Man... It's been a bumpy week. PMS plus winter weather plus work issues that just won't resolve themselves plus a postponed trip to congratulate and celebrate with a girlfriend. And I should probably eat/drink better. Someone on a radio program today said that our bodies are gifts from God and that we should treat them lovingly because they work so hard for us. AND THAT'S TRUE! And yet its hard to make good nutrition a priority when I'd rather be knitting than cooking :) And I'm just going to keep on rambling because that's my mood after just getting home from work (you heard me right...I call it a second-shift-Friday just like my husband has Thursday 2s [which is today by the way]). I think I decided that I'm going to include our little family business card with all the Christmas cards and see if I can grow my readership? Which brings me to say keep commenting! I know I don't reply really but it's not because I don't want to -It's because my CPU won't let me (I really should fix whatever function is causing my comments not to post because it means that I can't post on anyone else's blog either which is such a drag because I read everywhere that that's the way to build an audience). So that should be on the top of my post-Christmas to do list...to mow down whatever internet troll isn't letting me reply publicly to all the great things that are tacked on my website.
Ok.
I think that's it for now. But I need to read again some more. My content is thin lately. I know I know I know.
When I look for Bible passages to respond to things, I often get angry with myself for not coming up with something... for just shooting THE WORD OF GOD!!! at folks, almost as if it were the "magic hammer" that could fix everything.
ReplyDeleteThat being said, I'm still going to find a passage for you, to respond to this post. (Because it's good for me to look for it, to consider what the words say and look at how just about everything in the Bible can be interpreted and applied to our specific lives, right? Right.)
Here's something from Isaiah 48 (because he uses such beautiful, gritty words):
10 See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction [e.g. "second-shift-Friday, PMS, nutrition-struggles, etc!]. 11 For my own sake, for my own sake, I do this. How can I let myself be defamed? I will not yield my glory to another [e.g.*top of my post-Christmas list* :) ].
Keep going, Nell. I love reading your blog because it helps me to stay in touch with you- and with God. You're doing a great job!