28°F S13mph SR0625(0525) SS1943(1843)

Morning Offering given

Village sleeps

Coffee strong

Today
RIAY Day 102-Carried with Love

Just how did it get to be the day before Passion Sunday? The time moved so swiftly being filled with so many things that distracted me from what my true purpose in Lent is.

DD#4 and spouse will be here this afternoon to pick up the golfcart and wisk it away to IA. I cannot tell you how nice it will be to have some extra space in the garage and to know the gc will be used instead of just sitting around. Who knows the garage may just get used for what it was intended for… oh heavens! What a novel idea!

1 copy project finished and one in the wings to be completed today. Both for Monday pick ups. I must say I’m happy for this office area that was made for me by the man and DS#2. Nice to have it all in one place and not strewn about.

Know you are prayed for.

29°F NW5mph SR0626(0526) SS1942(1842)

Morning Offering given

Village peaceful

Coffee ok

Today
Read Proverbs 4 memorize the verse that makes you uncomfortable
RIAY Day 101 Glory & Indignity

Take note of the news today. Venture to several sites you don’t normally go to. Read and listen with discernment. Ponder the difference between them, use critical thinking without your normal bias’.

This morning, I dash to Black River Falls. The plan is to be home by 1. Pick up the teacher and deliver her home by 430. Looking forward to a quiet evening.

When is the last time you got a letter in the mail? When is the last time you wrote a letter and sent it in the mail? Think about reviving this wonderful habit. Texts, messages, tweets, Instagrams, etc., are nowhere close to receiving correspondence and holding it in your hands to read over and over. Also, get a nice supply of Forever stamps. The rates will go up in July.

Holy Week is next week.

Know you are prayed for.

35°F ESE8mph SR0628(0528) SS1941(1841)

Morning Offering given

Village quiet and sleepy

Coffee good

Today
Read Proverbs 4 – Memorize the verse that calls out to you.
RIAY Day 100 – Always Her Son

Lots of emails to print off this morning. Most of them are asking to be printed in color. Waste of ink, as they are photos of a gray piece of machinery. It would have printed much clearer in black. Oh well. Copy jobs as well. Label making and reprints of labels already made. Have a pickup for parts, another for people, and the regular workshop round trip. The man is off to VMH to bring someone home who had emergency surgery yesterday. It looks as if most of the day will be spent here in the office. Which holds many tasks that need completeing.

The knees continue to feel okay.

Know you are prayed for.

32°F SSE8mph SR0630(0530) SS1939(1839)

Morning Offering given

Village peaceful

Coffee good

Today
Read Proverbs 3. Memorize the verse that speaks to you.
RIAY Day 99 Stay in Dialog

Good Morning!
Lovely day yesterday in IL.
I’m on to the next book of Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series. I’ve commented before that some of it is soft porn, it is very explicit at different times. I wonder why books are not labeled as such. Oh, right, romance —it’s romance. Today I pick up/drop off/return, workshop, copy work, and a doctor visit.

Know you are prayed for.

17°F WSW6mph SR0632(0532) SS1938(1838)

Morning Offering given… My past O Lord to your Mercy. My present, to your Love. My future to your providence. (Padre Pio)

Village waking

Coffee good

Today:
Read Proverbs 2 . Journal the verse that jumps out to you. Commit it to memory.
RIAY Day 98-An Abyss of Love

There are many things happening in the world today. One’s mind seems to be in a constant state of confusion. satan likes this. Remain firm in your faith, let God handle the confusion. Pray, believe, and go with what you know to be in line with God.

Illinois will see me today. Taking a friend to a health appointment down there. The knee is still good. The oil is being used 2x daily. A few aches in the right hip that the chiropractor will solve at the next appointment. Walking much better.

Have an awesome day.

Know you are prayed for.

41⁰F N20mph SR0636(0536)  SS1936(1836)

Morning Offering given

Cascade, IA quiet and peaceful

No coffee

Spent the night at Amy’s, 5am pickup Edgewood then N to home and typical Monday.

Know you are prayed for.

