By the time I get this posted, it will no longer be morning.
Had a bad case of insomnia last night. One of the things I do when I can’t sleep, is to start going down my prayer list, focusing on the needs of my loved ones, friends, nationl issues, etc. It usually lets me drift off eventually, but last night it didn’t. I considered starting over again, but didn’t think it would change my restless leg, my restless body.
Lots of helpful references there, and I actually grew drowsy while reading 🙂 These asre all verses with which I am already familiar, but it helps to be reminded.
I went back to bed around 6 and slept until 10:45. Still feeling the lack of night sleep, but at least I got a reprieve.
Sleep is a necessary thing, and I am thankful that God allowed us to enjoy it.
If your church isn’t like this, or you don’t even have a church family, I promise you that there are still good churches out there who will welcome you as part of the family.
Terry and I made a mutual decision to stay home from church this morning. Neither of us likes to do that, but I was not willing to leave him on his own yet, and he wasn’t sure he was ready to make the drive himself. So here we are. To my own surprise, I slept until 11:45 this morning!
He is showing improvement every day. I’m so thankful!
We have a gorgeous spring day, clear skies and 69F. It doesn’t get any better than this. I’ve spent time in my Bible this morning, and time in prayer, deliberately choosing to thank God for every blessing in my life that I could think of. There are many.
And that’s about it for today. God is good, all the time. Even when things don’t go the way we think they should, God is always good.
I’ve sung this as a solo, duet, and trio. I love it because it acknowledges that sometimes, no matter, how much we love the Lord, we just feel empty. Maybe we’re physically drained. Maybe sleep is elusive. Maybe there are heartaches that just don’t seem to have an end. The answer is always the same. He will provide the healing, the filling, the forgiveness, when we go to Him in humility and sincerity.
It took most of the week, but I think my body is finally adjusting to the time change. Doesn’t mean I like it. Just getting adapted to it 🙂
I really don’t have anything much on my mind this morning, so I’m not going to push it past what my old brain can handle. Music is always my go-to. This song is on my mind because my son is going to sing it next week. I love the song, love that he’s singing it 🙂
Every now and then it’s good to stop and count them. Blessings, that is 🙂
My recliner that didn’t work for several months is finally fixed! The guy we were working with runs his own shop, and it took him some time to get the right part. It’s all good now, and I have fallen in love with it all over again.
Through a friend, I discovered magnesium cream for my restless leg syndrome. It’s amazing! I’ve had several nights of sound sleep without my leg waking me up. A true blessing! If you have the same problem, you can google magnesium cream. It’s not cheap, but it is SO worth it!
I’m working with a young woman who has come through some difficult times, and this week she told me some things that lead me to believe she is taking the first tiny steps into becoming a strong, responsible adult. That’s a victory!
We have daylight until just after 6 pm. Spring really is coming! I see we start daylight saving time on March 10, which should please the sun seekers. I don’t like losing that hour of sleep in the spring 🙂
Friends are one of life’s greatest blessings. Friends who care as if you were family. And family is an even greater blessing.
An older gentleman in our church went to heaven this week. He loved the Lord, and was a strong witness. We will miss him, but I’m so glad he’s no longer ill, and that his journey here is done. He lived his life well.
I have some young friends at church who always give me huge hugs when they see me. It warms my heart that these young ones care so much for this old granny. There are teens, too, who always have a warm greeting. That’s the way a church should be. No age divisions. A family where the old and young and everyone in between care about each other.
Be thankful today. Look for things for which to be thankful. You really don’t have far too look 🙂
So today is my sister’s birthday. My MUCH OLDER sister. She has a whole 2 1/2 years on me. I hope she’ll have a wonderful day :) Happy birthday, Sandy!
Our father died when he was only 70. Heart disease, among other maladies. Mom lived to be 87, nearly 20 years after Dad went to heaven. She never stopped missing him. My nephew was killed in a drunk driving accident when he was only 23. My brother died at 49 when he lost control of his truck because, very likely, he was having severe angina (heart pain).
So Sandy and I are the “survivors,” if you will, and are coming face to face with the reality of being much closer to heaven than we are to having many years ahead of us here on earth.
And you know? That’s perfectly okay! Don’t misunderstand. I don’t have a death wish. I enjoy my life. I believe that people in my generation have been privileged to see the last of the America in which we grew up. We had so much more personal freedom when we were kids than children are–or should be– allowed in this upside-down world we live in. Our generation did go through Viet Nam and all the ugliness that came with it. But we’ve had the freedom to enjoy our capitalist economy, to become wealthy or maintain our status quo, but to want for very little. Of course, not everything has been ideal. Our political world is a mess. Our economy is a mess. Our “Woke-ness” has gone to the extreme of having feminine hygiene products in the boy’s bathroom in a junior high school. Our kids are endangered by the existence of evil people who want to traffic them. Men want to be women, and women want to be men. It drives them crazy that they can’t change the DNA!
The Bible tells us that the time will come when what used to be good will be considered evil, and evil will be considered good ( Isaiah 5:20). It’s not the first time in the world’s history that this has taken place, and it won’t be the last.
If you like history, perhaps you are aware that when the British had to surrender to the American army, their band played the song “The World Turned Upside Down.”
Where we have to be careful is when we object to anything simply because it’s different than it was when we were young, rearing our families and working for a living. Not everything new is bad, just as not everything old is good. We can’t compare ourselves to ourselves. We have to look at everything through the lens of God’s Word.
We need to humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God!
I’m working on a piano piece, a wonderful arrangement of the hymn “Blessed Assurance.” Fanny Crosby, blinded since she was about six weeks old, wrote the words, Perfect submission, perfect delight!Visions of rapture now burst on my sight!” A woman who had no memory of ever seeing anything, anticipated what she would see when she reached heaven. I get it. And I especially love her song, “I want to see my Savior first of all!”
I woke up at 4 a,m. Not my happy time. I’ve had trouble all week, can’t fall asleep. Jumpy leg, restless all over. I need to find a way to get back into a decent routine. No one warned me that old age and retirement can mess with your inner body clock!
You know what’s really aggravating? I’m SO sleepy now, but a nap is not an option. I HAVE to stay awake until bedtime if I’m going to get back into any kind of decent routine.
It’s gorgeous outside. Clear blue sky, but a little chilly at 29F. It was still not completely dark at 5:45 last night, though, so we’re making slow progress toward spring.
I like weather. All kinds. I enjoy storms, and I love a mild, breezy spring day filled with flowering trees. I enjoy a snowstorm, at least until it stops and starts turning all slushy and dirty the next day. I love watching the ocean when it’s really windy and the breakers rise and fall with enthusiasm. Can’t say I like tornados or hurricanes, because people die or lose their houses during those events. But I do love the changing weather, and the intensity of a blue sky after a storm. I know there are people who love having clear skies and sunshine every day all year ’round. I’m glad they can live where they get that. And I’m glad I don’t have to 🙂
I love the passage in Ecclesiastes 3 that talks about the changing seasons:
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
Along with that scripture, I often think of Lamentations 3, which begins with a long list of sorrows, but ends in rejoicing that no matter what, God’s faithfulness does not change:
“And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:
19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
22 It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not.
23 They are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness.”
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