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Morning Devotional...



John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him will not perish but have everlasting life."

Colosians 3:3-4"For ye have died, and your life is hid with Christ in God.....Christ .....is our life"

Also I John 1:2, 5:11-12.

How glorious, then, is the blessing which every one receives who believes in the Lord Jesus.  Not only does there come a change in disposition and manner of life; he also receives from God out of heaven an entirely new life.  He is born anew, born of God; he has passed from death into life.

This new life is nothing less than eternal life.  This does not mean, as many suppose, that our life shall now no more die, enduring into eternity.  No, eternal life is nothing less than the very life of God, the life that He has had in Himself from eternity and that has been visibly revealed in Christ.  This life is now the portion of every child of God.

This is the life of inconceivable power. Whenever God gives life to a young plant or animal, that life has in itself the power of growth, whereby the plant or animal as of itself becomes large.  Life is power.  In the new life - that is , in your heart -  there is the power of eternity.  More certain than the healthful growth of any tree or animal is the growth and increase of the child of God who in reality surrenders himself to the working of the new life.

Basically, two things hinder this power and the reception of the new spiritual life.  One is ignorance of the nature of this life- its laws and workings.  Man even the Christian, has of himself not the least conception of the new lilfe that comes from God;it surpasses all his thoughts. His own perverted thoughts of the way to serve and to please God - namely, by what he does and is - are so deeply rooted in him that, although he thinks he hat he understands and receives God's Word yet he thinks humanly and carnally on divine things.  Not only must God give salvation and life; He must also give the Spirit to make us know what He gives.  Not only must he point out the land of Canaan and the way there; we must also, like the blind, be led every day by him.

The young Christian must try to cherish a deep conviction of his ignorance concerning the new life and of his inability to form right thoughts about it. This will bring him to the meekness and to the childlike spirit of docility to which the Lord shall make His secret known.

There is a second hindrance in the way of faith.  In the life of every plant and every animal and every child there lies sufficient power by which it can grow.  In the new life, God has made the most glorious provision of sufficient power whereby His child can grow and become all that he must be.  Christ himself is his life and his power of life. Yet, because this mighty life is not visible or cannot be felt but works in the midst of human weakness, the young Christian often becomes of doubtful mind.  This second hindrance, then, is that he fails to believe that he shall grow with divine power and certainty.  He does not understand that the believing life is the life of faith whereby he recons on the life that is in Christ for him, although he neither sees, feels, or experiences anything.

Let everyone then that has received this new life cultivate this great conviction: It is eternal life that works in me; it works with divine power; I can and shall become what God will have me be; Christ himself is my life; I have to receive Him everyday as my life given by God to me, and He shall be my life in full power.

O my Father, who hast given me Thy Son that I may have life in Him, I thank Thee, teach me to know aright this new life.  I will acknowledge my ignorance and the perverted thoughts which are in me concerning Thy service.  I will believe in the heavenly power of the new life that is in me; I will believe that my Lord Jesus who himself is in my life, will by His Spirit teach me to know how I can walk in that life.  Amen

Taken from The New Life by Andrew Murray

It looks like I'm first to post on this brand new week.

Judy, what a wonderful devotional!  Eternal Life working in us....and it's God's own power that causes this Life to flourish.  "Christ himself is my life".   How blessed we are. I've always liked Andrew Murray's writings and his heart for God.

My computer is working again.  I guess you can tell that. lol

I'm right behind you, Nita.   :D

I'm really, really, really glad you got your computer up and running again!   :thumbsup:

Thank you, Jane.  <3

Hi everyone.  I will once again post early as have a busy day planned.  We are having a choir work day starting at 11 am.  I will go for a couple of hours and take my laptop with a memory stick.  Our director said she has a small printer.  I do not have a printer that I can take with the laptop but it is easy to transfer files. 

At 1 pm I have my weekly men's luncheon.  This week we are going to Baby Jane's buffet again.  Fortunately it is only a  a couple of blocks from the church.  Around 2:15 or 2:30 I am meeting a friend and we are going to go over to Decauter, which is maybe 10 miles or so away, to pick up some material.  I will be ready to come home and rest and have a quiet evening.

Pat spent a good part of the day yesterday sleeping.  She did correct my understanding that it wasn't her foot cramping all night (although she had some of that) but she just couldn't sleep as her mind was racing about a new quilt she is starting and trying to figure out. 

Today the housekeeper and yard people should be here so things will be nice looking again. 

Judy, thanks for the fine devotional and getting us started for the new week.

Nita, nice to see that you have your computer back in working shape.

Ruth, I agree it would be nice to visit in our son's home but in the almost 30 years he has been on his own we have been invited to his home only maybe 5 times.  Of course, he has been to our home many times.  We just have to deal with what is and not what we wish it was. 

Carol, glad to read that Don is feeling better.

To those of you who aren't sewers, this staying awake at night is a common thing.  I have 3 pieces of beautiful material and have lain awake at night thinking about what I would do with this material.  Also there is a bolt of cashmere that I would like to make into a suit.  This is a common phenomenon for us. 

