Christian Encourager's OCTOBER Thread ...
 

:angel: Welcome Friends :angel:
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You've found a great place to come and vent, share or ask for prayer support. This is a great group who will be very encouraging, caring and loving....anyone is welcome to join!

A Servant's Prayer --

Jesus, My Jesus....How marvelous are your ways....
Far more splendid than my mind can envision.
What an honor to be chosen by you.
A lowly child I am, but empowered by the Holy Spirit to fulfill the great hope to which you have called me.
I give myself totally to you, Lord.
Take my imperfect heart and make it perfect.
Peel away the hardness.
Close the doors I have opened to the temptations of this world.
Gently remove the roots of painful memories, sins, doubts and fears.
Discard anything that separates me from you.
Lord, fill the emptiness with the light of your love that I might be a beacon calling the lost back to you.

To love as you love.....
To serve as you serve.....
To forgive as you forgive.....
Always mindful of my nothingness while doing great and marvelous things in your name and for your glory.
This I pray, Jesus, in YOUR name ...
Amen.


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HAPPY OCTOBER, EVERYONE ~

I am going to repeat and continue the post I had put in the September one to get us all started here this month. Well, we actually had a little bit of the ***white stuff*** today; not much, but enuff to say we had it and of course, it melted as soon as it touched the ground. I think this is the earliest I have every seen it, but we were spoiled that last two years in that we didn't get any permanent snow until the end of the first week of November.

It's starting to :rain: out there now; can't make up it's mind what to do -- we have had a mix of :sunny:, *****, and :rain: We have had lots of birds coming by to stock up on food; we had a pair of whiskey jacks (gray jays) come by this week and they are packing the food in and taking it to store in their homes. Oh, now the :sunny: is out again ... yeah!

We have to go up to our lot sometime and finished closing things up there; and bring some stuff back home too. This week sometime, we have to clean up our gardens and get them ready for winter; get rid of the old refuse, cut and pull out the bulbs that can't stay in the ground (like the gladiolas). Gonna give this a try this year and see how it goes; we only have one room that we can store them in which stays around 50F. A bulb card I have here recommends a garage, which we don't have -- or even a crisper drawer of your fridge; but since we only have one fridge, I can't spare the space. So they will be wrapped in newspaper and put in a box in our spare room instead; hope it works.


FOR WILMA ~ I'll check and see if I put your brother on the PRAYER WARRIOR's current list of prayers on page 2 ... praying for him that the chemo will work and he'll get well again. I have been hearing that some people are trying different kinds of natural therapies along with the chemo like vitamin and natural foods (Dr. Andrew WEIL, MD); some are even trying some kinds of laser & radiant heat therapies too.

I have even heard that asparagus and cucumbers are supposed to be good; the nutrient-rich green veggies like spinach & broccoli -- and of course, anything with Vitamin A & E in them like the red/orange/yellow fruits & veggies. BTW, how's your mother feeling? Hope she's doing better! :hug:

I made a nice pot of roasted veggie soup with barley & lentils for lunch today; it sure felt nice to have that after being out in this colder weather today. We are having leftover BBQ spit chicken for dinner tonight. Time to go put it on now, but we ate lunch late, so I'll delay dinner a bit too ... ;)

Ttyl ... Rosebud :flow2:

Just came on to say hi and goodnight. i unladed and stacked 70 bales of Hay in my goat barn today and got cleaned up and made the 4-H fish fry and I just am tuckered out headed for bed. David said I would not be able to move tomorrow but I took some medicine the doctor gave me for my fall and I think I will be alright ,hope so.

Thank you Rosebud! All the prayers we can get will be appreciated. We don't know what the future holds but we know the future.

thankful for all of the friends on 3FC, praying you all have a wonderful , blessed week:)

Home from camping but a quick check in for prayer requests...I will catch up soon!

:wave: HI EVERYONE ~ We had another busy day today; got lots of walking in which is always good for me. Had to go up town to pay bills and then went to see our new dollar store and picked up a few things at the bulk food store (including a few candies for the kiddies Halloween bags).

