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Happy Sabbath

God is good and I had a good week.  God kept me safe on the road.  He continues to provide for me and my family.  I went to church today without my son.  My son wanted to stay with the grandparents yesterday after he got out of school so he spent the night and will be dropped off later today. 

It was the first time I slept in my house without my son.  It was interesting.  I want my son to be around the right people and have the right influences in his life.  My parents have good hearts but I was not completely comfortable with him being in their care this Sabbath. 

I suppose he has been watching cartoons all day and eating all manner of candies and treats (my mother loves to spoil him).  I am looking forward to getting him so later tonight we can go meet with some other families and other children for a movie event that is God centered.  There is no day that we should go without the Lord. 

I didn’t see fire come from heaven and consume an offering.  I didn’t escape a plane crash at the last most critical moment.  I had a good week and I am thankful for the little things which if were not overseen by the Lord, could become big troubles.

I am thankful that my house is warm upon my return.  My heating system has been malfunctioning and I am not sure if it is the thermostat or problems with the ignition.  The furnace lights up but for some reason it cuts out after 20 or 30 seconds.  I would have the thermostat set to 70 and the furnace would not cut on and drop as low as 54 degrees (what it was this morning).  I just bought a new plant baby (Fiona, a fiddle leaf fig tree) and my plants need to stay in an environment above the 60 degree farenheight range.  I have to keep playing with the thermostat switches to get the furnace to click on and start heating, but it doesn’t reach the number I set.  I set it to 73 or 74 before I left out.  I was not sure what I would encounter when I returned but when I came back, the temp was around 68.  I’m fine with 68 and if that means I need to keep setting it high to get it to that number, I will do this.  I lack the funds to repair this among many other things. One of many things to keep in prayer. An elder reminded us that when we give the tithe, we can put the Lord to the test.  Prove me now saith the Lord of Hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour you out a rich blessing.  I have a lot of things, financial things that I don't have answers for.  If I kept to a budget early on, I would not have debt like i have now.  I have to give back to the Lord first.  I'm looking for the Lord to come through for all the rest and so far, I m doing okay so I will praise the Lord for that. 

A while ago, I was afraid of using my wood stove because the house filled with fumes.  I watched a youtube video about someone saying a fire started in the chimney because of cresote buildup.  There were articles about toxic fumes, carbon monoxide and many other frightening things. The flue I have was open but it was burning something off of the swing grill thingie that is in the stove.  I don’t know what to call that thing so it’s a swing grill. I gathered some courage and started another fire and had no problems since.  I know I will have to get the money eventually to do a chimney sweep (or purchase the tools myself) as I am just increasing the risk of a house fire if I keep holding off on this. I have a nice fire going right now. I also am able to use regular firewood and maintain a warm fire without the need for the Duraflame products that guarantee a fire with each use. 

I am thankful I have a kerosene heater as a back up for when the power goes out.  I am thankful that my home is comfortable and a place I enjoy being in.  I hope that my son will really start to see it as home.  He calls our house by the street address.  He prefers being at my parent’s house and he calls it grandmas house because he only wants to be around grandma when he is there (he ignores pop pop most of the time, so sad). Home is where the heart is.  I need to make sure that our house is filled with love just as much as my parent’s home is.  Maybe then he will say that he wants to go home instead of : ENTER STREET ADDRESS.

I am thankful for an opportunity to lift up my Savior’s name with music at church.  I am thankful for another day to work on and build on my ministry. Ministries.  I am thankful that the Lord has a plan and purpose for me and He is not through with me yet. 

I am thankful for an opportunity to talk about God’s word with another believer at work.  This believer was a Pentecostal and it was such a joy to chat with him even if it was short.  We should be making an impact in every place the Lord puts us.  I want to see more of this happen this year in my life and not be so closed off from others.  We need to talk about and share about the goodness of the Lord.  We need to be on fire for Jesus. We need to talk about His word and encourage others to keep walking/start walking with Him. 

That was the best part of the week, that I had an opportunity to talk to someone about God’s word. 

I hope you had a great week as well and that you are understanding your purpose in Him and that the Lord will use you in the week to come.  May God bless you and keep you.