Larry I am sorry about the leg cramps, and let her know from me it is at our age that we cannot afford to do that any more...we need our rest.

Carol glad there is some relief for Don.

We have an overcast day here, quite warm, looks like it is setting up for rain.

Must run.

Yesterday was nap day and therefore, last night I wasn't sleepy!  But the nap was heavenly! 

I have already been to the grocery in Lapel for broccoli and a package of cole slaw.  I will be making Spaghetti Slaw to take to Euchre tomorrow.  Then when I got home I hosed down the deck.  It really needs a bleaching and scrub brush to it but not now.  I already have the VCR that was in my bedroom ready for the trash and will probably put the TV in the trash also.  I was going to put the DVD player in the bedroom but that TV only has a coax connection and the DVD player has the audio/video cables.  Oh, well!  I haven't watched TV in the bedroom for years!!!

Kind of overcast today with some sunshine once in a while.  Kitty is at the State Fair.  She was there yesterday and it was soooo hot.  Today should be better!

I had 2 loads of laundry on the and suddenly a burst of rain now it is in the dryer, something to make life exciting   

I have 6 loaves of bread ready to put into the oven...just waiting for them to rise a bit more.  More peas and beans canned. 10 loaves of zucchini bread in the freezer.  We are getting there. 

We have 86 acres here where we live. Our aim is to be self sufficient in 5 years.  We are putting an addition on the barn/garage and will keep layers and a rooster there, we are also looking into getting some sheep and goats.  The goats for their milk/butter and the sheep for meat  Add ti that chickens for meat and a few turkeys.......
Next year we are doubling the garden.  More potatoes, add some corn and double the rest of the veggies we will be set with produce. 

Ruth isn't that always the way with the weather this year... Looks sunny, hang up the clothes and the next thing you know it rains!    I am thankful for the drier as I am sure you are,

Got to go, be back later.

Nice devotional Judy.

Larry, windows updates did in my computer in a big way on Friday.  I started to have problems and lost my audio device.  Tried many things after a system restore didn't solve the problem.  Then finally admitted defeat and did a total system recovery.  That was fun.  The windows program svc. pk. 2 has to be installed before internet security can be used.  Trying to beat the hackers and viruses while doing this is great fun!  I finally got things working and this morning switched back to my AVG paid install online....only it wouldn't do the firewall.  Many emails later (AVG used to have a phone service tech. and now only can use email....economy (?).  After 3 failed attemps, they finally gave me the correct data via another email.  Could have done that in the first place.  Now everything is working fine except my audio device never came back.  Probably lost somewhere in the register.  

Long story ends with my finally having to get a computer geek tomorrow to rescue it.  I thought it might mean a new sound card and updated drivers.  We shall see.  He is real good as my SIL used him to connect a printer to his wireless connection.  This fellow gives a $25.00 reduced fee if one gives him items for our food bank.  No problem as I do that anyway.  He seems to think it will be a modest charge....I hope that is the case.  Feel like I have been taking a walk through Hades without a safety net! >:(  What was once simple has become a horror due to Microsoft.  Shaw cable guy came with a new router for my internet as they have again changed their system.  He said that Microsoft is deliberately trying to do in XP and Vista with their updates in order to force us to use Windows 7.  Hah!  I am not the brightest bulb in the attic, but not knitting with one needle yet.....Any suggestions on what we can do to outsmart them?  Most of the programs will not keep working without the nec. updates.  Virus trouble everywhere.


I am really tired and must go up island on Wed. to visit.  My girlfriend is coming to get me....i think she needs a break from hubby and pets.  It is a 1 1/2 hr. drive.  We are going to go to Saltspring island first.  Should be fun as the weather is nice.
:)

Time to go and rest.  Pleasant Day/Evening and God Bless.
Liz

How weird that people are  having trouble with the Microsoft updates on Win XP I have never had a problem with any of the Microsoft updates. I have Windows One Care on both our computers.

Had the mammo this morning things must be OK because the didn't call me to come back.

Marilyn, I think this is happening mostly to older machines.  Windows is making the updates so large that it is becoming a problem for the memory.  My Sony VAIO is 6 yrs. old and is fairly powerful, not as much as newer machines.  I will be speaking to the computer Geek about things tomorrow.  Have turned off auto updates for now and will see how things go.  All the security programs and many others, have also become very large to handle the necessary demands in fighting virus, hackers, etc.  I only have 224 MB of Ram.  That used to be enough for my purpose......things change....

Liz

Liz, I think you've hit the nail on the head.  This has to be the problem with my (very) old machine.   :-\  I just don't have the amount of memory needed to keep on line like I used to be able to.  In fact, I just now had to reboot to clear the memory so I could come here.  Ah well ...... such is progress.  Not only is my machine old, it's owner is too!   :-\

Another bright and sunny day after some rain during the night.  At least, my bathroom screen has raindrops on it. 

