Words to live by.....

November 22, 2011 R-E-S-P-E-C-T … That is what He Needs from Me Renee Swop This post from Proverbs 31 Woman was really very impactful today.I am not the wife I truly want to be to my husband and this encouraged me to be looking at him in a different way and to encourage him, by my words and attitudes. God requires this of me and I can be the wife he needs by submitting my will to his. It's hard to do.. when I am a strong willed person, but it is commanded to me to respect my husband. :) I am trying.

SNOW!!!

Today the flakes began to fall.. actually moving sideways. Not my favorite type of snow. I like the calm, soft straight down type of snow. So beautiful... and not as cold usually.. because the wind is not finding it's way into your house.
Not looking forward to snow at all this year. Usually I am ready. but I must be ready for a move.....
Please Lord, make a way.

God has been so good to us, and we don't love back very well.
I'm praying that my desire for fellowship with my Father will be so overwhelming this next month and into the next year.. that I can't sleep in.. that I can't wait for my time alone with him. I want to crave time in the Word.. just like I crave mashed potatoes. :)

today..is gray..

It is grayish outside. looks like it could rain but hasn't.
Inside the lights are bright and the machines are humming.
I need a nap... and it is frowned upon to lay your head down on your desk and take a rest. bummer.
:)
I am getting excited about a trip to Florida.
Wow.. in one year.. a nice trip to CA and one to FL.. what do you know.
Wish I was heading to the Philippines next.
:)
GOing to try to redesign my site.. :)
make it look more fun.
Blessings on you, daughters.

God's work

I am so thankful that God continues to work on me. He works on my through the people around me... through the circumstances in my life, and the things happening to those I love and mainly through HIS WORD.
but how can HE do that if I am not in the Word. HE obviously can't..........
SO, I am trying to be more consistent in my time with HIM.
Yesterday, my friend Peggy and I started a eating plan, called First steps. We watched a video at noon, had a good lunch together and weighed each other. We are committed to getting control of this issue in our life.
:) With God's help we can. Obviously, we can't do it in our own strength. ... obviously.
:)
So, if you read this, pray that we will consistently be doing what is GOOD for our bodies, so that we can present them a living sacrifice... holy, acceptable, pleasing.
:)HE IS ABLE. to accomplish what concerns me today.
to handle anything that comes my way. to do much more than I can ever dream.
:) IF I will let him.

August 2011

Today is a day where I believe God has revealed himself to me a little more.
Just finished reading Erasing Hell, by Francis Chan.
very good.
Made me see somethings in myself that are negative, things that I have been trying to change in my own strength and can't. Well, maybe I can for a while... but then they are back.
I will now try to change them in God's strength and power and I will trust that He will convict me when I am back to my regular sarcasm, and judgmental spirit.
Poor husband. He has to live with me and I think that I have him really confused.
We are praying about a move. It is hard to think that it can happen. The economy is not on our side. the mess that has to be cleaned up and sold and stored, etc. seems insurmountable. But my God is able. I just don't feel very able right now. And I am tired of moving.. so this has to be IT.
:)
Pray with us. Lets see what God can do and Praise Him together. WOW. :)
HE can do whatever HE wants to do. HE IS GOD!! after all.

May.. how did we get here?

It is May 18th today and I am so surprised that we are already over half way through this month. AMAZING!! Soon it will be hot.. at least that is our hope. :) and the summer will be upon us.
CE will be getting ready for Momentum and the fall will be upon us. GOOD grief. how does time go by so fast.
I had a marvelous trip out to CA and was able to spend some real time with Little miss Emma.
I miss her quick smile and dear little face. Miss the rest of family out there also, but her face is the one that is changing quickly.
Caden is here and already 6 weeks old. We have spent one weekend with him. not Enough.
and this weekend Connie and the gang are on their way out to see him.
That will be great.
God has been so good to us. These amazing little grand people are so very marvelous.
We get great joy from them.. even though they are far away.
I am still struggling along learning my Col. 3. enjoying that also and getting some good toe stepping from it. :)
Den is working hard and this weekend has a few jobs from Tom's company. YES. they brought him our of retirement.
so thankful.
GOD is so very good to us.
Praying for the change that we know is coming.. at some point...... We will just wait for the hand of God to lead us along. ;)
love all your dear ones.
MOM/Cathy