The weather was fantastic today; we even got up to 70F here, so it was a perfect fall day really. When we finally got back home at 4 pm, we had a small snack and then cleaned up our gardens for the winter. DH pulled the empty bean plants out; and we pulled the GLADS out too and cut the bulbs off to store them.

We left in all the flower bushes, and the BROWN-EYED SUSANS so the seed can drop as they are still blooming too. When they start to look too sloppy, we will cut them off at the soil -- I am guessing how I am supposed to do them as this is the first time I've ever grown them. A lady down the street has lots of MARIGOLDS still blooming in a bed out in the open, so next year, I'll put some of them in too. I used to grow them in the country and they can even take some snow and still bloom; they are so amazing!

HI ELAINE & BOOTSIE & GARY ~ nice to see you all drop by; but BOOTSIE you need to get some sleep, girl ... :lol:


PICK-ME-UP TIP ~ one of my books suggested that we buy a few flowers to brighten up our home for a spiritual lift; so today, I picked up a small bouquet of lilac cosmos with yellow centers and have them on my desk in front of me. I think that I will do this more often ... :D

WE MAY NOT KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS, BUT WE KNOW WHO HOLDS THE FUTURE ... Yes, this a good one to remember, WILMA.

Hope you all have a lovely week coming up; keeping you and yours in my prayers too ... Rosebud :flow2:

:wave: Hi there ... we just had a quiet day at home today; lots of lovely :sunny: again -- what a treat. Fall is finally here. We hope to go up to the lot this week as they are predicting this nicer weather for all week. I did vacuuming and some fall sorting today. For dinner tonight, we tried out a new fish for the first time, called BASA fillets. I coated them in a light seasoned coating and they turned out quite nice; served with new potatoes that our SIL, brought us from her garden (GOD bless her). I also had a broccoli coleslaw on the side.

Hope you all are having nice week; take good care ... Rosebud :flow2:

Well... The man came to clean out the goat barn but could not get his tractor in so much crap! So I will have to start digging that stuff out myself, I guess unless he finds someone to loan him a smaller tractor. It has been really nice weather here in Texas, cool nights. Coyote's on the prowl one woke me up this morning sounded like he was under my window! He was not I looked.

I promise to catch up....soon...my work will ease a bit on Friday....

:wave: HI GARY ~ see ya on the weekend ... BTW, thanks for the prayers ... :D


BOOTSIE ~ yikes, that's a lot of doo-doo ... glad the coyote wasn't really that close. One time a bear came to my parent's bedroom window and ripped the screen off. He was trying to reach in and get an orange that was sitting in a bowl on my mother's beside table. The doctor told her to have an orange before bed for more potassium ... by the time my Dad found his gun and his bullets (which were in two separate places), the bear had left ... :lol:

:wave: Just a stay at home day here; laundry & bathroom day ... started reading ANTHONY ROBBIN's book "AWAKENING THE GIANT WITHIN" -- more positive ideas in this book too so I'm sure I will enjoy it. Hope you all have a FANTABULOUS FRIDAY tomorrow ... Rosebud :flow2:

:wave: HEY, HEY, HEY ... where is everybody -- on holidays? This our long THANKSGIVING WEEKEND in Canada ... hope all our Canadians friends have a great weekend.

My Dad called today and said that all of us have had great weather this week; that includes north and southern Ontario, plus even Flin Flon, Manitoba where our baby sister lives. We just picked up a few groceries today; it was so nice out and that was a good excuse as any to go out and enjoy the :sunny: today ... :D

Have a great weekend ... Rosebud :flow2:

What a gorgeous day! It was 25C here today. Unheard of. I'm going to enjoy it as long as I can.

I have been fighting a cold this past week and have basically gone to work and come home and slept. I woke up this morning and decided I needed to get out and walk. I went for 1/2 an hour and felt really good after that. I actually had energy today.

I spent the morning at church decorating for our Thanksgiving service tomorrow. Looks really nice. It made me think about all I have to be thankful for. SO MUCH!!

Have a great weekend!

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Hope all our CANADIAN FRIENDS had a lovely THANKSGIVING DAY and weekend! We had chicken and riblets with baked new potatoes and roasted veggies (baby carrots, knib corn, broccoli & cauliflower). Yummy ...

