Doing the "I won" dance

Went to a singing this morning at my friends church , and it was a most wonderful service. God moved in such a remarkable way. A member of thast church gooes into the hospital this week to have his only remaining kidney removed. It is deseased and that is all that I know about it. How does one live without any kidney?

After the singing we had a meal in the fellowship hall and while I ate accorcing to what Ishould eat, I still ate too much andwhen I got home I did not feel I should exercise. Tummy was still full so then I went to the evening service, and I knew I needed to exercise BUT I did not want to, so back and forth went my thoughts. "missing one day won't matter-but I really need to work off some of those calories-sometimes your bady needs to take a break-but exercise speeds up the metabolism-but it will be too late when you get home-so what yeah so what ---so I get home change clothes and start exercising with a leslie video and dh came in and joined me for one mile. I won the battle=I won I won I won. It don't take much to make me happy. I am mentally doing the "I won dance"

Josie-the giveaway is sponsered by the church that mydd goes to.  I love the people there and the service is always moving but it is too far away for dh and I to go to regularly.  So I just try to be involved with things that go on there as much as I can. When times got hard a few years ago several of the women in the church were moved to start thegiveaway because there were people that had lost their homes and there jobs and were sleeping in dumpsters.  I started helping as much as Icould. 

When the storms were so bad a few weeks ago those same women started collectiong clothes and food and toiletries to take a huge 18 wheeler out there to help out.  I don't have much but I was able to send a box of canned goods and a box of toiletries.  I don't have much but some of those people lost everything.  I will never miss the items i sent and can you imagine how much you would appreciate a bottle of sanitizer or a container of wet wipes.  paper towels or toilet paper if you were in their situation?  Anyway they could use those items more than I could.  



This is a beautiful poem by Francis Ridley Havergal


Take My Life": Frances Ridley Havergal by Amos R. Wells

Frances Ridley Havergal wrote so many helpful books, and lived a life so earnest and devoted, that she has had a very deep influence over the hearts of Christians.

Take my life, and let it be
Consecrated, Lord, to Thee.
Take my moments and my days;
Let them flow in ceaseless praise.

Take my hands, and let them move
At the impulse of Thy love.
Take my feet, and let them be
Swift and beautiful for Thee.

Take my voice, and let me sing,
Always, only, for my King.
Take my lips, and let them be
Filled with messages from Thee.

Take my silver and my gold;
Not a mite would I withhold.
Take my intellect, and use
Every power as Thou shalt choose.

Take my will, and make it Thine;
It shall be no longer mine.
Take my heart, it is Thine own;
It shall be Thy royal throne.

Take my love; my Lord, I pour
At Thy feet its treasure-store.
Take myself, and I will be
Ever, only, all for Thee. 

Sleep well everyone
God bless