"for we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses (fears), but one who IN EVERY RESPECT has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then WITH CONFIDENCE draw near to the throne of grace, that we may recieve mercy and find grace to help in our time of need" Hebrews 4:15,16 Jesus knows exactly how we feel when we are afraid....He has to because the Bible says He was tempted in every way we are and so we can come and say Lord I am afraid. Then He always says "Fear not"....I hope you won't be afraid today, but will be bold! Have a strong spirit....put on the full armor of God. Of course, I pray the same thing for myself! For He did not give me a spirit of fear! That comes from our enemy who prowls around trying to devour any joy we may have!
On an exciting note!!! My good friend Kristi is as I write at the hospital giving birth! Last nite I walked outside and saw the full moon and thought.....the gravity will do the trick! Sure enough she went to the hospital at 4 a.m. I'm praying for a safe delivery! God is indeed good!
Last nite, I had a birthday dinner for David my son who is now 29.....we had his favorite, chicken enchiladas! He loves it when I fix those for him.....I must say they are very good......
Recipe for any who are interested:
4 chicken breasts (I cook overnite in crockpot with water, bayleaves, garlic powder, and any other seasonings that strike me) chopped
1 small mexican velveeta (cut into small pieces)
1 can rotelle
dash cumin
Put chopped chicken, velveeta cheese, rotelle and cumin into large frying pan......cut until all is melted.
1 pkg. tortilla shells (of your choice)
1 can enchilada sauce (I use only Old El Paso)
1 1/2 cups grated sharp cheddar cheese
scoop chicken into tortilla shell, roll and put into 9 x 13 pammed glass baking dish
continue until you have all tortillas in pan.
cover with enchilada sauce and cheese
cover with aluminum foil and bake at 350 for 45 minutes.
YUM.
Anyway, that is David's favorite dish that I make. On each child's birthday, I try to make them their favorite meal. Paul's is chicken divan, Tommy's is a grilled steak and Matt's is spagetti! Mine is anything I don't have to cook. Which brings me to another great blessing in my life. Russell!!!!! He loves to cook (his favorite is probably a good grilled steak too) and he cooks wonderfully!
God is indeed good to me.....even in the shadows, He holds me in His everlasting arms! Thanks be to God!
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
What Time I am Afraid, I will trust in Thee
I was tempted to question God's wisdom this morning, then I recalled my blog name, Too Wonderful for Me.......and recalled Job's words when face to face with almighty God..."I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted. You asked,' Who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge?' Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know."
This morning I got a call from the American Consolate in Dubai....my son was arrested last night for drunk and disorderly conduct and assault on a police officer. I have been praying for some time that God would do whatever it takes to open the eyes of Paul's heart and bring him to a saving faith and save him from his drug and alcohol problem. Truthfully, I thought whatever it takes might be my death, but maybe not....I am praying that the Lord would use this "time out" to work in Paul's heart. He will possibly spend 2 or more months in prison there.....yes, my heart is breaking and tears are flowing, however, I am, through my tears, saying Thanks be to God who controls everything....Thanks be to God who has been faithful to protect Paul from physical harm....Thanks be to God that it was not a call telling me he had been harmed or killed.....Thanks be to God that I can trust Him with my child.....and thanks be to God that His everlasting arms are holding me during this time.
This morning I got a call from the American Consolate in Dubai....my son was arrested last night for drunk and disorderly conduct and assault on a police officer. I have been praying for some time that God would do whatever it takes to open the eyes of Paul's heart and bring him to a saving faith and save him from his drug and alcohol problem. Truthfully, I thought whatever it takes might be my death, but maybe not....I am praying that the Lord would use this "time out" to work in Paul's heart. He will possibly spend 2 or more months in prison there.....yes, my heart is breaking and tears are flowing, however, I am, through my tears, saying Thanks be to God who controls everything....Thanks be to God who has been faithful to protect Paul from physical harm....Thanks be to God that it was not a call telling me he had been harmed or killed.....Thanks be to God that I can trust Him with my child.....and thanks be to God that His everlasting arms are holding me during this time.
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Of Course We found it!
I wonder seriously if I will ever learn to just relax and trust the Wonderful God who with his Word created the entire universe to do what He does best......care for us. We prayed and prayed for just the right place for our son to live while going to college away from home for the first time. We arrived at the Q & A....and sometime during the long talks, I stuck my hand up and said "housing".....to which was replied...."oh, one of our second year students just bought a house and is looking for roommates".....WHAT????!!!!! So we call and make arrangements to go look, and we walked in that house and it was like we were home.....we liked the people who own the house, the location is perfect and we said "who do we pay?" .....Sooooo, with that burden lifted, we are now enjoying the process of getting ready to send him out into the world. Wow, is God great or what?! But of course, why am I always so surprised when He does just what He says He will do? Working on that. I sure wish I knew how to post pictures because i have a couple of good ones.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Get Ready, Let's Go!
