Category: life in general

11.02.2023

23⁰F clear SW@8mph SR0740 SS17752

Morning Offering given

Village busy

Coffee good

Label copy job completed

All Souls Day… let us remember those who have gone before: CP LP GP-PSW JS JSD LS CS-VO KOM RO BSO JO GO-RC IC DC-JH DH-IC- RL LL HL- May they rest in peace.

Today’s Ponder… Hebrews 12:1-2… “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus…”

Know you are prayed for.

11.01.2023

18⁰F SSW@11mph SR0738 SS1753

Morning Offering given

Village quiet

Coffee good

All Saints Day

Today’s ponder from Bacci

We are all obliged to strive to become holy, to work hard towards this end and to ask for the grace to sustain us in our efforts.

Lev 11:44, 1 Peter 1:16, Matt 5:48

Never heard of the following until I converted back in the 70’s. I’m wondering if any of the Protestant faiths talk about this.

Church militant (us)

Church suffering (souls in Purgatory)

Church triumphant (those in Heaven)

Know you are prayed for.

10.31.2023

29⁰F snow NW@16mph SR0737 SS1755

Morning Offering given

Village Chilly

Coffee good

50 yrs ago, the Love of My Life asked me to marry him. Best decision I ever made. 18 yrs old, attending McConnell in Minneapolis. He 22 yr old factory worker, army reservist.

Happy Anniversary, H&L.

A dusting of snow noticeable in the driveway this morning. 26 more snows till spring; old wives tale. The date the first snowfall lands on is how many snows there will be. Our first snow was on the 28th.

Today’s ponder from Bacci…

“It is folly to glory in things which do not belong to us, but are merely gifts from God.“

Humility is the most difficult virtue. It is very difficult to deny ourselves and acknowledge our nothingness. Being humble takes practice. (Js4:6, Mt18:3)

Know you are prayed for.

10.30.2023

24⁰F clear WNW@10mph SR0736 SS1756

Morning Offering given

Village Chilly

Coffee good

Monday has arrived. We’re on the cusp of a new month. DST is in its last week (thank goodness). Thanksgiving is 24 days into the future. The year is close to ending 62 more days. If you had goals for 2023, now is the time to look them over to see if you will reach them or reassess them. The big question… did you get to know Jesus better?

Grateful/thankful list. Make one.

Get your Thanksgiving cards written and sent.

Begin writing your Christmas letter. Purchase Madonna stamps. Find the perfect Christmas card. One that talks about Christ. One that says Merry Christmas. Forget the toys, snowmen, or words like seasons or holidays. Make this year about Jesus. His birth. His gift. Be simple and practical in gift selection.

Today’s ponder… from Bacci

“Will humility & understanding help me solve the problems I encounter today?

It is useless and harmful to fly into a passion and to brood over our rights and other people’s wrongs.”

Know you are prayed for.

10.29.2023

31⁰ F overcast NW@8mph SR0734 SS1758

Morning Offering given

Village peaceful

Coffee good

The man sleeps

Snowed yesterday. I can still see it on the hood of the car.  I’m not ready for it.

Intermittent Fasting water goal met.  Spent lots of time in the necessary. 

Need to finish up on Bible Study Lesson for Tuesday’s class.

Sleep study equipment needs to go back today. Meet for consultation on Friday.

Today’s Ponder…

“Human praise adds nothing to us.  Human criticism takes nothing from us.  We remain as we were beforehand.“

Why is it we crave that praise and recognition?  That notoriety. That adulation?  Why is it we fear the criticism? Fear our mistakes?  Why is it we want to be in the limelight so much?

Know you are prayed for.

10.28.2023

32⁰F cloudy NNW@7mph. SR0733 SS1759

Morning Offering given

Village sleeps

Coffee good

Happy birthday, Jeannette! Hope your day is awesome!

30% chance of snow this afternoon.

Pondering Bacci page 432… “It is useless to kneel before the altar, to assist at sacred rites,and to recite vocal prayers, if all the time our minds are elsewhere and we are lacking in the love of God. Spiritual adoration and prayer are more important than the bowed head and the bended knee.”

Began week 3 of intermittent fasting. I feel good. More alert. Less joint pain. Small things like the fit of a shirt sleeve feel looser. Still working on water intake and more walking.

Office looking good. Door is going to fit. I’m excited about this.

Daylight saving ends next week. Get your blue postcard into your rep and Senator requesting they stop implementing dst and continue permanently the use of standard time.

Know you are prayed for.

10.27.2023

63⁰F cloudy SW@7mph SR 0732 SS1801

Morning Offering given

Village sleeps

Coffee good

Off to IA to take Josh home. Dr. Appt 1345

Intermittent Fast wk 2 complete. Dwn a total of 5.6#. Need to increase walking.

Heat to knee did wonders.

Today’s ponder…

Outward Appearances

God is interested in your soul, not your surface. Examine yourself, get rid of the false and haughty. Resolve to correct it.

Know you are prayed for.

10.26.2023

60⁰F fog/rain S@9mph SR0730 SS1802

Morning Offering given

Village sleeps

Coffee good

Intermittent Fasting… still happening. I find it amazing that I seldom feel real hunger. This is due to all the fat I carry around. My body has plenty of fuel to feed itself. I am feeling thirst more often. I am drinking water about 100 ozs a day; it is supposed to be around 122, but that never seems to be reached. I don’t walk enough either. Which means I don’t burn enough fat. Simple process if one meets the goals.

The office walls should go up today. I am excited about this. Hmmm

THANKSGIVING…NOVEMBER 23RD

My house… Eat at one… come anytime after 11… bring a dish to pass.

Ponder for today… “Hail Mary”

Luke 1:26-28. “Hail full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women” (said by Angel to Mary)

Luke 1:42 “Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb!” (Said by Elizabeth to Mary)

Later, added by the Church. ” Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the house of our death.” (As a supplication)

Know you are prayed for.