January 1st 2010

January 1st 2010

Well is it Twenty Ten or 2 thousand and ten. I think I like Twenty Ten. It is easier.

I did absolutely nothing today, nothing and I am not a bit guilty. We are fasting today to get our bodies away from the high carbohydrates and sweets from the holiday. Dad offered me chocolate cake left over from moms cake but I turned him down. Can you believe that, chocolate cake.
I am in Windows 7 now girls. My sweet DH spent the entire day wiping out my laptop and installing windows 7. So far so good. I had Vista and that was a nightmare so he wiped it out and put Windows XP on here, but time to upgrade to Windows 7. I will let you know.

I was up all night last night with my RLS (restless leg syndrome) and did not go to bed till 5 am or so and then up at 8 am so I was dragging all day. If you have ANY information as to what will help that I would soooooooooooo appreciate it. I can go for a long time and then all of a sudden it gets bad again. Anyway, I sat in my comfy chair all day today and watched some movies that we had saved and napped. Now drinking flavored decaf coffee and listening to the last half of the rose bowl. I do hate football and I am so thankful that Dennis is not a football fan. Now baseball is another story....... We follow the St Louis Cardinals.......... We love love love baseball season.

I was a bit melancholy this morning but had a long talk with the Lord and cried a bit and then things were fine. I prayed for mom and dad and asked the Father God for grace to care for them. I never question that HE has asked me to do this and if HE asked me to do this then HE has already supplied the ability.

Among the gifts that I got for Christmas was a small hand held recorder and mp3 player. Now that might not sound like much to you but it is something that will make a HUGE change in my life this new year. You see, most of the time when the Lord drops something into my heart to write about I am busy doing something else. HE ALWAYS gives me a solid lesson with scriptures to back them up and try as I might I will forget what HE said and by the time I get to my desk with for pencil and paper some of what was dropped in my heart is gone.
I have been saying to my sweet husband for a few years now that I have got to get something that I can just take out of my pocket and speak those gems that the Father has given me into a recorder to play it back later when I can write it down. So a simple little gift is a wonderful tool for my new year.
Watch for a new devotional on Samaritan Women in the next couple of days. It relates to what I have just shared with you.

I do not make new years resolutions as I never keep them and then I label myself guilty of those things, so I have refrained from doing that for many years now. BUT one thing that I promised myself a couple of weeks ago I have followed through with today and have purposed in my heart to see it through. It is regarding the health of my spirit man and the focus toward purpose of my life according the calling of God in my life. I have loosed myself from some hindrances that have dragged me down for far too long. I feel good about it and I have talked in depth to the Lord before taking some actions. I am excited as to what HE will do with my life this new year...... I am ready and I am willing and

Christianity is not my responsibility, it is my response to HIS ability.

I am completely out of the shop now with regards to my retail business and I must tell you that it causes my flesh to be a bit fearful but I feel somehow excited in my spirit man as to what HE can accomplish with my life now that I will have a bit more time. In today's economy there are those that wonder what in the world I am doing but I must look through my spiritual eyes and not on the circumstances of life. HE has set before me a specific goal and I intend to move toward that goal.

I just wanted to start this new year with one of the blessings in my life and that is my blog. Who know 2 1/2 years ago that I would meet so many wonderful ladies and would make lasting friendships.

Let us all move into 2010 with the energy and desire to be a witness to the overwhelming power and love of the Father God. Let us all be that light that will lighten the path of many that are faltering. Let us shout out that we are children of the most high God and we will not and cannot be quieted. God in the Blog............ HE is mighty!