Today is Euchre at my neighbor Jane's home.  I know that will be fun.  We usually eat first and then play cards and then have dessert but this is a pitch-in and Jane said we will play cards then eat and have dessert.  Makes more sense to me since we start at 3pm!  The other way is you don't know whether to eat lunch or not and before you go to bed, you are hungry again!

Barb called last evening and Ivalou and I went with her to Steak 'n' Shake for supper.  And we came right back home.  Usually Barb has a half a dozen places to go before returning to home. ::)

Hi everyone from an overcast Georgia.  We did have a nice rain here last night.  Our yards and the foliage is unbelievable this year after our years of drought.  Everything is very lush and green, more like you see in spring.  Usually things are beginning to turn brown by this time of year.  This is a welcome change.

Liz, I do not believe that Microsoft is deliberately fouling up our computers but there are so many different configurations and type of computers that these things happen.  I have since gone back and was able to install the updates.  Why it worked the last time and not before I haven't a clue.  Marilyn, I also use One Care but that program is no longer going to be available after our current subscriptions expire.

Not much on the agenda.  I walked only about 1/2 mile this morning as that was all I felt like doing.  The humidity is high here today.  I do have a meeting this morning but that should do it for today.  I am ready for a quiet day after the busy day I had yesterday. 

Hope everyone has a good day.

I am going to try to keep today as a relaxed day, to keep John sitting.  Please check Prayer and Praise.  There is no produce waiting to be picked, and dealt with so I may be able to pull this off.  Doug has the lawn tractor so we don't have mowing to do. 

We had a really heavy rainfall this morning.  The grass like Larry's is lush and green.  The local farmers went nuts  cutting and bailing hay, hope they got most of it before the rain hit.  Mind you the heat will dry things out and they will be able to keep going at it.

Just heard two young fellows on Focus on the Family.  They have written a book, "Do Hard Things, A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations", by the Harris Brothers.  WOW is all I can say.  If you can go online and hear the podcasts it would be well worth your while.

Got to go Phone is needed.

Liz, Jane and Larry my Dell was purchased in October of 2003, I have  upgraded the memory for  what it came with to a full  gig.  I was told by the tech that I can upgrade even more, but  I chose not to at this time.

I purchased mine in January, 2001.  It has 255.0 MB RAM, is running WinME on dial-up.  I just checked and presently have 59% free.  What can I say?

Speaking of computers,we just bought this laptop maybe six weeks ago, and already it is giving me problems. For one thing, my FAVORITES button has disappeared, and I don't know where to find or recover it, and also, the space bar is sticking.   >:(

What a difference a day makes!  A friend is a judge here; her mother is in the care home where Beth and Mom live; I visited with her and asked her if she could get me some names of attorneys who handle medical malpractice cases.  She sent me three names.  Yesterday I started calling them, and the third one I called, the receptionist put him right on the phone.  (The others took information, said they would see if he was interested and have him call, if so.)

When this man asked me the name of the doctor who did Beth's surgery and I told him, he said, "Dr. _______?  The one from Pratt??"  I said, " Oh, so you know this guy!"  His answer was yes, he knows this guy, has already sued him twice and won.  He also told me this doctor was in a car accident a few years back; claimed he had permanent nerve damage and was no longer able to do surgery, sued the insurance
company for big bucks, won, collected, then immediately got another doctor to say he was able to do surgery again, and went right back to doing surgery.  So he is not an honest man in the first place.  The lawyer said, "This guy needs to be stopped!"  He emailed me forms to fill out and sign, and I sent him my DPOAs for Beth, and now he can start collecting information:  hospital records, bills, doctors' statements, etc.  When he has all of that, he will have an "expert" evaluate the care Beth was provided.

So, the process has begun.........I hope it will not prove to be too contentious or take a very long time.

Needless to say, all of this has consumed my time and attention for quite a few hours.  And today I attended a Town Hall Meeting with one of our Representatives. That was interesting, and worthwhile.  Of course all of our guys agree with us, and are working hard for us, unlike those who say they don't care what the people say, they are going to vote yes on the health care mess.  It was a standing room only crowd. And it closed with prayer for God to give our elected officials wisdom, and protect our freedoms. A good meeting.

This afternoon we attended another funeral....... :(

Sunday morning, we will get up really early, go load up Beth and head to Garden City to pick up John!!  Beth is so excited!!  And I am planning a birthday bash for her on the 28th.  So I have been busy.

So good to catch up with all of you, sorry not to respond to each of you this time.

Well, the computer and I are very happy buddies again.  I increased to 736 MB of Ram and if desired, can still increase.  It is not desired at this time.

He is a really good guy.  Put in a new sound card, updated drivers, cleaned and put in a new battery.  Got rid of things I didn't want on my register....it is working like a new machine.  All it cost was $207.00, plus a few things for the food bank.  He also said that register cleaners are not much use and not really necessary.  Put on Cleanup if I want to use it sometime.  So no more sound problem, etc.    :)   :)

Good luck Janet.  You are probably going to be in for a few headaches.

