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Archive for February 2nd, 2009

My Simple Woman’s Daybook for February 2, 2009

Outside my window are big fluffy snowflakes falling slowly.

I am thinking of how much I love my husband.

I am thankful for our fireplace and a friend’s generosity in giving us a free load of firewood.

From the kitchen… Not much going on in the kitchen today. We have leftovers to consume for dinner.

I am wearing a sweatshirt and pj bottoms.

I am creating my writer’s fiction journal for my Christian Fiction Mentors course.

I am going nowhere today. The roads are too nasty, but we finally saw the snow plow after last week’s storm!

I am reading… Just finished Lyn Cote’s Desires of Her Heart and will start The Rose Conspiracy by Craig Parshall tonight.

I am hoping that a situation (quickly) works out for the best and gives God the glory.

I am hearing the fire crackle, the water trickle in the aquarium, and a dog barking.

Around the house…The cats are curled up sleeping, as usual.

One of my favorite things is chocolate and peanut butter. So not liking this peanut butter recall thing.

A few plans for the rest of the week: take the application tests for christianeditor.com; clean up my office desk a.k.a. sort and file all those papers; a trip to Charleston; and hopefully finish our taxes.

Here is picture thought I am sharing…

For those of us living in a winter wonderland, spring and summer are coming soon!

Sometimes, in the midst of life, certain things I read really hit home. I wanted to share one such passage today because I feel that one of you may need this encouragement.

The following is an excerpt from L.B. Cowman’s Streams in the Desert.

“You did not come to this place by accident – you are exactly where I [God] meant for you to be…

Are you in difficult circumstances, surrounded by people who do not understand you, never ask your opinion, and always push you aside? “This is my doing” (I Kings 12:24). I am the God of circumstances…

Are you having problems with money, finding it hard to make ends meet? “This is my doing,” for I am the One who keeps your finances, and I want you to learn to depend on Me. My supply is limitless and I “will meet all your needs” (Phil 4:19). I want you to prove My promises so no one may say, “You did not trust in the LORD your God” (Deut. 1:32).

Are you experiencing a time of sorrow? “This is my doing.” … Have you longed to do some great work for Me but instead have been set aside on a bed of sickness and pain? “This is my doing.” You were so busy I could not get your attention, and I wanted to teach you some of My deepest truths. “They also serve who only stand and wait.” In fact, some of My greatest workers are those physically unable to serve, but who have learned to wield the powerful weapon of prayer.

His grace is sufficient for each test.”

Have you experienced the sufficiency of God’s grace recently?