We actually had a few ***** flakes fall, but they melted before they hit the ground. :lol:Then the clouds parted, and the :sunny: shone for the rest of this glorious day. We are very thankful to GOD, our creator, for all the many blessings that HE bestowed upon us this year; way too many to mention. We are indeed very blessed.

Hope all our CE'ers have a wonderful week coming up ... Rosebud :flow2:

HI GALS ~ :)

Long time no see :^:

I have finally finished the pressure part of the job I am currently on and have a few days to catch my breath. I have another few weeks or so of work but the units I need to go to in the building are not ready for me yet.

Unfortunately I had to lay off 5 guys on Friday :( I called an old friend and I think he will be able to place at least 3 of them on a project in a couple of weeks.

Things are going well here for the most part. I got the results from my colonoscopy and the polyp that was removed was cancer free, as they expected, but said it would have been cancer in about 4 years...so glad I went in. because of that one being large I will now have to go for another in 3 years instead of 10 if I was free from polyps. Heck...I can deal with that!

We had a big party here Sunday afternoon, after church,for my little nephew that turned 4 yesterday...had a lot of fun.

I made a sentimental trip to an old Mexican restaraunt I have been going to for 44 years :) They will close friday (having sold the property) and may or may not reopen elsewhere. My dad took us their as children, when it was brand new, and we used to have all our big family gatherings for dinner there...it is still in the same family although the original owner....even though he is always there with his wife....sold to other family members a few years ago. We have not been able to get together as a family to go but so far most have gone back to say good-bye. We may try to get in there Thursday too for one more plate of cheese enchiladas! Angie and I hadn't been going as we found another favorite one closer to home but we still got together with family at least once a year for tradition. I took my close friends there in junior high and the tradition continued as they took their kids etc. I posted it on Facebook and got back several private messages as we re-lived memories! Fun stuff!

Angie is still teaching her yoga at the studio and church...my grandchild is still doing well in his mommys tummy ;)...has moved from "sprout" to "spud" in size :D

I will check in later....have some calls to make....be good!

HI GARY ~ sorry you had to lay off some workers; but good that you were able to find some possible work for some of them. Glad your tests came out so good too ... :D


We had lovely :sunny: weather here all day long; spent a good amount of time outdoors enjoying it today as well. I did some reading and crocheting on our deck and caught a lot of D's today. Supposed to have a nice fall week again which is G R E A T !!! ;)

Hope you are all having a good week too! Rosebud :flow2:

:coach: HEY ROSEBUD :)

:woohoo: HAPPY BIRTHDAY :woohoo::bday2you::balloons::celebrate:

AH, THANKS GARY ~ we can always count on you to remember our birthdays ... :D It was nice & :sunny: here all day long; another little gift from GOD on my birthday ... we had lunch out and went for a long walk after to help burn off some of the extra calories; then we went for a nice, long drive in the country to one of my favorite lakes -- it was a beautiful day! :D

:bday2you:
ROSEBUD!

THANKS, BOOTSIE ~ I had a very pleasant day!!! :D


Busy the last couple of days too; got lots of walking in, so had sore feetsies last night! :lol: I found some terrific bargains this week; picked up two large lighted pumpkins with large cats on top for a song at our local second-hand shop. They are friendly-looking cats too -- we noticed last night that our dear NIKO was sleeping beside them all evening. Then this morning, I managed to catch him with my camera licking one of them on the face & paw -- awww ... he thinks we brought him a friend; sooo cute!!!

Just stayed home and did laundry today. We had lovely :sunny: for most of the day; but it was a bit cool becuz of a wind. Gonna go do some more reading; read half a novel last night -- maybe I can finish off the rest tonight ... have a good one, eh? Rosebud :flow2:

:wave: HI EVERYONE ~ we had a nice, quiet weekend at home. I just did stuff around here and finished off another wonderful historical romance this past weekend. It's like watching a movie of someone's life, only better. I did some more mending this afternoon: I find it very relaxing and I am almost caught up now.

