Hello world. Nothing like working on a Friday and getting off and coming home. Things here are great I guess. I worked for 4 days this week and I will work for four days next week too. Now it is Friday.
Time for a great weekend.
Friday, February 28, 2014
Saturday, February 22, 2014
From Valentines Day to George Washington's Birthday.
What a difference a week can make!
Last week end I had a visit from Katie Burford and Kathleen Grimes. They were so sweet to come and cheer me up. On Valentine's Day we went to dinner and got roses at Phan Shin. On Saturday we went to Cincinnati art museum. We visited the Cincinnati art section and I liked the pottery the best. On Sunday we went to church and I was reminded of how resolved Jesus was as he obeyed God's plan for his life. Good weekend with a message from God. Be resolved to listen to God's voice and obey. On a more practical note I also realized I needed new shoes and new support stockings. So on Monday Karen and I went shopping at Cincinnati Mills outlet center and I got what I needed.
IN regards to prayers for a job and money~ God provided three days of work and some money to help meet the insurance deductible. I am also serving some of my missionary friends by sending out, for them, a missionary newsletter.
I am not saying this to brag but rather to let you know that: "My God shall supply all your needs according to his riches in glory." God truly is good all the time.
Where did I work? I was doing the work at Kramer elementary school, the best part of school at least according to children~ recess and lunch! On Tuesday I was filled with such Joy to be there among the people I know and love. Thursday and Friday were more of the same. Friday was however the most difficult day of all. Because It is Friday!!!
And my house? Well, the kitchen floor is still torn up but the fans are gone and I can cook in the kitchen, when I want to!
Next week I have more work as a "lunch teacher", and then on Wednesday I finally get to be approved to substitute as a classroom teacher. So many hoops to jump through in that job hunt. Can't wait to see how God answers prayers in the lives of my friends this week.
Last week end I had a visit from Katie Burford and Kathleen Grimes. They were so sweet to come and cheer me up. On Valentine's Day we went to dinner and got roses at Phan Shin. On Saturday we went to Cincinnati art museum. We visited the Cincinnati art section and I liked the pottery the best. On Sunday we went to church and I was reminded of how resolved Jesus was as he obeyed God's plan for his life. Good weekend with a message from God. Be resolved to listen to God's voice and obey. On a more practical note I also realized I needed new shoes and new support stockings. So on Monday Karen and I went shopping at Cincinnati Mills outlet center and I got what I needed.
IN regards to prayers for a job and money~ God provided three days of work and some money to help meet the insurance deductible. I am also serving some of my missionary friends by sending out, for them, a missionary newsletter.
I am not saying this to brag but rather to let you know that: "My God shall supply all your needs according to his riches in glory." God truly is good all the time.
Where did I work? I was doing the work at Kramer elementary school, the best part of school at least according to children~ recess and lunch! On Tuesday I was filled with such Joy to be there among the people I know and love. Thursday and Friday were more of the same. Friday was however the most difficult day of all. Because It is Friday!!!
And my house? Well, the kitchen floor is still torn up but the fans are gone and I can cook in the kitchen, when I want to!
Next week I have more work as a "lunch teacher", and then on Wednesday I finally get to be approved to substitute as a classroom teacher. So many hoops to jump through in that job hunt. Can't wait to see how God answers prayers in the lives of my friends this week.
Sunday, February 9, 2014
February
Thirty days have September, April, June, and November.
All the rest have thirty one except February alone
Which has 28 in line and each leap year 29.
I am glad that February is a short month.
We have had too much snow. We have had too much death and I have had too much to deal with that I didn't know how to handle.. It has really been snowing or too cold to melt snow since January 15. We have had temps of minus 8 degrees several morning. Some days I don't even go out of the house. So I read or watch the television. We have so much snow that the piles of it are about 5 feet on the places they plow snow and put it into piles including my driveway.
ON the last week of January two acquaintances died. Both were named Tim. One was 36 and one was 76. Both had become believers. So one day I will see them in heaven. I drove to Kentucky for Tim's funeral and helped Jo Ann with a meal for Jane and for Tim's sisters. It was a small funeral and he had had a very large life but no one came but his sisters and care givers from hospice. Tim Clark on the other hand had an enormous funeral and an enormous visitation. I only knew Tim when he was 13-15 years old so it was nice to learn that he had become a teacher and was a very good man who knew what God wanted for him in life. What devastation for his parents, children, and family! I can hardly comprehend it, the sorrow, the unreal feeling the questions.
