Sunday, July 25, 2010

Feeling Better

Hill Country Bible Church-JOIN THE JOURNEY, to which I am signed up to receive by e-mail and LOVE IT GREATLY. It has really given me some spiritual steps on which to climb. These peoples testimony’s really help me. I LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT. Go in and sign up, you will know what I mean. Here are a few excerpts from one of them.

We all live with fear in our lives, whether founded or unfounded, but there is only one thing that we should have, and that is a reverential fear about our God Himself.
Many times in the Bible someone was afraid to move or to speak out and in almost every instance the Lord told them not to be afraid.  They were fearing the wrong things.  Other times, God did  want His children to be afraid.  One of those was when a few disciples heard God’s voice booming from the sky, and they “fell on their faces and were greatly afraid” (Matt. 17:6)  This was a healthy, holy fear; a reverence for the one and only God!  This fear is different; it is a good fear!

When we begin to “get who God is," then slowly, miraculously, our fear fades and faith takes over!  Friends, listen as He calls to us: “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in Me.” (John 14:1)

Yes, I hear. Do not let your hearts be troubled. So I won’t. I will use common sense and I have made leaps and strides by drinking lots of liquids. Healed completely? That is God’s Opportunity, I don’t know yet, but I will not fear it, but I do feel better and want to clean up the house. That has got to be a sign, that all is well within my household. Actually wanting to read Flylady again and write again, exercise and sing and play music and piddle around with Facebook is a great indicator.. Flylady is super with the suggestions on just how to keep it organized. And I love organized, so she fits right into my niche. And she even has a men’s Flymen(or something like that) on Facebook.

Now I do believe that if one is feeling better, then one is on the road to recovery. Anyway that is the road I am traveling on now. The Faith road to forgiveness and healing and feel good. One just can’t use that excuse anymore, about feeling bad, to try to get out of doing things, it won’t work. One must get on with life, and get gumption to finish a few projects. I sure don’t want to temp the fates.

I actually want to get back to sewing with a great big, “YEA GIRL, YOU GO FOR IT.” I haven’t got to do that in months, so I am straining at the bit to get started. I have been given lots of ideas from my daughter, whom I spent the afternoon at Hancock’s getting material and patterns. She took me out to eat at this fantastic Greek Place and then we diddled the afternoon away at Hancock’s while it rained.

There was a great big ½ off sale and simplicity patterns for a $1.00 apiece. Got lots of material and about 20 patterns. Yup I got enough to last me till Christmas. Only thing is these are summer patterns, but she lives in a State that is hot up till November. So I still got time to get it all done. She is actually my daughter in law, but we act just like mom and daughter, so I call her my daughter. She sews and loves it, but with kids, right now it is too much on her plate, so she is tied up, but she is actually motivating me to get with it when I can. She and my Son been praying for me to get well, as well. THEY REALLY ARE A PRAYING FAMILY. THAT’S ABOUT TOPS IN MY BOOK.

Then we went to Starbucks, for about two hours, and sat outside on the patio, and had a very close knit conversation of life in general and she actually listened to some of my ‘wisdom’ and I LOVED IT, LOVED IT, LOVED IT, and there she prayed for our 4th of July weekend and all we knew. IT rained cats and dogs all afternoon and the whole time we were at Starbucks. LOVED IT, LOVED IT, LOVED IT and the talks were super, for I actually tried hard to listen to her point of view. And I did it.

I have just joined Lookville.com they are a fashion site. You can upload pics and ask others opinions on just how it looks. I find it quite interesting. Albeit I haven’t had chance to upload any fashions yet. But I am sure I will. This lady e-mailed me, that she LOVED IT, LOVED IT, LOVED IT, MY BLOG THAT IS, and I LOVED IT, LOVED IT, LOVED IT, and to take a look at her web site. I find it quite appealing. 
here is her email.
Hi there blogger!
Just visited your "Levinslair" blog and I was super impressed by its design and content. We started our site Lookville.com not too long ago. It's a place for people to have discussions, share tips, and ask questions about fashion. It's been going great so far and I would love to have you on it! check it out if you're interested: http://lookville.com/signup?c=BLGUS&ref=fb_us And we would love to hear your feedbacks.Ciao!- Daphne G.