Made a nice roast chicken with loads of veggies for dinner tonight; oh, the whole house smelt great. DH went on a hobby run today and said that he could smell that delicious dinner just as he was coming back into town ... :lol:

We awoke to *white* grass this morning, but as soon as the :sunny: came out, it all melted ... the temps have been falling quite low lately. I knew it had to be below Zero C (oops, I mean -- below 32 F; in the 20's) becuz the furnace kept coming on all night long. The sky did clear up by the afternoon and we had lovely :sunny: until sunset, which seems to be coming very early these days!

Hope you all have a wonderful week coming up ... Rosebud :flow2:

Oh Rosebud! So cold so soon! You better move to Texas my flowers are still blooming! Had another experience with a skunk in the well house again yesterday. Lanelle my friend and I went to go turn the water on and there it was a skunk! I shut the door quick! Called David and you know what he said? Take a stick and poke it out . I told him you have the fun!
I went in there later and that skunk was still in there set some clorox inside thought that might run it off, no...............
Hubbie went down there with me and it was still there . I opened the door it is still in there! I told him I will get on the side it is on leave the door wide open and bang on the side of the building and holler at it . Well I started banging and hollering but he wasn't I said start hitting the side and holler and hit the wall! He started and wouldn't you know that skunk ran out made a u turn and started right at me! I screamed and hit the stick at it and took off running!:tantrum:
After my thoughtful husband got through belly laughing ,:rofl: he wanted me to go in and cut on the water . I could not breath it stunk so bad when that skunk sprayed the side of the wall, I said You do it! He finally got it cut on then he told me to shut the door, I did that but had to hold my breath to do it.

We got back to the house and my husband said where is Baby , I said she is up there in the pen looks like. He said I think she has a baby, I said OH NO the chickens are loose and they will kill them! So we ran up there and they had killed one of the lambs , pecked its eyes out and she was fighting chickens right and left trying to keep the other one alive. I ran in grabbed the baby and found the dead one. I took the baby inside the barn and baby followed me in. I locked up those chickens and they are not getting out till everything gets through having babies .
Coyotes are back bad, last night sound like they were in a big fight, it was awful!
This afternoon seen a BIG Bird I bet the wing spread was as wide as I could spread my arms, think it was a fish hawk never seen one that Big!

OH BOOTSIE ~ that is so gross & terrible; you're gonna give me nightmares, girl! I didn't know chickens would be so barbaric, except that I did see one eat a male duck's dingaling once ... I couldn't believe my eyes, and I told him, "That's what you get for leaving that thing out so long." I told DH that our male duck just got castrated; so there will be no more baby duckies! He said, "What?" "Yowch!" :yikes: Ya, that's life on the farm all right .. :lol:

You just gotta keep those chickens penned up if you have any expectant mommies loose; becuz they can come early sometimes. I'm sure the goat was worth a lot more than a dozen chickens; and they can skip scratching for awhile anyways. I had to keep my chickens in a penned run becuz the foxes kept taking them; and that could be why the coyotes are trying to move in (they can see them wandering around, I'm sure).


BTW ~ we awoke to more *white* grass this AM; and then it all melted, then just before dinner time, it started to fall again. Yesterday, the flakes were so big that they looked like white MAPLE LEAFS and feathers falling from the sky; we think they were the biggest we have ever seen before ...

Yikes, it's getting cold out there ... :brr:

Hello!

Hi all - I'm new (well, it's my second time on 3FC) and thought this was a thread crazy enough for me! :-)

I'm 245 trying to get down to 125 so I need a lot of Christian encouragement.

See you all around. Best of luck and lots of prayers to everyone in their journey.

Hello Thinkin Thin Welcome!
The other ewe had her babies last night and they are beautiful! Gary so glad your test came out great but sorry you had to lay off some of your men . I know how you hate that. RoseAnn that is a new one never heard of that poor little guy.

:wave: GARY ~ nice to see you drop by even if it was tres, tres, tres short ... :lol:


:welcome: THIN ~ I hope that we are not too crazy for you; BOOTSIE and I do share about our hobby farming & raising animal adventures sometimes. I'm sure GOD is well aware of these goings on as they are His own blessed creations ... all creatures great and small, GOD loves them all! ;)


I was working on my PC yesterday fixing something up -- it's back to working correctly again; hope it lasts. Then last evening, I did a bit of reading, but was tired so I fell asleep early -- making up for lost sleep, I think. We had a quiet night for a change; and so far so good today too.

