Saturday, February 27, 2010
Lost and Found!~ LOL
Ok, so the three months of receipts were in a new tax accordion folder. Where? LOL In my fabric cabinet. LOL Yaaaaaaah!~ At least I found em. whew!~ I was starting to stress so bad. I checked the file cabinet, the desk, storage cabinet, older tax records folders and so forth. I saw the folder in fabric cabinet and thought it was a new empty one. LOL Now I am ready!~ If I can only find free time to get started. Gotta get the ledger ready, the mileage/activity booklet reviewed, and make sure all is in apple pie order for the tax folks. Oh what fun!~
Tax Time!~ aaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!~
I've been sorting, and organizing some of the farm tax records and that makes me crazy. I do keep them fairly organized most years, but, I am trying to locate three envelopes with receipts and I'm not having much luck. I was getting really stressed about it and decided to take a short break and start over shortly. LOL I have all the records for the past years all nice and neat, so it really befuddles me that I cannot find those three envelopes for last year.
Some senile old woman has evidently snuck into my paperwork and hid them from me. I know about her, she is forever ruining my days and I know she just laffs about it.
Tax time... time for the "give to Cesear (sp) that which is his" routine. I have always been organized with my paperwork and I can honestly say this is the first time I have lost three months of receipts. What could I have done with them? They are usually all in the same place.
In all fairness to the old lady, it could have been the grinch that stole Christmas. He is into this sort of evil prankster behavior.
Ok, I am dwelling on the problem...lol Will start looking again... Oh, woe is me!~
Some senile old woman has evidently snuck into my paperwork and hid them from me. I know about her, she is forever ruining my days and I know she just laffs about it.
Tax time... time for the "give to Cesear (sp) that which is his" routine. I have always been organized with my paperwork and I can honestly say this is the first time I have lost three months of receipts. What could I have done with them? They are usually all in the same place.
In all fairness to the old lady, it could have been the grinch that stole Christmas. He is into this sort of evil prankster behavior.
Ok, I am dwelling on the problem...lol Will start looking again... Oh, woe is me!~
Wasting time...
Sometimes I get so caught up in keeping up with all the little things life demands of me I feel there is no time for me. That may sound selfish but it is the truth. I stay so busy with all the piddly stuff I feel that my "quality" time is zero. I know others feel this way because someone near to me told me recently that there was never time for quiet alone time for self. That is not a good place to be but this world is so busy and crazy sometimes it happens all the time.
I think I may have hurt someones feelings this week by not running in circles for them. I politely said, "NO!". I have not heard from her since then. But, I was so busy with my own demands that I knew I would get caught up in a several day duty roster that would leave me exhausted. I am just getting too old to run the roads all the time. I need to slow down so I excused myself and gave me permission to take care of my own family and responsibilities. This near and dear relative of mine will not call or come around for weeks or months at a time and then when in need expects me to come running. Am I being too selfish? I so hope not.
I know we are called to serve others, but I think there is a point in some relationships where being taken for granted becomes servitude. I hope I am not sounding too harsh. But, in a number of my relationships I am never sure where love starts and stops and being taken advantage of begins. *sigh* Argh!~
I am a rock to so many of my family members. I don't mind most of the time and am truly thankful that I am able to help. But, sometimes without thought maybe, the demands get too demanding for this old lady. lol I hope my cousin understands why I had to think of myself. I pray she will turn to some of her other family. I think it is time her grown daughter starts to accept some of the responsibility.
OK, this goes to my journal. I just needed to get it off my chest so to speak. lol
I think I may have hurt someones feelings this week by not running in circles for them. I politely said, "NO!". I have not heard from her since then. But, I was so busy with my own demands that I knew I would get caught up in a several day duty roster that would leave me exhausted. I am just getting too old to run the roads all the time. I need to slow down so I excused myself and gave me permission to take care of my own family and responsibilities. This near and dear relative of mine will not call or come around for weeks or months at a time and then when in need expects me to come running. Am I being too selfish? I so hope not.
I know we are called to serve others, but I think there is a point in some relationships where being taken for granted becomes servitude. I hope I am not sounding too harsh. But, in a number of my relationships I am never sure where love starts and stops and being taken advantage of begins. *sigh* Argh!~
I am a rock to so many of my family members. I don't mind most of the time and am truly thankful that I am able to help. But, sometimes without thought maybe, the demands get too demanding for this old lady. lol I hope my cousin understands why I had to think of myself. I pray she will turn to some of her other family. I think it is time her grown daughter starts to accept some of the responsibility.
OK, this goes to my journal. I just needed to get it off my chest so to speak. lol
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Prayin' my way thru the days...
