8/26/11

God has been so good to me!  All the time!  :D

There have been several verses I have been meditating on this week;

Isaiah 41:10
Fear thou not: for I am with thee: be not dismayed: for I am they God: I will strengthen thee: yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

I Thes. 5:18
In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Psalm 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit in me.

And last but not least, and I think the hardest to apply;

Psalm 46:10b
Be still and know that I am God.

That is easier SAID than DONE.  There were several times this week where I would be tempted to be discouraged (or had given in to that temptation!!!) and I would remember that verse and I would go by myself somewhere and just BE STILL.  It's hard!

I don't know if I have mentioned that my dog, Pepper, is going through obedience school.  I take her on Tuesday nights.  She is having some issues with getting in/out of her crate.  Mainly, she doesn't want to!  Mom wanted me to work with her so that wouldn't be such a problem.  I have wanted to take her in the car to practice getting in and out without a fit, but I also wanted to GO somewhere and not just drive around.  Thursday I took Benjamin, Rachel, Isaac and Pepper to Crowders Mountain and we hiked King's Pinnacle.  It was a good workout!  :D  We took lunch and once we got to the top and collapsed, then we ate lunch before we walk/limped/rolled/fell down the mountain.  :D  Today I took Rachel and Pepper to Broad River Greenway and we walked aways up the Up River trail.  That was nice!  Pepper is doing a lot better, so hopefully this will pay off.   I might even get some exercise while I'm at it.  :-O

Here we are at Broad River this morning.

At the top of King's Pinnacle!

Monday night of this week was great!  My parents and I met at the Workman's house.  Then Mr. and Mrs. Workman, my parents, Ray and I rode together to Cracker Barrel.  The parents sat at one table and Ray and I sat at another table on the other side of the room.  There was a really funny story with our waitress, but that will have to wait for another time.  If you want to hear it, ask me the next time you see me!  :D  We had a really good evening and I'm very glad we got to go.  :D 

Mom was so kind as to take some pictures for us, and she did a great job of course!  :D  Thanks Mom!  :D

Ray also came over tonight (Friday).  We didn't get any pictures, but I promise he really did come over!  :D  We had a good time playing games with the family.

Tomorrow I get to go babysit for most of the day!  That will be good for me, work on my patience!  :D  I really do love kids, so I don't mind at all!  :D