God's Proverbs 31 Princess

A Little Prayer

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette) — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:29:00 +0000

Could we take just a moment and say a prayer for Japan and all those in the pacific region who are suffering from this earthquake and tsunamis? Let us pray and meditate on their safety over the next few days. Let the emergency relief personnel find all those who might be trapped alive. Let them stay safe in rescuing the stranded. Let the healing and rebuilding come smoothly for the people effected. Let God's love show through this tragedy.

Thank you. I have a very good friend stationed in Okinawa and when I heard last night, at nearly midnight here, that the earthquake had been the largest recorded my heart skipped a beat. Thankfully he was logged online and after a few agonizing minutes he responded that he had felt nothing. As you may have read, the earthquake hit mainland Japan. He is alright, and it looks as though our military men and women in Hawaii will be fine too, but the people of Japan and any Americans visiting there are going to be healing for quite some time after this natural disaster. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.

God Loves Surprise Parties!

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette) — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 06:03:00 +0000

Sometimes it is hard to wait on God's time in our lives. We get impatient, upset, hurt, and feel as though we've been forgotten. I was thinking just now how God's timing is a lot like a surprise birthday party. The birthday girl looks forward to her big day for weeks, or even months! She gets so excited, dreaming up all the wonderful things she'll do with her family and friends. When the day finally comes, she hurriedly dresses and gets downstairs to see what fun things her family has thought up. Instead, her mom has a regular breakfast ready and sends her off to school with her normal lunch and kiss goodbye. She is a little disappointed but has faith that her friends will have remembered her birthday. All day long however, her friends act like it's just a normal day. Completely deflated of hope, the girl comes home and goes up to her room to do her homework. Downstairs her parents are smiling and giggling though. They know what is coming. Soon after she hears the door open and shut several times but never a door bell. Curious, she peeks around the corner to find a huge surprise birthday party beyond her wildest dreams! They hadn't forgotten after all.

God's timing seems like that to me sometimes. I think it ought to be time for something to happen in my life but when it doesn't I begin to lose faith. I think perhaps God forgot. All the while, He is smiling down on me because He knows there is something so much greater just around the corner. We have to remember that our Father has the best intensions for us.

Jeremiah 29:11 says "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Thank God for Perseverance

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette) — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 06:11:00 +0000

I'm almost under 200lbs!!! Take a look for yourself here! See?! So, without further ado...

You're Invited!!!

I weighed in today and wouldn't you know it? I am only 13lbs away from being UNDER 200lbs! At the rate I've been losing, I think I will be throwing my party by August! I hope you'll come and party with me. If you would like, you can grab my party button from the bottom of this post to help spread the word! It will encourage me to keep working toward my goal if I know people are raring and waiting for my Under 200 Pounds Party! {Hmmm I should think up a better name for it... lol}

Passing On a Request for Prayers

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette) — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:17:00 +0000

You can click the link below to go to the original post. Please pray for this family that they may receive a donor for their daughter. If you are in the Michigan area and are an 0 blood type, please consider being tested to help this young woman.

Seeking The Gift Of Life!

HEATHER ERICKSON

Dear Family and Friends,

Please help spread the word about my 25 year old daughter, Heather Erickson's medical situation and critical need for a live liver donor transplant.

Heather is a wonderful, caring young woman who has shown amazing grace throughout this difficult time and is my only child and a daughter dearly loved. Seven years ago Heather was diagnosed with a rare liver disease called Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis. It's a progressive illness that destroys the liver and despite everyone's best efforts it could not be stopped.

As a result Heather is currently listed for a liver transplant at Henry Ford Hospital in Michigan. The doctors recommend a live donor to give Heather the best chance for survival, due to the critical shortage of cadaver livers available. Rick, my husband, and I would love to be her donor, but we are not a blood match so we are seeking people who are.

Heather needs someone with O blood type (either negative or positive). who is willing to be tested to be a live liver donor. To learn more about donating please call the Henry Ford transplant coordinator Arlene Helms 313-916-9882 on behalf of Heather Erickson.

We understand a living donation may not be an an option for everyone and respect it's a personal decision.