23°F WSW12mph SR0635(0535) SS1936(1836)

Morning Offering given

Village sleeps

Coffee strong

RIAY Day 96: A New Love

Good Morning! Go see Jesus today, he’s waiting for you.
Yesterday, a nationwide protest called “Hands Off” was held. Please pray for the hearts of these persons. It is my firm belief that satan is alive and well in the USA, and he is bent on converting moral, productive people into lie-believing, hate-filled persons.
Thus far, the present administration is fulfilling campaign promises. Nothing is being done that was not promised.
I am thrilled financial waste is being fereted out and stopped. 40+ years ago, I was shocked when I read hammers were purchased at over $400./ hammer, through a military equipment contract that had been awarded. At the time (and still now), I felt it was wrong to profit like that under the guise of supplying equipment to our military. Over the years, I realized that making gigantic profits through deals with our government is the norm. Spending was out of control, pushing the weight of this uncontrolled spending onto the backs of middle America. It is still wrong. I am still elated that something is being done to stop it.
From the beginning, I heard that social security, education, and special needs would not suffer because of these changes. Knowing all would have to tighten their belts until the changes were made and things were smoothed out and ran as intended. This is what is happening now. I can live with this, looking at it as a short-term difficulty to implement a long-term fix. It is my belief we need to stand in support of good changes and be willing to make sacrifices to see long-term change.
It has been my experience that those who have come to enjoy their perverted sense of entitlement are making the loudest noise. Those who don’t seem to be able to grasp they will have to make sacrifices, take ownership of wrong thinking, and give up ill-gotten gains will take any means to get it back.

Recognize wrong thinking, stand firm in correct thinking.

Know you are prayed for

37°F NW15mph SR0637(0537) SS1935(1835)

Morning Offering given

Village quiet

No coffee

Today
Catch up on your scripture reading and the RIAY podcasts. Its been quite a week hasn’t it.

Emails printed and ready for delivery.

Know you are prayed for

27°F ESE8mph SR0639(0539) SS1934(1834)

Morning Offering given

Village sleeps

Coffee good

Cloths folded, dryer loaded, washer running

Slept well last night only 2.9 events an hour with 5:46 hrs of straight sleep. Woke with a rapid heartbeat/ Afib pattern. I did a smart watch ECG and will send it to the cardiologist. Got my #1 walk pad in. The knee continues to feel good using castor oil and calendula ointment. Am noticing decrease in swelling (almost back to normal). Great day yesterday! Got the office whipped into shape. All medical records boxed, up to Dec 31, 2024. Needed to clean out the medfile tote. All file tabs have been renewed and are now being straitened under a weight. Appointments for chiro/reflexology made. The right shoulder is tender, and each thumb has a painful bump on the outside of 1st thumb joint. Better efforts needed in hydration (believe that is the heartbeat issue). Journal printed and put in 2025 binder.

Marvin/Rebecca S have a new daughter, around 7 last evening. Hannah 8.5#, 20.5″ Mom and baby doing fine. I will pick up Marvin this morning around 0730 and bring him home. Rebecca will stay until tonight, sometime.

Today
Read Proverbs 1
RIAY Day 94 No Doubt
Memory Verse – 1 Timothy 4:1-2: “Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the last times some will turn away from the faith by paying attention to deceitful spirits and demonic instructions through the hypocrisy of liars with branded consciences.” (Note definition of branded consciences: to be desensitized to their own sin, a dramatic moral numbness)

Know you are prayed for.

35°F WNW19mph SR0640(0540) SS1932(1832)

Morning Offering given

Village chilly

Coffee good

Early morning run, then slept in.

Today
Read Proverbs Introduction
RIAY Day 93 Look Like You Love Him
St. Sabbas: (actual feast day is the 14th) shows us the importance of keeping sacred images as reminders of our faith and love for God.

Good Morning, short night. Round trip to VMH with a woman for the baby. Birthday greetings to nephew PS, who is 37 today; RS and NS, who are 13; RIP to JTH, who would have been 106. Eons ago(1993), I received a datebook from a friend and decided to record births, deaths, weddings, baptisms, and other significant events. I’ve always found it interesting to know those things. My family will have a puzzled look on their faces because I am notoriously bad about sending cards, etc.

Know you are prayed for.