more of the steps I can do in God's will instead of asking direct action by Him or perceiving something that may not truly be there in His will.

"Haste makes Waste"...I have wasted too much time this past week worrying about what the future may hold. I have been feeling drained because I am weak when it comes to looking at ALL I have to praise in the present. Last night I spent that alone time with Him, writing things down...what a change it made.



So this morning my youngest and I went to see our optometrist, she is wearing contacts now (Thank you, Father!), this was a big step for her after many months of saying "I can't". We told her no JV B-ball with glasses on...either the contacts or goggles.

Then we indulged in a Bob Evans breakfast. I had warm apples on stuffed french toast...yummy...even better with a light snow falling outside!

Got me some Dollar Tree assorted locking storage containers...going to get more organization done around here...the reason being...

I need more free time,

to spend with family, friends, church, myself and the one who matters most...

God!

Psalms 94:18
"When I say, "My foot is slipping", your kindness, O Lord, sustains me."

So to end, I am swamped with things that need attending to, yet I am being sustained in good cheer, never too down to get back up. Maybe someday things will settle down so I can thoroughly be confident and patient with things like downloading videos of someone making delicious soup for a cold wintry day!