As always with love,

Cathy and Rick Erickson

CATHY, RICK AND HEATHER

To my blogging friends and readers thank you for your support. I appreciate your kind words and prayers.

Surgery Update

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette) — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:56:00 +0000

My surgery went well. He was able to remove my gallbladder laproscopically which means I have 4 cuts about an inch in length each and my heal time will be about 1 month. There were no complications. He is concerned about my increased liver enzymes but I have been sent home to rest. I'll be tested again in two weeks to make sure they have dropped. If not, then I'll just need some antibiotics. I am doing well. I'm in minimal pain. I just took some medication so I'm going to go rest. I just wanted to post and let y'all know I was home and it all went well. Thank you for all your loving thoughts and prayers. I had no fear during the whole procedure. I should be back to blogging full strength by the end of the week. If I can't sleep I might be online before then... but with narcotics I don't think that will be an issue lol. Night night lovelies!

One Thousand Gifts Week 5

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette) — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 06:00:00 +0000

Over the next year {roughly} I will be counting my blessings. Each week on Monday I will post 20 blessings from our dear Lord. My goal is at least 1,000 blessings. I hope you'll be inspired by my list and join us all at A Holy Experience.

I will be in surgery Monday morning to have my gallbladder removed so I am posting this on Saturday. I will link up my next week's post if I am up and about by then. I might have my husband log on and link up for me, but he likely won't have the time. Please say a prayer for me if you happen along this post by chance. Thank you. I'll post an update as soon as I am able.

My Week In Blessings:

I'm having surgery so I'll feel better.
My husband is able to be here to help me heal.
My mom is able to come up to take care of Little Bit.
I have the best surgeon at this hospital doing my surgery.
I get to take some time to rest and not worry about taking care of Little Bit.
I get to sleep through the night for the first time in over a year.
I have family and friends who are praying for me.
I have a church family who will be praying for me.
My husband's granddad is doing much better.
Little Bit is ticklish now.
He loves to giggle at DH and I.
It's been raining lately which I love.
It keeps the smoke out of the air from the wild fires.
It keeps the temperature down since we don't have AC.
My husband bought me an elliptical machine to work out on.
It was only $15 at the thrift store on post.
It is practically brand new so I will get lots of use out of it.
We also found a George Forman grill for $5 so I can eat more healthily.
We found lots of books to broaden Little Bit's mind for .25 cents each.
I finished another craft project today and feel great about using my hands.

What everyday blessings have you seen in your life this week? I would love to add them to my praise list! If you have prayer requests I would be honored to pray for you. You can comment here or e-mail me at Darryen8808@yahoo.com.

Medical Update on Me and Granddad

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette) — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:28:00 +0000

{This is also posted on my main blog.}

UPDATE ON ME:

About a month ago I began having sharp pains in my chest and between my shoulder blades. After several extremely painful attacks and a couple trips to the emergency room, DH discovered the culprit was tomatoes. I told my Dr what he had found and she suggested it might be my gallbladder. After several more attacks, one more trip to the ER, a blood test showing elevated liver enzymes, and an ultrasound showing 1 large and several small gallstones, I have been scheduled for surgery to have it removed.

We were trying to have it pushed back because DH's granddad is in the hospital in very bad condition, but the surgeon is concerned that because of the liver enzymes I might have a stone lodged in my liver. If I do, it could quickly become infected so he wants me in surgery on Monday. As long as no complications arise, it is a day surgery and I will be home that evening or early the next day, depending on when my surgery is scheduled. The surgery itself only lasts about 2 hours. It is normally done laproscopically so the healing time is only 5-10 days, full recovery in 2 weeks. If they do need to do an open cut, I will be in the hospital for 4-5 days and recovery is about one month.

I will make sure to update you as soon as I can. As you can imagine, it being such a sudden decision, I have a lot to do around the house before the surgery so DH can concentrate on taking care of LB and myself.

I'll still be blogging until my surgery since it helps to calm me, but I will likely not be replying to comments until I am up and about afterward.

