August 13. Slept in a few minutes later this morning. After my breakfast and quiet time, Daddy and I started right in checking I Corinthians 11. The first sixteen verses took a lot of extra thought, and we spent about an hour just on those. After that, we decided it was time for a stretch so went for a little walk down to the end of the lodge complex and looked around at Monty’s little thrift store. Then we came back and finished the second half of I Corinthians 11 in about half the time. We are thankful for the Lord’s help and direction in checking that chapter. I was also able, before lunch, to get corrections made, to get chapter 11 set up in the print file, and to get the English for chapter 12 set up. During my lunch hour and after nap, my time was given to writing our quarterly newsletter. Also transferred pictures to the computer from my camera and edited them so I could use a couple in the newsletter. Later in the afternoon, we took a little walk outside again to stretch our legs and get some fresh air. It was nice that it was somewhat cooler and less humid out today. Worked more on the newsletter after we came back in. Had supper and worked some more on the newsletter until my brain ran out of thoughts. Then I did the dishes, and later Daddy and I read Scripture and prayed together. “7For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 8Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God….” II Timothy 1:7,8 August 14. A little after 8:00 this morning, we loaded a few things into the car (computers, dirty laundry, some food for the day) and headed to the girls’ place. When we got there, I put a load of clothes in the washing machine and set it to run. Then I sat outside a while for prayer time. After the clothes had finished washing and had been hung out, Daddy and I went out to do a little shopping. Needed to find a few more household items. Was hoping to find a couple very small plastic shelves at the thrift store, but we didn’t find anything. We got the household items at Mighty Dollar and a plastic basket at Crossroads thrift store. Crossroads also had quite a bit of yarn today. It was around 12:30 when we got back to the girls’ house. Cooked a turkey burger for Daddy’s dinner before warming up some soup for my own. After I drank my soup, I proofread the newsletter one more time and then printed out a copy. I didn’t catch anything, but Daddy caught a mistake. Oops! Well, it is now corrected. It was after 2:15 before Daddy and I lay down for a nap. After nap, I finished perfecting the newsletter and made a PDF copy to send to Christy. Got journal notes ready to send to Connie and sent them off to her along with a few pictures. Then I found a few items that we need to take back to the apartment and washed out a basin and a bucket that will be going too. After eating supper, I washed the dishes, and then we had our family devotions. “19Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. 20My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me. 21This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. 22It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 24The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 25The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.” Lamentations 3:20-26 It was hard to choose a particular verse from this portion of Scripture. So much that spoke to my heart. In the first eighteen verses, Jeremiah details the afflictions that had weighed him down. But his conclusion is that, by recalling to remembrance his afflictions, his soul is humbled. God uses our afflictions to humble us. As we allow God to humble us, we have hope. We understand the LORD’s mercies, His compassions, His faithfulness, which never fail and are always new. Our hope is in the LORD, who is our portion (a part assigned, an allotment; a part, though not actually divided, but considered of itself). The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him, to those who both hope and quietly wait for His salvation. Therefore we will continue to hope in the LORD, to wait for Him, and to seek Him with all our heart, knowing that His salvation will come.
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