See I told you so.
Any how, Thanks for all the prayers that have gone up spoken and unspoken. I truly appreciate prayers. They make all the difference in this here World Scene. They are the foundation I build my Faith on. May all the sick everywhere feel a special tug at their hearts as I lift them up to my Father in Prayer. May they feel special and feel, LOVED, LOVED, LOVED!

Love Nina
Later more later, 

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Sickness

Now that we covered accidents, I thought I just might broach the subject of Sickness’s. No one wants an accident and no one wants to be sick. But alas, it happens to the best of us, both of them. But sickness is in a category all by itself, for it has a much longer stay, than an accident which is short lived. A Sickness will come in, welcome itself, make itself at home, and just look at you, like, ‘what’s your problem,” this won’t take long, why resist, it’s gonna happen anyway.

Now no one likes to be sick. My particular problem at this moment is Bronchitis, which will not let go. It’s as if, it is saying, I think I’ll just stick around awhile, might even spend the night, like a friend or relative.

But alas, we know, it’s no friend, and even the worse of my relatives, is mild compared to this dude. That does make me appreciate all my relatives more, for sure. And friends also.

Some how or other, in all my travels this summer, I picked this frienenemy up. I should have known better, but it looks rather strange to wear a mask to visit all your families. Especially when there ain’t no Swine Flu Pandemic going around. That seems to have went to sleep to wake up at a later date and bug us no end.

But this mess, is horrible. This is as close to horrible as I can get. It almost went into pneumonia by laying it’s murky head on my lap, but my husband’s been pouring Chicken Broth down me, Our Daughter who is a Chemical Engineer has been advising him, on all the ways, she treats her children and husband when they are sick. She has done lots of studies on foods and is an excellent cook, giving only the best vitamins and minerals from the veggies themselves. She says chicken bones is a natural mucus thinner, and the broth itself is very healing for a sick one. I Also drink Gatorade, Tea with Honey and Water Galore, plus I stick in a Diet Coke and Coffee, whenever I can find alone and downtime. This is all to help loosen the phlegm

Now before you say go to Dr, I have gone to two of them. They just said, finish all the antibiotic or it will get pneumonic plague like. And take Mussinex that thinner of mucus. Breather too, twice a day. The last Doc even said, "I was beyond herbs?" Ooh that sounds bad. But what does that mean, even cinnamon rolls won't do me any good, or garlic either for that matter. I think they will, but who am I, anyway.....Sometimes I wonder about bedside manners, that actually upset me. I never heard of anybody in this world being 'beyond herbs.' That was downright tacky of her. I guess she didn't realize I'm a writer and you got to be careful what you say to me. Cause I got to get it out of my system.

But low and behold it’s still, hanging on. This is another case of ‘WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS’ routine. Where did God go?

    Well, I guess we all get sick, sometimes, and we all say, ‘WHERE DID GOD GO?’ HE’S THE HEALER OF ALL THINGS.

Or maybe you don’t do this. Well, I can’t hit the nail on the head, 100%of the time, can I? I like to think I can, if I am slow about it I can. But if I got any slower I ‘d be backing up, everybody tells me.

Anyway, the Lord says, ‘humble yourself before the Lord, and He will lift you up. James 4:8.

Well, 3 falls are pretty humbling, plus a sickness to boot, doubly so, for it lasts quite the length of days, so I figure I am pretty humble. I guess I have to learn to wait on the Lord!

Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him......Psalm 37:7A
Better a patient man than a warrior, a man who controls his temper than one who takes a city.
So as you can see, PATIENCE IS THE IN, WORD. You gotta give the Lord time to answer prayers. Yes he can do it instantly, but more than likely, he does not like us, telling him how to answer prayers. He gives what is right.

