Drugs work when you need them!

I did not sleep so good last night, and when I woke I still had the same problem I was in so much pain I just wanted to cry. I ached everywhere, but especially in my hips and back and shoulders. So I cried and whined, and complained to the empty house, and to anyone who would listen on the phone. Finally about an hour ago I got into my old stash of drugs from last Jan/Feb, and took a couple of them Now I am not hurting so bad, and actually able to think! I will be getting ready now to head out on my wonderful trip to the Great open spaces of Nebraska! I am so looking forward to seeing something besides trees in the distance! To even see into the distance! But mostly to see my family that live there for a little while! That will be so wonderful!
Matthew said we will be leaving sometime this afternoon. I hope my house sitters enjoy their time here! Well off I go! Thanks for keeping me in prayer this weekend especially pray the pain goes away soon! Thanks.

Joyful Heart Renewal Ministries

Joyful Heart Renewal Ministries is a website with a lot of interesting reading I have linked the Christmas section for you. Go and enjoy reading the articles there. Have a wonderful Christmas Season!

Great Thanksgiving

I had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Mark, Jordan and Caedmon came and stayed for a couple days! That was a wonderful blessing! I still do not have my digi cam, so I cannot put any pictures on this blog of our day. The house was full of people, and we had a lot of yummy food and great fellowship. We missed having John, Molly and their kiddos , and Micah, Nicole and their kiddos, but other than that it was a picture perfect day (if only I had a camera to show you how picture perfect it was! Jordan helped me so very much with the preparations, and Terry of course helped like he always does. I did miss making the SPECIAL PECAN PIE with Chandra, who was sick on Wednesday, but Jordan stepped up to the plate, and the pie was a success. Noah and Isaiah's apple pie was a BIG HIT! and the brisket did not exist any more after about 7 PM. So all in all it was good food wise and fellowship was wonderful with Robbie and Karen and Paul WanatonaParuta and Kurt and Jen and kids. Then of course all the family is always a blessing to me! We have a lot to be THANKFUL for!

First Sunday of Advent today!

~First Sunday of Advent~






This is the first Sunday of Advent! Light your first candle! Call me for the tune for MY Lord What a Morning I will sing it for you!



Advent Wreath Meditations
~First Sunday of Advent (November 30, 2008)





But in those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.

Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. But about that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

Keep alert, for you do not know when the time will come . . . in the evening, or at midnight, or at dawn. Keep awake. (Mark 13:24-26, 32, 33, 35, 37, NRSV)

Such amazing things happen in the sky to herald the return of the Son of Man:
. . . Jesus, coming in the clouds
. . . the sun grows dark
. . . the moon doesn't shine
. . . and stars fall from the heavens


So different from that first coming more than 2000 years ago:
. . . with angels singing of God's glory and peace on earth
. . . with the single star guiding the way to the manger
. . . with shepherds and wisemen -- rich and poor -- coming to worship.

And so we watch, and wait, and stay alert, waiting again for the coming of Jesus.
And we light a single candle in preparation for that glorious day.

[Light the first candle on the Advent wreath.]

. . . And even if the sun should grow dark
. . . even if the moon refuses to shine
. . . even if the stars should fall from the
sky…


. . . we will have Jesus, the Light of the World, to shine brightly in our hearts, lighting our way.

All: Come, Lord Jesus, come. Amen.

"My Lord, What a Morning," 719, The United Methodist Hymnal


My Lord, what a morning; my Lord, what a morning;
Oh, my Lord, what a morning, when the stars begin to fall.
You'll hear the trumpet sound, to wake the nations underground,
Looking to my God's right hand, when the stars begin to fall.
My Lord, what a morning; my Lord, what a morning;
Oh, my Lord, what a morning, when the stars begin to fall.

(Traditional African-American spiritual)

OR "Shine, Jesus, Shine," stanza 1, 2173, The Faith We Sing

I got this from Planning Helps~Advent Wreath Meditations

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Busy Times Ahead

Thursday, Thanksgiving 2008 I will be preparing a beef brisket, orange Cornish hens, spiral ham, and a little turkey (as little a turkey as I can find. You have to cook one on Thanksgiving even if no one in the family is all that fond of it.)Matthew might be bringing some venison, but I am not too sure. I had been hoping we would be cooking a hind haunch on my deer I got with my landowners permit, but so far that allusive little gal has not wandered into my path when I am holding a gun.. So if before Tuesday I am so fortunate as to bag a deer we will indeed cook some of it for our feast. I plan to have as lot of the traditional side dishes as well. But with my family, the emphasis has to be on the meat.
Friday, The day after Thanksgiving, I plan to decorate the 12 Days of Christmas tree for the TV room.
Then on the following Friday, I will be heading out to Nebraska to see Micah, Nicole, Micaiah and Nicolae!!!
Then the next weekend I will be heading down to Cabool to see Mark, Jordan and Cademon!!!
It is going to be a busy couple of weeks.

15 See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all.
16 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
1 Thessalonians 5:15-18

Stand firm in your faith today!

In this week before Thanksgiving, let us not forget that Our Heavenly Father has given us the greatest gift of all: salvation though His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ. All we need to do is repent of our sins and ask Him to come into our hearts and rule our lives. So simple, yet so few of us have done this simple thing. Pray today asking God to help you to lead another to Christ. We must all share the gift He has given us so freely. Ask His will to be done in your life so you can know His perfect peace, which transends all understanding! Stand firm in your faith today!

9For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. 10And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 11being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully 12giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you[a] to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light.
Colossians 1:9-12 RSV