Good morning world! I have been taking it easy these past few days. Have been starting a new eating plan called Trim Healthy Mama. I will keep updating on how it is going. I really like some of the snacks allowed and the sipping drinks are awesome!
Going today to Silver Dollar City in Branson with some friends we have not seen in almost a year. We did not part on good terms. However, forgiveness is a great healer of relationships! I have really missed our friendship.
The New Year is upon us in a couple of days. I love the excitement of new beginnings that the New Year brings. I do not do New Year's resolutions anymore. Have not in years. Why make them when they cannot be kept?
Each day is a new day to do things better, not just one day a year.
22 Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 NIV
Be blessed and be a blessing,
Just some of my thoughts and actions,
Elizabeth
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Saturday, December 26, 2015
The Joy of the Lord is my strength!
Good afternoon world! And Merry Christmas! I did not have time to post yesterday. A very busy day for sure. Had so much fun watching and listening to the sights and sounds of the family having fun! Memories made!
I did not get to bed till about 4:30 am Christmas Eve/Day morning. And was up at 7 am. And the day started. Gifts with the family. Then family and friends came over to spend the day and dinner with us. Surly we are blessed!
Today has been a do not much of anything kind of day. A little cleaning up and a lot of resting.
I got a sewing machine for Christmas from my sweetie. He is known for waiting until the last minute. This year, he did not do that. I was extremely surprised and impressed!
Did my day go perfect? No. Did I get annoyed or frustrated? Yes. Did I let any of that steal my joy yesterday? No. I had prayed about nothing stealing the joy I get from Jesus.
May God's peace and joy be with each of us through out the rest of the season and the New Year too!
Be blessed and be a blessing,
Just some of my thoughts and actions,
Elizabeth
I did not get to bed till about 4:30 am Christmas Eve/Day morning. And was up at 7 am. And the day started. Gifts with the family. Then family and friends came over to spend the day and dinner with us. Surly we are blessed!
Today has been a do not much of anything kind of day. A little cleaning up and a lot of resting.
I got a sewing machine for Christmas from my sweetie. He is known for waiting until the last minute. This year, he did not do that. I was extremely surprised and impressed!
Did my day go perfect? No. Did I get annoyed or frustrated? Yes. Did I let any of that steal my joy yesterday? No. I had prayed about nothing stealing the joy I get from Jesus.
May God's peace and joy be with each of us through out the rest of the season and the New Year too!
Be blessed and be a blessing,
Just some of my thoughts and actions,
Elizabeth
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Lost? Or just moved on?
Good morning world! Have not posted in a couple of days. Yesterday instead of painting, I deep cleaned and re-arranged a little my living room. Bad time of the year to do that? Just got a hankering, I guess.
Today my plan is to be in my studio in a few minutes and be in there for most of the day. Going to take a big blanket in there to cover the gifts that are not wrapped yet. As I was cleaning up my spot on the couch where I had been doing Pat's Services Christmas cards, I found a few more that will need to go out today. Good thing I still have stamps.
There are a few families I know going through an emotional time, they have lost family members. I look at what I just typed, lost. The ones who have passed on are not lost. That is a feeling of sadness when they go. One family is very dear to me. Another I have known for a long time. Another is watching their loved one at the end of his life.
My prayer for each of them is this:
Lord Jesus, I praise your holy name! Lord I ask for that peace that surpasses all understanding be poured out on the families and friends of the ones that have gone on to be with you. And not only that Lord, but also give them an extra measure of joy this Christmas season. The kind of joy that only comes from you! In Jesus name, AMEN!
Be blessed and be a blessing,
Just some of my thoughts and actions,
Elizabeth
Today my plan is to be in my studio in a few minutes and be in there for most of the day. Going to take a big blanket in there to cover the gifts that are not wrapped yet. As I was cleaning up my spot on the couch where I had been doing Pat's Services Christmas cards, I found a few more that will need to go out today. Good thing I still have stamps.