So please pray for DH's granddad as he is in the hospital, and for me as I go in for my surgery. It is routine, but it is still a surgery none the less. Thanks everyone.

UPDATE ON GRANDDAD:

{I received this e-mail from my mother in law just after making the hard decision to stay here for my surgery knowing full well DH might miss his granddad's funeral. The Lord is so great!}

Today they backed granddad off of the drug that keeps him asleep while they have him on the ventilator. The nurse was going to clean him and turn him some so my Mother told Dad that she was going to step out of the room so they could tend to him. He shook his head NO. She then asked him do you want me to stay in here while she does this? He shook his head YES. He also squeezed her hand a little. As much as he could anyway because he has so much fluid built up, that all of his extremities are still very swollen. Help me keep praying for Dad as anything can happen. He is not totally out of the woods yet. However, tomorrow they believe they will try and take him off of the ventilator after seeing his responses so far today. Wish us luck with that.

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I want to personally thank you all for your prayers! God is listening and it looks as though it might be in his plan to keep granddad here a while longer.

Who knows... maybe I can convince DH to make a guest post letting y'all know how I'm doing. :0P Probably not... but we'll see.

Urgent Prayer Request

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette) — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:12:00 +0000

{DH's Grandmother, sister, and granddad}

My husband's beloved granddad is in the hospital and not doing well at all. He went in a few days ago for back surgery and he has snowballed downhill since then. It took him an entire day to wake up from the anesthesia. When he did he had developed pneumonia. Then he had hallucinations from his morphine. He thought they were trying to euthanize him. During these scary hallucinations his 75 year old heart gave out and he suffered a heart attack. They strapped him down and gave him full strength oxygen. He was still highly stressed so they put him into a drug induced coma so he could relax and heal. They did an angiogram and found he has blocked valves. They are working on correcting those with stints. They had to put in a breathing tube when they put him into his coma and when they took it out yesterday to do a culture on his lungs (results due tomorrow) they discovered that he can no longer breathe on his own. He was also running a high fever yesterday that required ice blankets. It has since dropped to around 100 degrees. His blood pressure has been low but does increase when family comes to visit and speaks to him, so he is responsive.

Right now the Dr.s say it will be touch and go and he could quickly go either way. We are keeping our hopes up that he will fight this. He is a 10 year stomach cancer survivor but his quality of life has been so low lately that DH and I am not sure he even wants to hold on. DH's grandmother is not in very good health either and I am afraid if his granddad gives up that she won't hold on much longer either. DH is talking to his superiors today about possibly taking emergency leave down to Texas to see his grandparents and introduce Little Bit. Hopefully his leave will be approved, his granddad will hold on, and they'll be able to wake him from his coma so he can see his first great grandbaby. Please pray for healing. Thanks everyone.

With that said, if I disappear all of a sudden... you'll know why. This will be LB's first time on a plane and our first time traveling with a little one so pray for us too if we get to go. This trip has the potential to be very stressful.

My Walk Monday June 7

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette) — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:27:00 +0000

brought to you by Scrapping Servant

I missed last Monday because it was a pretty trying week. I ended up in the ER again. They ran some tests this time and determined that is it most likely my gallbladder. I go in for an ultrasound on Tuesday to confirm. I will likely need to have it removed. The hardest thing this last week is learning to eat differently. The gallbladder breaks down fatty and greasy foods so when it isn't working properly, eating these foods sends you into an attack. These attacks can be mild like heartburn and bloating, or severe like I feel. I get a pain in my chest just below my sternum and also between my shoulder blades on my back that feels like a stabbing pressure. They are so severe that when I visited the ER last they prescribed me narcotics for the pain. Thanks to God and my husband's advice on food, I have not had to take them.