I didn't mean that Microsoft was using flawed updates, Larry.  Meant that they are overloading our systems with all their updates. 

Time to go and pack my things for tomorrow.  Sure can use a change for a change!!

Pleasant Day/Evening and God Bless.

Liz

Most unexpected thing just happened.  Dana our Doberman jumped up on my shoulder and pushed her face into mine.  Rested there for a minute and then got down ever so gently and went back to her bed!

John's leg is worse again.  I expect he will be back in hospital if things keep going as they are right now.

We have another hot night ahead of us tonight. No complaints here though,  much preferred to the cold.

Well John is heading off to bed.  I am off as well. May be back if sleep is difficult.

Judy - I can sure sympathize with John's situation, having gone through much of it myself for the last two or two and a half years.  I pray our Father would give special wisdom and insight to the doctors, and I pray our Father will grant healing and blessing to John - through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Thank you Al

Rough night, please check prayer and praise.

I just got back from Tipton, Indiana.  Ivalou takes her car there for maintenance.  This time she got brake pads and rotors rotated in the front and the back brakes cleaned, also the transmission fluid flushed, oil changed and greased.  Costly.  We walked to the Pizza Shack for lunch.  A lady said 3 blocks...more like 6 blocks and then walked back.  Ivalou paid for the work and before we were out of town, the Low Tire Pressure light came on.  At least now I know what to do if that happens again.  Ivalou says that nearly everytime they do anything to her car, a light on the dash comes on and she has to go back.

Well, I am resting now and then I am going to sweep the house.  Then this evening I want to mow my yard.

Hi everyone.  It is a hot and sunny afternoon.  Just got up from a rest and while I was doing so I listened to the beginning of a book I downloaded from the library and put on my iPod.  It was written by Ed McMahon reflecting on his life with Johnny Carson.  Those two really liked each other and worked together for many years.

This morning I went to Bible Study.  Pat didn't go as after she did her shower and fixed her hair she was too tired and knew she had a luncheon appointment with a friend and it would be too much for her.  This evening I have choir practice. 

Judy, so sorry to hear that John's leg is not getting better.

Etta Sue, isn't it a shame that it is necessary to return a car to the garage after having maintenance e done.  They must not have reset something that needed resetting.  I have that low tire pressure monitor on our new car but so far it hasn't gone off.

Liz, glad you got your computer fixed up to your satisfaction.  I am afraid I had misunderstood what you had written concerning Microsoft.  Thanks for the clarification.

Janet, you are certainly doing the right thing in pursuing the law suit.  This doctor sounds like a menace to society and certainly shouldn't be doing surgery.  I am sure it will not go quickly as the insurance company will do everything they can to drag it out in hopes you will tire of it and give up the case.  Hold your ground.  It sounds like the facts speak for themselves.  Our daughter persisted in her workmen's comp case and reached a settlement with them but it was a long and drawn out affair.  On your laptop, try looking under the view menu and toolbars and I think you will see that the bookmark menu has been turned off.  The sticky space bar is another matter but you should have full warranty coverage on it for a year since it was new.

Jane, all I can say is that I am glad I have a little more computing power than you described.  :) 

Marilyn, I remember when you purchased your computer in 2003.  If you are satisfied with its speed there is no reason to upgrade the RAM.

Larry I have already upgraded it twice from the original amount of ram it came with, I went from 256 to  installing two 512 mgs cards. They told me I could go with  two  1 gig cards next if I want to.

  Larry - talking about Pat

Quotebut she just couldn't sleep as her mind was racing about a new quilt she is starting and trying to figure out.

;D  I thought it was so funny but true.  I got my Bernina back and wonder of wonders, the 5 year warranty was still in effect so that saved me about $550 for the embroidery board.  I wouldn't have had that put in if I knew it could have been that expensive. 

JudyB:  I wrote in Prayer & Praise to you and John. I will check back in here for word from you.   

Liz:  Where do you go "up island"?  Have not heard but your heat wave must be over by now.  You live on a beautiful island but it is being overrun by tourists - very nice area. 

Yesterday, I went to our church for a meeting with the Kingdom Knitters - like that title!  They have the chairs in a circle, the view in the room is incredible of the mountains, and there is even a fireplace for I sure look forward to knitting in there during a freezing day.  Started my prayer shawl - I forgot to pray over it before taking up the needles but managed to cast on the yarn alright.  There is a special prayer that we read at the beginning of each new gift and at the end - then, the item is prayed over before being available for anyone to choose and give to someone in grief - someone who needs a hug and a prayer.  Yarn is donated.  A really nice gal gave me yarn to start and I ended up choosing two other skeins of contrasting colors - you know us quilters are so fussy about our colors  ;D ;D ;D - anyway, I met three women yesterday and they meet twice per month & just knit (not gossip) so as long as it isn't gossip, I will go and knit my blood pressure down - thankful for this quiet place to go. 

