Tomorrow, June 2012 comes to a close with an extra second added to our clocks. We are always asking for more time in a day and now we will get it! I doubt it will help me any, but maybe you. Meanwhile, back to June notes so I can rest and enter July with a clean slate, so to speak.
June 14th: Flag Day but our flag is in Nebraska...Today I remembered the thought that a man's reach must exceed his grasp, else what's a Heaven for. I will never be really happy here in this life - I am always reaching higher - and I will LOVE Heaven when I get there because all will be fulfilled, all will be right :) Reading in Acts 1 today. They prayed for 3 days before the Holy Spirit was given. I remember the power to witness that I felt when the Spirit was given to me, both at salvation in 1955 and at sanctification in 1972.
June 15th: Happy Birthday, Joyce! I am in Isaiah 41 today just for a change of pace. Verse 4 is great! God is the one who has directed the affairs of mankind. He is the first and the last - PTL! Verses 9 and 10 say, "I have called you back from the ends of the earth...I have chosen you and will not throw you away. Fear not, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed. I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will help you; I will uphold you with my victorious right hand." Okay!!!! Got a 2003 Red Plymouth Voyager minivan today - God is good to us.
June 17th: Dan turns 40 today. I am old - and it is Fathers Day. Our 6th one post heart attack! It's a good day to be alive, to be me, and to have God in my life :) Isaiah 43, "When you go through (weary glen) I will be with you...you won't drown...the flames won't consume you." Verse 19, "I am doing a brand-new thing. See, I have already begun...a road through the wilderness..." Verse 20: "...yes, springs in the desert...my chosen ones...can be refreshed." This so very much for me in June 2012!
June 18th: I am singing this morning, "God has blotted them out, I'm happy and glad and free. God has blotted them out - I'll turn to Isaiah and see. Chapter 44, 22 and 3 - He's blotted them out and now I can shout for that means me!" One of the first camp songs I ever learned. And now I see in Isaiah 43:25-26 that though He never thinks of our sins again after He blots them out, He says here to remind Him of His promise of forgiveness. "We must talk about your sins. Plead your case for my forgiving you." So, it is okay to ask forgiveness anew each time these sins come to mind again - I can grow through that experience.
June 19th: It's another good morning! Sunny, food to eat, a warm bed, wonderful husband, great God and Saviour, good neighbors, family safe and sound, Dan and Stacy in a good place, financially stable, nice "new" vehicle, Jenni's baby well so far.....And then to Isaiah 46:13 - "I am offering you my deliverance; not in the distant future, but right now!"
June 20th: Got my new Study Bible - won't be writing in it. Need to get a new Living Bible in Red Cloud. I need one I have room to write in.
June 21st: Wasted a piece of toast at 5:35 a.m. It flipped off the plate and desk and onto the floor, buttered side down. Ah, well...
June 22nd: Confession time - told Rol that I had made every breakfast mistake I could, so far, but not once did I repeat a mistake. "Perfection" eludes me... Made appointment for perm.
June 23rd: Sermon notes on Isaiah 52: Problem - we have fallen into sin. Pain - we can't get up. Provision - Someone has responded to help us with forgiveness and cleansing and healing. He did it voluntarily, vicariously, and victoriously! My husband preached such great sermons and he did it so well!
June 24th: Really bummed out about this 4:00 service thing (worship today) but I am trying to get over my upset over minor inconveniences. "Why is everything always about me? Let me truly worship you today and find ways to make your day glad!"
On June 26th I got curly hair again! Then 27th through 29th, reading in Jude about our responsibility as Christians: Develop our faith, Devotion, Discipline, Destiny, Duty (have compassion on doubters), Decision (pull others from the fire), Despise the sin they are in and Doxology (praising God only). On the 29th, Sandra's friend Jasmine Floyd and her pre-schooler were hit by a Jeep in town and life-flighted to Rapid hospital. They will be okay.
To finish off June, our daily devotional ends with this prayer: "You know the struggles that we face, Lord. You know just what we need to endure them. Give us the confidence to trust you because of your goodness and to walk by faith. Amen. " The author reminds us that God knows where we are and that He is very much aware of the difficult situation we are in and provides the confidence and strength needed to live for His glory. Help is on the way!
Friday, June 29, 2012
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
June Journal notes
June 2012 has been a really different experience for me and I have really enjoyed my daily journal writings, but my Blog site has been neglected. So I thought that today I would take a few moments to mention the Journal highlights for those who may be interested. Since this site originated because of my diabetes experiences, I should note that June has not been totally friendly to my blood glucose counts! I have had many readings of 94, and that is excellent. There have also been many readings between 105 and 130, which are acceptable. It is the other counts that have caused my recent "repentance" and promises to be good. I seem to be more human than previously thought and thus subject to earthly temptations, such as ice cream on a hot day! Well, we will get this under control and July will be a stellar month (surely!)
Well, back to June. We have no internet connection at Lisa and Rudy's, and no provision for t.v. reception. I am thinking that this is probably all good for me, but we will see...
June 3rd: Found my first or second (or whatever) lesson for today in John 18 - Jesus says to "put away (my) sword of bitterness" over the District's actions and leadership and "(fully) drink of the cup the Father has given me." This speaks to me and blesses me. I am learning and growing so much already from this experience (this turning point), and since God answered my prayer and sang my song back to me. About church today: the music is sadly lacking. Not live, only several recorded hymns hard to sing and unrelated to the message. The people are friendly (only 30 there). The liturgy is Methodist so we knew it all. The next couple weeks services will not be usual times or regular order of things. Of the 30, 6 were visitors. No one wore a dress but me. Pastor's wife was not evident - he does both Edgemont and Pringle so maybe she only attends one. This church is yoked with a UCC church in Edgemont, which gives me pause!
