I've been reading "Reading God's Word", which is a daily reading of the Bible broken down by days, weeks and "acts". I started on January 1 and will finish right before the end of the year. This is actually the first time that I've read the Bible from cover to cover. And some nights I'm reminded why, and the, I think about the fact God has done so much for me, why can't I read a few chapters in the book of Numbers or the whole book of Job. Reality hits some nights that's for sure. Reality being that I would have had to write everything down that Moses was supposed to remember, like in a notebook with tabs! Wow! That's all I can say. Do's and Don'ts abounded when Moses and the nation of Israel were in the desert, that's for sure. What different sacrifices were observed when, what to do when someone had a skin disease. It's actually mind blowing when you think about it or read about it. It's times like these that I am so thankful for Jesus' sacrifice on the Cross for all of his children. What a wonderful God that we have. So long story short, I wouldn't have been a very good Moses or Israelite. They'd have kicked me out pretty quick without a notebook.
Challenge for you. Read the story of Moses escape of Egypt and journey with the Israelites. And think about all they had to remember and then think about how you would have done back then. Certainly makes you grateful for God's love and redemption.
Blessings and Notebooks,
Magnolia
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Thursday, February 14, 2013
More Than I Deserve
First off...... Happy Valentine's Day!
Okay, so now that's done. On to what the title refers too. There are many times in my like that God has provided for my needs and given me even more than I deserve. I am humbled today because he has done that yet again. We've been "dealing" with a leak in our roof for the last week or so. Rain almost everyday and a whole lot of prayer that the tarp that J put up did it's job. And of course the insurance adjuster. This is the first time that I personally have had to file a claim on our insurance and I was nervous to say the least. Are they going to cover it, if not what are we going to do, where's the money going to come from. Well, I should have known that God had it handled. The insurance is covering a new roof and the damage that was done in the attic. PRAISE GOD! I don't think that I even imagined that would happen. I was hoping for a partial coverage and the adjuster not to deny the whole claim. You talk about floored. All I could do was thank him over and over again today. And ask for forgiveness for being stubborn and worrying. But God already knew that I would be that way. Amazing that he knows and loves us anyway, right?!?!?! What a great Valentine's Day gift. God's Love and Forgiveness. And he also knew that I needed a really good run tonight to get some of the kinks out from this past week. And again, he provided, my run was fantastic! PRAISE GOD! I am so blessed, way more that I deserve.
Blessings & More than I deserve!
Magnolia
Okay, so now that's done. On to what the title refers too. There are many times in my like that God has provided for my needs and given me even more than I deserve. I am humbled today because he has done that yet again. We've been "dealing" with a leak in our roof for the last week or so. Rain almost everyday and a whole lot of prayer that the tarp that J put up did it's job. And of course the insurance adjuster. This is the first time that I personally have had to file a claim on our insurance and I was nervous to say the least. Are they going to cover it, if not what are we going to do, where's the money going to come from. Well, I should have known that God had it handled. The insurance is covering a new roof and the damage that was done in the attic. PRAISE GOD! I don't think that I even imagined that would happen. I was hoping for a partial coverage and the adjuster not to deny the whole claim. You talk about floored. All I could do was thank him over and over again today. And ask for forgiveness for being stubborn and worrying. But God already knew that I would be that way. Amazing that he knows and loves us anyway, right?!?!?! What a great Valentine's Day gift. God's Love and Forgiveness. And he also knew that I needed a really good run tonight to get some of the kinks out from this past week. And again, he provided, my run was fantastic! PRAISE GOD! I am so blessed, way more that I deserve.
Blessings & More than I deserve!
Magnolia
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Time / Life / Faith
Time
Time passes so quickly. I have thought about this blog quite a few times since I last updated it and for some reason just couldn't sit down and type. There seemed to be something else to do, something else that has come up. So I do apologized to anyone out there that was reading this.
