Daily Chats and Encouragements
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Thursday: Time flies, doesn't it?
My numbers are down this morning so maybe my weigh in at 4 AM was a bit early yesterday? It's 238.8 this morning, not 242...whew! BP is doing better...137/79 64 today and FBS is 146.
I used one of the Salon Pas pads yesterday but it's not easy to get on with 2 tight shoulders...half of the right side stuck together.
My stick vacuum needs an intevention....it spits things back out, has a toothpick hung in the roller thing and suction is way down. I'll play with it after I have another cup of coffee.
I had to "play" with my phone yesterday. The message app thing-ee was missing off my screen and I had to google how to get it back on there. LOL Little things confound me some days. Reminds me of the call I got from David when he initiated contact so many years back...he admitted to googling me...He's been gone 4 years now...I was so very thankful he had his heart right with God while there was time....I pray the same for my brother and so many others...
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Thought I would update a bit on how I am doing.
A week ago I came down with a horrible cough and vomitting - was told it was a flu that was going around - anyway it has been horrible - feeling hungry knowing I should eat but when I did I would start coughing and it seemed that all I brought up was from having a build up of gas in the stomach. Then I started to wheez and when blowing it was colored (sorry for to much information) so called the doctor - he prescribed a puffer and meds to clear it up. What a blessing to have that puffer - can use it up to 4 times a day to aid with breathing - after 2 days it is so much easier to breath - and the meds are working at clearing up infection - so though I am still tired (this could also be because of my kidney function) I am feeling much better - not enough to go 'dancing' but better.
While all of this was happening I noticed my blood pressure was going up as well as my heart rate - I worked on not being anxious about this as I felt sure that it was due to the cold/flu that I have had - as the blood pressure and heart rate is back to a more normal number Praise the Lord.
@bren5535 - praying for your health - you seem to be one strong lady and seem to just push through what you are going through. I know it can be frustrating to see that we are back up to a high weight but we can do it. I find that I get down on myself for losing so slowly - about 20 pounds a year - and now I have lost 76 pounds in 5 years so though I am still far away from a healthy weight I am going in the right direction. I know for me I just need to remember to eat healthy and then the scale will do the right thing but when I give in to cravings or when I get to lazy to have a health lunch or dinner but go for more of a junky one well I pay the price. Let me tell you that now that I am in Stage 4 Kidney Failure and getting prepped for diaylsis - well eating healthy is the only way. I am still learning to take it one day at a time, one meal at a time making sure I make the best choices.
The one big change I have made 7 months ago was changing up the protein - have given up all red meat, have a little chicken or a little fish but not what most plans would recommend. I have learned through research that having 4 oz of animal protein at lunch and again at dinner is to much but when I bring it down to only 2 oz much better - and if I have animal protein at lunch I don't have any for dinner - I increase the vegetables and the starch. Yes starch. I have had 2 baked potatoes plus a basic lettuce tomato celery salad for a meal. Love those baked potatoes - and when I eat like that I lose between 2 - 4 pounds the first week - so many people are so scare of eating 'starch' but it is ok to have potatoes, rice or pasta - just make sure you have some vegetables with it.
Anyway I have rambled on long enough - praying for all of you - am not going to take 30 - 45 minutes to be with the Lord as the program I am doing is helping me get a balanced life. If interested let me know - it is called First Place 4 Health
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Both of those pictures are very good. Thanks for sharing them!
Went out today. Wade had a doctor's appointment in the big town of New Bern, so we went to Ollies. We decided against the outdoor rocker set, although a good price, still more than we are willing to pay right now! I need a cusion for my head on the rocker I have outside, but when I went looking couldn't find anything. They had a cushion at Ollies, but it was too big and would overlap the one that is on there, then I would have a bulge in the middle of my back! heeheehee. I did get a lumbar pillow for my inside chair and it came today. I am using it right now in my office chair. Too big for that! I think I might just use a neck pillow outside and then keep it near the front door so it is handy whenever I sit in my rocker. Right now I can't lay my head back because it's too far to the chair and very uncomfortable.
We went to Arby's for lunch. I'll have the second half of my Reuben for dinner! Yummers!
Oh, Bren, we called Jake Gooberhead, so now some of my passwords have that in it! He was a smart dog, but sometimes he was just a Goober (like on Andy Griffith).
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We will soon be celebrating the Resurrection of our Savior - which we should actually do every day, but especially on this day we give special attention to what He did for us, defeating sin and death!