JUST A FEW MINUTES OF HAPPINESS

I am just here to say that I am over the moon.. :) Things have worked out at work.. to cover my place without too much stress on anyone's part.
I do have some sadness for my friend Peggy here as 3 dear friends have passed and their services are all this week. So sorry, dear friend.
But after that comes great JOY. because I am leaving here tomorrow after work and Den and I are going to be driven to Indy by friends. :)
THEN... we will take them to dinner.
We will stay at a hotel near the airport and go by shuttle in the early hours of the am...... to fly out at 5:ish.
in CA SFO at 10:30ish.. Oh wow. I am so ready for that.
I am sure that we will get some lunch at our very very very favorite restaurant in Stockton on the way home. :):... since it will be lunch time. It will be good to see the folks again.
but the weather is going to be something else.. cold.. SNOW??? what.. or at least cold and rain all for the festival on Sat. What a sad day.
Not looking forward to that part.
happens.. rain happens every few years.. It is the time of year.
But my joy remains. .because I am not there for SUN. I am there to be with friends and family.
YEAH YEAH> YEAH> :) SO looking forward to this.

New camera..

I got a new camera. Since it is at home, I can't tell you what kind.. it is a Canon.. and Connie used to have one similar, but it came in all it's glory with NO memory card.. what the heck. We used points from a cc to get it.. and now I need to go shopping for a card to be able to put some pictures on this site. :)
Am anxious to see what it can do and see if it is a good camera. :)
Feeling better today, even though I still can't see a way to get to CA for now. God can still do His thing. :) He has one more night. ;)
I will just trust that we are doing the RIGHT thing for right now. Not putting things on credit and waiting to go when we can really afford to do it.
:) I am very anxious to see and hold and laugh with our little Emma... but God knows the desires of my heart and he can make a way for me.
Trying not to stay depressed and ridiculous. :)
Love all my family and want to be closer to everyone.. but since that is NOT possible, I will pray.
That is the best thing I could do for any of them any how. I will commit to praying every day for each of my kids and grands.
:)

bummer........

I don't know why, but I am in a state of sadness. I can't seem to pull myself out of it and I find it really weird that most of the time I write in here, it is because I am not quite myself.
I want to get out of here for a while, go someplace slightly warm and I had planned to.. . I hoped to, and now it seems that it won't be happening, and the.... when it will, is sort of out there somewhere. Den will be full blown into a building project soon and that in itself changes what we can do and when. So.. i am sad. really sad.

January....

I am doing the Beth Moore 24 verse per year Bible memory called Siestas. :)
From the 1st to the 15th my verse was:

Col.3:1
Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven where Christ sits in the place of honor at God's right hand.

NOW it is the
15th and my verse is:

Col. 3:2&3
Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God.
This kind of fits in with a book I have been reading.
It is by Wayne Jacobsen.... SO, YOU DON'T WANT TO GO TO CHURCH ANYMORE.
It is fiction.. but written like THE SHACK, with a much deeper message. ( Wayne actually helped the author of the shack write his book.)
I have read one of his other books called HE LOVES ME. GOOD BOOK.

This So, you..... book is about how we worship and how we DO church and I am still forming my opinion about what I am reading. It certainly does make you think that perhaps how we DO church on Sunday, wasn't really what God had in mind for us.
I haven't quite formed my opinion about this......... just an interesting concept.
That we, being the church should be DOING church differently.

I also watched part 2 of Louie Giglio's Grace DVD. So basic and yet so clear. God loves me. It fits in with the other Jacobsen book that I read. I don't have to and actually can't do anything to earn it. and Jesus took my guilt.............Jesus took my filthy rags and God put his coat of Righteousness over me. I am an heir with Christ because of GOD'S GRACE... such a marvelous word/thought.
Blessing on you all, dear daughters. :)