While I was curled up in bed awaiting the ambulance last week and crying out to God to make the pain stop my husband watched, helplessly. Later that week he confided in me that it didn't seem a God would allow things like that, and cancer (another thing we might be facing right now), to happen to people. I knew what he meant but it made me think about these pains. If I wasn't writhing in pain worse than my un-medicated labor would I continue to eat those things that make me sick, even if I knew it was hurting my body? Well, to be honest, yes, yes I would. I am tempted to eat them now, knowing full well I will be in immense pain. I don't think God did this to me. I know I did this to myself with all the crap I put into my body. I don't need pizza and chicken fried rice to survive. But I do think that this is a blatant warning sign from God. I gained weight, I had a very difficult pregnancy and birth, and I feel sluggish all the time but none of those things changed my habits. This was enough, and possibly the only thing that would force me to take better care of my body. I don't eat and eat and eat like some obese people do, but I also don't eat the best things either. I love my pizza far too much.

I know God has something in mind for all this. I'm starting to see it all now. We'll see if it all works out the way I'm thinking it might. There is another seemingly coincidental string of events that is starting to make more and more sense now too. I'll explain that next time. Until then, take the time to look at your life and find the way God is working in it. You'll likely be surprised.

One Thousand Gifts Week 4

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette) — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:16:00 +0000

I woke up this morning.
I didn't have another gallbladder attack.
I haven't had another attack since the last time I went to the ER last week.
Adjusting to my new diet hasn't been too hard.
Our son sleeps through the night and takes at least one long nap each day.
He is learning to sit up.
He is learning to crawl.
According to the Dr., he is advanced for his age, especially given how early he was born.
I got my hair dyed and I feel great!
I compared my January pictures to yesterdays and I can really see a difference in my weight!
We were able to afford bikes so we can get more exercise and spend time out doors.
We are both healthy enough to ride our bikes.
We have enough in savings to fly down to Texas in case things with my husband's granddad take a turn for the worse. (He is in bad shape in the hospital with pneumonia, a heart attack, a back surgery, and they have induced a coma because he was showing signs of neurosis from the morphine. Please keep him in your prayers.)
Our son giggles at me all the time now.
I got 20/25 points on my first quiz and two of my answers were offered by the instructor as examples for the class to emulate. I've never felt that smart but now I see that I can do it!
My loving husband is helping me through all the tough things I am working on right now with complete understanding.
I am catching up on my sleep.
Everything is blooming up here.
...and my allergies don't seem to be bothered by it.
We live in a beautiful part of town and I can look out my window to see God's handiwork.

One Thousand Gifts Week 3

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette) — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:08:00 +0000

I was able to pamper myself and get a much needed haircut.
Thanks to my time for myself and my new "do" I am feeling much better about myself.
God has been reminding me all over the internet to stay happy.
The pain from my gallbladder is forcing me to eat healthy.
I have lost 2 more lbs this week!
My body fat percentage is also down.
My husband took care of the baby this morning allowing me to catch up on much needed sleep.
My self confidence is rising.
I may not need anti-depressants after all.
It has been raining lately which makes the days cooler.
It has also been keeping the smoke from the northern wild fires out of the air.
My husband's wrist is healing more and more each day.
Our love life is getting better as I heal emotionally from my past abuse.
I got the dishes done yesterday.
We had enough water pressure for me to take a hot bath too!
I am working on my scrapbooking pages and getting a sense of accomplishment.
I mind has been more at peace about my genetic breast cancer testing.
I have an ultrasound scheduled this week to determine whether or not I need gallbladder removal surgery.
Our health care expenses are taken care of by the military.
We have some very good surgeons here at our local hospital.

My Walk Monday May 25

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette) — Tue, 25 May 2010 14:39:00 +0000

brought to you by Scrapping Servant

I have some notes from various sermons this month I would like to share. It's a bit choppy since it's just a list of thoughts I had about the sermon overall... but I hope you'll get something out of them.

We are all SHAPED for ministry!

Spiritual gifts

Heart

Abilities

Personality

Experience

You may not feel that you can minister, but I beg to differ. We all posses God given spiritual gifts. We need to learn what ones we were given and use them. We all have the Lord's heart to bless others with. We all have unique abilities, personalities, and experiences to share with others. Perhaps that other wall flower needs your personality and experience to bring her out in the open. Just because you aren't an extrovert, you can still help others. You may be just the person they need.

We achieve greatness through peril. Would you lean on God as much if nothing went wrong in your life? God is Good, not because of what He does but because of who He is.