We had lovely :sunny: today and it's supposed to be the same tomorrow -- so we want to get our fun Halloween decos and our Christmas lights up either tomorrow afternoon and/or early this week sometime before the snow flies and it gets too cold for our fingies to work right outdoors. We do this every year becuz it just gets too cold to wait until December to put them up; lots of people do that here now (put up lights or check for broken or blown bulbs, etc).

I did some vacuuming today; a good one which I do a couple times a week. NIKO is shedding a bit now as his new winter coat is coming in becuz of the cold weather. This happens to him spring and late fall now; weird. He's a big sucky baby now: hates the rain, hates the cold, hates the snow ... He's a barrel of fun though amd great company for us too ... :D

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend out there; sure miss some of our regulars like RONNIE, WILMA, KAREN, GARY (who is very busy right now), BARGOO, KATHY, MATILDA, DEE, VICKIELOU, DONNA, EVE (who is now back on the net), and others that I may have missed -- take good care and do come back now, ya'll here ...

:wave: Rosebud :flow2:

Just want 2B Healthy - No one's too crazy for me. I'm up at 3:30 AM looking for support after a depressing weekend of failure so count me in for a little crazy! Thanks for letting me join in. I need the support!

:wave: HI EVERYONE ~ Well, we were blessed with :sunny: for most of the weekend, so we did get half of our Halloween decos up; and we did some more today. I didn't like how the LED lights looked, so we took those off and put up regular 5 volt lights; we'll see how those look instead.

Today, we had :rain: and fog but not so much wind so it was nicer to work outside but we did have to come in to warm up our fingies; then had some nice hot chocolate to warm up afterward. We had shepherd's pie for dinner; I cheated -- I bought it, but delish nevertheless and nice on a cold, damp chilly day. Served it up with a romaine salad and some green beans.

I am trying to rest my feet while reading & posting on here; got a lot of walking in and paid with CHARLIE HORSES last night and this AM. It took me a while to get going today, but took a tylenol to take the pain away so I could go vote in our municipal elections this morning.

We also saw our new arena complex (the first time for me) -- and oh, it is lovely. There were quite a few people swimming in the lovely pool I noticed; what brave folks with all those windows & people watching (eeks, I just couldn't do that). I rode in the special elevator there, but had to find someone who knew the combination to open the doors ... :lol: They don't want the kiddies playing in it so they have a special code they have to use.

THIN ~ there are lots of folks that come here in the wee hours of the night when they can't sleep or just want to distract themselves or are looking for some motivation, support, and/or tips. I think that's one of the pluses -- that we can come on here any time of day or night.

Just hang in there -- remember it's all about PERSEVERANCE, NOT PERFECTION ... just keep on going becuz it takes time & practice to create good, new habits. BTW, you are NOT a failure: you are just learning what doesn't work for you; keep seeking and trying until you find what does ... :hug:


Hope all our friends here are having a good week; see you soon ... Rosebud :flow2:

Hey ladies (and gents?)!

I've been around 3FC for about a year now. Losing slow and steady, and changing my lifestyle in beautiful ways. I usually hang out in the 20-somethings forum, but I don't often feel like I truly fit in there. Need some wholesome conversation and motivation. :)

Hi Everlasting, welcome, glad to have you here. Sometimes we get slow at posting but when that happens I find if I go back and read the old post in the past I get recharged. Sometimes we get down to the nitty gritty of things on life that happen on my farm and when Rosebud lived on a farm, and other areas of our lives but that's just us. Just like what ago that big old Fish Hawk bird was back but sitting in the tree right above the goats! That's the BIGGEST BIRD I have ever seen! His old droopy mouth is big enough to put a baby goat in! I have got to get a picture of him or her... Gotta love us!

:welcome: EVERLASTING ~ nice to have you join us here; it is nice to have more than one thread to post in and this group is supportive when they are here ... they have been so busy as of late. Yes, BOOTSIE and I do share animal stories (we lived on a farm when kids + we lived on my Dad's farm later on for about 4 years in total (before & after DH came along).