There's been a bit of drama in my family. I obviously can't put all the details here in a public place on the Internet. But, were it not for my faith, I would be running around going' crazy like Chicken Little. And, I do not joke. I have to believe that My God is Able. So, I have been taking these things to him in prayer. I know that teens face so much temptation and peer pressure. They want to do what other kids do and fit in. So, there is a testing going on at the early ages. The battle between good and evil rages over my sweet young ones and all I can do is pray. IN all my praying the biggest worry I have is, I do wonder who will pray for my hubby, children, grandchildren, and other loved ones someday when I am gone?? I know my Mom prayed for me for so many years. I hope my kids know how much heart and faith I have invested in prayers for them and the grandchildren. I think my husband knows cause he lives with me. lol
In addition to the personal family drama involving my grandsons, my daughter has had her own heartbreaking situation.
Her Mother-in-Law had surgery on four discs in her back two weeks ago. After she got home she got sicker and sicker. Sunday morning she was back in ER so delirious she did not know who she was or where she was at. So ER evaluated and admitted her to the hospital later in the day. On Monday they did emergency surgery on her back to try and remove infectious matter. Later in the day the surgeon who did the first surgery admitted that during the initial surgery he nicked her. So, spinal fluids were draining into the area for the two weeks she was supposed to be recovering. Now tests have revealed she has Ecoli. At least they know what to treat and what antibiotics to use. What a nightmare for that family. Our church as been praying for her.
She has been in ICU. Yesterday they got her up and in a chair and she was awake for a "few" minutes. God is so merciful!~ She seemed to know who she was and appeared some better. Hers is not a church going family and I don't know what kind of faith level the family has or if they even have any faith. Scary to me to think of going through heartbreak like this without the foundation of having God in my corner.
My scripture for the day that is holding me in place is:
Ephesians 6:13 "Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be all to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand."
I sent this to my kids, grand kids, and others who are on my text list this morning. Oh Lord, how I hope that seed is planted in their hearts.
One bright spot in my week recently is that a young woman I send the scriptures to in the mornings sent me a reply asking me two add two more numbers. I did not have any idea for several mornings who the numbers belonged to. But, it sure touched my heart that these little acts of service are reaching someone. *Big smile*
Actually Ephesians chapter 6 is the reason I do what I do. Specifically Ephesians 6:16-17-18. My sword is the word and I am doing the best I can to see that some of my loved ones get a word thru the one techno tool they are addicted to. LOL Cell phones!~
In addition to the personal family drama involving my grandsons, my daughter has had her own heartbreaking situation.
Her Mother-in-Law had surgery on four discs in her back two weeks ago. After she got home she got sicker and sicker. Sunday morning she was back in ER so delirious she did not know who she was or where she was at. So ER evaluated and admitted her to the hospital later in the day. On Monday they did emergency surgery on her back to try and remove infectious matter. Later in the day the surgeon who did the first surgery admitted that during the initial surgery he nicked her. So, spinal fluids were draining into the area for the two weeks she was supposed to be recovering. Now tests have revealed she has Ecoli. At least they know what to treat and what antibiotics to use. What a nightmare for that family. Our church as been praying for her.
She has been in ICU. Yesterday they got her up and in a chair and she was awake for a "few" minutes. God is so merciful!~ She seemed to know who she was and appeared some better. Hers is not a church going family and I don't know what kind of faith level the family has or if they even have any faith. Scary to me to think of going through heartbreak like this without the foundation of having God in my corner.
My scripture for the day that is holding me in place is:
Ephesians 6:13 "Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be all to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand."
I sent this to my kids, grand kids, and others who are on my text list this morning. Oh Lord, how I hope that seed is planted in their hearts.
One bright spot in my week recently is that a young woman I send the scriptures to in the mornings sent me a reply asking me two add two more numbers. I did not have any idea for several mornings who the numbers belonged to. But, it sure touched my heart that these little acts of service are reaching someone. *Big smile*
Actually Ephesians chapter 6 is the reason I do what I do. Specifically Ephesians 6:16-17-18. My sword is the word and I am doing the best I can to see that some of my loved ones get a word thru the one techno tool they are addicted to. LOL Cell phones!~
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Runnin' amuck all week long...lol
It's been a busy week for me. Takin' Ric to school and picking her up every day. Taking BoBo and his Mamma for errands and stuff cause her car is down now. A friends' brother passed away and she had to travel to Arizona for the funeral and I got to spend time with her two little dogs twice a day for food and potty runs. Her oldest dog is so adorable. He likes to cuddle and looks at you as if to say, "I love u." Sweet old dog! her brother will be here today so my doggy runs are over and I got kinda attached to her babies. LOL I am such an old dog lover. No wonder my two dogs, especially my little one is so spoiled.