There are a few families I know going through an emotional time, they have lost family members. I look at what I just typed, lost. The ones who have passed on are not lost. That is a feeling of sadness when they go. One family is very dear to me. Another I have known for a long time. Another is watching their loved one at the end of his life.
My prayer for each of them is this:
Lord Jesus, I praise your holy name! Lord I ask for that peace that surpasses all understanding be poured out on the families and friends of the ones that have gone on to be with you. And not only that Lord, but also give them an extra measure of joy this Christmas season. The kind of joy that only comes from you! In Jesus name, AMEN!
Be blessed and be a blessing,
Just some of my thoughts and actions,
Elizabeth
Saturday, December 19, 2015
Busy and blessed!
Good morning world! It's really chilly out. I think we are finally going to get the fire started in the furnace. We have been getting the chill out of the air in the mornings and night with the ventless heater. The rest of the day we have been fine. I like it cooler in the winter.
Have not posted as I have been trying to get all of Pat's Services Christmas cards out and some personal ones too. That is over 400 cards to sign, address, and put stamps on. I have about 100 or so left to do.
Also, I have been spending much loved time in my studio. Tyler got my ventless heater cleaned up and hocked up in there and I am loving the heat. It is in a small building that is mostly metal and sheet rock. I have not done anything about fixing that and I should. I keep thinking about making it a little bigger.
Hope you all are having fun and enjoying your time this Christmas season!
Be blessed and be a blessing,
Just some of my thoughts and actions,
Elizabeth
Have not posted as I have been trying to get all of Pat's Services Christmas cards out and some personal ones too. That is over 400 cards to sign, address, and put stamps on. I have about 100 or so left to do.
Also, I have been spending much loved time in my studio. Tyler got my ventless heater cleaned up and hocked up in there and I am loving the heat. It is in a small building that is mostly metal and sheet rock. I have not done anything about fixing that and I should. I keep thinking about making it a little bigger.
Hope you all are having fun and enjoying your time this Christmas season!
Be blessed and be a blessing,
Just some of my thoughts and actions,
Elizabeth
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
We get gifts everyday!
Good morning world! Not just another day in the neighborhood like I use to say. It is a day that the Lord has made. What I do with it is completely up to me.
I am so grateful to be alive and well, healthy and whole, and free!
This Christmas season I will not just be celebrating the birth of my Lord and Savior, Jesus, but also doing what I can to enrich that relationship.
I have learned He loves me more than I can even conprehend. I have learned that it is all in believing. Can I believe in Him as much as He loves me? Not sure, but I sure am going to try.
This is going to be short as I have things I want to get done today. Which means either not writing this or it being short.
Be blessed and be a blessing,
Just some of my thoughts and actions,
Elizabeth
I am so grateful to be alive and well, healthy and whole, and free!
This Christmas season I will not just be celebrating the birth of my Lord and Savior, Jesus, but also doing what I can to enrich that relationship.
I have learned He loves me more than I can even conprehend. I have learned that it is all in believing. Can I believe in Him as much as He loves me? Not sure, but I sure am going to try.
This is going to be short as I have things I want to get done today. Which means either not writing this or it being short.
Be blessed and be a blessing,
Just some of my thoughts and actions,
Elizabeth
Monday, December 14, 2015
Believing in Jesus and promises!
Good morning world! I just love those AHA moments in life. Especially when it is about something I knew in the past but had forgotten.
It is all about believing! Yes, it is that simple! All Jesus asks of us is to believe in Him. There is a lot in that simple sentence. All the promises in the Bible seem to fall on that one sentence.
In believing in Jesus, we believe He died for our sins. The love for me and you in that alone is so big, it is difficult to comprehend. We think of love in a human way, conditional usually. God's love is so much bigger than that. I read the word unconditional. But in my existence, love has been conditional so this idea is foreign to me. It just means no matter what I have done or do or will do, Jesus loves me, period.
