40 Days of Praise: Day 9

Todays praise note is for leftovers... before Christmas time my cupboards and fridge resembled something like what Old Mother Hubbards must have looked like... then comes the family diner and this year it was determined that it would be hosted at my home... there must have been around 20 or so people there and it was a really fun time... also my home has never been so neat and has remained that way since... but it was a real good time and we definately had a good feed... as people began to disperse and leave for their homes they packed up what they had brought and left it in "my" fridge... HOLY CRAP i thought as my bare fridge became full... what a blessing this is.... i now have food... i think as a kid i used to complain about leftovers, but now they are awesome... so yeah, there is my praise for today... still bored, can't wait to see the kids, keep praying... have a great day!!!

40 Days of Praise: Day 8

So here we are moving at a snails pace through this forty days thingy... But hey, despite the discouraging things that always seem to nag i am still praising, mostly... Today was a good day and last nights service was nice other than the fact that i almost coughed my lungs out in front on 200 or so people... as i think about the next week or so that is ahead of me i am thankful for my job... of course it has it's days that are tough, but i love it... especially since starting tommorrow my mother is going back home and most everyone i know will be away or back to work... for this i praise God for my job and i kind of look forward to getting back... but i am thankful for the break as well... just overall thankful i guess... and hey, if you are bored call me because i will be too...

here's hoping you all had a blessed Christmas and have a great 2007...

40 Days of Praise: Day 7

so things aren't being posted here on a daily basis, but i will continue on with my 40 Days of Praise none-the-less... things have been a bit interesting in the last couple of post eh? fun stuff... thank you to those who have been encouraging and have been faithful to lift me up and be my strength/prayer warriors in the tough days... words cannot express...

for those who have been a little tougher on me (politically correct), thanks as well... there are times when your challenging words have caused me to think and question myself... don't get the word question confused with doubt because as i seek what God has for me for now, Grand Manan and the amazing people of this community are definately are what God has for me now in terms of where i live, ect... do i understand that totally??? nope, but all i know is that when i have been obedient, the Lord blesses...

today's praise note is this: I praise God that i will be spending some quality time with my son real soon... now admittedly things have not totally worked out they way that i saw them happening, but still God has been good... as i speak to the people representing me it is evident that real soon things are going to move in the direction of quality father/son time sans babysitter... am i just a smidge excited about this??? YOU'RE FREAKIN' RIGHT I AM!!! so yeah, that is my praise today... 3 years in the making is finally coming into fruition... praise the Lord for His patience with me and love and blessings, etc, etc, etc...

40 days of praise Day 6

today boys and girls i am thankful for sleep... it amazes me how thinking about things, whether they be fact or fiction tucker people out... i am pooped... need rest... yeah... must stop thinking and caring about what i think people think of me... it hurts my head and makes me sleepy... i need a nap... love ya'll...

40 Days of Praise: Day 5

sorry for the delay... i felt that since i was not seeing my kids every second of everyday that i could not do anything else... thank you for the clarification on this issue stephy... actually if i had the choice i would love to see the kids everyday, but sadly that is not an option at this point...

now on to the praise... i am thankful for how God seems to work things out... that is as simple as it gets i guess... when i for whatever reason can't see the sun through the clouds it amazes me that there are things going on none-the-less... God revealed that to me again as he answered yet another prayer request that i had no idea which way things would go... in fact i was preparing to move in the direction of God not blessing me in this situation... some come to me and say, do you know that such and such is the Lord's will for you? then i say yes or no or i don't know and if the answer is yes, they confidently tell me to speak what i know to be God's truth... sounds kind of bold and despite being a Christian for 13 years i sometimes still wonder if i can be so bold... understand that i know the answers in my head, but i think i may have trust issues for whatever reason... though i know God wants to bless me, i wonder if He will anyway... i like to be a positive bubbly person, but i think i expect the worst in a lot of situations because of things that have happened in the past... it is almost like i can believe that God wants to bless you more than He does me...

yet despite my lack of faith, or whatever it is, God is still moving and never ceases to amaze me... praise God for moving and caring about me... praise God for wanting to bless me and even doing it... may i be bold enough to believe that He wants to do that too...

in the future, be ready because i am believing that there will be posts to come where i will say what God has done to bless me and blow my socks off...

also, thanks to everybody for the concern in the last post, but if i can make a request; like kirk said, i am not a fan of the anonymous thing either (especially if it is negative) so if you want to be a part of these conversations, give us a name... also, love each other... for real...