Saturday, November 24, 2012
2 Corinthians 12:8-9
I begged the Lord three times to take this problem away from me. 9 But he said to me, “My grace is enough for you. When you are weak, my power is made perfect in you.” So I am very happy to brag about my weaknesses. Then Christ’s power can live in me.
This is the verse I have been focusing on the past few days and I will get back to that in a minute. First a run down of our Thanksgiving. We actually has school all day on Wednesday! Can you believe that? :) We came home after school to get our things and Lucy and we actually decided to wait for a few hours before heading out of the city because we knew traffic would be terrible. We left the house around 6:30 and started to make the 60 mile drive to my parent's house. We hit a little traffic but it was not nearly as bad as we anticipated. The lights of the city were breathtaking. I just stared out the window amazed by the beauty of the city at night. We got to my parent's house and we ate and just visited with my mom and dad. My mom had not been feeling very well and was up most of the night with that nasty cough that has been going around. I tried my best to help out. Samuel helped me make some pancakes and then we got breakfast cleaned up and started on the Thanksgiving dinner. My mom started to feel better so I ended up just making the dressing and helping set the table and anything else that mu mom needed done. My brother came for lunch and we all had a wonderful time eating way too much and enjoying each other's company. Friday my mom and I and the kids headed out around 8:30 in the morning to do a little shopping. The stores were not too bad and we were able to get some good deals and some of our Christmas shopping done. Our main goal was to find the kids some winter boots. Since my children have been walking (even crawling for that matter) they have lived in mild Middle TN. We had some snow days but on those days we stayed inside or if we had to get out the snow was not deep enough to really matter what we had on our feet. My children have never owned a pair a boots. Not even cowboy boots if you are wondering.:) It was quite a sight to see them put the boots on and try to walk in them! Samuel was the funniest to watch. He really acted like he had concrete blocks on and could not lift is feet! I was assured that they would learn to walk in them without falling over. I even found myself a few pair of boots. I have tried in the past to find boots that fit but it always seemed like a chore to get them on and I concluded that they were too much work! I found two pair that are cute and fit over my calves so I got them both! We spent most of the day shopping and the kids did a great job being dragged from one store to another. Mom and I got them a few things but had to hide them in our carts and work around them not seeing them. Jeremy is working on his dissertation for his doctorate and has a huge part due by tomorrow, so he spent Friday working on it and that is why I had the kids. He also stayed up until 2:00 this morning working and will probably be up late again tonight. He was on page 48 this afternoon and said he had about 20 pages left!! If you think of it, please say a prayer for him tonight as he finishes this part of it and the rest of this . We got back from shopping and then did a little online shopping:) We slept in a little this morning and then headed back to Chicago around 10:00. We got home, unloaded the car, ate some lunch, and we all took a nap!
Jeremy was not the only one up late last night. This is where the verse at the top comes in. I mentioned a few posts ago that my physical pain has been unbearable some days, but the beginning of this week the temperatures were in the 60's and by Friday night the temps were in the 20's and this caused intense pain for me. I was hurting so bad last night and it actually felt like I was having a heart attack. I would have been more scared, but this is not the first time I have felt this way. I finally was able to get some relief with some Ben-Gay smeared all over the top half of my body and down my back. I am praying that once the weather settles down and stays cold my body will adjust. It is the back and forth that really throws me off. It is nights like last night that I once again beg God to take this pain from my body. It is one these days that I am aware of my extreme weakness and I try to sit back and experience the strength of the Lord, but it is tough. I even hate talking about my pain because I do not want to seem like a complainer, but it is becoming more of a "thorn in my flesh" each passing day and I need your prayers during this winter season. It is hard to be motivated and positive when you are in constant pain. It is hard to shine God's Light when all you want to do is crawl back in bed (even though that does not help). I do not want my pain to be a hindrance, but an opportunity to show God's power and strength. I feel like it has been a hindrance these past few weeks and I want to change that but I cannot do it on my own. I was also really disappointed because for Christmas my mom got me a nice massage chair. She actually gave it to me Wednesday night, but when we opened it up it was not working. We returned it on Friday but the store did not have another one in stock. I was so looking forward to having it in hopes that is would help. She ordered a new one and hopefully I will get it in the next few weeks. Okay, thanks for letting me vent:)
Here are a few pictures from this week. I put a few decoration up this afternoon, but most of my Christmas stuff is locked up in the basement and we need to get our landlord to unlock it for us. I also need to wait until Jeremy can help me get it up the stairs:)
Wednesday at school
Mixing the pancake batter:)
Chloe has started making this funny face and scrunches up her little nose!
