As I sit her yes 3:00 am, I am amazed at someone with so little sleep this week can yet continue to stay awake. We have had quite a few mind boggling things going on this week and I guess they are all still rolling around in my head.
Work has been very stressful and my "niece" pam has had a rough week along with my sister. I have had a couple of personal issues myself of which I needed much prayer thanks to my sister's in Christ who are in my devotional group for banding together to pray for me.
God has spoken to me in so many different ways this week. Mostly through song. I love the way music just speaks to you.
Everyone was battling sickness of which we have finally got rid of. I still continue to battle with what I think is a gallbladder issue and will find out on Tuesday.
Thanks be to God I have almost completed my Christmas shopping and will most likely have everything wrapped by Saturday (until a couple online shopping items get here). I truly love shopping on line since I really don't like to be in crowds.
I hope we will all remember what this season is truly about ... and that is a tiny baby came to this earth so that He may one day die to take our place. I know we are just going into Thanksgiving but what more could we have to be thankful for than the true GIFT of salvation.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Joy Through Sickness
Wow what a rough October it was. We started out good and then I had to have a little minor surgery done that was quite uncomfortable. It was supposed to be a couple day recovery but ended up with me being out of work for a week. After landing in emergency for an infection a week after the surgery I questioned why did I even have this done.
That week was tough and then we had a little week reprieve and got ready to go to Youth Challenge. Boy was work happy with me when I ended up missing 3 Friday's in a row. My sister Melanie and I decided we would take my son Tyler and her "not legally but in spirit adopted" daughter Pam to Youth Challenge in West Harrison, IN. We were all so very excited and had planned to go for several months. Mel needed the time away, I really wanted Tyler to experience what it is like to be with kids his age of like faith, Pam didn't get to go last year and has several friends she wanted to see and I always love a road trip. I needed a little one on one time with my baby boy. Of course I had no idea that I was going to have surgery 2 weeks before when we planned this. After the terrible first week God really helped me and healed me, I was good to go for the trip.
We got up at 3:30am and made our way to pick up Melanie and Pam. It is about a 4 1/2 hour drive from our house and we wanted to make sure we made good time. Once we got there Pam's best friend from Missouri surprised her and we ended up even staying in the same hotel. The services and sessions were awesome. Great music, very good topics. Mark Cravens spoke on a healthy devotional life which was really a help to me in my own life. Sarah Fry spoke on finding Mr. Right and a healthy married relationship. She was so good. We as mother's and wives could so relate and wished the session didn't have to end so quickly. Our day went by to quick, poor melanie would get sick every time she would eat anything.
My Lee, Caleb and my mom and dad decided they would travel to Lee's mom and dad's on Friday night since my father-in-law was having back surgery that day. They arrived late Friday night. We were to meet them on Saturday since their house is only an hour away from the camp. We had a really good visit with the family showed Pam downtown Indianapolis since she had never been there. Wonderful dinner on Sunday at the Tomes house and then made our way back home Sunday afternoon.
Midway home I noticed that Caleb had been sleeping a lot. About an hour from home he woke up and said he was hot. I felt him he was burning up with fever. This would start our week long of sickness. Caleb was out all week. Tyler came down with the flu and sinus infection on Wed, Lee Saturday night and I with stomach pain this morning (of which could be many things since I am having trouble with my gallbladder). So here I sit away from the coughy germs that I have tried to avoid all week.
Wow this has gotten rather lengthy. God is so good to us. We are thankful for the money to be able to get medicine. Thankful I had the time I could take off on Monday and Tuesday to stay with Caleb. Thankful Tyler is old enough to stay home by himself and he could keep an eye on Caleb the rest of the week. Most thankful that Lee just got the Sinus issues and HEADACHE. The fever would have thrown his blood sugar for a loop. There can be joy through sickness.... It is all how you view what God can do through it.
That week was tough and then we had a little week reprieve and got ready to go to Youth Challenge. Boy was work happy with me when I ended up missing 3 Friday's in a row. My sister Melanie and I decided we would take my son Tyler and her "not legally but in spirit adopted" daughter Pam to Youth Challenge in West Harrison, IN. We were all so very excited and had planned to go for several months. Mel needed the time away, I really wanted Tyler to experience what it is like to be with kids his age of like faith, Pam didn't get to go last year and has several friends she wanted to see and I always love a road trip. I needed a little one on one time with my baby boy. Of course I had no idea that I was going to have surgery 2 weeks before when we planned this. After the terrible first week God really helped me and healed me, I was good to go for the trip.
We got up at 3:30am and made our way to pick up Melanie and Pam. It is about a 4 1/2 hour drive from our house and we wanted to make sure we made good time. Once we got there Pam's best friend from Missouri surprised her and we ended up even staying in the same hotel. The services and sessions were awesome. Great music, very good topics. Mark Cravens spoke on a healthy devotional life which was really a help to me in my own life. Sarah Fry spoke on finding Mr. Right and a healthy married relationship. She was so good. We as mother's and wives could so relate and wished the session didn't have to end so quickly. Our day went by to quick, poor melanie would get sick every time she would eat anything.
My Lee, Caleb and my mom and dad decided they would travel to Lee's mom and dad's on Friday night since my father-in-law was having back surgery that day. They arrived late Friday night. We were to meet them on Saturday since their house is only an hour away from the camp. We had a really good visit with the family showed Pam downtown Indianapolis since she had never been there. Wonderful dinner on Sunday at the Tomes house and then made our way back home Sunday afternoon.
Midway home I noticed that Caleb had been sleeping a lot. About an hour from home he woke up and said he was hot. I felt him he was burning up with fever. This would start our week long of sickness. Caleb was out all week. Tyler came down with the flu and sinus infection on Wed, Lee Saturday night and I with stomach pain this morning (of which could be many things since I am having trouble with my gallbladder). So here I sit away from the coughy germs that I have tried to avoid all week.
Wow this has gotten rather lengthy. God is so good to us. We are thankful for the money to be able to get medicine. Thankful I had the time I could take off on Monday and Tuesday to stay with Caleb. Thankful Tyler is old enough to stay home by himself and he could keep an eye on Caleb the rest of the week. Most thankful that Lee just got the Sinus issues and HEADACHE. The fever would have thrown his blood sugar for a loop. There can be joy through sickness.... It is all how you view what God can do through it.
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