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The Benefits of Walking.
It is because of the physical benefits of walking that I got out of bed and went on a walk to start off my week on Monday morning. It is part of my new schedule. But what I soon realized was that I had forgotten a huge aspect of the benefits of walking–the spiritual ones. [...]
The Sovereignty of God.
The Sovereignty of God. That is what I am studying this week in my devotional–The One Year Book of Hope by Nancy Guthrie. The first couple of days of this chapter had confused me, because I felt like what it was teaching contradicted what was taught in the chapter on “Why.” In that chapter Nancy [...]
Blessings.
I hope everyone is keeping cool. Man, is it hot! Elise and I took a quick trip this afternoon to just a couple stores. I don’t know if it was worth it. The car was really hot and never had time to get cool throughout the drive. The steering wheel was so hot I could [...]
Emma’s Birthday Trip.
Well, this is going to be long. But I’d like to let you all know how our trip went. Friday, July 14 was Emma’s birthday. I hadn’t really anticipated it being too hard. My week had been going well, and I fooled myself into thinking that Friday would be the same as any other day [...]
Plans for Emma’s birthday.
Just so everyone knows and is not trying to track us down, we will be gone this weekend. We leave Friday, which is Emma’s birthday and will get back Saturday night. Elise is excited to go to that “cool new place.” (We are visiting Silver Dollar City.) I told her we are staying in a [...]
July 4, 2006.
As I go through my days lately, my usual excitement with life is slightly dampered with a feeling of melancholy. Emma sits heavy on my heart and mind. Not that I’m not enjoying the holiday and the time off we’ve had with John, I just can’t seem to totally not think of her. I think [...]
John’s office building.
Good news! John’s office building is now under contract with a closing date of July 21. Thank you all for praying. This will be a great relief to John stresswise and also financially.
Anticipation.
I am finding that the anticipation of our visit with the cardiologist next week is affecting me. I am missing Emma in a much more real way. It is like stepping back into her world for just a bit and that is hard. I sat down for a little yesterday and wondered how it would [...]
Be content.
I was struck and humbled the other day as the Lord revealed to me how illogical and messed up my thinking can be. I would like to share with you the revelation that I came away with. I was out in the country visiting friends and was voicing my opinion that living in the country [...]
Cardiologist appointment
We were scheduled for an appointment June 22 with Emma’s cardiologist. Just keep us in your thoughts and prayers that day. John will be getting off work so that we both can go down together. Basically I am just asking some questions that are still circlating in my mind since Emma died. I don’t know [...]
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