1) Choose to believe the Truth that God is Good.

2) Count your blessings and remember all the good He does in your life.

3) Wait for the Lord's timing.

4) Cry out to God. Talk to Him about your troubles and ask for guidance.

5) Give thanks to God for being good. Have a longing, hungry soul for God.

My To-Do List:

Host a Tea Party for my Protestant Women of the Chapel group
Write letters to deployed soldiers
Tell others what I am excited about

One Thousand Gifts Week 2

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette) — Mon, 24 May 2010 04:18:00 +0000

We might have discovered the root of my pain.
We might also have discovered the root of my IBS. Test results pending.
I have a Dr who listens to me, runs the necessary tests, and cares about my health.
My son is pulling toys to his mouth to chew on now.
My son is purposely reaching for his toys.
My husband and I bought some bikes, with cash we had saved!
We are healthy and capable of riding our new bikes.
The weather and outdoors have been amazing this week for getting out to ride and walk.
I have not had another pain attack since I stopped eating tomatoes {see number 1}.
I am caught up on my laundry!
I am caught up on my dishes!
I have almost got the living room cleared out and organized.
I unpacked our last large box.
The weather has been nice enough to leave the windows open all day and night.
I was able to register for a previously closed course so I can finish my degree.
My mood has been a lot better this week.
I've had more motivation to do the things I need to do and the things I love to do.
I am working through some hang ups I have about sex, God, church, prayer, and family values.
My husband has remained very loving, patient, and understanding through it all.
My son is finally over his virus and loose diapers sickness. He is back to his normal, happy, hungry self.

One Thousand Gifts Week 1

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette) — Mon, 17 May 2010 20:30:00 +0000

Jesus dieing on the cross for my sins
God seeking me out no matter how lost I think I am - I am the lost one, not him.
My dear, honest, honorable husband
Our amazing son
My remaining ovary so we can have more children
Advancements in medicine so I can be screened for breast cancer and fight this disease
My husband's unending support through my depression and pain
My parents, despite our many differences
My birth-mom who loved me enough to let me go
A wonderful house over my head that I feel safe and comfortable in
Being able to stay home with my son and work only when I want to
Little Bit's {my son} smiles and giggles
A washing machine we don't have to pay to use
A steady income in an unsteady environment
Enough food to last through the month
Being able to exercise and lose weight to get healthy again - even these sore muscles!
The strength from God to let go of my past and heal
Living in Alaska and experiencing God's beauty
Having a husband who is fulfilled by his work and happy with his life
Being alive and well today

What are you thankful for? Do you have prayer requests or praises? I would love to add them to my lists. You can comment here or e-mail me at Darryen8808@yahoo.com

May the Lord Bless you and Keep you. May He lift His countenance upon you and give you Peace, today and everyday.

My Walk Monday May 17

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette) — Mon, 17 May 2010 04:25:00 +0000

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I've got to be honest, I have been struggling lately. I know what I believe and that won't change, but I do not know why I believe it. There are several things about my faith, that honestly, I feel I only think because I was taught to. For example, as embarrassed as I am to type this out, I have always been told that sex is sinful. I was raped as a child and my mom never believed me. With a lack of love and attention from my family I turned to boys to fill that hole. I began having sex around age 16 and soon learned to use it as a means of manipulation to get what I wanted - love. I now know that a lot of that "sex" was actually more rape and that nothing that came out of it even remotely resembles love, but at the time I thought that's what I needed, and in some part, what I deserved.

Now that I am married it is all of a sudden okay to have sex in my mom's eyes. This has made things very awkward. It has also caused some hang ups in my marriage. I am having trouble connecting to my husband because of my past abuse and my ingrained thoughts about sex being bad. I read in the Bible that God calls us his bride. I struggle so much in my mind to imagine that analogy. To me, God is like a father and to think of the intimacy shared during sex with Him is hard for me. The problem I think is that I don't know that intimacy. I don't know that I have ever experienced it. I feel intimate with my husband but not during sex. I'm not even sure what it looks like but I know something is missing. Missing between my husband and I and between myself and God.