Carol, I'm afraid I would knit my blood pressure UP!  (I'm not a knitter at all!)  Sounds like a lovely place and a lovely group with which to sit quietly and work.

Thanks, Larry, I will see if I can find anything.  I surely haven't turned off my favorites.  >:(

Liz, so glad you got your computer all tuned up again, I'm sure that will lessen your aggravation a lot.

We worked on Beth's house and garage again today, can actually feel we might get done before too long now.

I'm going to read Judy's post in Prayer and Praise.

I have written an update in P&P.  This has been a rough day.  Heading to bed.  Night all.

Have spent some time today in specific prayer for Bonesy and a devotional I like to use in my personal time with the Lord came to mind. I put it together a few years ago and decided to alter it a little and share it as a reminder regarding some incredible principals. The original author is Oswald Chambers as I've so enjoyed his "My Utmost for His Highest" over these past years. Here's the link:


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May this be a reminder for us as we pray for these and others!

Paul

Guess who is still awake at 3:30am?  Guess who had too much caffeine in her Diet Coke at Chili's last evening?  Moi!!!!

So I will post now and probably not again until Friday since I have lots of little things that need to be done before Bible Study here tonight!

Hi everyone.  I am sitting here eating my lunch and trying to get caught up on the message boards.  Just went to coffee and then walked at the gym.  Pat has gone to the quilt shop to pick up something a designer left there for her and must have gone on to somewhere else as has been gone for quite awhile. 

Etta Sue, the caffeine doesn't seem to bother me or keep me from sleeping.  I very seldom can't sleep at night.

Paul, thanks for sharing the prayer that you use.   

Judy, I will go and check your update after I finish this posting.

Carol, do you use the special quilting tool on your Bernina?  I asked Pat this week if she had used hers and she said she was planning to but hadn't yet.  She didn't get the embroidery unit for the machine.

Good Morning,  I am just stopping in  to say a few prayers for those who need prayer. Not much going on here at this time. I am going to Yoga class shortly, showered, washed and dried my hair, fed all the animals, had breakfast, sent Keith off to work. That's it for now.

hello all... i am still here check in every now and then.... dr says the baby is fine and developing well.... still waiting for the sex determination ultrasound :S got court dates all next week to get more stuff done with the divorce child custody and protective order :S.... its been a rough month with all of that....hopefully things start looking up soon :) anyways i hope ya'll have a good day, and week!
Sarah

Sarah, I am so sorry you are having to walk this path.  ((((Hugs)))).

We made a quick trip to Hugoton to pick up our appliance dolly they had borrowed, wash Beth's van and we had a nice lunch with daughter and son in law.

We worked hard most of the morning, got Beth's garage cleaned, lots of stuff thrown away, lots more ready for the auction.  I think another day or two will get the trailer ready, too.

Gotta run, see you again another day!

Another cloudy day.  Heading to the hospital in about 1/2 hour if I can get out of here by then.

I pray everyone has a blessed day.

In Him  JudyB

Hello all.... should be surprised 2 days in a row here.... lol... this will be brief sorry i gotta go find mom for lunch in elkhart then i think its off to hugoton to meet with the lawyer.... maybe she will have found out some good news about this all.... the baby is up and moving today :) been a rough time at work they cut my hours and with an hour drive (one way) to work i cant afford the cut looking for a job closer with more hours that are set... hope all is well!
Sarah

Bible Study was disappointing...there were only 4 here including myself.  So we didn't have Bible Study.  We just discussed projects to have for the church's 150th Anniversary next year and projects to earn money for our Womens Retreat in March.  The dessert went over well. 

Today is totally relaxing but I do have to mow the lawn since we had three days of rain.  And this evening, I am going to play cards at a neighbors home.

Hi everyone. 

This has been a busy day.  I spent about two hours this morning working with a friend.  Then this afternoon the wife of the choir member I sit next to was here for about an hour. 

We are working on creating a database for our choir music.  This will involve converting an existing Word file that has about 600 different pieces of music into an Excel sheet and then into a database.  We were going to create labels for the music boxes but both agreed a better system would be assigning numbers to the storage boxes and then keying it into the database as it will avoid a lot of reshuffling of music from time to time and trying to keep everything alphabetical in the storage area.  We will be presenting our ideas to the director Sunday before doing anymore work on the project.

Sarah, sorry to hear you are having such a difficult time and hope things are looking up soon.

Etta Sue, glad you had had a relaxing day today.

Judy, hope John is doing better and the doctors can find the cause of his problem.

Janet, your cleaning out job sounds like a lot of hot work.  Glad it is going well.

Hi Marilyn.

Our daughter saw one of her doctors yesterday and he ordered her to stay off her foot for at least 4 days.  He told her she could easily lose her foot if things don't inprove. 

Etta Sue....Where two or three are gathered together... I have been part of some of the most rewarding prayer meetings where there have only been a couple of devoted pray-ers.

