Monday, Monday
Pool aerobics began this morning and even though the sign said the water was 82 degrees, I am sure it was closer to freezing. Nevertheless, I dutifully went through the exercise routine in spite of cramps in the great toes of both feet. I like the ladies in our group, so I will stick with it as long as the water stays above 80 degrees.
Tomorrow, our pool group is going out to breakfast. Makes sense to me... one day of pool aerobics, the next day it's culinary exercise. I am still on my NutriSystem diet and will follow their dining out guidelines, but these are sweet ladies I enjoy and I will remain a member of our monthly breakfast and lunch dining group.
I am studying 2Peter just now and today, I worked on chapter two. There is SO much there to dig into. I am enjoying spending more time in the Word and in prayer. I had gotten out of my routine (if you could ever call it that) while I was away so long and as I struggled to take care of all that had fallen behind.
The truth is, if I wait until I have time for the Lord, I will never have deep encounters with Him. Oh sure, I talk to and with Him all through the day, but my time in scripture and deeper prayer can be usurped by so many, many things! If for no other reason, I depend on my planner to make and keep appointments with God. I wish I could tell you I use my planner daily, but I go in spurts and am derailed SO easily!
My house looks tidy but needs dusting, vacuuming and a good scrub down. The taxes remain undone and I have not yet gathered the papers I need, although I pretty much put them all in the same place as they came in. I have a stack of mail to answer, a birthday gift to send, some more bills to pay, etc., etc., etc.
But I am in my groove as Dr. Schutz has suggested, so I took a nap this afternoon and Richard and I went to the pool and hot tub after dinner. I'll clean Wednesday, do taxes someday soon and write cards and letters in bits of time that will appear on my horizon in a day or so, haha.
We got a beautiful card and letter today from our son Scott who is in prison in Colorado. I do so pray that his words express his heart. Like so many others, and like he did during a previous incarceration, Scott has chosen to walk with the Lord as he serves his time. Sometimes prison conversions are genuine and sometimes they are a means of coping with a bad situation.
Only God knows the heart. I choose to believe Scott's words are sincere as he expresses his faith, Richard is skeptical especially with Scott's history and the fact he does not seem to realize his choices have again led him and his family down the road of pain they all now travel. But Jesus is God of all who will come to Him and can perform miracles even after countless "false starts." I choose to believe my son has been washed in the blood of the Lamb... and I rejoice.
Tomorrow, our pool group is going out to breakfast. Makes sense to me... one day of pool aerobics, the next day it's culinary exercise. I am still on my NutriSystem diet and will follow their dining out guidelines, but these are sweet ladies I enjoy and I will remain a member of our monthly breakfast and lunch dining group.
I am studying 2Peter just now and today, I worked on chapter two. There is SO much there to dig into. I am enjoying spending more time in the Word and in prayer. I had gotten out of my routine (if you could ever call it that) while I was away so long and as I struggled to take care of all that had fallen behind.
The truth is, if I wait until I have time for the Lord, I will never have deep encounters with Him. Oh sure, I talk to and with Him all through the day, but my time in scripture and deeper prayer can be usurped by so many, many things! If for no other reason, I depend on my planner to make and keep appointments with God. I wish I could tell you I use my planner daily, but I go in spurts and am derailed SO easily!
My house looks tidy but needs dusting, vacuuming and a good scrub down. The taxes remain undone and I have not yet gathered the papers I need, although I pretty much put them all in the same place as they came in. I have a stack of mail to answer, a birthday gift to send, some more bills to pay, etc., etc., etc.
But I am in my groove as Dr. Schutz has suggested, so I took a nap this afternoon and Richard and I went to the pool and hot tub after dinner. I'll clean Wednesday, do taxes someday soon and write cards and letters in bits of time that will appear on my horizon in a day or so, haha.
We got a beautiful card and letter today from our son Scott who is in prison in Colorado. I do so pray that his words express his heart. Like so many others, and like he did during a previous incarceration, Scott has chosen to walk with the Lord as he serves his time. Sometimes prison conversions are genuine and sometimes they are a means of coping with a bad situation.
Only God knows the heart. I choose to believe Scott's words are sincere as he expresses his faith, Richard is skeptical especially with Scott's history and the fact he does not seem to realize his choices have again led him and his family down the road of pain they all now travel. But Jesus is God of all who will come to Him and can perform miracles even after countless "false starts." I choose to believe my son has been washed in the blood of the Lamb... and I rejoice.
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