Happy week 2 of November everyone. Our November is so crazy busy right now- full of so many exciting things! And we are counting our blessings. Big and little! I hope you all have a week full of joy!
Day 5 – 3 gifts acorn small
Faith- like a mustard seed
Tadpoles- remembered from a spring time adventure with friends
flakes of herbs and spices
Day 6 – 3 Gifts government
Freedoms- a gift not a right
Voting
Nationals parks monuments and museums set aside for us to enjoy and learn about our history and to be able to enjoy God’s creation
Day 7 – 3 Gifts from your window
Fall colors
A beautiful view
sunrises and sunsets
Day 8 – A gift sweet, salty, sipped
Sweet-Pumpkin cheesecake snickerdoodles (Yummy)
Salty- Kettle Chips with bacon and horseradish dip
Sipped Gingerbread coffee
Day 9- 3 Gifts Harvest
CSA boxes from a local farm
All the pumpkin-y things
All the Apple-y things
Day 10- 3 gifts found in Bible readig
Hope – John 3:16
Peace- Philippians 4:6
Rest- Matthew 11:28
Day 11- 3 Gifts of remembrance
Veterans- Past, present and future
memories of our kids and all of their antics
Childhood memories of cousins and grandparents
I’m so glad you came by to say Hello and join in on the Joy Dare this week and I’m praying You all have a fabulous week full of gratitude and Joy!
And how about You what have you found joy in this week?
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Hello friends- last week I promised a mini- series called DIVIDED based on the verse Luke 10:27 (NLT)
The man answered, “‘You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.’ And, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
The point of this verse is to say that we are to love God with EVERY aspect of our lives. . Four different times Luke tells us….ALL- repetition is emphasis on an idea…..You truly love God when he has ALL of our hearts. ALL of souls, ALL of our minds and ALL of our strength.
We show God just how much we love him by our complete and total devotion to him. Sometimes we think we are completely devoted to God but we have let little things that creep in and place a wedge between us and God. So over the next week we are going to touch base on these four areas.
Now that we have set the stage join me tomorrow for a double header of blog posts…First this weeks Joy Dare and then what it means to have a divided Heart.
Thanks for joining me today! And I cannot wait to get to know each one of you! If you are knew here feel free to poke around and check out the other Choosing Courage 100 day Blogging project posts.
Have you ever asked yourself “what was I thinking?” That is definitely what I am asking myself this evening.
At the end of last week I had planned to write my “DIVIDED” miniseries this week. Specifically starting today…Today was my second IVIG infusion. Yep I came home and slept AND still woke up with a dull headache and heart racing. I had to leave very early this morning as I was a little shocked on Friday when I realized that IVIG was scheduled on the day hubby needed to be at church! UGH AGAIN what was I thinking! It led to rather complicated day and I spent a bunch of extra time at the hospital but it all worked out.
So IVIG-
Today I had a little more of a reaction on the first day. The last time I didn’t ,the reaction came the next day. But have no fear ZOFRAN! I am not nauseous. Just a dull sort of headache.
Hubby
Big week for him this week. It’s his second of two teaching weekends teaching Old Testament survey class
AND he is filling in for our pastor this week so he will have the new adventure of being simulcast to our other area campuses and do two services back to back. I know he is nervous but I also know he will do great!
The kids
Today wraps up the end of their first quarter of this school year! They have been working hard and enjoying life. I love hearing their happy chatter each morning and learning about other Christians who have gone before us!
We checked off a family bucket list item we have always wanted to do- We sponsored a Child through cCompassion International. Its not just something hubby and I wanted to do but our kids have ALWAYS had a heart for this kind of ministry so we surprised the kids this last week with it. (Something I didn’t have to ask myself what I was thinking!!)
They now refer to the little treasure as their sister in another Country….Not just one or two of them BUT ALL of them!
Choosing Courage- 100 day writing Project
How can we already be to day 86? My head is spinning with the idea that we have 14 days left! THAT”S ONLY 2 WEEKS!!! WHAAAT??
I know that I said I was going to start the “DIVIDED” series today but that is just not going to happen In the future I won’t be scheduling or planning any bloggy things on IVIG days.
Thanks so much for joining me on this journey and I pray that you all have a blessed week! And I will see you back here tomorrow.