Had a busy day picking up bird food, dog food, and crates of tomatoes, and corn.  Another busy day tomorrow doing down the tomatoes.  I have to check the garden to see what is ready, and get that done down.. 

I will post in P&P now.

I'm here just in time to say goodnight. :)

Sarah, things are hard for you now.  I believe that some day you'll look back on this time and see God's hand weaving the threads of your life together to create your life and who He wants you to be in it.  Sometimes in the middle of it all, it's hard to see God's intervention, for me anyway, and later see clearly.  Bless you, sweetheart.

Larry, she'll stay off her foot..right? 

Judy, I agree about small prayer groups.  I've had the same....the most powerful intercession when only two or three attended and because they were there to pray, God was in the midst and His Presence so awesome and precious.

Time to get the dogs bedded down, and my computer is in "their" bedroom, so I'll shut down. God bless all.

Paul I sent you an email thanking you for praying and puting that prayer devotional together.  I gave John a copy today and he says thank you as well.

1:30 AM and I am unable to sleep.  Keep going over what the doctors are doing and wondering what has been missed.  Hate going to bed stewing like this.

Larry I ask the same as Nita...She WILL stay off that foot?  I certainly ope so.

Going to check out the pictures. I know there are several I haven't commented on.

Hi everyone.  I have some time before going to coffee this morning so will go ahead and post for today.  Don't have much to say since I posted later yesterday. 

Judy, I have never heard the expression "done down" before.  Sorry that you are having trouble sleeping because I know you need your rest.  You are carrying heavy burdens right now since John is laid up.  I have found in time of stress if I consciously pray and give my problems to God that I am released of them and then can sleep. 

Nita, I do believe our daughter will do her best to stay off her foot.  It is pretty frightening to be told by your doctor that you can easily lose your foot.  That is a pretty good incentive to take care.  She says it feels like a knife is stuck into her foot but she has no feeling in the bottom or her foot.  The doctor stuck something sharp into the bottom of her foot and she couldn't feel it.  It is interesting you can have that situation and still suffer severe pain in the foot.  This is beyond my understanding at the moment.

Not much on the schedule today other than our normal Saturday morning meeting and perhaps going out to lunch with some folks.  Then plan on having a quiet day. 

I have had to go off the plavix and the aspirin from now until after next Thursday, when I will have the bi-lateral hernia repair done.  I will be glad to get that over with.  I think Pat will probably have foot surgery sometime this fall so we probably won't be going anywhere for awhile. 

Hope this is a good day for each of you visiting here and all of our CP friends.

GMTA Larry!  I was planning on commenting to Judy that I had never heard that expression 'done down' about putting 'up' garden produce before.  Must be a regional thing.

Judy, I hope you will be able to get sleep, it is so important.  All those weeks in the hospital with Beth, I couldn't sleep without pills, and hate taking them.  Then I had to wean myself off--did it suddenly, too--and am still having a lot of trouble sleeping.  I do pray, and still my mind keeps going and going...... :-\

Larry, I do hope Stacey takes care of that foot.  And you know that I know about worrying about a daughter and her health problems.  (As does Liz.)  About the pain, yet no feeling...people are always surprised that Beth has hyper feeling all over her body, yet cannot move hardly any part.  That is part of the curse of Neurofibromatosis.

In the morning, we go to Garden City to pick up John!  Beth is so excited she can hardly wait.  I had an email from her friend Becki, and she said she wasn't ready to leave yesterday, so will leave on Monday instead, then extend her visit two days.  Darrel is trying to get the water problem fixed at Beth's trailer so she can stay there; if he doesn't get it done, she can stay in our 5th wheel, it's nicer, anyway.  John will probably stay here in the house with us.

I got all the invitations out for Beth's party.  She has received sevedral birthday cards in the mail, and I am keeping them for Friday.

Ruth Ann, I'm thinking of and praying for you.  How are you doing now?

I will 'see' all you nice folks next time!

G'Mornin ... I'm here early (for me) today.  I am thinking about getting my hair cut today.  I've suddenly become very frustrated with the length (and straightness) and decided this last night. I may not get it too short this time and then work myself into getting a perm eventually ... then it will be shorter.  I'm sure y'all are really interested in this.   :-[

I am praying for all the ones who are suffering ... and their families who are worried about them.  God is a GOOD God and will sustain us in His love through it all.

Gotta get going ... I hear the teakettle whistling and I need my morning cuppa tea.... :cup:

Larry that must have been a typo.    Janet when the mind starts going how do you shut it off?  I haven't found the answer to that, and why at night when you are tired, and sleepy.  Your asleep in a chair and lie down, then the eyes pop open.  I don't get that.  I would up using meds to get to sleep last night and that has left me feeling like a druggie today.  Grrrrr.    John has another doctor looking after him this week.  Too bad he couldn't have kept the Doctor of last week.  He was good.  Also seems a commitment has been made that this is cellulitis.  Now to get the scan results and get him home.  