June 4th: Matthew 25:21 notes that because of faithfulness, we will enter into the joy of the Lord. So joy is the result of faithfulness and is given by God. This verse was referenced in John 16 in a wonderful study we did in June of 1996. I am enjoying the notes of that study as listed in my Bible #5.
June 5th: Last night's power outages lasted 3 hours or more and took out our water, toilet, lights, clocks, dryer, coffee maker - but it all ended well as we slept. Lisa re-started the dryer with my clothes in it, made my coffee for the next day, etc. We awoke to a normal world! Lisa has a real ability to make do, to make lemonade of lemons and to make it all turn out okay. I am learning new stuff about her everyday. In John 19:17, "So they had Him at last..." and I do, too, but in a good way! John 19:20 the place where He was crucified was "near the city" where I always long to be :) and the two others crucified had Jesus between them. If (when) I am crucified, I want Jesus beside me, too...
June 7th: John 20 has Jesus asking Mary, "Why are you crying: Whom are you looking for?" She answered, "They have taken away my Lord and I don't know where they have put Him." And later on, "How wonderful was their joy when they saw their Lord!" This was me after the District's actions in Custer. Several times in the past I have let "them" take away my Lord - but I did not come desperately searching early enough. I cried and nursed bitterness for far too long before I sought my "song" and it was much harder to see Him. Those times occurred in the midst of spiritual plenty and productivity, but this one was in a time of spiritual malaise in me. I do believe God is using this in triumph over Satan and in mercy for my soul, and maybe Dan and Stacy's, and maybe others. I do praise His name today!
Later that day: a storm with ping pong ball sized hail totalled our car outside the place where we now live. Massive damage in the rest of the trailer court and much in our own place. My mind was elsewhere and when I set the coffee on auto that night, I forgot to put coffee in the basket! Oh, well...
June 7 was a very tiring day and my BG was 178! Scary!
June 10th: Six years I have been given, so far, since Rol's heart attack! If ever we need to be praising God, it is today!
So, I am one third of the way through June's Journal and I have left out lots but this is getting too long so I think I will quit and do something else. What I see, however, is that God is faithful and if I ask, He will be my all in all and will teach me in wonderful ways. Life is still so "daily" as Gloria Gaither puts it, but it sure is not boring and there is meaning even in this holding pattern that we currently find ourselves in. The rest of the journal looks interesting but maybe another day...
Well, back to June. We have no internet connection at Lisa and Rudy's, and no provision for t.v. reception. I am thinking that this is probably all good for me, but we will see...
June 3rd: Found my first or second (or whatever) lesson for today in John 18 - Jesus says to "put away (my) sword of bitterness" over the District's actions and leadership and "(fully) drink of the cup the Father has given me." This speaks to me and blesses me. I am learning and growing so much already from this experience (this turning point), and since God answered my prayer and sang my song back to me. About church today: the music is sadly lacking. Not live, only several recorded hymns hard to sing and unrelated to the message. The people are friendly (only 30 there). The liturgy is Methodist so we knew it all. The next couple weeks services will not be usual times or regular order of things. Of the 30, 6 were visitors. No one wore a dress but me. Pastor's wife was not evident - he does both Edgemont and Pringle so maybe she only attends one. This church is yoked with a UCC church in Edgemont, which gives me pause!
June 4th: Matthew 25:21 notes that because of faithfulness, we will enter into the joy of the Lord. So joy is the result of faithfulness and is given by God. This verse was referenced in John 16 in a wonderful study we did in June of 1996. I am enjoying the notes of that study as listed in my Bible #5.
June 5th: Last night's power outages lasted 3 hours or more and took out our water, toilet, lights, clocks, dryer, coffee maker - but it all ended well as we slept. Lisa re-started the dryer with my clothes in it, made my coffee for the next day, etc. We awoke to a normal world! Lisa has a real ability to make do, to make lemonade of lemons and to make it all turn out okay. I am learning new stuff about her everyday. In John 19:17, "So they had Him at last..." and I do, too, but in a good way! John 19:20 the place where He was crucified was "near the city" where I always long to be :) and the two others crucified had Jesus between them. If (when) I am crucified, I want Jesus beside me, too...
June 7th: John 20 has Jesus asking Mary, "Why are you crying: Whom are you looking for?" She answered, "They have taken away my Lord and I don't know where they have put Him." And later on, "How wonderful was their joy when they saw their Lord!" This was me after the District's actions in Custer. Several times in the past I have let "them" take away my Lord - but I did not come desperately searching early enough. I cried and nursed bitterness for far too long before I sought my "song" and it was much harder to see Him. Those times occurred in the midst of spiritual plenty and productivity, but this one was in a time of spiritual malaise in me. I do believe God is using this in triumph over Satan and in mercy for my soul, and maybe Dan and Stacy's, and maybe others. I do praise His name today!
Later that day: a storm with ping pong ball sized hail totalled our car outside the place where we now live. Massive damage in the rest of the trailer court and much in our own place. My mind was elsewhere and when I set the coffee on auto that night, I forgot to put coffee in the basket! Oh, well...
June 7 was a very tiring day and my BG was 178! Scary!
June 10th: Six years I have been given, so far, since Rol's heart attack! If ever we need to be praising God, it is today!
So, I am one third of the way through June's Journal and I have left out lots but this is getting too long so I think I will quit and do something else. What I see, however, is that God is faithful and if I ask, He will be my all in all and will teach me in wonderful ways. Life is still so "daily" as Gloria Gaither puts it, but it sure is not boring and there is meaning even in this holding pattern that we currently find ourselves in. The rest of the journal looks interesting but maybe another day...
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