Happy Homemaker Monday

                  Hosted by Sandra over at Dairy of a Stay at Home Mom.

💚💚The weather💚💚 

Monday  rain, 78

Tuesday cloudy, 61

Wednesday rain, 49

Thursday  rain, 56

Friday  cloudy, 64

Saturday, rain, 56

Sunday, sunny, 50

                                                             

💚💚On my mind💚💚

Well,  as  my life suddenly is  sort of  running out of control,  I  await  yet another    visit to  my  dermatologist near UVA   who will do a biopsy on the whole side of my nose.  I had   2  biopsies so far on my nose previously  which required  reconstructive surgery   at UVA  the  following days.  This meant the wearing of huge bandages and  scaring     for the next several weeks.   This comes at such a busy time

  I am in the midst of  therapy for my legs and back,  followed by  urology therapy,   and then my   50th wedding anniversary  is in 3 weeks,  and 3 other  important appointments I should not miss.  My mind is  in a swirling mist of multiple emotions.  I just  cancelled my  therapies for next week anyway hoping I can have the biopsy and the  reconstruct next week. That would hugely    simplify  some things!

Here I am in 2017  after one of my  events!

💚💚How I am feeling💚💚 

I  am so enjoying my therapy.  Doing my back exercises  work out so well there, but not so well doing them on my bed and I simply cant get down on the floor. So I feel great  until  the weekend  and  yesterday and  today  my  lower back is  so  stiff and sore  it is so hard to walk correctly.   Now  with having to  cancel   a couple of therapies  I am  sort of  downcast!!

💚💚On the breakfast plate💚💚

 Coffee, buttered boiled egg, and  toast of jelly.  Hubs  is trying so hard to  treat me  so sweetly.

💚💚On my reading pile💚💚

 We are also studying  the book of Exodus, The Core Group is  starting Ephesians, which I love!!!  I am taking a Hermeneutics class on how to study the Bible! Lynn and I are doing a read through the Bible in a year  systematic  read  provided by the Allen Jackson Ministries!You can download the app  there  to get the  Bible schedule. BTW, if you aren't  currently going to church, I  absolutely  recommend  watching  Allen Jackson,  (Not the country singer)  He is  so wonderful!!!  Very passionate  and   exceptionally knowledgable.  Lynn and I  listen to him every week!

💚💚On my tv💚💚

Various vlogs ,  and HGTV  programming

💚💚Interesting youtube vlog I saw this week: 💚💚

Not exactly a vlog  but a site  where I find  wonderful  videos     about  an American girl who  married an English viscount and suddenly became a Viscountess  and  owner of the gorgeous  castle, Mapperton in England.  She is  very popular in the UK  and even has  her own show on the  Smithsonian Channel.  This is her site.    From there you can find many  vlogs!

https://www.youtube.com/c/AmericanViscountess/channels

  here is a vlog!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB0R6rj7CII

💚💚Looking around the house💚💚

Dining room still wreck..  too many interruptions. In the kitchen,  the wall paper border is   partially off,  the ceiling vaulted around cabinets and painted.  But  again, too many interruptions.

💚💚On my to-do list💚💚

• Devotions and Bible reading
• marketing  
•  laundry
•  therapy classes  last ones  for  a week or so!
• strip the kitchen    and the walls paper border
• paint the walls and  baseboard  put the kitchen back together
• 💚💚To relax I will:💚💚

Listen to music, Bible Study, vlogs, work on my Christian planner..  create  some  lovely vignettes for scripture  on  the pages

💚💚Prayer and devotional :💚💚

 

Our government leaders to seek God, stop the politics  during this   terrible time  during  the Ukraine  war.  Der God, please  send common sense to our government  to know how to respond  in so many areas  and  keep us our of this  escalating  war!  Chiefly Father,  turn the minds of our leaders to  decide to  deny Russia of anymore  payment of  gas and oil  and  begin  refining  our own reserves here  on our own soil! We are hearing of many ways to safely  send  funds to  working getting food and supplies to the refugees.   May many here  be led too  participate in that effort! May for the fear of the Lord to spread  among all people.  

Father, be with the Ukrainians during this  upheaval and   build up their resolve to remain strong and   dependent on you to lead them! Even though this seems impossible, Lord, with you all things are possible!!!Father, speak into the heart of Vladimir Putin,  that he might  relent from  this  debacle he is perpetrating on  the innocent nation of Ukraine. May calm and  sensibility  reign in the minds of  all Russian leaders. We thank you, Lord, that  the European neighbors have issued strong sanctions  on   Russia and that they have   strong implications for  the nation and  its leaders.  But even as we see these sanctions are not enough lead  us all to make wise decisions on how to apply deeper pressure on  the  advancing  armies   that would turn  the tide and not  bring higher escalation!!

Prayer about the influx of illegals into our nation, and the possible spread of disease and covid.. Father, we rebuke the spread of covid and its attaching deviants.. and we do thank you Lord that  we do see  some   demise of the covid strain and pray that all covid will dissipate and be gone forever, in Jesus name!!   And Father  even as I  had written the above we do thank you for the  apparent  ceasing of mandates and pray that  is due to a dramatic decline in the spread of covid!  May it dissipate completely in Jesus name!!!

We pray for the places everywhere that persecution is taking place...

For healing of the sick,

salvation of the lost,

deliverance for the hurting,

the supply, food, and building shortage problem: may it not become

a huge crisis   We say NO to the drear  outlook  some are reporting  about our supply and  the inflation .. We know that it is satan who comes to rob, steal, and destroy and we, by the power of Jesus name, say STOP NOW,  You may not   have the resources of the people.We also pray for godly wisdom to overtake our leaders  that they will deal with the world circumstances with the USA's best interest in mind.  

Churches to arise and pastors to preach according to our times and

these days.. very vital! For the churches to repent and get straight

before a holy God. We have become too lax in our Christianity and

we need to be more persistent to seeking God and His Word!  Lord, prepare your people to be ever minded  that our work here is to lead others to Christ. Too often  we  fail  to do this,  I pray for  opportunity and   the will to do your will in Jesus name!!