Then this week was a week that I struggled not with death but with my own inadequacy as a home owner. On Wednesday I noticed water seeping up between the cracks in my floor. The water heater had sprung a slow leak, but I didn't know how or where the water turn off was or even how to deal with this problem. It was lucky Dustin knew and could tell me the steps to follow. I now have a new water heater with a pan that allows it to drain into the drain not to drain under the floor. The restoration people are stripping up the old floor. Giant heaters and dehumidifiers are blowing in the kitchen and I am going to have a new floor at some point.
I am going to have to work to build up my financial reserves. so out there job hunting.... I may have a job as a care giver to a blind man- cooking meals for him and visiting with him. I may have a job doing recess duty and cafeteria duty at Kramer.
My attitude? It is what it is. I am an overcomer and I don't have to walk through this alone. Two very kind friends have brought me food and the church gave me a Kroger card.
My feelings? I don't know if I can be a single adult with house hold responsibilities. I need to look ahead and anticipate what could happen next.
My faith in God is growing because I believe that I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. I keep picturing a forty something Olympic skier out on the hill struggling to ski up the hill. The camera's focused on his whole body but I can see his face with snot running down his face. To the side of the track his coach out there telling him. Come on; you can do it. Get up the hill. Keep up your speed keep up your strength. You can do it. I feel like that skier. I remember the God's words in Hebrews.
Since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses let us throw off every thing that hinders. And the sin that so easily entangles and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.
I may be slow but show me where to go and I will try to get there!
All the rest have thirty one except February alone
Which has 28 in line and each leap year 29.
I am glad that February is a short month.
We have had too much snow. We have had too much death and I have had too much to deal with that I didn't know how to handle.. It has really been snowing or too cold to melt snow since January 15. We have had temps of minus 8 degrees several morning. Some days I don't even go out of the house. So I read or watch the television. We have so much snow that the piles of it are about 5 feet on the places they plow snow and put it into piles including my driveway.
ON the last week of January two acquaintances died. Both were named Tim. One was 36 and one was 76. Both had become believers. So one day I will see them in heaven. I drove to Kentucky for Tim's funeral and helped Jo Ann with a meal for Jane and for Tim's sisters. It was a small funeral and he had had a very large life but no one came but his sisters and care givers from hospice. Tim Clark on the other hand had an enormous funeral and an enormous visitation. I only knew Tim when he was 13-15 years old so it was nice to learn that he had become a teacher and was a very good man who knew what God wanted for him in life. What devastation for his parents, children, and family! I can hardly comprehend it, the sorrow, the unreal feeling the questions.
Then this week was a week that I struggled not with death but with my own inadequacy as a home owner. On Wednesday I noticed water seeping up between the cracks in my floor. The water heater had sprung a slow leak, but I didn't know how or where the water turn off was or even how to deal with this problem. It was lucky Dustin knew and could tell me the steps to follow. I now have a new water heater with a pan that allows it to drain into the drain not to drain under the floor. The restoration people are stripping up the old floor. Giant heaters and dehumidifiers are blowing in the kitchen and I am going to have a new floor at some point.
I am going to have to work to build up my financial reserves. so out there job hunting.... I may have a job as a care giver to a blind man- cooking meals for him and visiting with him. I may have a job doing recess duty and cafeteria duty at Kramer.
My attitude? It is what it is. I am an overcomer and I don't have to walk through this alone. Two very kind friends have brought me food and the church gave me a Kroger card.
My feelings? I don't know if I can be a single adult with house hold responsibilities. I need to look ahead and anticipate what could happen next.
My faith in God is growing because I believe that I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. I keep picturing a forty something Olympic skier out on the hill struggling to ski up the hill. The camera's focused on his whole body but I can see his face with snot running down his face. To the side of the track his coach out there telling him. Come on; you can do it. Get up the hill. Keep up your speed keep up your strength. You can do it. I feel like that skier. I remember the God's words in Hebrews.
Since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses let us throw off every thing that hinders. And the sin that so easily entangles and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.
I may be slow but show me where to go and I will try to get there!
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