Had the dog outside go  crazy at 6:30 this morning, then Dana and Cimi started to go crazy barking..  I got up to look and 2 of the neighborhood dogs were in our yard.  The girls got up and chased them away.  The joys of country living...Usually it is deer or moose they bark at!  Thought deer were at my garden!  

On the way to the hospital yesterday I saw a small hawk.  About 1/2 the size of a red tail.  I was thinking it was the young one that was born in our attic.  It was really pretty with the flecked breast.

I have been watching a family of skunks cross the highway.  There were about 10 babies led by an adult and followed by an adult.  I don't particularly like skunks but they were cute to watch.

I don't know if those of you in the USA heard about our tornadoes.  They touched down in many areas of Ontario....Including up here.  Callendar Had a touch down doing major damage.  There were areas where a state of emergency has been declared.  I have seen pictures of the tornado over Lake Nipissing. It is almost unheard of to have tornadoes this far north.

It is a cloudy overcast day.  I have a lot to do.  I will be back later.

Geez I don't know where to begin this morning, Judy I did see on TV about the tornados in Ontario. Sorry to hear that you could not sleep. I also have not  heard the term of "putting down" when you are canning  or freezing produce. Where I come from it is called "putting up".

Janet what does GMTA stand for. Does Beth know your are planning this BD party for her. Or is it a surprise?

Jane When will you have your new do? I can't wait to see it.

Janet and Judy have you ever tried Melantonin  to help you sleep. Or do you take prescription sleep meds.

Hi Nita what wonderful advice you have given to Sarah.

Sarah sorry to hear about the problems with your job. Sure is bad timing for such a thing to happen to you. I hope you can find a job closer to home.

Larry the pain in your daughter's feet is from nerve pain it is very typical with diabetes to have neuropathy, numbness yet pain from the nerve damage. The pain is very severe and goes from  a burning feeling to  electrical charges. i hope and pray she will stay off her foot.

Ruth Ann where are you? How are you doing?

I am back home again and had a lovely time.  The weather was perfect for all three days..

Carol, I went to Parksville.....Craig Bay.  http://www.lifestyles.craigbay.com/

My friends have a beautiful home in this lovely ocean view development.  We went to SaltSpring first for most of Wed. and that was fun, including the ferry ride.  

Janet, 8 of the exibits at the SandCastle Competition were vandalized the day before ....even with on site security.  What a world!

Went to Milner Gardens.  www.milnergardens.org

Was taken out for a great authentic English Pub fish and chips dinner.  Family owned and run place and wonderful food, including English Trifle.

The train ride home was fun and the guys great.  They put my suitcase on and off and a helper even put it in Wendy's car for us.  I love trains.

Sarah, I am so sorry things have gone this way for you.  Raised two kids without any support and know life can be hard.  God loves you and will love your wee baby also.  Take good care of yourself and come here for prayer.  WE really do understand and care about you.   :)

Judy B. I am praying for John and also for your daughter, Larry.

Must go.  Pleasant Day/Evening and God Bless.

Liz

After reading all the posts I should quote Marilyn since she said all the things I wanted to say and reply to the posts but I won't quote...I'll just say 'ditto' to what Marilyn posted!  And Marilyn...GMTA is Great Minds Think Alike.

Yesterday was a relaxing day.  I was called to play cards last evening so Ivalou, Barb and I played cards with Janet and Sam and their daughter, Brenda.  We played one game of Hand and Foot, then ate some Pineapple Angel Food Cake with Cool Whip and then played Train Dominoes!  That was new to me and it was fun!  Strategy that everyone seemed to mess up for me!

We didn't get home until 11:30pm so I slept late today.  A cloudy and overcast day with nothing to do.  I do plan to get the Epson Printer going with the laptop though...after lunch which is getting mighty close.

Quote from: Marilyn on August 22, 2009, 11:36:56 AM

Jane When will you have your new do? I can't wait to see it.

I'm leaving in a few minutes for Wal-Mart .... Don't have a clue what I will decide once I get there.  It'll be a surprise for both of us!  :D

Janet:  It seems like you are always cleaning - so glad that you can write about Beth coming back for a visit with John as well.  Super news.

Larry:  I have used that special tool for small things quilted and always have to practice with it before using on the good fabric.  Good luck on your future surgery. 

Etta Sue:  Beautiful butterflies. 

Judy:  Take care of yourself during this stressful time. 

Liz:  Parksville sounds familiar and I am sure I was right there.  We would like to go back when it isn't so hot (and can open windows on the place we stay).  Thanks for the sites.

Here, we are taking son's dog home soon and we are meeting at daughter's house with a party of about 50 people including family - sending off grandson to a school in Minnesota.  Don's hearing has not returned after the cannon blast incident of three weeks ago so I don't know how long we will stay.  He was a little hard of hearing before but this has just changed our lives.  I am praying that he will at least be able to listen to music without the distortion in his hearing now.  Tomorrow, he is coming to church and we shall see how this goes - this is not simply a loss of hearing it is a distortion of noise and he feels dizzy so has to leave. 

