Bible time..

Psalm 33:20 tells us "We wait in hope for the Lord; He is our help and our shield."

It is so very important for us to read and memorize God's Word, it is the absolute Truth. He is faithful to His Word and gives us strength.

Believe that his Word is Truth, believe in His promises.

For at least one thing each day, be thankful, even if it seems small.

Do not give up, have faith. Hebrew 11:1 Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. Hebrews 11 is about faith. There are many scriptures on faith.

Boy, do I struggle with this almost daily. Living with a chronic illness, taking care of 6 children, homeschooling and being in my early 30's with my hubby is difficult. Some days I wonder what on earth am I doing, or trying to do? But I don't have to wonder! God knows, he has a perfect plan and I just need to rest in Him, read His Word, believe, be thankful and have faith.

When it comes down to it, only what is eternal really matters.

Thankful journal

On my wedding anniversary (Nov. 25), I decided to start a thankful journal. I figured it would help my attitude and thoughts if I was thinking on things that were lovely, true, pure and of good report. I wanted to start this journal only about dh. It has been great and it really has helped me to be more thankful for my hubby.

Hmmm....

Lets try this again. I had given up on this blog as again I had trouble signing in with my password and e-mail. I am so blog illiterate! I wish I could have somone come over and show me step by step on how to put all the neat stuff on here.
Anyways, I have spent way too much time on here already just trying to access this blog again. I'll have to update later...

Didn't do such a good job...

at blogging, now did I?? LoL I tried to blog, but couldn't access it and gave up. Well, actually didn't have the time or energy to continue trying. It was bothering me because I couldn't even post on someone elses blog. Hopefully this is all taken care of now.

Things are pretty much the same. My oldest dd turns 16 in 12 days!! We have 3 more dc's b-days coming soon also.

On Dec. 7th, I changed my diet drastically. It has helped some with my fibromaylga. I went on the Hallelujah diet created by George Malkmus. You can check out www.hacres.com for much more info and if you like sign up for his free bi-monthly magazine and his free weekly e-newsletter to your e-mail addy. He believes in the Genesis 1:29 diet eating 75% raw and 15% cooked foods. Also, juicing organic carrots several times a day and all vegan. I usually eat about 25-30% cooked food. So, I am not following it to a "T". My all day migraines have gone down to about 2 headaches a day, my whole body pain has decreased, my fatigue is not as bad and I have lost 9lbs and continuing. I have also stopped all prescription meds except my sleeping pill. I have tried Tylenol PM, melatonin, and some other all natural sleeping aid.
If anyone has any other ideas, helps for insomnia, I would be so grateful. I have tried baths, candles, reading, bedtime routines and these do not help.

By God's grace we are still homeschooling. I have greatly reduced my expectations and just do half days now. We school all year, so I am not too worried. My children have grown like they never would have if I didn't become sick last spring. There have been blessings through this. Besides the most important thing is their relationship with Christ, not math.