January 12. Twenty-third day of winter. A warm, cloudy, rainy day. Very warm during the night. It was already up to today’s high when we got up this morning. Front came through this afternoon and temperature has been dropping. Lots of loud music and partying all through the night and much of the day today. It seems like the more we pray, the harder Satan works to destroy these lives. So do we stop praying? By no means. Only God can make a difference in these lives, and prayer can move the heart of God. Nothing is impossible with God, even the hardened hearts of these people so bound by sin and Satan. Cooked some quinoa for my breakfast which I enjoyed with seaweed, walnuts, and leftover chicken gravy. While laundry was washing this morning, I wrote an e-mail and did a couple other odd jobs. When the wash was done and some in the dryer while other things were hung around the house, Daddy and I finished checking John 16. Praise the Lord for His guidance with that. Then I cooked a small saucepan of carrots and peas, browned some ground beef, made a gravy, and put those together in a casserole dish with leftover lima beans. Topped that all off with cheese, and then leftover mashed potatoes. Put in oven and make corrections for John 16 while waiting for the casserole to get hot. That would be Daddy’s dinner for the next few days. After lunch, we waited a while before going to nap to see if the noise would die down. Finally, all but one of the visiting vehicles with boom music left so we went ahead to nap. Music was still somewhat loud so we put a CD with hymns in our music box to help us relax and get some rest. After nap, I remembered that I was supposed to get a greeting card out in the mail so took care of that first. Then I got John 16 all set up in the print file and also the English for chapter 17. This evening, I crocheted a couple roses and looked through some other patterns.
January 13. Twenty-fourth day of winter. Icy wind and lower temperature today, but the Lord gave us warm, welcome sunshine too. Daddy and I didn’t wake up until 6:30 this morning. Had shower. Made sunny-side up eggs for Daddy’s breakfast to go with his pancakes (leftover). Had quiet time. Whipped up a smoothie for my breakfast. Then Daddy and I went out to WalMart to get water (which they were out of yesterday) and a couple small items. I was really excited to find some 7 oz. skeins of Mainstays yarn for only $1.97 each, and they had the colors I was wanting to buy for the pastors’ and deacons’ wives in Owena—the flag colors –black, red, and yellow gold. They were short two skeins of the yellow gold, however, so I hope they get more in. If not, maybe I can order them. After we got back, I crocheted the leaves for the flowers I had made last night, and started on a bracelet band to which to attach one of the flowers. We had an early lunch, and left here around 12:15 to meet Beth at a house. Just as we had gotten in the car to leave, she texted Christy and wondered if we had gotten behind. She thought she had let Christy know that she would meet us at a different house at 11:45, but she hadn’t; and she had been waiting there for us. So she left there and went to the other house, and we arrived there about the same time. House needs a lot of work, so it would never do. Only spent a short time there and then headed for the other one. That was a smaller house, but laid out well so there is a good amount of useable space. A lovely little house with lots of windows to let in sunlight. Took my crocheting with me and finished the bracelet band in the car. The other flower was fastened with two-sided tape to an envelope with a card in it. Got back to the house about 1:30 and lay down for nap shortly thereafter. This afternoon, I looked for a diabetic appropriate cookie recipe and made a card with the recipe on it. Will attach the card later to a jar of cookie mix for a gift. This evening, I got food ready for tomorrow since we are going to try to make it to the early morning meeting. Then I read some more of the story of John Paton before and after our family time—so hard to put the book down; so challenging and humbling. If I only had half the faith of John Paton and half the love that he had for the Lord and for the souls of men, what great things God might do yet among the Owena people and those who live around them! “1A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: 2To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night, 3Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.” Psalm 92:1-3 Here is something that is good for me to do, and if it is good for me to do, then I ought to do it. I ought to give thanks unto the LORD. I ought to sing praises unto His name. I ought to show forth His lovingkindness in the morning. And I ought to show forth His faithfulness every night. I can do that with my voice. I can do that with musical instruments. But I must remember, it is good for me to do all those things. Help me, Lord, to do what is good.
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