Here is a blog post from my pastor on why we say Happy Resurrection rather than Happy Easter.
04/16/14 DOESN'T MAKE SENSE
So, I still don't see how Christians don't see the problem of representing Christ with Ishtar, Christ's resurrection with decorated eggs, and the empty tomb with bunny rabbits, all of which are pagan symbols of blasphemy.
Nor do I see the spiritual value (or any value) in filling the minds of little children with pagan distractions. I don't see it producing Christ-likeness in anyone, but I do see confusion in the minds of little children.
And btw, how impressed is the Father that Christ's resurrection is now called by the name of a Babylonian Harlot?
The Greek word used in Acts 12:4 is πάσχα, "Passover," but is translated Easter in the KJV.
Of course, the Passover is not the same as resurrection, but they are close to one another in time. But, it is not even accurate for folks to equate the Passover and Resurrection. By the way, I have read from some "King James Only" people, who argue that the original word was Easter. As a King Jesus only person, I find that absurd. hehehe
I just looked at Barnes' Notes and here is what it says.
"There never was a more absurd or unhappy translation than this. The original is simply “after the Passover” (μετὰ τὸ πάσχα = meta to pascha). The word “Easter” now denotes the festival observed by many Christian churches in honor of the resurrection of the Saviour. But the original has no reference to that, nor is there the slightest evidence that any such festival was observed at the time when this book was written. The translation is not only unhappy, as it does not convey at all the meaning of the original, but because it may contribute to foster an opinion that such a festival was observed in the time of the apostles. The word “Easter” is of Saxon origin, and is supposed to be derived from “Eostre,” the goddess of Love, or the Venus of the North, in honor of whom a festival was celebrated by our pagan ancestors in the month of April (Webster). Since this festival coincided with the Passover of the Jews, and with the feast observed by Christians in honor of the resurrection of Christ, the name came to be used to denote the latter. In the old Anglo-Saxon service-book the term “Easter” is used frequently to translate the word “Passover.” In the translation by Wycliffe, the word “paske,” that is, “Passover,” is used. But Tyndale and Coverdale used the word “Easter,” and hence, it has very improperly crept into our King James Version."
Clarke also says,"The Saxon Earten, Eartne, Eartno, Eartna, and Eartnon are different modes of spelling the name of the goddess Easter, whose festival was celebrated by our pagan forefathers in the month of April; hence that month, in the Saxon calendar, is called Easter month. Every view we can take of this subject shows the gross impropriety of retaining a name every way exceptionable, and palpably absurd."
DLG says, (DLG = Pastor David L Gould)
The problem is, God does not get the glory. It is given to Peter Cottontail and the Anglo Saxon/Roman/Greek/Egyptian/Babylonian goddess (all originating in the Babylonian prostitute), which is the same as not giving any glory to God according to the Bible.
Children need to learn truth, not fables, about the resurrection and this celebration of Christianity.
Not only are the children in the churches being misled, the people outside of the Church have come to believe that Christians mix pagan ideas with the word of God also.
Even the cults attack Christians over this.
It seems the last to know the truth are church people.
Shame on our pastors, our teachers, our parents for keeping us bound to this error.
I do care what other people think about the Church's view of Christ and this special season, because that is how they judge our whole message.
Why should Christians obscure the message by combining it with pagan ideas?
Why should we put a stumbling block before them?
Why should we change the message of God?
I have seen people who have judged the Church's message to be corrupted, because of this one area. And, at this point, some of the cults are more Biblical than the Church (and the Church is the pillar and support of the truth and we are supposed to contend for the faith, not promote a lie).
I meet sinners, people outside of the Church, who can see this issue more clearly than most church people see it. Who do we think is blinding the eyes of the church folks? Are the sinners wrong to think that the "Easter" thing, the" fertility goddess" thing, the "pagan" thing is wrong.
Christians need to rid themselves of the pagan attachments to their celebration of the Resurrection of Christ if they want to glorify God, lift up Christ, reach their own children, stop the mouths of the gainsayers and evangelize the lost.
Christians need to abandon the pagan trappings, so that God will get the glory and people will get the story.
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Doing alright today. My legs don't hurt as much as they had been and I am praising the Lord for that!
We are having some chilly weather again, typical for this time of the year, but it is sunny today, not rainy like yesterday - woohoo, God is good! Every good and perfect gift comes down from the Father of Light! So I praise Him for this beautiful day!
