Happy Sabbath

 Good afternoon and Happy Sabbath,

For my weekly update, I report that God has been good and always is.  Today was a fun day at church.  I prepared some activities for the children in my sabbath school class and for Adventurer's meeting and it went well. The children learned something new, my son volunteered to help out and he made the experience awesome for everyone who came out today.  I am looking forward to a trip with church family tomorrow and am awaiting the details of where we will meet.  One way would be less expensive for most which is what I proposed and another way would require we all pay for parking and there are a lot of people coming along.  What ever they choose, I'll go with. I've always wanted to take my son to this area but it was hard to justify paying so much to go, knowing he would get upset about having to travel so far and might not want to walk.  

Work was good this week and I will not complain. Today's my sister's birthday and I was able to wish her a happy birthday.  My son and I were able to get out in the yard and fix fences as well as mow and set up a new raised bed for him.  We will put out our seedlings next week after we return from our trip tomorrow. We had a wonderful day on Resurrection Sunday.  I wanted to go to the YMCA and although they said they were open, it was not true. We ended up going to our neighborhood park and after some exploring discovered there was a camping area inside the park that I never knew of.  I have to request and get permits for church events and have looked over the options on their app and website. I have never come across camping grounds in my town, but this was there deep in the woods creek side.  I took a photo of my son with a mama deer and baby deer posing in the background. It truly was a lovely experience and it was fitting for us to be able to enjoy nature, God's creation on this important holiday.  

I thank the Lord for that experience. I thank Him for helping me to get through lesson materials with my church children, for being able to help with other ministries, to meet new people, and for everything this week.  

God is good. 

No Complaints. Happy Resurrection Day Weekend :)

 Happy Sabbath and Happy Resurrection Day Weekend :) Happy Passover.  

It really is a nice day and good week. I am thankful for the Lord's sacrifice and giving us an opportunity to have eternal life.  I am thankful for friends returning safely. People I have not seen in several months have returned and it is a delight to have them back.  I am thankful for my family.  I am thankful for an opportunity to use my gift to be a blessing to others and help them look up.  My son has his friend back and as a result he went to participate in his Sabbath school class which is something that he has not done in a long time. I am thankful for food that my friend gave me so I could share with my parents.  My son has a new therapist and the first meeting went well. He was inspired to go to the gym and also to get outside in the yard and help me fix it up.  I hope that this continues as I really want to go to the gym more regularly and I could use the help to have the best yard in the area.  Gophers or something have attacked the front yard so I have to get rid of them.  The back yard looks great thanks to him.  

God is good.  I have no complaints.  

I hope that you 

TRIED IT

 Happy Sabbath and Good Afternoon :)

I had a good week.  I got through it by the grace of God.  I was able to see all except one of my work appointments this week. 

I had a meeting that I was not looking forward to.  Knowing how I felt, I tried preparing for that meeting by making sure I had certain documents saved and easily accessible to refer to. What happened was reminiscent of the time when I was trying to print a document needed for me to finish my graduate application process.  This week I made sure to email a copy of the document and other prep to myself in the event for some rare reason, my computer did not cooperate.  I emailed the doc to my personal email by accident and decided to also try to email it to my primary.  I saved docs on my computer, had my note pad set up and was ready.  I pull up to the place where I am to meet with my client and team but the client wanted to run to the store to get something first so that forced me to wait in my car.  

I decided to set up in my car and opened my laptop for nothing to happen.  The computer refused to turn back on, despite me having fully charged it and having everything prepared to go once it woke up from sleep. I kept trying 10 minutes before start time and nothing. Absolutely nothing. 

So my back up was what I sent to my email right? I went to my work email and saw that the email I needed was missing.  No problem, I sent the information to my personal email.  I go into my personal email and see it and when I select to open, the document WILL NOT OPEN.  I kept trying with the regular apps I use to access it and finally it gave a notification that the document was empty?  That there was nothing to display.  Just like how it was back in 2011 when I tried to open that word doc.  Just like it.  I was flabbergasted and looked at the clock and had one minute before my meeting was to start.  

I had to log into the state site over my phone to access the other info I needed.  I was expecting a problem with that but it did work.  If it didn't, I would just have to go off of memory but then as people started signing on, my computer wanted to start working.  The meeting was hectic because of the client not being able to focus and his usual unpredictability.  Even a black cat crossed the street.  The enemy was throwing all sorts of things in my way, but praise the Lord, I was able to get through it, cover all important topics and not look like an idiot.  

I am thankful for the Lord helping me to remain calm and focused despite all the other stuff that was going on.  I am thankful for the Lord keeping me safe because I was not in a safe area in the city.  A person approached my car suspiciously from across the street and passed close on the driver's side while I had my computer open.  I was able to meet with the team in the building after my client returned and when I was getting ready to leave, someone rang the bell and the manager told us it was my client's friend.  I come downstairs to find that the weird person who passed my car was his friend.  This same person approached my car before a while back.  I guess they thought I was selling some pretty plants.  I love gardening but I don't deal with that type of nonsense.  That area has people wandering around to make a deal and are trigger happy. I thank God for keeping me safe and my vehicle safe as well. You never know what time people are on.

I am thankful for today's communion service and the person who joined me to make the worship experience great. She played her instrument and it went so well with the piano.  I know that when we have communion, and it has happened at other times that if there is a period of silence I will try to remove the awkwardness of the period by playing soft music. At the same time, and I think it is on purpose, there will be someone who decides to play a random track and interrupts what I am doing on the piano.  It is very disruptive and annoying and it causes confusion for more persons than just me.   I expected them to do the same thing today but I guess because there was a guest musician, they decided not to pull that nonsense.  They didn't try it today in that manner.  They requested that we play a hymn that we played optionally before and one of the singers had me stop to ask me to play it a tad bit faster.  There were other things I noticed that I won't comment on.  I will leave it at that, it was a good day. The enemy tries using people at my work place, at church, and other places.  But my God is greater than anything it can attempt.  

God is good. 😀

Hot or Cold

 Good afternoon and Happy Sabbath,

No complaints. No complaints. God is good.  I had a great week at work and was able to see my clients as planned.  I have been able to be home and enjoy my family.  The service was really good today and it is always a pleasure to have this one speaker who I know spends time with the Lord.  Him and another person who is a prayer warrior and helped start the church I currently am a member of.  We need to have a real relationship with God.  I want that for myself and for my family. For those online reading and my clients.  We need ears to hear the Holy Spirit speak and direct us.  We need soft hearts that are receptive and will absorb everything He wants for us.  We need to be telling others of Jesus' soon coming.  We need to get out of this state of luke-warmness and I know I have been feeling this way for a while.  Time is running out.  It really is.  I hope and pray that you as well as I become on fire and stay on fire for God.  Every where I turn is evil and depravity.  I can't even watch a commercial without profane things being said and people I work with lack love and care for the population we serve.  May we stay focused on the purpose God has for us, not remain silent, and remain committed and active until the day He returns to claim His own, His people.  

God bless you and keep on the narrow path.