Sunday, April 26, 2009

The Frazzled Female

We started the book 'The Frazzled Female' by Cindi Wood in our Sunday School class recently. I have a terrible time getting myself motivated to study the lesson but this past Saturday I sat down & actually studied the lesson! One of the plans for the week is a defrazzler. Write down your to-do list & then pray over each item on that list. We all have those lists don't we? The author got a little notebook to write her to-do lists in. In the front of this book she wrote, Lord, here's my list of details. I'm recording things to do, errands to run, items to pick up, places to be, calls to make ... all the things that can drive me crazy if each one is not committed to You! Thank You for being the Lord of my details!
This book has a little study to do each day & one is 'Turning a Martha Day into a Mary Day' & talks about how Satan will use the 'I don't have time' attack to keep us from Bible study & prayer. I think he's been attacking me quite often on this issue. So, this lesson is a MUST HAVE for me!
Dear Lord, Thank you for being the Lord of my time. Restore my joy, peace, & sanity. Give me insight & persistence to keep my focus on You. Fill me with assurance of Your love & Your desires for me. I love you.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

More Blessings!

Easter was fantastic this year! The service at church was great!
Because we were up so early for the service I took a nap that afternoon. Isn't that what Sunday afternoon's are for anyway? I was just waking up when the kids hollered at me to come up front. I was still half asleep when I came up front. I sat down & Dwayne asked me if I would like to be called Meemaw, Grandma or whatever else (at this point I didn't hear much else). I was crying to hard!!! Dwayne said that the baby could call me that (the crying) for the first couple of years!! I had been praying so hard for this moment! God has blessed indeed! Shasta goes today for an ultrasound & I'm going to watch her girls that she nannies. I love watching them!
Went with Steve to the doctor on Monday. They're sending him to an orthopedic surgeon to see if he needs surgery (which to me if ya send someone to a surgeon that itself would say surgery!). He's still fighting with workman's comp. They are getting him his check each week but they're like 2 weeks behind. With trying to quit smoking, no work, & rain he's going stir crazy. So much to do but the rain is keeping him from it.
We found the parts for our Lil Red car & are now just waiting for a DRY day to start taking the old one off & putting the new one on.
A couple of prayer requests: a friend of my sister's mom passed away; a dear friend of mine is battling depression & my unspoken. We know the Lord answers prayers. It may not be the answer we want or when we want it but in due time & for whatever is best for us.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

PRAISES

Went to my last physical therapy of the week this morning. Am so ready to be done with this for good. While there this morning my therapist told me that when I started therapy my measurements were like 50's & 60's. Today my measurements are in the 150-160!!!!! I was so excited & so was she. I want to thank my prayer warrior friend in Oklahoma for all of her prayers. This person has been thru some very difficult times but always has a positive attitude & I love her to death! I call her my sister by another mother. We went to school together but she was younger. We connected again on myspace & it's been so wonderful finally having a friend like this!
Another prayer was answered yesterday. We've been praying about a vehicle & had talked with some friends at church about buying one of theirs. Steve forgot about going to look at this car last nite after church. When the kids got home from church they told us that these friends were giving us the car. It does need some work but Steve is mechanically inclined & should be able to fix it. What a wonderful blessing!
It's such a beautiful day out too! I do have an unspoken prayer request & would appreciate the prayers on that. God Bless All & have a wonderful day.
THIS IS A DAY THAT THE LORD HAS MADE, I WILL REJOICE & BE GLAD IN IT!!!

Monday, April 6, 2009

No Pain, No Gain

I went to my orthopedic doctor last Monday. He WAS NOT impressed by my improvement. I'm at 30%. He didn't mention the surgery again which I figured he would as the nurse put me in his office. They usually don't do that unless they're gonna talk to you. Anyway, I still hurt from the physical therapy I got on April 30th & had to go in this morning. I was sick last week & only got one session in, so needless to say I was REALLY dreading this morning's session. When my therapist asked my pain level from 1-10 I said 11. She said 11 meant I probly should be in urgent care or the emergency room so I had to go with 8. Because my wonderful husband (who is also taking physical therapy at the same place I am at the same time) was on the warm-up machine (you pedal with your hands while standing up) I couldn't warm up. I really dreaded the exercises where I do 15 of them & she 'helps' me do another five, which means she puts pressure on my arm to make me go further. I'm not ashamed to say I cried, 'cause dad-gummit, it HURT! Anyway, like I said I went in today really hurting & by the time she got done with me I was NOT hurting. Amazing, huh?
I left there, came home for a bit, ran to Martinsburg with hubby to take back the computer we'd gotten Saturday. We get a new one later today. Then I came home & then went to take a dear friend to physical therapy & then go get her Mom & go to eat. While in her physical therapists office I ran into a lady who had her 3 yr old son there. He'd been born with a club foot. She said her & her husband had taken in 3 little boys (brothers) & eventually adopted them. This little boy was the youngest & had been born with cocaine & meth in his system. What mother can do that to an unborn child? We have a friend who has a foster child who was born with 4 different drugs in his system! This just kills me. I just thank the Lord that there are families out there willing to take a child with these needs! Not just anyone can take in a child addicted to drugs as a baby. Anyway, back to the 3 yr old. He was eating pretzels & he handed his mom one & said it looked like a heart. He handed her another one & she told him it looked like a tent door. She had one of the little drinking cups from the water machine with her & told the little boy to look as the opening to the paper cup was the tent & the pretzel was the door. Another pretzel was a shark's mouth, another a snake or a stick. It was so neat seeing this little boy come up with ideas on the shapes. That little boy made my day! What made yours?