Hope y'all are doing well and your numbers are holding steady in the good zone! Keep up the good work!0 -
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Us here as well, Kim...86 yesterday...62 for today's high. I'm loving every single day I get, no matter what the weather is up to. I do feel for and pray for those facing devastating storms, flooding, earthquakes, landslides, snow etc. in other parts of our country and the world over.
My BP was great this morning...122/76 57 and FBS of 154. Weight...I am not telling. Can I just say it's a retirement gain? I need to get to work on that and today is a good day to do it.
I have a pan of veggies in the toaster oven to roast...asparagus, sweet potato and half an onion, with minced garlic and olive oil spray. I have a long list loaded in the cart at HEB for my next grocery haul, but will edit a lot prior to placing the order. I'm working on using up a lot of what I already have on hand.
I have my bacon laid out and 2 chicken thighs to play with. I have 6 jalapenos to make poppers with for dinner and will do the chicken in the air fryer I think.
My storm door is missing 2 hinges! I just figured out what it's problem was yesterday. I put a note in the office to have it taken off. I bought it back in 1997 and had it moved to this apartment when I transferred so have had it about 25 years. I'd love to have a new one, like my neighbors on either side...those are way more than I paid in '97 and really nice...but I'd go up to $150...if I could get one.
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Wow, what a powerful picture of the man with water bottle shoes! We are incredibly blessed!
Bren, what great numbers. Your veggies looked good too. We are going to plant green beans this summer. I like the fresh ones much better than canned ones, so hopefully, I'll eat more of them.
Still cool here. You are slow on sending that warm weather my way, Bren! Tsk tsk tsk!
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There is power in our words, that's why it's so important to bridle the tongue when you don't have something good to say and to loose it when it will encourage and build up someone! James describes it so well! Being Spirit-controlled is so important!
A bit cool today. I'm trying to just take the chill, but I think I will turn on my little heater when I'm done here! Sigh. Yeah Spring! It's that time of year when you start out in the morning wearing more then gradually throughout the day you begin to peel off the layers because it warms up - although I don't think that will be something I have to think about today! LOL! My Apple watch says we will be 50 today, but praise the Lord we have beautiful sunshine!
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I have my heat on this morning...my feet and hands stay so cold. It was 66 in here. 48 outside with a high of 63...then 79 tomorrow. I'm just so thankful for the mild winter we've had. Always a blessing to this old girl.
I had a bit of a drop to 236.4 today. Was down for the count all day yesterday after a bad/restless and very painful Monday night. I'm glad I can do days like that if needed. I feel better this morning. The back pain has definitely increased of late. But hey...the feet don't go south as bad as before so that makes me happy.
I placed my grocery order for pick up tomorrow and edited heavily to cut down on weight and number of items. I may ease over to Cash Savers for a few of their sale items...The past week or so, I've been making do with my selections at hand and that was fun. We are supposed to have another cold front move in and I will be glad to be inside then and have the shopping and trash haul out of the way.0 -
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Everything to be thankful for!
James 1:2f "Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 And let endurance have its perfect result, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing."
Php 4:6 "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."
Those verses are so awesome. Think of the worst thing that you can possibly go through - Jesus is there, and He has a purpose - for your good and His glory! We just have to glorify Him in whatever we are going through.
Another beautiful and chilly day. I'm excited for Bible Study tonight. I learn so much. I am so blessed in the Church that I have, my brothers and sisters are awesome!
You ladies have a wonderful day. Love you.0 -
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How sweet!
Hope y'all are doing well. I'm a bit punky today with some tummy pain and tiredness from a headache this morning.
Another gorgeous chilly day. I can't wait til it gets warm enough for me to sit outside! LOL!
Love y'all.
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Me too, Kim. I had another rough night, wrestled to get trash out and groceries in and put away. Had to stop twice for the back to ease up. I got a long nap after a quick lunch so am up now....with a headache. I am thankful it's not a bad one...I will lay low the rest of the dy. I love the water shot!0
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Oh, Bren, I'm so sorry that you are having so much trouble. Have you looked into the TENS units I mentioned? While it is on and zapping me, I don't notice the pain! I got mine from Amazon - https://amazon.com/gp/product/B071YTVGYB This is the last one that I got, although I've gotten others. This one has quite a few different pulses, you just have to find one that works with your pain. It's fairly easy to figure out. Just a thought!
