Monday, June 13, 2011

been a few days, bil, singing, grandson

I have been busy the last couple of days, not anything imposrtant just one of those few days that seems like something is going on or  soemthing is happing all the time. 

My bil is now not responding to what they are doing in the hospital.  he is getting weaker and he is still hooked to so many drips and lines going into so many different parts of his body>  it is just sad.

We went to a singing Sunday night and the spirit of God just touched everyone there.  I know thaqt I got a blessing.  I love being in services like that.  I love going to church and I love hearing the word preached and I love it when the spirit is sweetly touching each of us, it is like manna from heaven.

I started with my grandsons lessons today.  I know he is just five, (6 in august) but he is smart.  I started him on third grade math and he is doin great on it.  I started teaching him spelling and he already knew almost all of the 2 letter words and most of the 3 letter words and some of the 4 letter words.  Reading is not a problem, he plays video games and he reads the instruction guides for the games.  I am not pushing just gently leading him and for the most part he acts like it is all a game.    he read a book to me when he got finished.  We only work about an hour. 

30for30
I have been letting the exercise slide a bit in the last week-I still have been doing ok with it-I mowed grass two days last week and 3 days my leg hurt so I did weights one day and thendid chair exercises one day andoneday I did nothing.  Before the knee hurt I walked at the park with a friend, and the day before that I did an arobics exercise.

Now for the eating, I have stayed on the low carb eating everyday and at this time I have lost about 5 pounds  and while that is not a lot of weight, I have lost size and one of the dresses that was just a touch snug is now fitting.    I am not hungry------that is the best thing I am not hungry and I do eat veggies and I have a salad almost every day.  I eat veggies and cauliflower, and broccoli and brussel sprouts. I am not tempted by the things that used to call me by name.  I love fudge.  My husband volunteers at harvest hope and today two people did not show up for their boxes so the boxes were devided amoung the workers.  In the box dh got was a box of  fudge.  now usually when he gets stuff from there I take a few things and send the rest to someone that needs a  little extra and today instead of lookin gat the fudge and yearning I just put it into a box to give to the family.  I love this diet. 

I used to think it was all meat and eggs and cheese and I thought how unhealthy that sounds.  But I read up on it and it is actually very nutritious. 

And that is my week on the 30for30......


Here is one of my favorite songs

Four Days Late

The news came to Jesus,
"Please come fast.
Lazarus is sick and
Without your help he will not last."
Mary and Martha watched their brother die.
They waited for Jesus, He did not come
And they wondered why.

The dead watch was over -
Buried four days.
Then somebody said,
"He'll soon be here, the Lord's on his way."
Martha ran to him and then she cried,
"Lord if you had been here
You could have healed him,
He'd still be alive."

But You're four days late
And all hope is gone.
Lord, we don't understand
Why You waited so long.
But His way is God's way
Not yours or mine.
And isn't it great
When He's four days late
He's still on time?

Jesus said, "Martha, show me the grave"
But she said, "Lord, you don't understand,
He's been there four days."
The grave stone was rolled back
Then Jesus cried,
"Lazarus, come forth!"
Then somebody said,
"He's alive, he's alive!"

You may be fighting a battle of fear
You cry to the Lord,
"I need you now."
But he has not appeared
Friend, don't be discouraged
'Cause he's still the same.
He'll soon be here,
He'll roll back the stone,
And he'll call out your name.

But He's four days late
And all hope is gone.
Lord, we don't understand
Why You waited so long.
But His way is God's way
Not yours or mine.
And isn't it great
When He's four days late
He's still on time?

He's still on time
Oh my God is great
When He's four days late
He's still on time
He's still on time


Sleep well
God bless

 

 

2 comments:

  1. Hi, Joy. I'm still praying for your brother-in-law. And you & your family.

    Re: following. Since I was having trouble with my blog, I unfollowed everyone that i began following in the last few months and am adding them back one at a time. :)

    So far there are two blogs that are giving my computer fits, but yours is not one of them. You'll be seeing my icon pop up as a newbie. :)

    Thank you so much for your generous spirit and compassion. I am simply overwhelmed with gratitude that you have decided to fast on our behalf. I will certainly be joining you on Friday. I believe God will do great things.

    There is no distance with God--this is like a giant prayer meeting. God is and will be moving among us. Satan does not know what he has gotten himself in for!

    Deb

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  2. Congratulations on plowing through another challenge week, Joy! I'm going to shoot this week for basing most my meals around meat and vegetables, cut out sugar and bread, etc. The one thing I just can't give up is oatmeal for breakfast. I had roasted cauliflower today. I also like sauteeing brussels sprouts and frying cabbage.

    I'm praying for your bil and all your family.
    Love ya, and God bless! (And good job on passing up fudge!)

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