Yesterday while sitting at her house, waiting for the dogs potty run outside, I browsed all the local papers for this week. So heartbreaking, a policeman was found dead in his home of a gunshot wound to his head. ME has not yet ruled accident, or suicide or other. It must be devastating for his family and my heart goes out to them. On another day two construction workers died in a trench collapse while working on a septic system. Another heartbreaking situation for families.
It is sad that all this death brings people to emotional devastation but it does. And, then they seek God at a funeral. And, sadly it may be that many of them never give him a thought until a time when grief forces them to think about life after death. I too think about life after death and I do worry about my loved ones. I am secure in the knowledge that I am doing the best I can to worship and serve my God in my later life. I so wish my children, grandchildren and my hubby would take more time to worship and pray. This is at the top of my wish list in terms of prayer.
Society is so casual about God, and prayer and faith nowadays. It is scary. Taking God for granted. Whew!~ How can that be?There are even churches who treat faith issues as take it or leave it options. Mind boggling. My Bible reads the same now in 2010, as it did when I was a kid in the 1950's. Nothing has changed other than the addition of a few translations. But, His Word remains the same and the rules have not changed.
Yet people the world over are taking portions of the Bible and building institutions. Then calling them religious and using God and the Bible to back up their errant behavior. It scares me to think that well intentioned people like say, Oprah, go and build a church and do not use the entire Bible. Why is it that they become so out of touch with reality to use God and his word and leave out so much of what he has to say and TO OFFER. Amazing!~ Terrifying!~ Heartbreaking!~
To think that someone would ignore or even deny that parts of His Word do not apply. It is clear that these people have not studied wholeheartedly and sought his guidance. Words like... Lofty, Pompous, Ivory Towers, and Foolish, come to mind.
I don't know why I am rambling about this other than it sometimes burdens my heart because I was once just as shallow and self absorbed. I am not trying to be judgemental, but it does scare me that so many have lost touched with our Great God Almighty. Living in the world, and feeling the cares without his grace and guidance is a dark and dangerous place to be. Dangerous not only mentally, but physically and spiritually.
Yesterday while sitting at her house, waiting for the dogs potty run outside, I browsed all the local papers for this week. So heartbreaking, a policeman was found dead in his home of a gunshot wound to his head. ME has not yet ruled accident, or suicide or other. It must be devastating for his family and my heart goes out to them. On another day two construction workers died in a trench collapse while working on a septic system. Another heartbreaking situation for families.
It is sad that all this death brings people to emotional devastation but it does. And, then they seek God at a funeral. And, sadly it may be that many of them never give him a thought until a time when grief forces them to think about life after death. I too think about life after death and I do worry about my loved ones. I am secure in the knowledge that I am doing the best I can to worship and serve my God in my later life. I so wish my children, grandchildren and my hubby would take more time to worship and pray. This is at the top of my wish list in terms of prayer.
Society is so casual about God, and prayer and faith nowadays. It is scary. Taking God for granted. Whew!~ How can that be?There are even churches who treat faith issues as take it or leave it options. Mind boggling. My Bible reads the same now in 2010, as it did when I was a kid in the 1950's. Nothing has changed other than the addition of a few translations. But, His Word remains the same and the rules have not changed.
Yet people the world over are taking portions of the Bible and building institutions. Then calling them religious and using God and the Bible to back up their errant behavior. It scares me to think that well intentioned people like say, Oprah, go and build a church and do not use the entire Bible. Why is it that they become so out of touch with reality to use God and his word and leave out so much of what he has to say and TO OFFER. Amazing!~ Terrifying!~ Heartbreaking!~
To think that someone would ignore or even deny that parts of His Word do not apply. It is clear that these people have not studied wholeheartedly and sought his guidance. Words like... Lofty, Pompous, Ivory Towers, and Foolish, come to mind.
I don't know why I am rambling about this other than it sometimes burdens my heart because I was once just as shallow and self absorbed. I am not trying to be judgemental, but it does scare me that so many have lost touched with our Great God Almighty. Living in the world, and feeling the cares without his grace and guidance is a dark and dangerous place to be. Dangerous not only mentally, but physically and spiritually.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
The Power of Prayer
My one and only New year's Resolution is this: To Pray More!~ I do pray every day and several times a day at that. My Morning Prayer is the longest and most committed. By committed I really take the time to get into thanks and gratitude, as well as offering up my prayer list for loved ones. But, the prayers throughout the rest of the day and even bedtime are just simple conversations with my creator. Now, that is a good thing and it has certainly served me well the last few years. I've had some major prayers answered just by being faithful in turning things over to Him.