We have a pretty big :rain: storm going on here right now; the temps came up to around 60 F and it is pouring out there. The winds are so fierce that we had to bring all our Halloween decos back into the house to save them. One of our kitty pumpkins was being blown away. The only thing left up there are the lights and the red maple leaf garlands -- hope they make it through the night.

Well, we found out why it has been so quiet for the last few days; our young neighbors moved out on the weekend. The landlord says the new tenant is a single lady so it should be much quieter here in the future; that is a big relief as the all-night noise was getting on my nerves and we hope all our sleepless nights are over. THANK YOU, LORD ... :D

BOOTSIE ~ the snowbirds came by here today; they were perched on the tree across the road and just loving this weather -- they aren't afraid of anything. DH said he & the landlord saw some by the lake today as well (we have some beautiful lakes in the middle of our town). They are on their way down south for the winter -- they are hardy birds and will even brave snowstorms ... they even seem to like the challenge of wind & snow. They are beautiful when they fly in perfect formations. That is why we called our formation fliers the CANADIAN SNOWBIRDS too.


Hope you all are having a pleasant week; we hope to go up to our lot to bring back any food and water that is left there before it gets too cold. The weather is changing by the hour here but it could be worse. Take good care ... Rosebud :flow2:

:wave: Hello everyone :)
I would love to join this group. I have had the pleasure of meeting Bootsie and Justwant2Behealthy on another thread :)
The Lord is pressing on me right now to take some immediate action in my life and I could really use the prayers and encouragement. I'm not just a taker, I give as well :)
I am trusting fully in the Lord in some specific areas right now and I just want to gloryify His name, because I know he fulfills his promises!

Judy

Hello my new friends in CHRIST,
I have something I would like to share if it is ok :)
Well I feel as if I am a NEW woman for sure

You know, GOD has been pressing on me ( it’s odd that I use that wording, BUT that is exactly how it has felt) about the halloween stuff and ultimately about T.

I Love GOD and I really want to show obedience to HIM and HIM alone.

So, that being said let me tell you about the EXCITING thing that has happened TODAY!

I took down all of the halloween stuff that I could reach yesterday (I will finish up with it all this week)

I am going to give it away, but GOD told me not to give it to people I love (family, I gather)

So I am giving it to 2 people at my job who do the halloween stuff. Anything they don’t want is going in the trash. Now I spent a lot of money over the years on all that stuff, but you know what? It means nothing to me compared to what my relationship with GOD means to me. I am submitting to HIS will FINALLY

Now before I get to the “today” stuff, on Sunday when I went to church I was thinking about not tithing. I mean afterall, it’s not really my “official” church yet (eventhough in my heart I have already decided that it IS and will ask to join ) and I really didn’t have the money to give a tenth (I really didn’t), ect., ect., every reason why not. When I was trying to put my makeup on, I couldn’t find the eye shadow I was looking for. So was looking through some stuff I had put on the pool table. Guess what I found before the eye shadow and was front and center? My checkbook I knew GOD was telling me to give. So I stuffed it into my purse RIGHT THEN and consequently find my eye shadow. So I gave the full 10%. I felt like it was going to run me short, but for some reason, I just wasn’t worried about it. GOD was giving me this message : We should give to HIM 1st, and everything else afterward. Simple I know

Yesterday I was thinking, let me go ahead and transfer the majority of my savings into my checking JUST to be sure. That left me with less than $4.00 in my savings So this morning I was thinking, let me check that account to make sure all is well.

I had a $30.00 check still out and I HAVE to pay the water bill by the 28th or they will cut it off, It is $49.02. Well guess what???? I had a balance of less than $4.00 in my checking and less than $4.00 in my savings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok so normally I would be in freak out mode. But what happened here is I HAD to trust in our GOD most HIGH. I was obedient to HIM, now I had to trust that he would take care of my needs as HE promised. My bf had a change jar here. I was thinking I would use some of it. Think again. He took it with him. I knew almost instinctively - in a spiritual way- that the jar wouldn’t be there. It wasn’t. But I was hearing “Trust in GOD” over and over. So I went on to work. The lady whom I wrote that $30.00 check is very, very sweet and understanding. I called her to see if she would mind holding the check until Friday. Guess what? ( and the same instinctual feeling) she didn’t answer lol. No worries. I was/am still willing to Trust in GOD. The lady called me back and I explained the situation and she agreed to hold the check with no problem. The difference between the two phone calls was the first one I was trying to fix the problem. The return call was GOD fixing the problem.

