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A modest journal. |
| My life's ups and downs... |
| Thursday, November 11, 2010 Veterans' Day here in the USA. Let's remember those who have paid with their lives for our continued freedom and goodwill toward all mankind. Watched a beautiful video on youtube this morning called a "random act of culture." I'll try to attach it here so you can enjoy it too. Enjoy. May you be blessed as you remember this moment throughout your day. Amen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp_RHnQ-jgU |
| Monday, November 7, 2010, 8:11pm The Lord says, My people perish for lack of knowledge. There is really nothing you can add to that... God give us understanding, wisdom and knowledge that we might accomplish your will and purpose for our lives on this earth, that we might know when the enemy of our souls is on the attack in every arena of our lives. |
| Monday, November 8, 2010, 7:04am Today as I awaken refreshed and rejuvenated from a night of rest, and I am remembering my help comes from the Lord, maker of heaven and earth. His angels, my guardians, are waiting in the wings to come to my aid anytime, day or night-----and all I need to do is call on Him. |
| Sunday, November 7, 2010, 5:18am Before you do something that involves another, ask yourself two questions: What do I have to lose? and What do they have to lose? If those two questions don't bring a "balanced" answer, don't do it. The one who has the least to lose, may become cocky and neglectful of even the smallest civilities; whereas, you may find yourself beholden to them and eventually forced out. In other words, trust no one (man, woman, child, brother, sister, mother, father). Jeremiah 17:5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. Jeremiah 17:6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. Jeremiah 17:7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. Jeremiah 17:8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? Jeremiah 17:10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. |
| Saturday, November 6, 2010, 7:57am CST When I woke up this morning, you were on my mind... You were on my mind. It's such a blessing to wake up to the coolness of fall, the dusky haze of the fleeting night-sky and the morning sun rising. The birds are singing; the squirrels are scampering... until the caw of a crow says hello... then the blue jays are shouting alarm and all is quiet but the distant sound of traffic breaking through the wind. |
| Tuesday, November 2, 2010, 2:40am Hello. I'm crying again. Is anybody there? Does anybody care? |
| Tuesday, November 2, 2010, 2:22am One of my friends used to tell me that she was sanguine and I was melancholy. I didn't like it and didn't agree, but I think maybe she was right about me. I find myself reflecting over situations, conversations, life. While I genuinely love to laugh, I more often smile. I have a kitty. Most of my time is spent with him. Being on facebook reminds me who I am and am not. I see others whom I've known throughout the years and am happy to be able to share---though most of them are not alone in this world as I find myself. |
| Sunday, October 31, 2010, 11:29am Happy Halloween! Slept in this morning... Then debated on whether or not to go to church because I had my hair cut yesterday and its TOO SHORT! Vanity oh vanity. Am hoping for a pleasant and productive work week without incident... It will be such a blessing to be retired and not have to put up with the drama of egos in conflict. |
| Saturday, October 30, 2010, 7:47am (CST) It was a "good" Friday and it's an even better Saturday morning. I'm definitely considering that early morning bike ride with glee. =) Things are definitely looking up... and I'm "looking up" too! Happy weekend! ___________________________ On another note, let's remember that it's true that "we reap what we sow." When we ignore the plight of another though we have the power to make a difference, we will see the same things played out in the lives of our children and/or grandchildren, yet we will then have no power to make a difference. We will have to watch, without the power to act on their behalf. That sort of thing always gets our attention... but that is exactly how "we reap what we sow." God is not in a hurry. Remember the story of Esther. |
| Thursday, October 28, 2010, 10:44am Here I am at Starbucks... Got my shower and left the apartment because they're supposed to come in sometime and rotor-rooter the sewage/water drainage system. We have large Oaks and Pines around my apartment. It's a picturesque, homey, cool, quiet and comforting place to live. God loves me and looks out for me wherever I go... though He has allowed me to suffer tremendously---emotionally, physically and mentally---for the last several years. He says, "In the world you shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." Help me to rest in that knowledge, to "overcome the world," even as You have overcome the world. I'm not sure what I am to learn from this, but I am definitely coming to know Him (Jesus) through the "fellowship of his suffering." I honestly understand why as "He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, yet He opened not his mouth." I find myself sad, wanting to cry all the time. Never quite understood the plight of the "bullied" until this past year. Though I've suffered for sometime, never fully understood. Living in the USA, I always expected justice, civility, etc. If you do wrong, there is punishment. Never thought I'd suffer for doing right and/or for separating myself from wrongdoing. But it's not happening----not in where I dwell. Jesus says that "...we are 'in' the world, but not 'of' the world. I wish I knew my exact purpose so I could quickly fulfill it and move onto the next phase of eternity, my home in that celestial city... where there is no more crying. |
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