But, I know I can do better than that and I plan to pray more. Not, that I intend to become some fanatic living in a bubble of prayer and excluding the world around me. Not at all. I just know now that he answers prayers. So, I intend to use the Power of Prayer even more, to strengthen. sustain, develop, and encourage myself and my loved ones. I need to grow in my own faith walk, and I have loved ones who do too.
I've studied on Prayer using the concordance in my Bible.
I Thessalonians 5:17 "Pray without ceasing."
is good advice and I've made an attempt at that over the course of the last couple of years.
Acts chapter 6:4 "But we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word."
I am not in the ministry but when I consider what happened in the lives of the Apostles, and the people they preached to I am encouraged to pray more.
Not many people consider this chapter. St. John 17. The entire chapter is a prayer Jesus prayed during his final hours. He prayed for glory, for the strength and sanctification of the disciples and he prayed for us, his church. In verses 22-26, some of my favorites, Jesus prays,
St. John 17:22
22."And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them: that they may be one, even as we are one:
23. "I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me."
24. "Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovest me before the foundation of the world."
25. "O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me."
26. "And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
Only after reading and thinking on these verses and pondering the verses did I see so many powerful words. So much information too. These few verses are packed with information about My God, his love, and his dwelling place, not to mention his plan from the beginning (foundation). Amazing. So, knowing how Jesus prayed, and knowing that having found glory in this life, I will strive to pray more and find more glory and watch for prayers to be answered.
Jesus prayed this prayer right BEFORE he went into the Garden of Gesthemane, where he then prayed for hours. I am so thankful this prayer is in my Bible. I take such comfort and encouragement from his very words. It means so much that in his final hours before his agony in the garden, and his sacrifice on the cross, he left this immortal prayer for me. I am so blessed and so are other followers who read and take his comforting words to heart. Ihad to study and reread the verses over and over to see his intent. I think the darkness that tries to invade my mind, sometimes clouds my perception in gleaning everything there is for me in scripture. So, again, I need to pray and pray and pray.
footnote:
If anyone reads this they may be wondering about the comment "having found glory in this life", I will wait for another time and post to elaborate on that one.
But, I know I can do better than that and I plan to pray more. Not, that I intend to become some fanatic living in a bubble of prayer and excluding the world around me. Not at all. I just know now that he answers prayers. So, I intend to use the Power of Prayer even more, to strengthen. sustain, develop, and encourage myself and my loved ones. I need to grow in my own faith walk, and I have loved ones who do too.
I've studied on Prayer using the concordance in my Bible.
I Thessalonians 5:17 "Pray without ceasing."
is good advice and I've made an attempt at that over the course of the last couple of years.
Acts chapter 6:4 "But we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word."
I am not in the ministry but when I consider what happened in the lives of the Apostles, and the people they preached to I am encouraged to pray more.
Not many people consider this chapter. St. John 17. The entire chapter is a prayer Jesus prayed during his final hours. He prayed for glory, for the strength and sanctification of the disciples and he prayed for us, his church. In verses 22-26, some of my favorites, Jesus prays,
St. John 17:22
22."And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them: that they may be one, even as we are one:
23. "I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me."
24. "Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovest me before the foundation of the world."
25. "O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me."
26. "And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
Only after reading and thinking on these verses and pondering the verses did I see so many powerful words. So much information too. These few verses are packed with information about My God, his love, and his dwelling place, not to mention his plan from the beginning (foundation). Amazing. So, knowing how Jesus prayed, and knowing that having found glory in this life, I will strive to pray more and find more glory and watch for prayers to be answered.
Jesus prayed this prayer right BEFORE he went into the Garden of Gesthemane, where he then prayed for hours. I am so thankful this prayer is in my Bible. I take such comfort and encouragement from his very words. It means so much that in his final hours before his agony in the garden, and his sacrifice on the cross, he left this immortal prayer for me. I am so blessed and so are other followers who read and take his comforting words to heart. Ihad to study and reread the verses over and over to see his intent. I think the darkness that tries to invade my mind, sometimes clouds my perception in gleaning everything there is for me in scripture. So, again, I need to pray and pray and pray.
footnote:
If anyone reads this they may be wondering about the comment "having found glory in this life", I will wait for another time and post to elaborate on that one.
Been sick!~
Whew!~ It's been a few days since I posted because I've been sick. BoBo came back from Tish with a bug and I got hammered with it too. He was so sick he made two trips to the doctor and still ran a fever for a few days after the last trip. Poor little fella was so puny. I was worried, so worried about that fever. His Mom was sick too. They both seem better now. And, I am now starting to show signs of life. LOL
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