God's blessings is big in that sentence. His blessing of health and healing, His blessing of joy, His blessing of just being blessed.
I know of someone who does not always make good choices in her life. However, she is abundantly blessed! Some might say, she should not be blessed because of her choices. Jesus says she is blessed because she believes!
I am not talking about the old name it and claim it. I am simply talking about Jesus and His word.
23 And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. 1 John 3:23 NIV
Be blessed and be a blessing,
Just some of my thoughts and actions,
Elizabeth
It is all about believing! Yes, it is that simple! All Jesus asks of us is to believe in Him. There is a lot in that simple sentence. All the promises in the Bible seem to fall on that one sentence.
In believing in Jesus, we believe He died for our sins. The love for me and you in that alone is so big, it is difficult to comprehend. We think of love in a human way, conditional usually. God's love is so much bigger than that. I read the word unconditional. But in my existence, love has been conditional so this idea is foreign to me. It just means no matter what I have done or do or will do, Jesus loves me, period.
God's blessings is big in that sentence. His blessing of health and healing, His blessing of joy, His blessing of just being blessed.
I know of someone who does not always make good choices in her life. However, she is abundantly blessed! Some might say, she should not be blessed because of her choices. Jesus says she is blessed because she believes!
I am not talking about the old name it and claim it. I am simply talking about Jesus and His word.
23 And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. 1 John 3:23 NIV
Be blessed and be a blessing,
Just some of my thoughts and actions,
Elizabeth
Friday, December 11, 2015
Christmas and Jesus!
Good morning y'all! I believe it is going to be a wonderful day! In the world? Not sure. My world? Yuppers! Today we are going to be baking, day #3, some cleaning, and putting up our Christmas decorations. I am not one of those who puts up her tree Thanksgiving Day or the following weekend either.
We traditionally put up our tree about 2 weeks before Christmas and it comes down usually just after New Years Day.
In all this excitement about Christmas around here, I've been thinking. Yes, again.
I have been reminded lately just how much God loves me! I posted something a couple of days ago about "by His stripes we were healed". One of the many promises God has given to us. Why is it so difficult for me to just accept that God loves me so much he wants me whole and healed?
He wants me to be prosperous in all areas of my life. There have been times in the past when I have fervently prayed about finances and when I have listened to the quiet voice, Patrick's business has done really well that week.
When I have prayed for my body to line up with the word of God and walked in His healing and goodness, what ever was going on with my body was gone!
When we pray together as a family, peace is here.
20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. Matthew 18:20 ASV
I want Jesus to be here. What about you? I want His blessings on a daily basis! I want my family to know more and more just how much He loves them!
This is my prayer for my family and friends! May your world be blessed!
Be blessed and be a blessing,
Just some of my thoughts and actions,
Elizabeth
We traditionally put up our tree about 2 weeks before Christmas and it comes down usually just after New Years Day.
In all this excitement about Christmas around here, I've been thinking. Yes, again.
I have been reminded lately just how much God loves me! I posted something a couple of days ago about "by His stripes we were healed". One of the many promises God has given to us. Why is it so difficult for me to just accept that God loves me so much he wants me whole and healed?
He wants me to be prosperous in all areas of my life. There have been times in the past when I have fervently prayed about finances and when I have listened to the quiet voice, Patrick's business has done really well that week.
When I have prayed for my body to line up with the word of God and walked in His healing and goodness, what ever was going on with my body was gone!
When we pray together as a family, peace is here.
20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. Matthew 18:20 ASV
I want Jesus to be here. What about you? I want His blessings on a daily basis! I want my family to know more and more just how much He loves them!
This is my prayer for my family and friends! May your world be blessed!
Be blessed and be a blessing,
Just some of my thoughts and actions,
Elizabeth
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Be healed in Jesus name!
Good morning world. Been out of touch for a few days. I spend a good chunk of this weekend in the hospital. Started having chest pains Saturday morning. Tried to ignore it thinking it would just go away. The pain was not a ripping, tearing pain. Just not something I have had before like this. It was different.
