Monday, September 22, 2014

September 23 2014

September 23 2014 Greetings My Friend, Each day as I begin to read through the Bible I have a series of questions I write down. “What is on my mind today, What do I want to talk to God about today, Scripture what is God saying, What is the Holy Spirit saying and How can I serve others.” I am thinking about the heading “What is the Holy Spirit saying?” I’ve gone from repeating His name in the Apostles Creed & such to finally realizing how real He is and even talking to the Holy Spirit directly. Sometimes I hear a strong message from the Holy Spirit. Some days He is quiet. I am in Proverbs right now and I find this section to be concise and so informative at the same time. I keep hearing a theme of “be honest, don’t talk too much, be true to your mate” and the list goes on and on. I love it because the “do’s and don’ts are fairly easy to wrap my brain around and do. As I read the passages I also tend to hear on occasion to do certain things that I am hearing. Be honest, don’t gossip, don’t be a nagging wife etc. I sense the Holy Spirit is saying “pay attention to this one and that one” as I read. As I finish the Proverbs I then head over to the New Testament and I hear the Holy Spirit again directing me. Some days I don’t hear much of anything directly but the overall message continues to reach me and teach me. Other days I feel like a specific verse speaking to me. After that heading I am finishing up and starting to enter into my day so the question is “How can I serve others today?” This heading makes me stop and think about where to channel my energies instead of going into the day doing all kinds of stuff for the sake of doing. Today my energy seems to be focused on being Junior’s “helpmate”. My prayer once more is “Lord teach me to be the wife, friend, lover and companion Junior needs.” As I pray this I find myself not just reacting in my ways but stopping and thinking about what actions I want to take more thoughtfully. I notice the soup is about gone that I made a couple of days ago so I think about what I will make for the next few days. As I have been more active in keeping the house in order Junior comments a lot on how much he likes the house being in order. This is from a man who seems more comfortable in dis order than in order. He does not want a spotless home but he wants it to be clean. He likes it when he comes in throughout the day to see things picked up and put away. He isn’t upset with dog toys strewn around but he also knows that they’ve been picked up and strewn around several times. I mainly pick them up when sweeping and if I stumble over something due to my balance issues. We live here and he is good with that lived in look. He does like clean floors, the bed made though so those are areas I work on. The Holy Spirit has also taught me that Junior likes to do certain chores. He does the dishes. The water and soap aggravate my skin so he does them. When I walk in and see him sitting on his big stool washing dishes I also see that he is unwinding and he loves doing dishes. He tends to mop the floors. I tried a few times to do the floors but I see that Junior mops them more these days so I let him. If he likes to do it who am I to stop him? He also loves doing laundry so I let him do that also. I wash the sheets each week and put them back on the bed. Once in a while when he has been extra busy and I am in need of clean clothes I will wash a load here and there. He doesn’t mind but I also know that he will do the laundry more often than not so I let him. I’ve learned through the years that these jobs are jobs Junior can do when his back is bothering him and he feels like he is accomplishing something. It makes him feel useful so I’ve learned to let him be. The Holy Spirit taught me to back off and let Junior do these things. If Junior is pre occupied in another area longer than usual I will step in where I can. I want a dishwasher and Junior would rather wash dishes by hand. My skin can’t deal with the soap so I have to leave the dishes to Junior. The Holy Spirit has taught me to quit assuming that as a wife I need to do certain jobs. He has taught me to step back and let Junior do what he wants to do. My man is content with the way we keep our home clean. He is content to have food ready to pop into the microwave so making it ahead for a few days works out perfect. I like to cook but three meals a day does get to be a bit much for me. He makes his own breakfast and dinner more often than not. We aren’t on the same eating cycle so this works. He likes to cook some food as well so again what we’ve worked out works real good for us. May God bless you and keep you make His face shine on you. Love Janet

No comments:

July 16, 2018

Greetings my Friend, As I write I have been waking up for several hours already. With Parkinson's I don't roll out of bed anymore ...