30 Days of Accountability: Day 8

Romans 8:14-17 NIV

¹⁴ For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. ¹⁵ The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.^[f] And by him we cry, “Abba,^[g] Father.” ¹⁶ The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. ¹⁷ Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.


f  The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture; also in verse 23.

g   Aramaic for father

references from Biblegateway.com



My day that I am talking about actually started at about 10 pm last night.  I tried to go to sleep, but a conversation I had on Facebook last night and I kept having the little voice telling me to get up and make a reply.  I finally did, which was the blog about God's unconditional love.  More thoughts about God's love and his blessings kept going through my head.  I was finally able to go to sleep about 12:30.  Then about 5:20 I received a text from Bryan saying he would be sleeping out.  I was unable to go back to sleep after that.  A good bit of it was due to Callie climbing back and forth on my head from the bed to the headboard.  Steven got up about 7.  We had a good day, we kept it pretty low profile for the majority of the day.  The big fun of our day was going down to Evansville to see Daddy while he was on his break.  We were only there about 30 minutes, but we had fun.  Steven helped him check tires and then he climbed inside.  No nap today and fell asleep a little late, but Steven had a good day.  I got some housework done.  I tried to start cleaning in the garage, but didn't get very far.  The anxiety kicked in and I got overwhelmed.  But, I have still been doing so much better.  Before I wouldn't even be able to get to the dishes.  I haven't eaten that great today and no exercise.  I have decided to start walking in the morning before going to the Master's Hands.  I am counting on Bev to gripe at me if I don't do it.  We will see if I can go to sleep tonight or if God has more in store for me.  Next time, I won't try and put it off until morning, I will do it then.  Maybe I can get to sleep a little earlier if I do it when God first tells me to do it.

Take Care and God Bless
Sherri

The boy and his dad

God DOES love unconditionally

You may have already read this, but God is speaking to me to post this as much as I can right now.

Here is my answer about God not loving unconditionally.  God does love unconditionally; he just can’t be with sin.  That is why he forsook his son on the cross.  When Jesus took our sins upon him, God had to turn away.   I will try to explain this how I see it.  To me it is like a child who is on drugs and the parents don’t support them.  They won’t let the child live with them or give them money for their habit, but they still love their child.  They ache for the child and what they are doing to themselves.  They long for the child to straighten out their life and come back to them.  They don’t stop loving their child; they just can’t be around what they are doing.   That is unconditional love.  God is the same.  He loves us and he aches when we sin.  He longs for us to come back to him and hurts that he can’t have us with him.  His love is unconditional.  He doesn’t hold our past against us.  In Hebrews 8:12 it is written: For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more. (NIV).  God doesn’t hold it against us when go to him for forgiveness.  God wants all of us to go to heaven with Him. 

30 Days of Accountability: Day 7

Psalm 100:4

⁴ Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.



It has been a wonderful day!   We have had a couple of rough spots, but great none the less.  Steven went to bed late last night because of the fireworks, so he slept in today.  We got up after 7:00 am!  That doesn't happen much around here.  We had a good morning and Bryan was able to be home a good bit of the day before going to work.  I went and got me a phone that works, it cost a good bit but I need it.  I came back home and we watched That Metal Show.  We had McD for lunch and then went to State Farm to get things ready to switch our car insurance.  We made Steven go in, which he wasn't happy about.  He wouldn't go past the front door.  But he was happy when Candi came over and gave him a hug.  Bryan took Steven out so I could do what I needed.  When I was leaving Candi went out to the van and Steven had to have another hug.  He misses seeing her.  I think he was confused that she wasn't at Highway Two.  We got home and we were able to get Steven down for a nap.  This was good because he was a grouch this morning.  He woke up a little happier and so we went shopping.  We went to Pool's which he calls it by the name of the second hand store in it, Hidden Treasures.  It was easier for me to call it that when we used to take him to the swimming pool.  Anyway, we found one of his favorite toys for $7!  He already has two talking Barneys, but it is in great shape and we can always use a spare.  I am picking up a spare of his favorite blanket this week also.  Hmmm, it is also $7.  I am starting to see a pattern here.  He went to sleep easily tonight and was happy to have Barney by his side.  I have gotten some laundry and dishes done.  Decent on the eating.  That was about the extent of what I did today aside from the boy.  I have a hard time doing to much when we are all home together.  It doesn't happen a lot like it used to.  I love when we are all together. 

Take care and God bless,
Sherri

The boy and his Barney

30 Days of Accountability: Day 6

This is going to be short and sweet.  It was late last night before I would have had time to do this and I don't know how long Steven will let me on the computer.  We had a good day yesterday.  I did some housework.  Actually cooked lunch for all three of us, which is a rarity these days with our schedules.  Made a batch of chili to use with Steven's macaroni meals.  I went up to the Master's Hands and helped a little with a delivery.  I was able to get contact paper on a cart I am taking up there to use with the laptop we have for up front.  Got Steven down for a nap.  We went and watched the Olney fireworks with Grandma and had a lot of fun.  Ended the day with Steven being tired and mad that I wouldn't let him stay up and play computer.  We are both unscathed, but it wore me out.  Well, that is the day in a nut shell.  I will post today later tonight.