Quote from: Marilyn on August 22, 2009, 11:36:56 AM
I also have not  heard the term of "putting down" when you are canning  or freezing produce. Where I come from it is called "putting up".

I think where that came from is you are putting the produce down into jars..... Just a term I have used for years.  No idea where it came from.

Judy:  Is the expression "putting down" a term from England and or surrounding areas?     We have British friends and they use terms that have not been used in Canada it is just getting familiar with the terms.

Judy: Also how is John's mom is she still in the hospital?

Janet & others:  About not being able to get a good nights rest I have a glass of milk or even less as I head off to bed and it is working wonders for me, but if you are not able to drink milk then I do not have an answer.

About the Tornado it was about 10 miles south of us many homes were damaged but only (l death in Durham (north of us) the other area hit as well), in Woodbridge a man suffered a heart attack.  Lots of miracle stories.   About 200 people will be without homes until they are able to rebuild, many others are damaged, in the town of Woodbridge and Maple which is south and a little west of us. We had high winds and approx. 3 inches of rain but no damage. 

Janet:  Will be very happy to see John again.

Ditto to what Marilyn had posted.

I am remembering Stacy, Beth, Sarah, John, John's mom and the many others in prayer. 

Mother is out of hospital, totally bedridden and unable to figure out how to use/hold a phone so everyone is told she is sleeping.

I got a bunch of zucchini canned, and a bushel of tomatoes.  Beans are cooked, I had a pile of beans today. and the peas are about done.  As we were boiling the jars in the canner Elizabeth put in more hot water and it hit one of the jars and the jar exploded.  She is fine, she was startled more than anything.  No burns though.  Thank you Lord!

It is late and I am having another sleepless night.  Church tomorrow. so I will try to read myself to sleep.  I am into a good book so that may keep me awake too!!!  LOL

I am all ready for church.  Then, as usual, we will eat out after Sunday School.  Then at 2pm I will be going back to a wedding receptions.  These kids got married the 8th but didn't invite the whole church since they both come from large families and have multitudes amount of friends.  So they are back from their honeymoon and the church family will help them celebrate today.  Rachel and Austin will be living in Lafayette...Purdue land.  He is in the Navy and she is still in college to become a pharmacist.  Rachel was our church pianist.  We have lots and lots of singers in the congregation but only two pianists!  Anyone want to come to Indiana and be our pianist??

I did get the Epson printer that Kitty gave to me to working.  The new driver did work.  It wouldn't print black but there is a self-cleaning button and after 4 pushes, I printed with black ink.  I think it will be handy to use the USB port and print right from the laptop. Hope it prints good enough to print my large photos.  It will print up to 13" wide!

It doesn't look like I will get a nap in today.  May be an early night tonight.

Hi everyone.  Another beautiful Sunday morning and I am ready for church but it will be about 90 minutes before we leave. 

After church today the lady I am working with on the church music library project and I will meet with the director to talk over our ideas.  We have decided that using a database and numbering the boxes and using listings with the box number keyed to the musical piece is the way to go.  That way you don't need to constantly scuffle music and more than one piece can be stored in the same box to maximize space.  We have about 600 individual pieces of music that have been acquired over the years.  From the database we can prepare reports on any of the data that is stored in it.

I appreciate your prayers for our daughter.  We just take things one day at a time and don't try to anticipate tomorrow. 

Yep, GTA stands for great minds think alike!

Yes, Beth knows we are planning a party for her.  She made up the guest list--keeps adding more and more people to it--and has requested ice cream cake.  We are doing a safari theme, because she loves animals so much.

Everything clicked beautifully today.  When we got to the care home, Jennifer had Beth ready to go, when we got to Garden, John's train arrived about two minutes after we did; when we got to I Hop, they weren't very busy. Back to Ulysses, where we left them (Beth and John) back at the home, I brought Darrel home, as he was too sleepy to go to church.  I attended Sunday School at our church, then went and picked up B and J again and we attended church at the Mennonite Brethren church.  Then to Subway for sandwiches, and  home, unloaded John's suitcases, and turned the van over to John.  Whew!  But the timing couldn't have been better!  :)

This has been an emotionally draining day.  But I am home safe with the girls and know that God is Good ......All the time.  It is people that make life difficult.

We have had a nice day weather wise.  Had Cimi with me, and went to John straight from church.  Our pastor will be away next week.  Picked up a coffee for John and had a brief visit.  We met with some dear, dear friends who have been on a trip through the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Alaska.  The stories they had to tell are amazing.  They told of a stream so full of spawning salmon that they could walk across and not get their feet wet.  I am looking forward to seeing the pictures.  Some other friends who they traveled with go to church with us.  They had more different stories to tell.

Well that is all for now folks

Quote from: JudyB on August 23, 2009, 10:20:41 PM
God is Good ......All the time.  It is people that make life difficult.

Judy, This should be the quote of the week ... :thumbsup: ;)

Time to lock the door on yet another week!

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