Good morning and Happy 2024!
After my long absence, I have so many things to share but I think you would need to be here all day, so I will drizzle all the things that has happened over the last year through the next year.
Over the past several years, I have been keeping a planner and trying to be more intentional about my life. I had started the original in March, so I always go March to March. This year I bit the bullet and ordered a new one so I could start January 1 (yes, I even had the crazy thought of doing the other one through March on top of this one just so I wouldn't have an "unfinished" planner, but I quickly decided to pull an Elsa and let it go, lol.). I have been using Cleaver Fox Planners the last couple of years, I originally had a bullet journal but realized, as much as I loved the artwork and creativity, it was something that I could do without if somebody else would put all my spaces in order for me. So, this year, with my planner in hand before the beginning of the year, I filled out EVERYTHING! There is a place to put your plans for the next 1, 5, 10, and 20 years, which granted, I didn't do all of those, but I did the one year, I may fill in the rest of the years as the year progresses. There is also a place for a vision board. I had wanted to do a full fledged vision board for quite a while, and this year I made myself.
It is only 6 days into the new year, but seeing my dreams in pictures every morning when I open my book really makes it real and makes it real that it just takes me doing things to make it happen. One of my pictures is my blog. A couple of years ago, I had someone tell me that my blog was one of the ways I can let my light shine for God. I have another friend who prods me every so often to write, but I just haven't made it a priority. I get up at 4 during the week, so I can even sleep in until 5:30 or so on Saturday and surely find time to blog. So, here it is. I am happy to be back and look forward to sharing God's word with you!
As I said earlier, a lot has happened this year, Mom has been sick some, she now has a new hiatal hernia that we are learning all about and Robert has started having issues with blood pressure and sugar. He gave us quite a scare in October when he had seizures, he had never done this before so that was a whole new thing. I wasn't there when it happened, but saw a lot of the aftermath. We went through a lot of possible diagnosis before they came up with they really didn't know why he had the seizures other than his blood pressure was too high, his sugar was too high and he was extremely dehydrated. At one point in time, they thought my baby boy, 31 years old, had a stroke, then they thought his organs were shutting down. I kept praying and repeating Isaiah 41:10 "Fear thou not, for I am with thee, be not dismayed for I am thy God, I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee, yea, I will uphold thee on the right hand of my righteousness." It has always been my go to verse when I am afraid. I learned it in Vacation Bible School the summer before 7th grade, which was the summer before my dad had his first heart attack. Of course, it was sitting in the hospital that it dawned on me, my dad was only 12 years older than Robert when he died.
You all know that music is a very big part of my life, so it will be of no shock that another thing that kept running through my mind was a song by Ryan Ellis called Gonna Be Alright. This was a great source of peace for me.
Of course, Isaiah 41:10 tells us not to fear, but we also have Romans 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[a] have been called according to his purpose.
I love that in this song it points out, "He's working all things for my good."
I am gifting this song to you today as 2024 may have started out great for you, but I can almost guarantee that sometime in the next year, you are gonna need the reassurance that everything is gonna be alright and that God will hold you in his arm until your fear is gone. This is a song that gets stuck in your head, and there are just times you may just want it stuck in your head. I know there are for me.
I am happy to report they seem to have Robert's blood pressure under control, they are still working with his sugar, he has changed some habits (he had become almost addicted to those Cirkul drinks and we realized too much artificial sweetener can really be a bad thing and cause your sugar to have problems and dehydration). Most importantly, no signs of seizures!
Hope you have a great next week!
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