God please allow me to feel that intimacy with you that you desire from me. Show me the kind of love I ought to have for you and help me to forget everything I was taught about You. Allow me to come to know You more personally and intimately in the way You want me to and not how the world wants me to. Amen.

The Last Straw

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette) — Fri, 14 May 2010 06:58:00 +0000

My husband broke my heart tonight. He didn't know he did, but his words pierced through me more than my overbearing mother, abusive brother, or cheating exes ever have. As I finally shared with y'all today, I have been battling an extreme depression for months now, even before Little Bit was born. I bet you couldn't really tell could you? Yeah, I'm really good at hiding it. In fact, DH didn't know I was as depressed as I am until last week when I finally let him in on my little secret. Since then he has been very concerned, and rightfully so. Don't worry, I am not suicidal. I lost a dear friend to suicide and would never commit such a selfish act. That does not keep me from wishing some horrible accident would end my life. Of course, another part of me is terrified of something happening to me and leaving DH and LB alone in life. So anyways, now you kinda see the extent of my dark secret that is depression. I struggle to pull myself out of bed in the morning. Most mornings I wake up with DH, feed LB, see DH off to pt/work and then go back to bed, hoping and praying that LB will sleep long enough for me to get a nap. Lately I have been so depressed and exhausted that I let him cry. I am not of the school of letting children until 8 months cry it out by the way. I just can't will myself to interact with my son on those days.

I have some confessions to make and I hope you don't look badly on me for them. I don't feed my son his bottles. He eats 5-7 times a day. Since he was born I have held him and his bottle less times than I have fingers. The first little paper they sent home with us said do not prop the bottle. I had horrible PPD and my son screamed at my breast when I tried to feed him and DH had just had wrist surgery. Neither one of us was equipped to hold LB's bottle. Since then I have gotten worse and worse. I am still depressed but I have come to terms with not being able to breastfeed him. No, now I prop his bottle so I can surf the internet, read all the blogs I follow and who don't even know I exist, and check my e-mail a billion times a day. Blogging has really been the only thing holding my sanity together. You are mostly moms or military wives/gfs. You get me. You know what I am going through. DH tries his hardest, but he has no idea what it's like. I rarely hold me son either. He has a flat spot, not because he sleeps on his back, but because he spent so much time in his swing or bouncy chair. I felt angry, I felt unloved, I felt hurt, I felt depressed, now I feel guilty for not holding him but as I sit here, typing... I can not make myself stop and hold him. I need to tell someone this. I need to tell you this. If I stop now, let this post auto save and never press publish I'll just slip further and further into despair. If I hold my son instead of typing out this confession to you then I'll begin to resent him and none of this is his fault. My hormones and neurochemicals are off balance. It's that simple and that complex.

Now to tell you what my husband said to me that torn my heart out and literally brought me to my knees screaming. At the time I had no idea if he was being hurtful or caring. He came out of the bathroom and said "Honey, I've been thinking about it and I think we ought to hire someone to come clean the house. It obviously isn't going to get done and this way you can have more time to spend with Little Bit and blog." Right there. Right there, in those innocent words were "You aren't good enough. You love your bog more than me because you won't take care of the house. You are lazy. You are a bad mother. You are a failure!" He essentially told me "I have to spend my hard earned money on someone else to come in and pick up where you have failed." I stood up, walked as far away from him as possible {which happened to be in the back room that I had just worked so hard on a couple days before}, fell to my knees, screamed into my hands, felt my heart ripping in two, and cried. I was shaking uncontrollably by the time DH finished brushing his teeth and got curious as to where I had gone. He asked if I was okay and I knew in that moment that he hadn't meant his words to be a crude warning to shape up or "ship out". He really did think he was helping me by hiring a maid. I sobbed a cracked "no" and attempted to explain my plight.

I struggle to get out of bed each morning; this depression you've seen this week has been going on in secret for months; I try and try and am never good enough; not for my parents, not for my friends, not for my ex fiance, not for you; you never tell me I'm doing a good job; I'm such a failure and you just told me so. The whole time I was thinking in my head...it hurt so bad because you are right. I care more about my blog than about my son or my home, and as an extension, you. I was so upset because I was guilty. Because he was right.

