All Week

This is the final one. My final entry. I think I want to continue with this though. I've really come to enjoy this time of week. When it's time for me to write in my blog, I get excited. I truly thank my professor for all that she's done for me in that aspect. She made it a requirement for us to write, but I never knew I would enjoy it so much. My week was so great. I did nothing but relax all week long. This week I wanted to feel like a queen and I have all week. My husband has made me feel so wonderful, my son has been great & even the dog is behaving. Thats so rare for my dog because he's so jealous of my husband & my son. Anyhow, I'm grateful for the things he has blessed me with & will forever be in his debt for keeping me alive & allowing me the opportunity to get it right one more time.

No Test No Testimony

We're almost at the end. One more week and we can stick a fork in this class, because it will be done. I have mixed feelings about it. I've learned some things in this class & yet I'm kinda relieved that it's over. It was a challenge for me. I really like doing this blog though. This was probably the best thing about the whole class. It made me look forward to writing every week, so for that I thank my professor for that. I'm excited about things to come. My husband coming home soon & just life in general. My future looks so bright & a year ago I would have never thought that. What a difference a year makes. But I never would have made it without God. He's the real star. Come on now, you didn't think I would end my blog today without giving thanks did you? Even with all the challenges over the last 9 weeks of class, I've realized that without a test, there can never be a testimony. Be blessed!

Prayer

This week was a doozy for me. My work load has tripled but I'm thankful for a job. I look out my door and see the hundreds of people who don't have job or even food and shelter. Wow, it still blows my mind. I often lay in bed at night and wonder how I can make a difference in someones life. I don't have a lot of money, or material possessions to give, so what can I do? And just as I asked that question, the Lord let me know that prayer changes things, not possessions. No matter what happens in their lives pray. So in all situations give thanks and pray for this is the will of God concerning you. So I can't do much but God can do anything but fail. So remember to pray and give thanks, no matter how hard it seems, always pray.

Attitude Check

This week I had quite a few challenges. It was tough but I made it through. My husband as usual is gone but to God be the glory. I have to know that this is my time to be an indvidual. Sometimes it's good to be alone just to collect your thoughts. Now, that dosen't meant that I don't miss him, but I needed this personal time. I'm getting a lot done as far as housework and a lot of time to just reflect. When I reflect back I know that I've been so blessed because I'm still sane. Plus an added bonus is anyday above ground is a blessed day. When I look forward to my future I know that it's going to be a great one. Look I know that everyday is not a bed of roses but I do know that your attitude dermines you altitude. Be blessed!

Faith

Wasn't feeling well this earlier, but I knew that as long as I continued to think it, that's what it was going to be. Our words are more powerful than we know. Sometimes we can speak doom & gloom on ourselves, but when it happens we become perplexed. At all times we must learn to speak those things that are not as though they were. If you go into a bank & ask for a loan from the bank manager, but before he can say anything, you start to say, " I know you're not going to give me the loan" you're defeated attitude has already given you your first strike. And if for whatever reason he still asks for your paperwork( giving you the benefit of the doubt) and you dont have any because you didn't think it would get that far, don't expect that loan. You have to speak to your situation and believe that it will change. That's called faith. And if it doesn't change when you want it to, just be patient, wait & don't cut in line. For everything there is a time & a season.

Just Because

I wanted to tilte this weeks thought "just because". I know it might seem a little starnge to you guys but, sometimes we take life for granted and we think that we're entitled to everything. But I took some time this week to reflect on why we think that way. Oft times we think just because we take care of our kids, after they become an adult they owe us. That's so not the case. We give birth, raise them, love them & try to prepare them for the real world. But just because our kids grow up, move out & do well, doesn't mean that we a re entitled to what they have. It's our jobs as parents to help our kids thrive and for me personally, I want my kids to better than I did, achieve more. Not everyone thinks that way though. It's sad when we think that we did our kids a favor by doing what we were put here to do. We want gifts from them, but what we fail to realize is that our kids are the gifts. Children are a gift from God and are only loaned to us for a short while until God see fit to take them back. In the end nobody can love them like he can, not even us.

About the Mission

This week was a bit of a long one, but a short one at the same time. My husband came home from doing military mission work on Wednesday, but is only here for 4 days and it's off again for 2 months on the next mission. Sometimes I have to wonder why we have to be apart so much, but then I look into those gorgeous eyes of his and I know I can make it. He's a wonderful guy and everything he does, he does for his family. I'm such a lucky woman. He has to keep doing these missions and I have to keep holding it down at home until he returns. Attending school, cooking, cleaning, working, doing the finances, being a mom, in a sense it's all about the mission. I love my job.

Blessed Woman

I have to thank God for giving me all my abilities. Sometimes I take for granted the many blessings in my life. I'm healthy, and have the activities of my limbs. I have a wonderful husband, who means more to me than anything. I also have raised on remarkable son. He's the apple of his moms eye. It seems like only yesterday he was just a baby. Now he's man at 22 yrs. old. Where has the time gone? I'm also fortunately a military wife who has served right along side my husband for 17 yrs. He's entering 20 yrs. of service next month. And it's all because of God's grace and mercy towards me and my family. I'm also fortunate enough to be a student with pretty good grades. Something I never thought that I would be. Nobody in my family has ever graduated from college. I'm proud of how far I've come. My future is so bright I need a great pair of shades. Watch out world here I come.

Just sitting here trying to figure this whole thing out. I don't like to write but since it's for a grade here we go. This class is hard but I'm determined to passed. Hopefully I won't have another one like it. I had the Coll. Comp. I already so this is it. The teacher is so cool though. I like her. She's straight to the point. I like that. Waiting for my husband to get home fo dinner. Well that's about it for today.