So now I am thinking, well I guess I can put the water bill on a credit card, but I sure hate to do that.

I would love to be OUT OF DEBT! It is so binding.

So anyways, one of the girls at my job had given me some clothes her son had outgrown. She had thought that BT might be able to wear them. I called up R to see if he was interested in them and he was. When I was at his house I asked when he would be able to start repaying some money I had loaned him (car payment) when he was unemployed. He said he could give me some today.

He would normally pay me in $25.00 increments. Today WITHOUT me asking for a specific amount, he wrote me a check for $50.00 (water bill $49.02) ! HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HE takes care of my needs. So I have really been filled with the Spirit today. And I am LOVING it

Blessings to all who have witnessed the power of OUR GOD!

:welcome: JUDY ~ to our Christian Chat Thread; everyone shares how they like here. Prayers ascending for you and yours ...


Well, our storm knocked out the internet last night; wow, this was a fierce one, but we get these every year at this time -- nothing unusual there. Then in the beginning of November, the :rain: will turn to *****. Our lights and maple leaves didn't budge an inch last night; and none of them were damaged in any way either -- PTL! We will wait to put our pumpkin family back out tomorrow.

We went up to our camping lot today and closed up everything for the winter; emptied all the water bins and brought home all the food and some of DH's stuff too. We had :sunny: for half the day anyways, but the :rain: came again, just like they had predicted.

Hope all our friends here are having a great day ... Rosebud :flow2:

So glad you made it here Judy, WOW! I love the way you keep your eyes focused straight ahead on what lies before you. like verses Proverbs 25.26 and 27. Will be praying for your finances to be blessed , good health and for your family.

Our nephew went to Tarleton State also. He is a Ag teacher, now . My two brother in laws went there also years ago one become principal and now has retired.
My grandson is fixing to go to college, I sure hope he finds a good one wants to be a Chripractor, I mis spelled it but this computer don't know how to spell it either so I don't feel so dumb.
I been working all day on book work , have some pinto beans cooking right out of my friend Lanelles garden she even shelled them for me! So we will have roast and pinto beans tonight, that was a big roast! I have to go water the animals tonight so I best hit the road before it gets dark.

BOOTSIE ~ don't worry about the spelling; we know what you mean -- and you are correct, the PC always tells us when it thinks we are spelling it wrong, but it doesn't seem to know when it's right either ... :lol:


Have a great night ... :hug:

Oh, ladies I grew up on a farm too! Lots of corn and winter wheat growing, and we raised pheasants and had a vegetable garden several acres big. I love farming talking. I'm an outdoorsy girl.

Well I live at a women's ministry house here near the college campus, and on Wednesday nights after fellowship meetings we try to have as many students come over for some time fellowshipping and just getting to know them. One thing we do is usually put a theme to the evening, so each week it's almost like we host a themed party, and the students really seem to enjoy it!

With Halloween coming up, the thought would be that we had a Halloween-ish party, but myself and another one of my housemates really just dislike halloween... I mean, costumes are fun and all as long as they are not demonic and disgusting. But it's just the whole spirit of the event. It just seems off to me. Anyhow, with the Halloween onset that campus is taking this week, I thought it would be fun to host a Christmas party. So that's right. I held the first Christmas party of the season at my house last night. We made a mad rush to pull up all the decorations from the basement, made up a bunch of hot cocoa and Christmas cookies, did caroling, and had a nice focus on Jesus. Wow, was it fun, and I think everyone really enjoyed themselves.

Hi Everlasting,
Good for you and your roommate to change the party to a celebration of Christ :)
God has been pressing on me for years to not do halloween. I always thought it was just chidhood fun (boy was I ever WRONG)
In any event, I put my halloween stuff up, (it was ALOT accumulated over he years) then a few days later have taken it all down and have given it ALL away. GOD has just been pressing on me lately on this and a few other things and I am joyfully obeying :)
So good luck and have a wonderful time at your party celebrating Christ our Lord.

Judy