Went out to breakfast this morning - two eggs, scrambled; bacon, and home fries, and coffee. Yum. I couldn't eat all the home fries so brought those home with me. I brought my biscuit home for Wade! We went to Big Lots afterwards and I found a recliner that feels really good. The seat is just the right depth, it's wide enough to fit my hips (heehee), and it also rocks - oh my! We joined the Big Lots Club thingy and should get a 15% off coupon in a day or two so we can get it for much cheaper. The chair I am in now is a recliner, but I rarely recline; and the headrest on it pushes my head forward! Not comfortable, but more comfortable than other chairs we have. Can't wait to see how this new one does. Most all of the chairs we have right now came from Thrift stores, this is the first new one that we've tried!
Okay, tell me if you remember seeing head rests for rockers that you could tie on - just a short pillow. They don't make those any more! I found one, but I had to buy the cushions for the seats as well! I would love one for my rocker on the porch. With the cushions on it I can't put my head back! boohoo! They have head rests, but they don't look comfortable, and I don't really want to spend $15-30 for a little pillow so I can be comfortable! LOL!
Well, you ladies have an awesome weekend. I'll talk to you tomorrow, Lord willing. Love you
Oh, that picture was taken just down the road from us!
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Oh, I love that little character, he is sooo cute! I'm with him - I can't reach the top shelf either! We have these high up cabinets in my laundry room, and I can't even reach them to open the door! LOL! Wade loves me calling him from whatever he is doing to get something down for me - after one time doing that the kleenex boxes were down in a lower cabinet! LOL!
Another rainy day, another headachy day! Sigh. The Lord knows and He has a purpose in this. I will continue to trust Him through it. I do appreciate your prayers and want you to know you are in mine!0 -
Me too...I am height challenged.
I found out today, that my friend Cecelia passed away on Christmas day! I saw a mention on her grand daughter's page. Nobody let me know. So sad. I found her obit online...apparently that's a thing now?...by going to the funeral home's FB page. We'd catch up a couple times a year by phone but due to Covid, illness and pain issues...neither of us got out and about to visit.
That will be me when I'm gone most likely....not many will know or be contacted. The time comes for us all...we'd best be ready.
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Awww, thanks for the hug. They always feel so good!
Bren, so sorry about your friend. That's why I get concerned when I don't see you for a few days - I just keep praying you're alright - but then again, going home isn't a bad thing! I wish there was a way that I could be notified - oh boy, it will hurt my heart to lose you, but I will rejoice that you will be whole and free with Jesus! But, I hope that it won't be for awhile yet - sure would be nice to go in the rapture together! Yeehaw!
I think we are officially in Spring here. Chilly and cloudy again today. Usually Spring is a little bit warmer here, but I suspect it will warm up soon and then we'll be running for the A/C!
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Thank you both, sweet friends! For the hug...I'm many years past due....and your post made me smile, Kim...rejoicing when I am home with Jesus, whole and free! That's how I see it as well!
I went on a bug hunt and found things that horrified me! In the folds of the bed skirt were 100's of the nasty little freaks waiting for feeding time. I sprayed the Raid BB stuff heavily, and am in the process of cutting the bed skirt free now. My mattress is very heavy and thick...over 200 pounds so I can't budge it.
I read in my lease the addendum on BB's....I was to report as soon as I saw them! I will be held liable for treatment and can be evicted if I don't comply with all rules etc....like getting rid of all my things that could be infested, at an off site location etc. It takes me 7-8 stages just to change sheets on my bed, there is NO way I could do ANY of the required things and if I was evicted for having them...no other place would have me!
Please pray for deliverance from this evil influx! I am NOT telling! I will continue to do what I can....and God knows all about the stress of this situation. I couldn't even get pest control in here without management knowing....I truly hate to be dishonest but fear it's my only recourse. It terrifies me to consider the alternative.0 -
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Oh Bren, I feel for you, sister. The only problem I see with not telling is if others get the bugs in their apartments... Even with all you've done, they are still there. Do you still have the bag with the pillowcases that had the bugs in them? You could try to deal with Wal-mart if you could show that they came from them - then they would be responsible for getting rid of them! I know it's a lot to do and physically you aren't able, but it sure would be nice if Wal-mart did the right thing! What a bummer this is - but, Jesus knows and you just have to do what is right so that He is glorified and honored and He will take care of you! I will be praying for you! Oh my, you pray and then you do what Jesus tells you to do! I love you and am here for you! Hugs and kisses!
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