I begged the Lord three times to take this problem away from me. 9 But he said to me, “My grace is enough for you. When you are weak, my power is made perfect in you.” So I am very happy to brag about my weaknesses. Then Christ’s power can live in me.
This is the verse I have been focusing on the past few days and I will get back to that in a minute. First a run down of our Thanksgiving. We actually has school all day on Wednesday! Can you believe that? :) We came home after school to get our things and Lucy and we actually decided to wait for a few hours before heading out of the city because we knew traffic would be terrible. We left the house around 6:30 and started to make the 60 mile drive to my parent's house. We hit a little traffic but it was not nearly as bad as we anticipated. The lights of the city were breathtaking. I just stared out the window amazed by the beauty of the city at night. We got to my parent's house and we ate and just visited with my mom and dad. My mom had not been feeling very well and was up most of the night with that nasty cough that has been going around. I tried my best to help out. Samuel helped me make some pancakes and then we got breakfast cleaned up and started on the Thanksgiving dinner. My mom started to feel better so I ended up just making the dressing and helping set the table and anything else that mu mom needed done. My brother came for lunch and we all had a wonderful time eating way too much and enjoying each other's company. Friday my mom and I and the kids headed out around 8:30 in the morning to do a little shopping. The stores were not too bad and we were able to get some good deals and some of our Christmas shopping done. Our main goal was to find the kids some winter boots. Since my children have been walking (even crawling for that matter) they have lived in mild Middle TN. We had some snow days but on those days we stayed inside or if we had to get out the snow was not deep enough to really matter what we had on our feet. My children have never owned a pair a boots. Not even cowboy boots if you are wondering.:) It was quite a sight to see them put the boots on and try to walk in them! Samuel was the funniest to watch. He really acted like he had concrete blocks on and could not lift is feet! I was assured that they would learn to walk in them without falling over. I even found myself a few pair of boots. I have tried in the past to find boots that fit but it always seemed like a chore to get them on and I concluded that they were too much work! I found two pair that are cute and fit over my calves so I got them both! We spent most of the day shopping and the kids did a great job being dragged from one store to another. Mom and I got them a few things but had to hide them in our carts and work around them not seeing them. Jeremy is working on his dissertation for his doctorate and has a huge part due by tomorrow, so he spent Friday working on it and that is why I had the kids. He also stayed up until 2:00 this morning working and will probably be up late again tonight. He was on page 48 this afternoon and said he had about 20 pages left!! If you think of it, please say a prayer for him tonight as he finishes this part of it and the rest of this . We got back from shopping and then did a little online shopping:) We slept in a little this morning and then headed back to Chicago around 10:00. We got home, unloaded the car, ate some lunch, and we all took a nap!
Jeremy was not the only one up late last night. This is where the verse at the top comes in. I mentioned a few posts ago that my physical pain has been unbearable some days, but the beginning of this week the temperatures were in the 60's and by Friday night the temps were in the 20's and this caused intense pain for me. I was hurting so bad last night and it actually felt like I was having a heart attack. I would have been more scared, but this is not the first time I have felt this way. I finally was able to get some relief with some Ben-Gay smeared all over the top half of my body and down my back. I am praying that once the weather settles down and stays cold my body will adjust. It is the back and forth that really throws me off. It is nights like last night that I once again beg God to take this pain from my body. It is one these days that I am aware of my extreme weakness and I try to sit back and experience the strength of the Lord, but it is tough. I even hate talking about my pain because I do not want to seem like a complainer, but it is becoming more of a "thorn in my flesh" each passing day and I need your prayers during this winter season. It is hard to be motivated and positive when you are in constant pain. It is hard to shine God's Light when all you want to do is crawl back in bed (even though that does not help). I do not want my pain to be a hindrance, but an opportunity to show God's power and strength. I feel like it has been a hindrance these past few weeks and I want to change that but I cannot do it on my own. I was also really disappointed because for Christmas my mom got me a nice massage chair. She actually gave it to me Wednesday night, but when we opened it up it was not working. We returned it on Friday but the store did not have another one in stock. I was so looking forward to having it in hopes that is would help. She ordered a new one and hopefully I will get it in the next few weeks. Okay, thanks for letting me vent:)
Here are a few pictures from this week. I put a few decoration up this afternoon, but most of my Christmas stuff is locked up in the basement and we need to get our landlord to unlock it for us. I also need to wait until Jeremy can help me get it up the stairs:)
Wednesday at school
Mixing the pancake batter:)
Chloe has started making this funny face and scrunches up her little nose!
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