Take care and God bless,
Sherri

30 Days of Accountability: Day 5

I have been trying to think of a verse for tonight and I have to many going through my head that would go along with my day.  But, so much has gone on, that I can't choose one so I will go without tonight.  It started out a little rough with Steven dumping his laptop to the floor for reasons unknown, which caused the anxiety to start kicking in.  So I decided to go to The Master's Hands a little early to try and get my mind off of it.  We had a good day up there with a decent turn out for the Bible study.
We talked about the freedom with have in Christ and how we become all things to all men to try and teach the word of God.  We talked about how God puts us in situations we never thought would happen.  That we are in the dark with our future, but God has us.  I shared how seven years before I had Steven God had me studying about autism to prepare me for my child.  I thought he was getting me ready for a career not my life.      God has blessed all of us in so many ways.  We just have to take a look at our lives to see what God does for us.  We were so busy with people up at the coffee shop after the study, we had a blast up there.  Of course, we also had 64 cases of chocolate milk donated from Prarie Farms today and had to find somewhere for all of it.  Let it rain!  I got home today and got some housework done.  While I was waiting for Steven to come home, my phone died.  I am sure that Cellular One is closed tomorrow, so I will be without until Friday.  Spent the evening with Steven getting whiney because That Metal Show wasn't on every hour on the hour.  We also talked about going to fireworks tomorrow.  I actually wasn't going to say anything until tomorrow afternoon, but it slipped.  I will hear about it all day tomorrow.

Take care and God bless,

Sherri

30 Days of Accountability: Day 4

Job 22:21 NKJV

²¹ “Now acquaint yourself with Him, and be at peace;
Thereby good will come to you.



The last few months have been very eye opening for me.  I have been serving God in a capacity I never have before.  The time I have spent up at the Master's Hands has been unbelievably rewarding.  Even towards the beginning of the year I have been feeling a change in me.  It has been amazing how I feel since I have gotten my depression and fibromyalgia under control.  My mind has been clearer than it has in years.  I have been able to see myself in a better light.  There have been so many times that I have felt guilty over the smallest thing that I would do for myself.  Not so much anymore.  I don't feel bad about taking care of myself.  It has driven Bryan crazy for years that I have done that.  I have just been into this challenge a few days and I see a difference.  I haven't done any housework today, I didn't exercise, and I ate alright.  The only thing I have really done is get my lesson ready for the Bible study tomorrow at the Master's Hands.  I decided to take a nap this afternoon instead of doing the others.  I don't feel guilty about it at all.  Before, I would be so hard on myself.  It feels great to not have the negative feelings about myself.  The stress level has been so much lower around this house and we love it.  Steven has had another good night and is sound asleep.  He has had a cough the past few days and seemed like he was having some trouble breathing tonight.  I think it is time to go with allergy medicine to see if it helps.  Tomorrow is a new day and I will get some housework done and hopefully some exercise.  

Take care and God bless,

Sherri

Callie was happy for me to take a nap today.  

Which way am I going?

James 5:8  NIV

⁸ You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near.


Today has been a long but very good one.  We had a wonderful day up at the Master's Hands.  We had a steady slow this morning of clients coming in, mixed with the flow of water coming under the back door.  We got it stopped and mopped/shop vaced up and put some sand and rocks to help stop it.  Well a little later it was glowing in again.  Bev and I we outside in the rain trying trench the water away from the door, we had another volunteer out there with us.  We all got drenched, but we had a blast.  We finally got it stopped and that was the last of it for the day.  The afternoon was pretty busy and we were shorthanded, but we did fine and got everyone through good.  I had to run out twice to get items for someone, because I didn't get all the info first time.  Hopefully lesson learned.  I have done some housework and promise to do more when I get up from here.  Diet was pretty good today and although I didn't exercise per say, I got a lot of walking in.  I will be doing the Bible study on Wednesday again, so I am getting that together.  Steven had a good night and fell asleep easy.  Of course, he threw his real laptop and 2 toy laptops this morning, so he didn't have those tonight to play with.  I am still unsure if he will get them back tomorrow or Wednesday.  Bryan went towards St. Louis way again, not sure when he will be home.  Anyway, the patience was tested all day.  I had people needing me in three places at times.  I had to be patient that we would get the water under control.  I had to be patient with people who had the same question every week for the past 3 weeks.  I had to be patient with the chaos this afternoon.  More than once I had to ask God to take the negative feelings from me.  But, the good thing is, he doesn't get tired of me asking for his help.

Take care and God bless,

Sherri

This is from  a couple of weeks ago, but it seems to not have changed much as everything is still flooding.