Hurray! It's time to go on our annual vacation to the mountains of North Carolina!! We go twice a year, once alone (this time) and once with my parents-in-love! This is the time of year we go to get away from our hectic routines and just rest and relax and try not to think about what we have to do when we get back home. This year will be a little hard on us because we will be leaving our little Jack, our 7 month old toy poodle. He's our new baby!
Our other baby, our 20 year old son will be leaving soon to go to the University of Florida College of Pharmacy! He's just finished up his two years at our local community college and will start pharmacy school in August. So our last child will be spreading his wings to fly out of the nest. Wow, how time has flown! When we get home, we will start feverishly looking for a place for him to live in a strange city. I started to have anxiety about it, then reminded myself that we have prayed a long time that the Lord would open the college door that He had for our child and so since this is the door He opened.....He surely also has a place for him to live! So we are trusting God to help us as we start this process.
Our other baby, our 20 year old son will be leaving soon to go to the University of Florida College of Pharmacy! He's just finished up his two years at our local community college and will start pharmacy school in August. So our last child will be spreading his wings to fly out of the nest. Wow, how time has flown! When we get home, we will start feverishly looking for a place for him to live in a strange city. I started to have anxiety about it, then reminded myself that we have prayed a long time that the Lord would open the college door that He had for our child and so since this is the door He opened.....He surely also has a place for him to live! So we are trusting God to help us as we start this process.
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Too Wonderful For Me
A Prayer for a Son
Oh, God, our help in ages past....Our hope for years to come....Be his shelter from the stormy blast .....and his eternal home. In recent years, when I would be singing in church services, I would begin putting my children's names in places that were appropriate and making the songs a prayer for them. A wonderful and wise friend of mine who has been with the Lord for several years said her favorite scripture for her children was 3 John 4 "I have no greater joy than to hear my children are walking in the truth." Ah what joy!
You have probably figured out by now that I am troubled by one of my children. So I cling to the promises of God. I love the scripture about the vine and I envision the vine and holding onto to it while being blown about by the storms of life and the winds of worry. I know that as long as I am connected to the vine, I will always have hope that my childrens' eyes will be opened to the truth
Oh, God, our help in ages past....Our hope for years to come....Be his shelter from the stormy blast .....and his eternal home. In recent years, when I would be singing in church services, I would begin putting my children's names in places that were appropriate and making the songs a prayer for them. A wonderful and wise friend of mine who has been with the Lord for several years said her favorite scripture for her children was 3 John 4 "I have no greater joy than to hear my children are walking in the truth." Ah what joy!
You have probably figured out by now that I am troubled by one of my children. So I cling to the promises of God. I love the scripture about the vine and I envision the vine and holding onto to it while being blown about by the storms of life and the winds of worry. I know that as long as I am connected to the vine, I will always have hope that my childrens' eyes will be opened to the truth
Too Wonderful For Me
A Prayer for a Son
Oh, God, our help in ages past....Our hope for years to come....Be his shelter from the stormy blast .....and his eternal home. In recent years, when I would be singing in church services, I would begin putting my children's names in places that were appropriate and making the songs a prayer for them. A wonderful and wise friend of mine who has been with the Lord for several years said her favorite scripture for her children was 3 John 4 "I have no greater joy than to hear my children are walking in the truth." Ah what joy!
You have probably figured out by now that I am troubled by one of my children. So I cling to the promises of God. I love the scripture about the vine and I envision the vine and holding onto to it while being blown about by the storms of life and the winds of worry. I know that as long as I am connected to the vine, I will always have hope that my childrens' eyes will be opened to the truth
Oh, God, our help in ages past....Our hope for years to come....Be his shelter from the stormy blast .....and his eternal home. In recent years, when I would be singing in church services, I would begin putting my children's names in places that were appropriate and making the songs a prayer for them. A wonderful and wise friend of mine who has been with the Lord for several years said her favorite scripture for her children was 3 John 4 "I have no greater joy than to hear my children are walking in the truth." Ah what joy!
