November 12. A chilly, rainy day. Christy had the day off for celebration of Veterans Day so we decided to come over to their house today instead of tomorrow. Christy was still out shopping when we got here. It took me a while to get the newsletter changed to jpg and then PDF. Things just didn’t want to cooperate and come out right. Then I had to get the newsletter address list reorganized and e-mail the newsletter and address changes to Christy. At 11:00, I was finally able to get a smoothie made. I was getting rather hungry by then. After that, I was able to print out several copies of the newsletter to be mailed to donors. Then I got out Connie’s old baby doll and put the baby outfit on it and took some pictures. By then it was lunch time. The memorial service for Charles Wesco, missionary recently killed in Cameroon, was held today around 1:00, and we watched part of that livestream before having our nap. It was a long service and was still in progress when we got up. Charles had an amazing testimony of dedication to the Lord. The rest of the afternoon, our family worked on a picture puzzle together, and I also did a little crocheting. Worked a little more on the puzzle and on crocheting after supper and also did the dishes. Daddy loaded up the car when the rain slowed down a bit. It was raining pretty heavily when we left after family devotions. “The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.” Zephaniah 3:17 So thankful that the LORD our God is in the midst of us, and that He is mighty. I praise Him that He not only saves, but He rejoices over those whom He saves, He finds rest in His love for us, and His joy causes Him to sing. November 13. Another rainy day, but a lot less rain than yesterday. Not too cold either. We were thankful for that as we wanted to go out and do some shopping. But before we could go out anywhere, there was work to do here. I needed to cook veggies for breakfast so got busy with that right away. Prepared a pot full of carrots, broccoli, and cauliflower, and had my morning vitamin drinks and reviewed memory verses while I was working. At the same time, I started getting ingredients together for this week’s soup, and as soon as I had the veggies on cooking, I finished cutting up veggies and adding them to the crockpot along with water and herbs and spices. By then my breakfast veggies were done, and I was thankful to be able to get something to eat and sit down a while. That was also a good time to continue my quiet time. It was around 9:30 or a little after before we headed out to the stores. Stopped at Mighty Dollar first to get cloves for Christy. Also picked up a couple bags of granola and a bag of Annie’s organic cheddar bunny tail snacks. Since Believe In Abilities was right there close to Mighty Dollar, we decided to look and see what they had for clothes. Upon going inside and starting to look around, we were told that all of their clothing (except jackets and blazers) was on sale—a bag of 6 items for $5. That was an unexpected blessing. I found five blouses, and Daddy found the sixth item - a pair of trousers. Next stop was Lidl to get milk for Daddy. We also picked up a couple packs of organic ground beef which was still on sale BOGO. Last of all, we went to Goodwill. There I found three dresses (jumpers) for $4.99 each less senior discount. We thank the Lord for His provisions. We had planned to stop at Hospice Thrift Store on the way home, but it was already going on 12:00, and my feet and back were hurting too. So we headed home for lunch. This afternoon, I pureed and bottled the soup that I had made this morning, prepared journal notes from last week, transferred and edited photos, and sent an e-mail to Connie with journal notes and photos. This evening, we listened to Pastor Weiss’ message “Reasons We Whine,” Hebrews 12:3ff. When your Christian race gets difficult, do you whine about it? 1) We whine because we are not considering Christ, v. 3. The word “consider” means filling up your mind with this truth, or filling up your eyes with this sight. We must fill up our minds and our eyes with Jesus Christ. 2) We whine because we have forgotten the exhortation of discipline, v. 5. Two commands: Despise not the chastening of the Lord. Look at the Lord’s discipline as something precious. Job 5:19—”Happy is the man that God correcteth.” Don’t faint when He rebukes us. How can a person quit being a whiner? Verse six—realize that God loves you. He chastens because He loves. I also did up the giant stack of dishes (there always seems to be one on soup-making day) and did some crocheting. I finished the body of the bilum I’ve been working on and now need to make the handle; and I want to make a couple pockets to go inside. “And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.” I Chronicles 4:10 God was willing to bless Jabez because Jabez desired to live righteously and be kept from evil. God abundantly blesses His children who will walk uprightly.
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