So, I am going away. I am not naive. I know I need to spend some time online to keep my sanity, but I will not be here in such force as I normally am. I will miss your posts. I will not reply to every comment. I may not do all my memes. I will do Motivation Monday and Feel Good Friday because those two especially keep me going. I will likely only keep you updated via my new depression blog. Its on the right sidebar in case you haven't read about it in my other posts today. I will be copying this post to all my other blogs so all my readers know. I know you all understand, and truthfully, I doubt many people would notice that I disappeared for a few weeks... but like I said, I needed to write it down. I needed to tell someone. I needed to tell you. Thanks for listening. Thanks for caring.

PS I am not going to take the time to proof this blog entry so I hope it is understandable and not too choppy.

Building A Cathedral

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette) — Mon, 10 May 2010 05:09:00 +0000

I found this video on a post by Scrapping Servant. What a wonderful thought. I love that the video has subtitles so the words can really sink in as I read them. This short clip is so powerful that I am posting it on all of my blogs. I hope you enjoy it and it touches your heart in some way.

God please help me to build a great cathedral in the hearts of my husband and son where you can live one day.

Plead for Motivation

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette) — Tue, 04 May 2010 05:10:00 +0000

God,

Please give me the strength and motivation to work on my house. Lord I spend all my time online with these stupid blogs for what? Nothing, no one really cares what my blog looks like or what I have to say. Meanwhile my husband has to come home to a messy house. We need a place to relax and be calm before and after work and it is my job to make that but I can't. I just can't make myself do it. Please give me the determination to make this house a home.

Love your daughter,
Jeannette

Daily Devotional - April 15

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette) — Mon, 03 May 2010 04:02:00 +0000

April 15, 2010

Our only hope as a nation is in a return to the Spiritual underpinnings on which the institution of the family is based. – Personal Correspondence

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. – 2 Timothy 3:16, 17
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My thoughts on this devotional coming soon.

Daily Devotional - April 14

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette) — Mon, 03 May 2010 03:58:00 +0000

April 14, 2010

Jesus said we should care for the needy, the less fortunate, and “the least of these [our] brothers”. His words sound more like a commandment than a suggestion. – Personal Correspondence

Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. – Psalm 82:3
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Daily Devotional - April 13

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette) — Mon, 03 May 2010 03:35:00 +0000

April 13, 2010

No offense by another person could possibly equal our guilt before God, yet He has forgiven us. Are we not obligated to show the same mercy to others? – Emotions: Can You Trust Them?

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. – Matthew 6:12
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Daily Devotional - April 12

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette) — Mon, 03 May 2010 03:31:00 +0000

April 12, 2010

A relationship that is characterized by genuine love and affection is likely to be a healthy one, even though some parental mistakes and errors are inevitable. – The Strong Willed Child

I will give them one heart and mind to worship me forever; for their own good and for the good of all their descendents. – Jeremiah 32:39
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Daily Devotional - April 11

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette) — Mon, 03 May 2010 03:29:00 +0000

April 11, 2010

Love, even genuine love, is a fragile thing. It must be maintained and protected if it is to survive. – Emotions: Can You Trust Them?

Love each other with brotherly affection and take delight in honoring each other. – Romans 12:10
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Daily Devotional - April 10

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette) — Mon, 03 May 2010 03:26:00 +0000

April 10, 2010

Time slides though our fingers like a well greased string. There is no better time than now to assess the values which are worthy of our time and effort. – What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew About Women

You alone are my God; my times are in your hands. – Psalm 31:14,15
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Daily Devotional - April 9

noreply@blogger.com (Jeannette) — Mon, 03 May 2010 03:19:00 +0000

April 9, 2010

Slow down, parents! What’s your rush anyway? You children will be gone so quickly and you will have nothing but blurred memories of those years when they needed you. – Personal Correspondence

Reverence for God gives a man deep strength; his children have a place of refuge and security. – Proverbs 14:26
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