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What a week we are in for! It’s exciting and daunting and all the crazy things wrapped into one! Some I can’t share and some I will. All of which though are fun (ok except for maybe two) and we are so blessed to be able to do these things!
Somethings coming up this week:
My second dose of IVIG
Bloodwork to check my iron
Meetings (Exciting ones)
Dentist appointment (I broke a tooth again-Just a filling)
Hubby’s second class in His OT survey class he has been teaching.
Hubby is preaching on Sunday at the church we have been attending! (Simulcasted to 3 campuses and online).
Pretty exciting Stuff!
Well Let’s Jump into this week’s post!
♥♥The Weather♥♥
Definitely fall- we saw snow last week- But it’s November so no complaints here…This week it’s supposed to be 50’s with somedays getting mighty close to the 60’s (This is VERY exciting) There are supposed to be two days of rain at the end of the week and then 40’s over the weekend. All in all not too shabby for the second week of November.
♥♥How I am feeling this morning♥♥
Very good. I have a lot of stuff to do this morning and afternoon- with a kinda labor intensive dinner for tonight and cookies for dessert.
♥♥On my mind♥♥
Lot’s of happy things buzzing around in my head I can’t wait to share them with you
♥♥On the breakfast plate♥♥
OHHH I am so excited fr breakfast this morning! the short answer is Bagels and Cream Cheese BUT since I am now completely gluten free I haven’t had a bagel. SOOOO last night hubby and I were doing the grocery shopping for the week- Because CRAZY- and we found Aldi had Gluten free Everything Bagels I LOVE EVERYTHING BAGELS. So we bought bagels and will have them for breakfast tis morning. (he also found these amazing Harvest Bagels for everyone else who isn’t gluten free)
♥♥Right now I am♥♥
writing this post all the while jotting random things I need to remember into my planner
♥♥On my reading pile♥♥
I will be finishing up James and I will be spending more time in Philippians and Colossians over the next month.
Nate Saint Biography
I will *hopefully* wrap up Get Out of Your Head, Hello Fears and Practical Dreamer this month as well.
♥♥On today’s to do list♥♥
Dishes
Table needs to be cleaned off and moved back into place
Laundry
change our sheets
Phone calls
pack bag for my infusion tomorrow
♥♥On my tv♥♥
nothing really other than Promised land in the evenings as a family
♥♥On the menu this week♥♥
Monday –Family- Night- Dorito Chicken casserole and Pumpkin Cheesecake cookies for dessert. Tuesday – Loaded Baked Potato Soup Wednesday – Chicken and Dumplings Thursday – Chef Salad (Hubby and I will take salad to Bible Study) Friday – Hot Dogs and French Fries Saturday – Mac and Cheese Sunday – Soup
♥♥From the camera♥♥
Because this is how normal people sleep
♥♥Looking around the house♥♥
There is a lot going on- Homeschooling mostly- so there is school stuff around and we have been preparing Christmas presents for family and friends so there is that.
♥♥New recipe I tried last week, or one that we really enjoyed♥♥
Friends and family with COVID and other sicknesses.
Wisdom (LOTS of it and clarity too)
Friends going through some hard stuff right now
my own personal perseverance and patience (On many levels)
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Good morning everyone- today for A Time to play- I’m playing catch up! I had stayed up on inktober but I just could not stay up on posting them here! so today I am going to share the inked versions 9just the line art- and then in the coming weeks I will share the colored in finished products. I can’t wait to catch up on the coloring in because I have some fun techniques I want to try out!!!
October flew by so fast! and our schedules went a little nuts! So I had to let go of the blog posts that were scheduled every week to be sure I spent enough time on the influence posts everyday.
Day 11 Sour
day 12- Stuck
Day 13- Roof
Day 14- Tick
Day 15- hemet
Day 16- compass
Day 17- colide
Day 18 moon
Day 19- loop
Day 20- sprout
Day 21- fuzzy
Day 22-open
Day 23- Leak
Day 24- extinct
Day 25 Splat
Day 26- connect
day 27-Spark
Day 28- Crispy
Day 29- Patch
Day 30- Slither
day 31- Risk
Thanks for joining me on my catch up day!
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