Now I need to do something besides WHINE ABOUT MY STATE OF BEING. I NEED TO HAVE PATIENCE. YES, THAT IS WONDERFUL. THAT WILL MAKE ME CHEERFUL OF HEART.

ALL THE DAYS OF THE OPPRESSED ARE WRETCHED, BUT THE CHEERFUL HEART HAS A CONTINUAL FEAST.

YOU SEE I CAN CHOOSE A CHEERFUL HEART, AND A CHEERFUL HEART I WILL CHOOSE, THAT MEANS I AM CONTINUALLY FEASTING AT THE TABLE OF THE LORD, LIKE MEPHIBOSHETH(The lame son of  Jonathon-eating at King David’s table for his whole lifetime-because King David had made a covenant with his best friend.

So show no pity to me, because I am I have fallen 3 times, or am Sick, PRAYERS, YES, but pity no. And I really do not like tears. I like Silver drops of Golden Deeds. Lay them deeds on people. They'll love you for it. That’s a song I wrote. I Love it.Course I realize, sometimes tears fall and one can't stop them. Don't even try. Let it happen and get it over with. You'll feel better because of it. Cleans the System! Blows out the Pipes! Let's people know your TOUCHED IN YOUR SOUL.

Now back to Why am I sick? I do not know that answer. But I don’t need to know. I am responsible for what I do know, not for what I do not know.

Now I am not saying that I am not responsible for what I do. For if I know to do good and do not do it, that is Sin and I am held accountable for that. That is the Sin of Omission. Not the Sin of Commission. But our Lord does hold us accountable for both of these. Unless we go have, 'a little talk with Jesus,' once we recognize this is in our life. Life ain't fair, BUT HE'S ALWAYS FAIR!!!

Love Nina
Later more later



 

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Accidents

Those creepy, weird, unrealistic happenings that catch us off guard and interfere with our DAILY DOINGS.

    Man, I had 3 of them in one house while traveling this summer. No one was responsible in any way, shape or form. I fell off a back yard deck, onto dirt and whacked my elbow and shoulder, slammed my hip and rib into the dirt. Second, I stepped downward off a bar stool onto floor, wearing my bunny suit, which is fleece and hit the Pergo, which is like trying to ice skate on the living room floor. This caused me to hit everything I did not know I had, and jarred most organs. Then 3rdly I was walking too fast, turned a corner and whacked my knee right into a rock point, off a fireplace ledge and landed on the floor. That one I don't know what I hit, beside my knee hurting WOW LIKE/I think my wrist was sore from trying to stop the fall.

    Now, I really do not know why, but I was in a state of constant pain due to one or the other or the other happening, on top of being sick with Bronchitis. It is a good thing my bone density is nigh onto perfect or I would have broken a few dozen bones, plus turn my insides into Jello, while I was in the process, of going off the deep end, concerning ACCIDENTS. I REALLY WAS BEGINNING TO BELIEVE SOMEONE OR SOMETHING WAS OUT TO GET ME. AND THESE THINGS WERE ALL SELF INDUCED or seemed to be, OR I COULDA PLAYED MY PARANOIAC CARD.

    I talked to my 7 year old granddaughter, who was the only one who witnessed me falling, and she kept saying, "Nina, Nina you OK?  I told her I was. So afterward  while I was still hurting, sitting in a chair on this same, said deck, I told her, I did not understand why I fell off the deck, other than getting slightly unbalanced, but I been there done that before. I told her I was beginning to think I was doing something wrong. Cause physically I was hurting, but mostly it is humbling TO FALL, and it sure cuts you in the quick of your emotions spiritually, to do something stupid and out of the ordinary.