Went into the ER after doing some grocery shopping with my youngest son in West Plains. They took blood, ran an EKG, took a chest x-ray. All came back normal. They gave me a liquid stuff to drink to see if it might have been heartburn. It helped some. Because it didn't go away completely, they gave me a nitroglycerin pill to put under my tongue.
The pain went away. However, the doctor explained that did not mean heart issues. They wanted to keep me overnight for observation. So I stayed. Came home Sunday afternoon after several more blood draws and EKGs.
I feel fine now. The pain comes and goes some. The other option was stress. I just wish they knew for sure. At least it was not my heart. That is what I was scared about. I have to lose more weight. No more cheating, no more excuses.
My prayer is for my body to line up with the word of God!
24 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” 1 Peter 2:24 NIV
The King James Version says, "by His stripes, we were healed". Were, past tense. That means to me if my body will line up with the word of God, it is already healed. I am going to stand on that word, that promise!
God loves me so very much and wants me to be healed, in Jesus name!
My prayer for y'all is to be healthy in Jesus name!
Be blessed and be a blessing,
Just some of my thoughts and actions,
Elizabeth
Went into the ER after doing some grocery shopping with my youngest son in West Plains. They took blood, ran an EKG, took a chest x-ray. All came back normal. They gave me a liquid stuff to drink to see if it might have been heartburn. It helped some. Because it didn't go away completely, they gave me a nitroglycerin pill to put under my tongue.
The pain went away. However, the doctor explained that did not mean heart issues. They wanted to keep me overnight for observation. So I stayed. Came home Sunday afternoon after several more blood draws and EKGs.
I feel fine now. The pain comes and goes some. The other option was stress. I just wish they knew for sure. At least it was not my heart. That is what I was scared about. I have to lose more weight. No more cheating, no more excuses.
My prayer is for my body to line up with the word of God!
24 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” 1 Peter 2:24 NIV
The King James Version says, "by His stripes, we were healed". Were, past tense. That means to me if my body will line up with the word of God, it is already healed. I am going to stand on that word, that promise!
God loves me so very much and wants me to be healed, in Jesus name!
My prayer for y'all is to be healthy in Jesus name!
Be blessed and be a blessing,
Just some of my thoughts and actions,
Elizabeth
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
December 1st, getting ready!
Good morning world! December first and the count down begins! Am I ready for Christmas? Not in the least. It will be just fine, always is.
On my list of things to do today is to get to working on my list of getting the house more ready for the holidays. We did a short version for Thanksgiving. We might be done or almost done. I have not checked the list for a few days.
Also, I want to start baking this week for Christmas stuff and just to have extras around for the boys. I do not want us to be buying junk.... I'll just make it!
AND am wanting to head out to the woods. Pick up some things from nature to decorate my home. I have been wanting to do this, just have not yet. Today!
Here is the first of the verses for the month to prepare for Christmas!
Be blessed and be a blessing,
Just some of my thoughts and actions,
Elizabeth
On my list of things to do today is to get to working on my list of getting the house more ready for the holidays. We did a short version for Thanksgiving. We might be done or almost done. I have not checked the list for a few days.
Also, I want to start baking this week for Christmas stuff and just to have extras around for the boys. I do not want us to be buying junk.... I'll just make it!
AND am wanting to head out to the woods. Pick up some things from nature to decorate my home. I have been wanting to do this, just have not yet. Today!
Here is the first of the verses for the month to prepare for Christmas!
Isaiah 7:14-17New International Version (NIV)
14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you[a] a sign: The virgin[b] will conceive and give birth to a son, and[c] will call him Immanuel.[d] 15 He will be eating curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, 16 for before the boy knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste. 17 The Lord will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since Ephraim broke away from Judah—he will bring the king of Assyria.”
Be blessed and be a blessing,
Just some of my thoughts and actions,
Elizabeth
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