September 22. First day of autumn. Before I finished breakfast and quiet time this morning, I put the clothes in to wash. When the wash was done and out on the line, I printed out copies of the newsletter to be mailed to supporters who get them by USPS. Printed out envelopes to go with them and left all that with Connie to fold letters, stuff and seal envelopes, and put stamps on. Then Daddy and I left to finish the shopping we didn’t get done yesterday — GNC for a couple supplements for Connie, Aldi for just four items, and the meat market for a roast for Tuesday when our company comes. Found some "Honest" mango flavored lemonade so got one of those to try. Picked up a pack of juice drinks to give the Ching kids on Tuesday. Saw that they had more mixes for those delicious Annie’s double chocolate brownies so picked up several boxes of those. We were gone just a little over an hour. After getting food put away, I worked on getting the newsletter printed to pdf. It turned out to be 17.5MB. Whoa! Why so big? Well, we’d better try to fix that. First I resized the full-page picture of a letter that was on page two and re-saved page 2 as a jpg picture. Then made a new publisher file using the jpg pictures of the newsletter pages. Then I made a pdf file from the new publisher file. Less than 1 MB now, praise the Lord! Sent the new publisher and pdf files off to Christy and then whipped up the rest of the soup so Daddy and I could have lunch. “13And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. 14And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.” Genesis 22:13,14 Jehovahjireh means “Jehovah will see, or Jehovah will provide.” Abraham obeyed the Lord and lay upon the altar that thing which was dearest to his heart. Abraham pleased God because He believed God; and God provided a substitute for Isaac, in a type, raising up Isaac from the dead. “God, in the greatest difficulties, when all human assistance is vain, will make a suitable provision for the deliverance of those who trust in Him.” -TSK “17By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 18Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: 19Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.” Hebrews 11:17-19 September 23. Overslept this morning. Didn’t wake up until 6:45. Hurried and took my shower and got ready for the day. After breakfast and quiet time, I went outside while the morning was still somewhat cool. Swept off the front porch, steps, and walk. Daddy shoveled off the tops of the anthills, and I sprayed the ants. After that, I was ready to sit down a while. Answered an e-mail, swept our bedroom floor, and then got some boxes that were in the living room ready to be taken out to the shed. There were boxes behind and beside the recliner that we put into plastic bags (because water leaks into the shed), and then Daddy took them out to the shed. Also swept the section of the floor where the boxes had been before moving the recliner back closer to the wall. My body just needed to sit down the rest of the morning. Wrote another e-mail and then had lunch. Enjoyed a nice nap, and then made sweet potato soup for my lunches this coming week. Also made goulash for Daddy and cooked a zucchini/mushroom medley for my supper. All that pretty well filled up the afternoon. This evening, I relaxed and did some crocheting on the scarf I am working on. I also did some “un-crocheting” because I goofed a couple rows back, and then started on the re-crocheting but didn’t get to where I was before because I needed to get up and move around a bit. “And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.” II Chronicles 14:11 A wonderful verse of encouragement this morning. Compare Isaiah 40:29-31, 29He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. 30Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 31But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”
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