Monday night
Greetings to all:
It was a busy but a good week-end. Eric and Erin came over and we had a good time. Erin and Grandmother really had an awesome time. They both admitted to it on Sunday when Erin had to leave. They were pretty busy the entire time and still did not have time to bake any cookies or to have a tea party. Oh well, there is always next time.
It seems like Marty had a possible “sinus infection” start on Saturday and really kicked in today. When she got up Saturday morning her left ear and left side of her throat was hurting. A couple of hours after getting up and taking some Tylenol that was gone. But this morning, she woke up with a headache, her nose all stopped up and running at the same time, and her throat hurt. She has been in the recliner all day and hasn’t felt like doing one single thing. Praise the Lord that she has not had any temp. I called Dr. Lee’s office and got some meds for her, so we hope that will kick it real fast.
Up until this hit it did seem like she was making progress sometimes at a good speed and sometimes a lot slower. But the good thing was, Praise the Lord, she was making progress. I suppose this may slow things down a little, but she will catch back up.
We are still looking forward to the 8th of March, when the biopsy will be done and then the 14th when we will
get the results.
From the daily scripture calendar is John 15:9 - “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.” The words sound so simple, the concept sounds so logical, but the reality of the last part is not as easy as it seems. To me, there is no doubt at all, about the love between God and Jesus Christ, when Jesus was on earth. It is so easy to see it in the scriptures and certainly to give thanks for it. The same is so true about Jesus love, for all of those He ministered to. His love for them just over flowed and could be seen in every word and deed He offered. But then, it comes to remaining in that love and history shows that we have not and do not do a very good job of that. And that is all the way from our individual lives to life in our world. In our world all we have to do is look at all the war, violence, and corruption. Look at our jails, prisons, court systems and one sees the greed, jealousy, sin, and sickness. And where does all this come from? I suggest it is our separation from remaining in God’s love. There are those things in all of our lives that separate us. It may be a chip on our shoulder, it may be a lack of forgiveness, it may be the need to always have our own way, it may be sheer stubbornness, it may be a simple misunderstanding, and on goes the list. And the Bible tells us that all of these things that separate us from one another here on earth also separate us from God. Most of the time, we blame these things on the other person or group, they are certainly not our fault. And that is a problem because it also means that we are blaming it on God. But God loves us!!! God does not cause these problems rather He gives us the way to get out of them. “Remain in the love that God has shown to us in Jesus Christ.” That is the answer!!!!! Remember the WWJD of just a few years ago. That came on so big and strong, but didn’t last very long. I have always thought the reason for that was that we – God’s people – didn’t like being reminded that close to reality how far off from WWJD we live our lives. So, how is it that we can get closer to “remaining in Jesus love”? It seems to me that the first thing is to have God in the first place, the first priority in our lives. And when we feel that He isn’t in that spot then spend all of our effort, at that time, to get Him there, so we don’t get ourselves in trouble. And if we do get ourselves in trouble, face up to not being in God’s love, admit it to ourselves, God, and whoever we are in trouble with as we get God back in the right place in our life. You know Jesus speaks to us about this when He talks about getting the plank out of our own eye, before we deal with the problems of our neighbors. Praise the Lord that God is so merciful, forgiving, and willing to teach us, lead us, and help us to be the people He created us to be. Thank you God for loving me!
Have a positive night, day tomorrow, and may all your days be glorifying God days.
God bless!
Marty and Jack
John 3:16
Greetings to all:
It was a busy but a good week-end. Eric and Erin came over and we had a good time. Erin and Grandmother really had an awesome time. They both admitted to it on Sunday when Erin had to leave. They were pretty busy the entire time and still did not have time to bake any cookies or to have a tea party. Oh well, there is always next time.
It seems like Marty had a possible “sinus infection” start on Saturday and really kicked in today. When she got up Saturday morning her left ear and left side of her throat was hurting. A couple of hours after getting up and taking some Tylenol that was gone. But this morning, she woke up with a headache, her nose all stopped up and running at the same time, and her throat hurt. She has been in the recliner all day and hasn’t felt like doing one single thing. Praise the Lord that she has not had any temp. I called Dr. Lee’s office and got some meds for her, so we hope that will kick it real fast.
Up until this hit it did seem like she was making progress sometimes at a good speed and sometimes a lot slower. But the good thing was, Praise the Lord, she was making progress. I suppose this may slow things down a little, but she will catch back up.
We are still looking forward to the 8th of March, when the biopsy will be done and then the 14th when we will
get the results.
From the daily scripture calendar is John 15:9 - “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.” The words sound so simple, the concept sounds so logical, but the reality of the last part is not as easy as it seems. To me, there is no doubt at all, about the love between God and Jesus Christ, when Jesus was on earth. It is so easy to see it in the scriptures and certainly to give thanks for it. The same is so true about Jesus love, for all of those He ministered to. His love for them just over flowed and could be seen in every word and deed He offered. But then, it comes to remaining in that love and history shows that we have not and do not do a very good job of that. And that is all the way from our individual lives to life in our world. In our world all we have to do is look at all the war, violence, and corruption. Look at our jails, prisons, court systems and one sees the greed, jealousy, sin, and sickness. And where does all this come from? I suggest it is our separation from remaining in God’s love. There are those things in all of our lives that separate us. It may be a chip on our shoulder, it may be a lack of forgiveness, it may be the need to always have our own way, it may be sheer stubbornness, it may be a simple misunderstanding, and on goes the list. And the Bible tells us that all of these things that separate us from one another here on earth also separate us from God. Most of the time, we blame these things on the other person or group, they are certainly not our fault. And that is a problem because it also means that we are blaming it on God. But God loves us!!! God does not cause these problems rather He gives us the way to get out of them. “Remain in the love that God has shown to us in Jesus Christ.” That is the answer!!!!! Remember the WWJD of just a few years ago. That came on so big and strong, but didn’t last very long. I have always thought the reason for that was that we – God’s people – didn’t like being reminded that close to reality how far off from WWJD we live our lives. So, how is it that we can get closer to “remaining in Jesus love”? It seems to me that the first thing is to have God in the first place, the first priority in our lives. And when we feel that He isn’t in that spot then spend all of our effort, at that time, to get Him there, so we don’t get ourselves in trouble. And if we do get ourselves in trouble, face up to not being in God’s love, admit it to ourselves, God, and whoever we are in trouble with as we get God back in the right place in our life. You know Jesus speaks to us about this when He talks about getting the plank out of our own eye, before we deal with the problems of our neighbors. Praise the Lord that God is so merciful, forgiving, and willing to teach us, lead us, and help us to be the people He created us to be. Thank you God for loving me!
Have a positive night, day tomorrow, and may all your days be glorifying God days.
God bless!
Marty and Jack
John 3:16
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