♥ Christian Encouragers #193 ♥
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A Servant's Prayer
Jesus, MY Jesus... How marvelous 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 heal as you heal...
To forgive as you forgive...
always mindful of my nothingness while doing
great and marvelous things in you name and for
you glory. This I pray, Jesus, in YOUR name.
Amen
Hope nobody minds but with our dear Sunny on vacation, thought it was time to start a new thread, whew, i'm sure i didn't do it as well as her, it's confusing (to me )...
Having my at work. Then after work i'm going to a craft fair at my mom's old church, then it's home for a serious nap and then i'm going to tornado my house and get stuff done. I plan to upload some pics for you all too. And maybe if i can i'll tell you all the story.....
Thanksgiving will be here soon, we may have a dusting of snow too. So i was wondering if you'd all share what your weakness is with the Holiday dinner, what you struggle with......and what if any ideas you have to make this meal enjoyable. For instance for me, i struggle with the rolls, you know, those little squarish ones that come 12 in a pack and you basically warm them in the oven. I could very much overindulge with them, so i allow myself to have 2 and don't feel guilty about it. And i also like the pumpkin pie, but i'll eat the pumpkin and leave the crust, or i'll cut a ridiculously little sliver and eat it all, then i don't feel deprived, but truly i don't need the regular size piece. So what's your plan? Also, water instead of alcohol or soda helps me, lots of water.
Hey guys, i just noticed this feature on 3fc that i think is new, the chat feature. It's cool you can go there and chat with anyone else who signs in. An idea........how about if some day we pick a time and all try to log on and then we can chat directly there? I'd love to chat with you. So i'm open to anytime but we need to just say a time, like maybe once a week we can have a chat time and if you can join us great, if not, catch you next week. What do you think? I propose Wednesday evening at 6 pm Pacific, 7 Mountain, 8 Central, 9 Eastern, and sorry Teel.....i don't know what time that is for you, probably some awful hour in the a.m?...
Thank you for getting our new thread started. It looks great.
Probably gonna be quiet since it is the weekend. I think a weekly chat is great but Wed. evening lets me out cuz I always work that night. But my schedule is kind of weird anyway.
I will go back and see if I missed anything since posting yesterday. Today is a long work day for me again so will check in tomorrow. Love ya,
Hello I can't belive how much time has gone bye. All I can say is the stress is killing me. My Mom has started her cancer treatment she goes 5 days a week for treatment. I will not let her go by herself because no one should go through this by themselfs. So my wonderful kids are being so much help they will take her mom-thurs and I will go with her on fri so I can meet with the Dr. The stress is killing my fibro and IBS so I have had to up double and even triple some of my meds. And I am back to taking sleeping pills to sleep.
I tryed to catch up but I am so far behind. Maybe things will slow down now that most of extra hiring at work should be done. Of course we hire 12 and lose 5! It really scares me how lazy some of the well to do kids of this day and age.
I will keep all of you in my prayers. Have a Great Thanksgiving! Sunny I hope you are having a great time with your family.
Sami~you and family, especially your Mom will be in prayer. You have so much going on now, no wonder your fibro and ibs are acting up. But i hope you are able to take some time for you, to do what you can to help your own health.
It's Sunday, i'm feeling very blue this am. I think i need to get moving, do some exercise and some cleaning, that'll make me feel better.
Sami, prayers for your family and for your FMS and IBS symptoms to cease for a while. I know they never go away completely but it sure is nice when we get those breaks.
My cold is mostly gone but it has put me in a flare-up with FMS and so been just laying around today and reading. Just wanted to pop in and say hi.
Mitchy, hope the moving around helps you feel a little less blue.
I thought I would take a moment to check in with you. Glad to hear from you Sami~ and Wilma~. Hope everyone is doing all better now and getting ready for Thanksgiving. We will be having a small quiet Thanksgiving here as usual. I have to work a little that afternoon, diabetics. I am planning on making our favorites but trying to make things more low fat and eat smaller portions. We sat down yesterday and discussed the meal and decided on one dessert. . . . pecan pie. I don't have a clue how to make that low fat but with only one pie, there won't be much to "splurge" on. I have learned to use applesauce instead of oil when I can, and just use the egg whites or egg beaters instead of whole eggs. The way I look at it, we are doing a lifestyle change and this is ONLY ONE day!!! My weakness is . . . . . .just one thing . . . . . .EVERYTHING!!!
Prayers please. When I finally got home Friday night after work and going to Walmart for some things, my right shoulder was sore. I have no idea what I might have done to it but it has stayed sore all weekend. I can't raise it very high or extend it down toward my knees. For some time I have been having problems with my left elbow everytime I carry something heavy with it, it gets inflammed and I have to take meds to improve it and now this shoulder on the opposite site. I don't know if carrying groceries did it or if I pulled a muscle, I have no idea. I really can't take off to go to the MD this week, so pray it improves. I'm not even sure I will be able to do my job properly today. I have to wrap a very large man's legs with ace bandages and I have to lift them myself, he is unable, etc...