You have probably figured out by now that I am troubled by one of my children. So I cling to the promises of God. I love the scripture about the vine and I envision the vine and holding onto to it while being blown about by the storms of life and the winds of worry. I know that as long as I am connected to the vine, I will always have hope that my childrens' eyes will be opened to the truth
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Too Wonderful For Me
Of trust in God and handstands
Recently, because when I feel depressed I do this, I've been in my bedroom when not performing some "official" duty. You know like washing clothes or thinking about cooking supper. I tend to isolate myself if I have the blues. So as I was sitting, o.k. lying, in my bed the other day, I was thinking about aging. I am the primary caretaker of my mother and aging has been on my mind lately. I'm not afraid of it, don't particularly like the things that go along with it, things I see my mama going through. So I kept thinking, if I could only still do handstands. Handstands??? Now where did that come from, I probably haven't done one in 25 years. But nevertheless, my mind kept wandering back to handstands. So I finally thought, well only one way to find out, and if I can do a handstand, maybe I'm not as old as I think. So I bravely stood up (o.k. did that!) contemplated how to swing my body into an upside down position without breaking anything. Took precious husband's picture off the wall.....and just did it.....I DID IT!!! I honestly don't know why, but I felt better all day! So I've been doing a handstand against that wall every day since and I haven't been in the bed any of those days.
Then as I was reading another sweet Christian's blog who is going through a storm right now, some of her friends had posted this scripture. "In quietness and in trust shall be your strength" Isaiah 30:15 I love that scripture! I'm not a really quiet person....in fact it's been said that I'm loud.....I have 5 brothers and sisters, what can I say? In our house you were loud to be heard. But I want to be a quiet person, with a quiet spirit. And I DO trust in the Lord.
I think my point is (and i'm not sure) that even when you love the Lord and trust Him, you can still get down. But from now on, I'm going to try to remember to get up and do something......a handstand?? Maybe, maybe something else at another time.
But one thing I know and one thing I am sure of .....I want my life to bring glory to God and I want to enjoy Him every day!
Recently, because when I feel depressed I do this, I've been in my bedroom when not performing some "official" duty. You know like washing clothes or thinking about cooking supper. I tend to isolate myself if I have the blues. So as I was sitting, o.k. lying, in my bed the other day, I was thinking about aging. I am the primary caretaker of my mother and aging has been on my mind lately. I'm not afraid of it, don't particularly like the things that go along with it, things I see my mama going through. So I kept thinking, if I could only still do handstands. Handstands??? Now where did that come from, I probably haven't done one in 25 years. But nevertheless, my mind kept wandering back to handstands. So I finally thought, well only one way to find out, and if I can do a handstand, maybe I'm not as old as I think. So I bravely stood up (o.k. did that!) contemplated how to swing my body into an upside down position without breaking anything. Took precious husband's picture off the wall.....and just did it.....I DID IT!!! I honestly don't know why, but I felt better all day! So I've been doing a handstand against that wall every day since and I haven't been in the bed any of those days.
Then as I was reading another sweet Christian's blog who is going through a storm right now, some of her friends had posted this scripture. "In quietness and in trust shall be your strength" Isaiah 30:15 I love that scripture! I'm not a really quiet person....in fact it's been said that I'm loud.....I have 5 brothers and sisters, what can I say? In our house you were loud to be heard. But I want to be a quiet person, with a quiet spirit. And I DO trust in the Lord.
I think my point is (and i'm not sure) that even when you love the Lord and trust Him, you can still get down. But from now on, I'm going to try to remember to get up and do something......a handstand?? Maybe, maybe something else at another time.
But one thing I know and one thing I am sure of .....I want my life to bring glory to God and I want to enjoy Him every day!
Thursday, May 4, 2006
A good day!
Too Wonderful For Me Recently, I have been kind of down. I'm the only one of my "old" group of friends that is home all day....making for the occasional lonely day! Yesterday, I ran into an acquantance and when I asked how she was, immediately told me she had been experiencing severe depression....reminding me that I often forget there are others out there who might need a friend as much as I do! So often, I am fooled into thinking I'm the only one who feels a certain way. So over the next few weeks, I am going to try to reach beyond my small borders!
Russell and I have been walking in the evenings when he gets home from work, which is so much fun. We first met at the walking park so it brings back many happy memories! We are so blessed by God to have a happy marriage! These past few weeks, we have been trying to stay away from t.v. (no small task!) and Russell reads to me at night either from the Bible or from the Bible study book we are reading. I love to have him read to me and this is a very new experience for two old dogs!
Russell and I have been walking in the evenings when he gets home from work, which is so much fun. We first met at the walking park so it brings back many happy memories! We are so blessed by God to have a happy marriage! These past few weeks, we have been trying to stay away from t.v. (no small task!) and Russell reads to me at night either from the Bible or from the Bible study book we are reading. I love to have him read to me and this is a very new experience for two old dogs!
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