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A modest journal. |
| My life's ups and downs... |
| Tuesday, July 24, 2012, 6:28am So, yes, I'm pretty proud of myself. I've been riding my bicycle to the pier and back, regularly --- at least 14.6 miles roundtrip. Yesterday was a very good day despite feelings of gloom in the morning. Thank, God! Overall, life is lookin' good, and I'm happy. Peace-out! |
| Friday, July 13, 2012, 5:37pm The week has finally wound down to the halting speed of a slow moving vehicle, and I am that vehicle! Hip, Hip, __________(hooray)! It's been a nominal week----nothing exceptionally bad happened, yet nothing exceptionally good either. I'm still awaiting the delivery of my microwave. Hopefully it is moving across the country in a very fast, yet gentle clip! (Come tomorrow, please!) It's amazing how many things for which we use a microwave----who would've thought? I'm looking forward to a fun-filled weekend---full of bright eyes and bushy tails, yays and amens, claps and shouts! Above all things, let it be blessed by my Father above! |
| Sunday, July 8, 2012, 11:28am Joined several local groups on http://www.meetup.com . I encourage you to do the same if you're in for more extracurricular activities and socializing. Going on a casual bike ride this evening with 13 others. Speaking of bicycling---bought one of my grandsons a new bike---so now we three can go bicycling together! Took our first brief run yesterday, but since they already had a full schedule... Today, they're coming by after church for a longer ride. Their dad needs to mount their drink holders----and if that doesn't work I have a basket on my bike so I'll just put their drinks in a portable cooler and carry them myself. My ex-husband is mad at me. He likes to spend all of his free time with me and I really should have been alone on the 4th---such was my temperment. He is now staying clear of me on his own. Can't say that I blame him, but next time I need to be alone I will make it very clear to him ahead of time. |
| Wednesday, July 4, 2012, 2:15pm Have been completely out of medicine for four days. Tomorrow I have an appointment so hopefully my well-being will be back on track. Today, I'm irritable, depressed and have a headache. If I could curl up and die, I would. I'm a mess! Suffered the pure chaos of the local Walmart this morning --- the multitude of carts, noise and discourtesy. I've made a mental note not to ever go there again. I am feeling extremely insecure though I am reminding myself that God is with me... all the scriptures I can think of to make me feel calm and secure. My security is in Him---not in people, jobs, or anything else one might imagine. He is the only one I can truly count on, and He promised to never leave me nor forsake me. |
| Tuesday, July 3, 2012, 9:13pm A dilemma... When others shirk responsibilities --- unencumbered, unhindered and unaccountably --- passing the same on to me, What shall be my response? I pray for direction ---- God, * what would You have me do? * what am I to learn? * how shall I respond? I listen quietly... and hear Him say, "Be still --- quit striving --- and know that I am God." "When someone asks for your cloak --- even your best cloak --- give it to him. When he asks you to go with him a mile, go with him two miles." Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. ~Matthew 5:38-48 |
| Sunday, June 24, 2012, 12:24pm It's been rainy all weekend. Hey, I was given a key to the office Friday and found out I come all the way onboard effective July 1, 2012---makes me feel much more secure. Starting over---I have a lot of needs/wants. Can't wait to get things in order so that I can start saving! ...looking forward to clear weather! |
| Monday, June 18, 2012, 6:22pm I'm feeling quite liberated at the moment... on the verge of being ecstatic. Amazed at what I've been through and come through and oh-so-pleased to be on this side, looking back. Jesus loves me and I move forward basking in the fruit of His Spirit --- the evidence of His presence: love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance. |
| Sunday, June 17, 2012, 11:53am (EST) So, I've been on the new job for two weeks. My first week's paycheck was twice as much as I made in two weeks on my former job. I am living comfortably again... though I am going a little hog-wild. I did without for so long... I've gotten my Florida license, tags and am registered to vote. My car insurance is switched over---much more expensive here than I paid in Alabama, but then there are at least twice as many cars on the road and I've already had three close-calls. Friends, family and business contacts know how to reach me. God is so good to me. I love you, Jesus! |
| Saturday, June 2, 2012, 8:53am (EST) Why is it that we really do not fully appreciate what we have until it is gone? I arrived back in St Pete on Wednesday, May 30. Since then, I've driven around a bit. While two years doesn't seem like a long time, things have changed so much. This morning, I am in the Starbucks I used to frequent; the faces have all changed. Somehow, in my mind, I thought I would see the same workers, the same patrons... Even the store is rearranged. By the way, I had two interviews yesterday, Friday, June 1. I got hired! It is going to be a really nice place to work. I am ecstatic! It's unbelievable, and yet it is... really, it is! I'm reassured that I am in the right place. I am still unpacking today. The apartment is so small, with no storage space. I am going to be getting rid of a lot of stuff because I really don't want to feel like I am living in a storage facility. |
| Monday, May 21, 2012, 6:22pm It's beginning to whip up a storm---winds swirling, clouds darkening, thunder rolling. Got my kitty inside just before a freak-out. God, please move over my finances, prepare the way for my trip back to Pinellas County, Florida. Amen. |
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