September 21, 2017

Greetings My Friend,

My faith is what gets me through the tough days, sustains me during the quiet days and Sunday's give me the chance to worship the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. I woke up later than usual today  but I managed to read the daily reading in the read through the Bible plan, journal my thoughts and make it to church. We attend Sunday school first which I enjoy, I learn more of the lesson in our quarterly as the teacher goes over the weekly lesson that I have read the previous week. We are able to break down the questions we have which helps me a whole lot. As I write it is Sunday, I came into the classroom and when I sat down the whole room spun around. I realized my blood pressure was low from the prior week's visit with my doctor. When the class was over, we headed home and I slept hard for 2 hours. Anytime I feel dizzy I generally think it is my ears which has been a problem most of my life, I now grasp the difference between ear dizziness and low blood pressure because low blood pressure dizziness is way more intense. Junior and I have just about eliminated salt from our diet, our thinking through the years is we get enough salt with canned food like vegetables and such. Since I dry our vegetables and fruits these days we go long periods with little or no salt in our diet. As I woke up from my nap my conversations with God started. I sensed I should put salt on my meat I ate for lunch, on the way home from church I had a pretzel mix so as to help raise my blood pressure. My plan and desire is to make it back to Sunday evening Bible study. I enjoy learning from Pastor Joe and digging deeper into God's Word, along with learning I am able to socialize. I need the people of faith to strengthen my walk, sometimes it is learning how others cope with the world, sometimes it is deepening my walk in the Lord. We need to be in fellowship with other believers so we can be an effective witness during the week. I also learn to discern when to walk away from someone I am witnessing to and when to stay and fight with them as they decide to come to Christ. This week we have been learning about the occult, the paranormal and how God hates it. My friend Brenda, loves all those horror movies that are out there, she is also wanting to walk with Jesus. Today I sensed that she is between two worlds and God is fighting for her to come to Him which is why He has not let me let go of Brenda. In order to be an effective witness to her I need the strength from my "church" and to me my church is more than Clintwood Baptis. I draw a lot of strength from my online group of friends as well who are all over the world. The church here in Clintwood is my physical interaction of socializing. My friend Carol is having a rough go due to her Lupis, I pray for her, she prays for me as well. There is Jody, Paula, Terrie, and so many more. Debbie and Boogie help me although they are not able to be at church much anymore due to health reasons. Of late I start to understand when God calls us to be united believers in faith. May God bless you and keep you make His face shine on you. Love Janet