Still going

Despite everything else going on in life, I am still moving onward!

I have been sick yet again. If anyone has suggestions on how you stay well, I would love to hear them. I had what I thought was strep. Kevin had had it and Damon was complaining about his throat. Well, after going to the doctor, we both had infections in our throats. LOVELINESS!!! He said our allergies were draining so much, that it had literally rubbed our throats raw and caused an infection. After two days of antibiotics, it is starting to feel better.

The wind is sweeping down the plains today. And it is trying to take everything with it. Really great on the allergy front!

I have made a personal discovery that was quite eye opening, and also kinda of sad. I am glad that it happened. I just hadn't put any thought into it until a couple of weeks ago.

I posted about the pastor that I liked from St. Luke's in OKC. I think it was his ability to be different. It is so easy as a Christian to become stagnant in our worship practices. Dr. Long is very different from what I am used to on Sunday morning. It is not a bad or good different. It is just different.

I was in a Christian rut. Prayer is something that happened occasionally and on Sundays. The Bible would get opened a couple of times every other week. It was just easier to put those things away for when I thought I would have time. That was almost a year and half ago. It was right about the time that Kinsley was born and I started on my journey to becoming a virtual assistant.

As I look back, I realize how different the path might have been had God been centered where he should have been. I started listening to a Joyce Meyer's series last night. The kids were in bed and Kevin went to his fire meeting. I took seven pages of notes over 1 of the CDs. There are four in the collection. It is called "Managing Your Emotions." I listened to it, prayed for direction, and then went and climbed in bed. The most awesome thing happened: I went looking for a Christian show to watch. Joyce was on TV as she is throughout the day. But her sermon just happened to be on the same exact topic that CD had covered. It even referenced some of the same stories told on the CD.

I have had those CDs for over a year. I had never gotten through them. God knew when I would need them the most and laid them in my path. It gave me a renewed sense of strength and direction for my life.

I encourage each of you to really examine your life. Look at the things that have gone right and wrong. See if there is something missing from you daily routine. It can truly make all the difference.

Inspiration

I will keep this short. I am recovering from a upper respiratory/sinus infection. I have new glasses though so I can see better!!!

I have been struggling. I have been struggling with my fitness journey. I have been struggling keeping everyone healthy, and I have just been struggling.

Something that has given me inspiration is a pastor that preaches on Sunday mornings on our local ABC affliate here. He preaches while we are leaving for church, but I have caught him the last couple of weeks due to different illnesses that have been going on in our family.

I encourage any of you that need an extra push, or just need someone to listen to who is caring, compassionate, and speaks the word of God, visit the St. Luke's Methodist Church website. He has been doing a series on in the shadow of the Cross during lent. It is amazing! I especially liked March 8's sermon!

Misadventures of Me!

I clicked over here this morning and read the title to my last post about clumsiness. I wondered how I could have already posted about my most recent fall last Friday when it hadn't happened yet. Then it dawned on me: that post was about my hand. I haven't posted about my MOST RECENT injury. People would seriously think I was an abused woman if these things didn't keep happening in a public place.

I was at church on Sunday. Kinsley was fussy, so I was going to take her downstairs into the basement where the boys were at for Sunday School. I went to step off the first step, and missed it. I was holding Kinsley. I tucked her and kept her on top of me while I slide and rolled down. I landed on the landing seven-eight steps later on my right elbow, hip and ankle.

Luckily, I didn't break anything! I just have some bumps and bruises. And I am not as sore as I probably should be. As I hit the ground, the door slammed behind me, and I moaned and said, "oh shit." I was glad the door slammed. People in the sanctuary didn't hear my words as I fell LOL!!!

With all the incidents, I am going to the eye doctor today. We are concerned that my depth perception could be bad. For some reason, I keep falling, running into to things, and winding up with injuries that are ridiculous! Hopefully, the eye doctor will be able to give me some sort of direction.