August 12, 2017

Greetings My Friend

For awhile now God has been working with me while He works with Junior on some of his habits. The first one was money, I am more cautious with spending money than Junior is so when I could no longer handle paying bills it became Junior's job. I worried myself sick that Junior would get us so far into debt we'd never see daylight again. God had to show me Junior never had the power turned off, never had anything reposed or lost a home. God allowed Junior to get to the point he was sweating the payments then we sold the house in Michigan and we were able to get almost out of the debt we had. There is one credit card debt he is working hard at paying off. I had been able to deal with Junior's piles in the house for years but since we moved to Virginia and Junior has been renovating....I have struggled with his piles around the yard, sometimes making it difficult for me to go into the yard with my walker. With Junior's hernia operation and the need for a catheter God has had Junior cleaning up the front yard. A little while later God laid on my heart to help Junior and gave me a word picture to help Junior see what needs to be done, "get the yard curb pretty". We have been working on the yard, Junior leaves tools lay where he has been working, he thinks it makes no sense to put them away if he is going to work there again soon. The problem is he may not get back to that project for a couple of weeks. I have gone around the yard picking up tools, debris from Junior and the dogs along with wood, flower pots with nothing in them etc. The porch is mostly cleaned off and I am happy. Sitting on the porch with Junior the other night, I looked at how cleaned the porch is and thought to myself "we will never have a showcase pretty place." Our home is comfortable, clean and very rustic. I always feel comfortable as I walk around the house, it fits our lifestyle very well. We have a chewed up bench on the porch near the ramp coming into the house. In the main area of the porch we have 3 wood rocking chairs, next year I plan on getting cushions but the rockers are not painted, more than likely won't be painted. In my mind I think this is how the original owners might have lived, simple and not overly fussy pretty. The style seems to be the same thing God has been teaching me in my life, the simple life is is much more pleasant, quiet and peaceful. I believe that God is working on Junior's hoarding ways just as He helped Junior get his spending under control. While God has been working with Junior, He has been working on me to trust and obey, to let go and let God. I feel safer than I have felt in my life with Junior, I am thankful for all the work God has done to bring me to this day. May God bless you and keep you make His face shine on you. Love Janet