Well, gotta go, it's raining here in central Texas AGAIN, and it's trying to flood. Guess instead of my comfortable car, I better take the Dodge dually today with the water situation like it is. Climbing in and out of that, will help my shoulder, so much.
Prayers going out for all of you.
Hope EVERYONE has a GOOD day. Sorry for the whining.
Sherry~i pray you have healing soon with that shoulder. It sounds like what happened to a girl at work, she had tendonitis, which can flare up for no reason at all. Hope you are better soon. And re: making the pecan pie, how about using Splenda instead of sugar? It's good for baking too.
Talked to Doug last night for quite awhile on the phone.......still confusing. Still bummed. I tried to post pics and post this weekend but i couldn't make it work, got frustrated.
Didn't do Alpha last night, i wasn't up for it.....and it was healing night and my cousin was counting on me to do prayer ministry. I feel like i would not have been good in prayer but i feel bad that she was disappointed in me.....
hello again just popped in to let you all know that teel is still in the hospital with no siign of getting out yet i will keep you all informed and teel said to tell you all thankyou for all the kind messages
kirsty
Sami- Whew...you ARE stressed. I will put you and mom in my prayers. I'm so sorry you must trudge through the storm. Just hang on...Jesus is ready to carry your load...He's much stronger than you. Hugs.
Sherry- My arm did that once and I do NOT know why is came on. After ibuprophen (sp), if I remember correctly, it went away after a couple days.
What is my weakness? Anything with sugar in it...especially pie.
My girls and their significant others will be going to the truck stop as usual. DH will eat down south at deer camp.
Mitchy- I don't like it that you are bummed about the Doug situation. Is that why you were blue on Sunday? I think you should take Simba to the doggy store and then take yourself somewhere and splurge on something fun (and cheap). I took Nikki to the doggy store today; we walked there. She loves it. Yeah, I'd like to do the chat thing but Wed is my KP duty at church.
Linus- So...can you tell us anything about Teel? Who is taking care of her dog? Healing prayers going her way.
Bunna- How are you? Glad the cold is leaving. Rest up! Hey, how'd the thing with the girl at work go? The one who's "busy" at work with things she shouldn't be busy with.
I painted my office today. One coat so far. My legs and arms and hand got so tired, I called my friend who offered to paint it in the first place, and he's coming to do the 2nd coat tomorrow. What a baby I am. I also decided to NOT do the suede finish. I just bought a light color that is super washable (due to Nikki in and out of that room all the time). I'm just looking forward to putting it back together again.
Well, I'd better say so long and go do up the few dishes I dirtied. Hugs to you all!
Matthew 13:45-46
'Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.'
A diet that worked! It wasn't anything fancy. It wasn't anything expensive. It didn't involve equipment or special treatments. In fact, it was a diet that anyone could do. Sally sat and talked with her pastor for about an hour, and he helped her see why she should diet for her own good, as well as for God. Her pastor has been a support for her ever since, and she has included God every step of the way. She feels stronger than ever before. It is like finding a treasure. She was so excited and so thankful. God has given her something that no one else can: a better figure and a deep, abiding joy.
Today's thought: My weight will be lost, no matter the cost!
Gosh, it's so quiet here lately.........well,l here's some pics. Wanted to try and post before my computer shuts down. Here's a pic of Doug and I at dinner and the beautiful roses he sent me Monday morning.
This morning was a bit odd, when i went to take Simba out i had my bag that had my gym stuff in it on my porch, the socks were out and the pants, and the bag was there with the tennis shoes placed on top. I first thought, oh, i must have dropped that last night? Then i realized that if i dropped it, the shoes wouldn't be on top like that. So i look in my car and everything is out of my glove box and on the floor and the seat. I got scared, got Simba in and called the police. The only thing i think they took was a gold Seiko watch i had in the console that i was going to get fixed. I can't see anything else they took. I had a really old cell phone i forgot i had, they didn't want it. Kind of creepy that they were in my car, and i guess i'm glad i didn't lock it, or else i would have had a broken window.
♥ Christian Encouragers #193 ♥
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at work. Then after work i'm going to a craft fair at my mom's old church, then it's home for a serious nap and then i'm going to tornado my house and get stuff done. I plan to upload some pics for you all too. And maybe if i can i'll tell you all the story.....
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I don't have a clue how to make that low fat but with only one pie, there won't be much to "splurge" on. I have learned to use applesauce instead of oil when I can, and just use the egg whites or egg beaters instead of whole eggs. The way I look at it, we are doing a lifestyle change and this is ONLY ONE day!!! My weakness is . . . . . .just one thing . . . . . .EVERYTHING!!! 
I don't know if carrying groceries did it or if I pulled a muscle, I have no idea. I really can't take off to go to the MD this week, so pray it improves. I'm not even sure I will be able to do my job properly today. I have to wrap a very large man's legs with ace bandages and I have to lift them myself, he is unable, etc... 