Life
Life has been good. J and I have been running quite a lot and our times and distances have gotten better. Who would have thought that when I started running outside with J that I would want to run 6+ miles on a Saturday morning (a chilly 32 degree morning). But it's become a stress reliever of sorts just knowing that I get out of the gym and can enjoy the out of doors doing something that I have come to love. We actually ran our 1st official 10k 2 weeks ago and to say that "racing" wasn't mentally or physically challenging is an understatement. The hills about did us in. And I think that I realized that I love to run but I'm not much on the racing end of running. For a good cause, I will run a race, but just to better my time or do it just because so is not something that works for me personally. So I think that our races will be few and far between. Work for both of us is stressful at times and we've come to realize that it's part of work. But at the end of the day, we go to the gym, run or work it off and go home and relax. My mother came up and visited us at Christmas and we had a wonderful time. Even though she wore me out! That has been life as of recently.
Faith
Thursday night a heavy rain came through our area (12 hours worth of it). And our roof started to leak. And when I mean leak I mean that water was coming in through our light fixture in our hallway. SCARY! Thank goodness God blew the rain through a little quicker than was expected. Friday morning of course I called a roofer to come over and take a look at it and called the insurance company. And as anyone knows the insurance company can take a few days to send someone out (Monday supposedly). The roofer did come by Friday afternoon to take a look. And it's another case of nails popping up and rain/water coming in. He is supposed to come back Monday morning to tarp/fix the area or nails before it starts raining again. But wouldn't you know the rain is supposed to start Sunday night now! So now I'm really freaking out. To the point of J and I went to get tarps today and he put some up over the areas of concern this afternoon. But I'm still worried. This is where the faith part comes into play. I know that I need to let God handle this. We've done what we need to do here, and he's got to take care of the rest. That's what faith is. But there are some times where I just get nervous and can't help myself. So please pray for me specifically to have faith and to give it over to the Lord and that he will calm my fears. Also, pray that the tarps do their job for the time being and we don't have the flood of 2013 in our house.
Again sorry for the lack of updates. I am so going to try better.
Blessings & Faith,
Magnolia
Time passes so quickly. I have thought about this blog quite a few times since I last updated it and for some reason just couldn't sit down and type. There seemed to be something else to do, something else that has come up. So I do apologized to anyone out there that was reading this.
Life
Life has been good. J and I have been running quite a lot and our times and distances have gotten better. Who would have thought that when I started running outside with J that I would want to run 6+ miles on a Saturday morning (a chilly 32 degree morning). But it's become a stress reliever of sorts just knowing that I get out of the gym and can enjoy the out of doors doing something that I have come to love. We actually ran our 1st official 10k 2 weeks ago and to say that "racing" wasn't mentally or physically challenging is an understatement. The hills about did us in. And I think that I realized that I love to run but I'm not much on the racing end of running. For a good cause, I will run a race, but just to better my time or do it just because so is not something that works for me personally. So I think that our races will be few and far between. Work for both of us is stressful at times and we've come to realize that it's part of work. But at the end of the day, we go to the gym, run or work it off and go home and relax. My mother came up and visited us at Christmas and we had a wonderful time. Even though she wore me out! That has been life as of recently.
Faith
Thursday night a heavy rain came through our area (12 hours worth of it). And our roof started to leak. And when I mean leak I mean that water was coming in through our light fixture in our hallway. SCARY! Thank goodness God blew the rain through a little quicker than was expected. Friday morning of course I called a roofer to come over and take a look at it and called the insurance company. And as anyone knows the insurance company can take a few days to send someone out (Monday supposedly). The roofer did come by Friday afternoon to take a look. And it's another case of nails popping up and rain/water coming in. He is supposed to come back Monday morning to tarp/fix the area or nails before it starts raining again. But wouldn't you know the rain is supposed to start Sunday night now! So now I'm really freaking out. To the point of J and I went to get tarps today and he put some up over the areas of concern this afternoon. But I'm still worried. This is where the faith part comes into play. I know that I need to let God handle this. We've done what we need to do here, and he's got to take care of the rest. That's what faith is. But there are some times where I just get nervous and can't help myself. So please pray for me specifically to have faith and to give it over to the Lord and that he will calm my fears. Also, pray that the tarps do their job for the time being and we don't have the flood of 2013 in our house.
Again sorry for the lack of updates. I am so going to try better.
Blessings & Faith,
Magnolia
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