    She tells me, that ‘maybe Nina does, do some wrong things, sometime, BUT WE ALL DO WRONG THINGS, and things just happen BECAUSE OF THIS, but it don’t mean we deserve it or nothing like that. That God just allows things to happen.
    Well, I am here to tell you, that made me FEEL BETTER.

    I CAN’T EXPLAIN IT ANY BETTER.

    I quit trying to think about it, then ACCIDENT TWO AND THREE HAPPENED.

    NOW I AM CONVINCED MAYBE people better stay away from me, just in case, God was more closely involved in all this, than I had previously thought.

    So I asked her Dad, my Friend, and he said, ‘look in the mirror.’
    Now that made me FEEL BAD.
    But maybe there is a combination of things at work here. By looking in the mirror I had to admit, my need for more of God’s Wisdom, than I obviously had. So, as GOD SAYS, if we ask He gives it, and don’t hold our faults against us.

     So I asked. NOW maybe I could control some of these ACCIDENTS. BY USING MY WISDOM I ASKED GOD FOR.
   
   1. Like on the DECK BUILD RAILS SINCE IT IS TWO STEPS HIGH so next time no one falls off. Course, this is contingent, on understanding no one else has ever fallen, and maybe it don't need rails, maybe I just need a walker. There is always that possibility.
   2. Like do not wear a bunny suit made of fleece on Pergo floors during the summer.
   3. Like slow down while turning a corner INSTEAD OF RUNNING so I can see the pointed rock jumping out in front of me to grab my attention, and say, I AM HERE, SEE ME!!! I AM HERE, FEEL ME!!!

    Now I am not saying all ACCIDENTS ARE ANSWERABLE, OR THAT YOU CAN STOP THEM ALL. BUT SOME, NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, BEFORE THE BIGGY, NOT AFTER IT. COMMON SENSE WOULD DICTATE POSSESSING, THIS PREVENTION KIND OF THINKING. SAFETY OFFICER’S HAVE MY VOTE 100% NOW. TO A POINT, SOME OF THEM GET DOWNRIGHT RIDICULOUS WITH THEIR ORDERS, BUT STILL AND YET, SOME USE COMMON SENSE AND ACTUALLY IMPROVE A SITUATION. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I'M FOR SOME KIND OF OVERSIGHT.

MOSTLY BECAUSE:

 NO ONE IS IMMUNE TO ACCIDENTS. JUST DON’T GET COCKY, ON ME!!!
 NO ONE IS IMMUNE TO NATURAL DISASTERS. SURELY COCKINESS HAS NO PLACE HERE!

    Now I still, cannot give anyone else, any reason why some really horrendous ones occur, but I DO BELIEVE, ONE WILL NEVER GO WRONG, IN GOING TO A CHILD, WITH THE QUESTION, (THEY HAVE SUCH, SIMPLE ANSWERS) OR GOING TO A FRIEND, WITH THE QUESTION. TRUE FRIENDS WILL ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH, ENEMIES WILL PRETEND THEY ARE DOING YOU A FAVOR, BUT THEY ARE NOT, SOMETIMES!

I DO BELIEVE, ONE WILL NEVER GO WRONG IN GOING TO GOD, AND ASKING HIM, WHY? AND FOR WISDOM. EVEN WHEN OUR UNDERSTANDING IS DIM, WHICH HE TELLS US IS AN OK STATE TO BE IN. BUT WE DO NOT HAVE TO UNDERSTAND! GOD SAYS LEAN NOT TO YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING! TRUST GOD!!!


    THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A TOUCH OF THE ‘UNEXPLAINABLE AND MYSTERIOUS,’ AS WELL AS, A QUESTION OF ‘WHY ME.’ WHAT DID I DO?

    Natural disasters, ring a bell, these we do not understand either. THE VOICE OF GOD IS LOUD IN NATURE.
  
    ALL IN ALL, NATURE’S WRATH BRINGS US FACE TO FACE WITH GOD.
        You will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. - Isaiah 58:9