It is not easy to be grateful sometimes. Even being content is difficult sometimes. Joyful seems totally out of the question.
Right now my step-son is back on drugs. He is wanting to go back to Michigan. His dad calls it running away.
I'm not sure why he wants to go there. As far as we know he has no place to live there...and with winter coming on being homeless will be dangerous.
In any case he is not listening to any suggestions we make. He wants things his way.
He still thinks he is in charge. Till he figures out that he isn't...there is not much anyone can do for him. We have tried.
His dad is having a really hard time with being content in this situation. He wants desperately to be able to help his son.
Please say a prayer for both of them. And me. And anyone else stuck in situations like this. These days there are probably lots of people in similar situations.
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Monday, August 20, 2012
Do You Worry?
I know we are not supposed to worry about what we are to wear or what we are to eat. Or where we will live. God feeds and clothes the birds and the flowers so he will surely take care of us too.
It isn't easy not to worry though. In fact worrying is very easy to do. I don't even notice I'm doing it at first. And once I do it isn't easy to quit.
Right now my family is having some troubles. My husband doesn't have a job. He is just doing odd job type things...whatever he can find.
He thinks maybe some companies don't want to hire him because he in his 50s and there are lots of young people out there applying for jobs too. That may be true. And since there are less jobs out there to go around...it may take a long time to find one.
In the mean time we have cut back on things like the cable TV and may have to do even more cutting back soon.
We have still managed to pay all our utility bills and other bills on time so far. We always seem to get just what we actually need for the current ones.
So worrying is pretty much a waste of time. But...it is so hard to stop!
What do you do when you catch yourself worrying?
It isn't easy not to worry though. In fact worrying is very easy to do. I don't even notice I'm doing it at first. And once I do it isn't easy to quit.
Right now my family is having some troubles. My husband doesn't have a job. He is just doing odd job type things...whatever he can find.
He thinks maybe some companies don't want to hire him because he in his 50s and there are lots of young people out there applying for jobs too. That may be true. And since there are less jobs out there to go around...it may take a long time to find one.
In the mean time we have cut back on things like the cable TV and may have to do even more cutting back soon.
We have still managed to pay all our utility bills and other bills on time so far. We always seem to get just what we actually need for the current ones.
So worrying is pretty much a waste of time. But...it is so hard to stop!
What do you do when you catch yourself worrying?
Saturday, February 25, 2012
In Need Of Prayers
It has been almost 2 months since I posted here. Part of the problem is that I got to feeling inadaquate. Compared to some other bloggers I don't know the Bible very well at all.
And I'm not exactly sure if the way this blog was going is where it SHOULD be going. Nor where I intended it to go in the first place.
And my other blog is getting busier and taking up more time too.
And then life started kicking my butt. It seems every time I think things are starting to settle down something else happens.
My husband hasn't been working since just before Christmas and that hurts in more ways than one. He is bored and worried and feeling bad and money is tight too.
The step-kids are still having problems and asking for help and there really isn't anything we can do for them. At least not till they are willing to do for themselves too. They both have drug problems.
So if you are reading this...please say a prayer for me and my family. Not just for the physical needs but for the spiritual. Part of the problem for my husband is that he forgot to pray. And perhaps I did too.
Hopefully I will figure out what I (or God) wants from this blog and get back to posting regularly.
In the meantime...keep us in your prayers! God bless you!
And I'm not exactly sure if the way this blog was going is where it SHOULD be going. Nor where I intended it to go in the first place.
And my other blog is getting busier and taking up more time too.
And then life started kicking my butt. It seems every time I think things are starting to settle down something else happens.
My husband hasn't been working since just before Christmas and that hurts in more ways than one. He is bored and worried and feeling bad and money is tight too.
The step-kids are still having problems and asking for help and there really isn't anything we can do for them. At least not till they are willing to do for themselves too. They both have drug problems.
So if you are reading this...please say a prayer for me and my family. Not just for the physical needs but for the spiritual. Part of the problem for my husband is that he forgot to pray. And perhaps I did too.
Hopefully I will figure out what I (or God) wants from this blog and get back to posting regularly.
In the meantime...keep us in your prayers! God bless you!
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