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
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Update & What's Next
So J and I and a friend ran the Palmetto Health Race for Life 5K a couple of weeks ago. I was actually really fun, okay maybe not so much fun at the start, but after the running crowds thinned out, it was fun. The best part of it was this HUGE hill at the very end that we ran down. Boy howdy did we really pick up some crazy speed! And of course it helps your time! HA! We all did a great job and had personal bests. So thankful for good weather and good pals to run with.
So what's next, well we're not signed up for any other races right now. There are a couple the end of the year and one next year that we might consider, but for now, we're just working on extending our mileage and bettering our times, and have some couple time together. I think that we both appreciate that we can do this together and be healthy as an added benefit.
The last couple of weeks have been kind of crazy. Just goofy things that happen. Sometimes you just have to shake your head and let it go. We did get to spend little time with our oldest niece who was "home" from California. Oh, how I love that girl. She's actually only 15 years younger than I am since my sister is 12 years older than I am. Let me break it down, my sister was 27 when she had my niece, I was 15. So I guess you could say that I'm more like an older sister to her in a way. I've always been close with her since I babysat her about 3-4 nights a week when she was little. We'd play and have a big time. Those are some of the most precious memories I have. They grow up so fast! And she's all the way across the country now!! But she's happy and doing well there and secretly I'm a bit jealous that I didn't have the courage to do anything that big, like moving that far from home. Bottom line, I love that blond haired, green eyed baby girl of mine!
So that's what's been up around here lately. The next outing is this coming weekend. My sister, youngest niece and I are taking my Mom to Charlotte for a shopping weekend for her birthday. We started this a couple of years ago and my Mom just loves having all her "girls" with her. Mainly waiting on her hand and foot for a couple of days, but I'm just sayin.
Blessings & Stuff,
Magnolia
So what's next, well we're not signed up for any other races right now. There are a couple the end of the year and one next year that we might consider, but for now, we're just working on extending our mileage and bettering our times, and have some couple time together. I think that we both appreciate that we can do this together and be healthy as an added benefit.
The last couple of weeks have been kind of crazy. Just goofy things that happen. Sometimes you just have to shake your head and let it go. We did get to spend little time with our oldest niece who was "home" from California. Oh, how I love that girl. She's actually only 15 years younger than I am since my sister is 12 years older than I am. Let me break it down, my sister was 27 when she had my niece, I was 15. So I guess you could say that I'm more like an older sister to her in a way. I've always been close with her since I babysat her about 3-4 nights a week when she was little. We'd play and have a big time. Those are some of the most precious memories I have. They grow up so fast! And she's all the way across the country now!! But she's happy and doing well there and secretly I'm a bit jealous that I didn't have the courage to do anything that big, like moving that far from home. Bottom line, I love that blond haired, green eyed baby girl of mine!
So that's what's been up around here lately. The next outing is this coming weekend. My sister, youngest niece and I are taking my Mom to Charlotte for a shopping weekend for her birthday. We started this a couple of years ago and my Mom just loves having all her "girls" with her. Mainly waiting on her hand and foot for a couple of days, but I'm just sayin.
Blessings & Stuff,
Magnolia
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Sunday - A few Updates
Oh my how time flies! Ok, so the big news from the last couple of weeks is that J and I ran our first 5K together. I have wanted to do one for a while but knew that the time wasn't right, and I wasn't
"there" yet with my running. But a 5k can along and God was heavy on my heart to do it. So we did the "Run for our Troops" on 9/11. With J in the military I couldn't think of a better one to start with. We did great, great in being that we finished and had a decent time. I'm not much on the competition end of running, just the fun and charity of it. In fact, I have decided that any "race" that I do, I want it to mean something, not just to enter and run. I've got buddies that enter just about every race out there, but God is not leading me down that path at this time. Our next 5K is the Palmetto Health, Race for Life, which benefits breast cancer. I was thinking about it for a while and a friend wanted to do it but didn't have anyone to run with, so J and I agreed to do it with her. God works in weird ways. Sometimes you just need that extra hint that he throws you.
Okay other than that, we're running, working and doing the norm around here. Nothing excited, thank goodness. On thing, please say a quick prayer for a friend from my running circle that broke her femur and had surgery 2 weeks ago, three pins and a whole lot of waiting for it to heal. I feel guilty when I go run knowing that she can't but she's been very supportive of all her running buddies. Now if we can just keep her out of her running shoes long enough for her to heal completely.
And just so that you know, I'm going to throw some of these "Reasons to be fit" at you from time to time. They are actually pretty darn inspiring. And remind me of what I'm capable of, or something to strive towards.
Blessings,
Magnolia
"there" yet with my running. But a 5k can along and God was heavy on my heart to do it. So we did the "Run for our Troops" on 9/11. With J in the military I couldn't think of a better one to start with. We did great, great in being that we finished and had a decent time. I'm not much on the competition end of running, just the fun and charity of it. In fact, I have decided that any "race" that I do, I want it to mean something, not just to enter and run. I've got buddies that enter just about every race out there, but God is not leading me down that path at this time. Our next 5K is the Palmetto Health, Race for Life, which benefits breast cancer. I was thinking about it for a while and a friend wanted to do it but didn't have anyone to run with, so J and I agreed to do it with her. God works in weird ways. Sometimes you just need that extra hint that he throws you.
Okay other than that, we're running, working and doing the norm around here. Nothing excited, thank goodness. On thing, please say a quick prayer for a friend from my running circle that broke her femur and had surgery 2 weeks ago, three pins and a whole lot of waiting for it to heal. I feel guilty when I go run knowing that she can't but she's been very supportive of all her running buddies. Now if we can just keep her out of her running shoes long enough for her to heal completely.
Blessings,
Magnolia
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Thursday - Oh My - That's A Lot!
Had to post this quickly before I forgot. This is just crazy, see why I've just given up on McDonald's altogether!
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/slideshow/2012/09/13/mcdonald-calorie-surprises/?intcmp=features#slide=1
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/slideshow/2012/09/13/mcdonald-calorie-surprises/?intcmp=features#slide=1
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Sunday - Good Week!
J and I have had a really good week with our running. I think that it's just about time, but I'll let you know more about that in about a week or so.
I was so excited to have my hubby back, especially yesterday, so that I don't have to run all by myself. But I actually realized something yesterday..... I don't mind running alone. It's actually kind of nice from time to time. I seem to be able to pace myself better when he's not running ahead of me. But I'll get to a point that it won't matter and I'll be able to run at my own pace, I know that I have to be patient. What I am glad of is that he was home and I got to spend some time with him just running around doing stuff! And what stuff are you asking......
Oh, just these two dresses that I found on sale at Belks! Yeah me! I actually liked them better on than the one from last week that I tried. I also got a good deal on some tank tops at the Gap! I love me some tanks!
Blessings & Running & New Dresses!
Magnolia
I was so excited to have my hubby back, especially yesterday, so that I don't have to run all by myself. But I actually realized something yesterday..... I don't mind running alone. It's actually kind of nice from time to time. I seem to be able to pace myself better when he's not running ahead of me. But I'll get to a point that it won't matter and I'll be able to run at my own pace, I know that I have to be patient. What I am glad of is that he was home and I got to spend some time with him just running around doing stuff! And what stuff are you asking......
Blessings & Running & New Dresses!
Magnolia
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