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Is it me or do you think time is speeding up significantly?
I cannot keep up!!!
But one wonderful thing I can say about time.. I believe we are just coming to the end of the extreme heat! Hurrah!!!
Today it climbed to 89 with rain , but it will be just in the mid to low 80's for the next couple of weeks!!!
Sunday, we enjoyed our Sunday School class even though it was sort of chilly in there. But the auditorium was frigid. I couldn't stand it so we left, came home and watched the service on Youtube! Then we still met up with our dear friends at the Mexican restaurant for lunch. Altogether Sunday
was a lovely day! They need to not turn the A/C on so strongly!!
Monday we got to go to a cookout at our dear friends home. There were 6 of us there and as usual, we had a wonderful time. I prepared a fruit heavy tossed salad paired with reduced ft Wheat thins. Our hostess made delicious sugar free banana pudding. of course there was the usual food as well, I did eat a bare hot dog spread with mustard.. I really enjoyed it!!!
Tuesday, I had a hearing test which was very interesting. Yes, my hearing loss is mimld to moderate.. but nothing that warrants any devices as of yet. I asked quite a few questions about my ringing ears..I found out the brain does mimic sounds it hears which causes the ringing.. One thing she said would be helpful would be to use a noise machine at night . I do usually go to sleep with the tv on.. which I dont mind at all. But Hubs thinks a noise machine would irritate him!
We prayer sisters met t a friends home for coffee and to discuss things a bout what we hoped to achieve.. We hadn't met for prayer since well before covid and over time things had happened to each of us.. some great some bad,, So it was a great time to catch up! We start ur prayer ministry next week.. We will meet every two weeks to pray together for our community, state and nation!
Wednesday, is our usual Bible Study day. We finished up the book of Malachi. Wow, that book is amazing. The last book of the Old Testament. it not only spoke about the priests of the OT and how bad they had become , but also spoke of the church of the future.. actually in the last days where the priests.. the Christians.. (We are a royal priesthood) had become complacent.. as in a lot of cases the church is today. and how Christians need to be the living witness for the Lord Jesus Christ. I know I need to be more attentive to approaching the lost and witnessing.. it isn't easy., but God is looking for a church that isn't afraid to be about the Lord's work in witnessing and living lives that glorify HIM. I pray we all can take it to heart and exemplify God to the world through love, sacrifice, and goodwill!
After the study I met with my prayer sisters at a friend's home for coffee and to discuss things about what we hoped to achieve.. We hadn't met for prayer since well before covid and over time things had happened to each of us.. some great some bad,, So it was a great time to catch up! We start our prayer ministry next week.. We will meet every two weeks to pray together for our community, state, and nation!
Thursday, I had a quiet day at home.. just taking it easy. I had fresh beans to work on, stringing, snapping, washing and cooking. I hadn't made fresh green beans in a while, but the day before we drove out into the county and bought some a market! I cut up come country ham to cook with them.. SO tasty!!!
Tomorrow, Friday, I will have to weight in at Weight Watchers.. I hope to have lost a pound, at least, I do feel like I have eaten this week. After weighing in we have a pep talk then return home.. On Friday evenings hubs and I attend our local Intercessors for America prayer meeting.. We've been faithful members for the last 10 years, at least! I love the people, and to pray together is so enriching, plus we feel like we are making a difference before the Lord!!!
Sounds like a great week. Its lovely to have church friends to fellowship with! Just a suggestion but.. sometimes ringing in the ears is a result of too much sodium or water retention. So you might like to consider your sodium/salt intake. Have a lovely day.
ReplyDeleteyour week was not only filled with food for your body but also your soul!! Enjoyed reading about all of your prayer groups. My husband and I are leading a Bible study small group here in our home this fall starting in 2 weeks: The Art of Neighboring because our church is leaning towards more evangelism and taking the 2nd greatest command literally. Enjoy the weekend!!
ReplyDeleteI have ringing of the air too. I have a mild loss of hearing in my right ear. I use a loud fan to sleep. I can't have the tv on because my brain wants to stay awake to hear what is on the tv. We use fans year around. It works pretty well and feels good during the hot weather.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your weekend!
Sounds like a great week! We're down from the 90s to high 80s, but high humidity makes for sweat-inducing weather. Thankfully it should progressively get cooler over the next few weeks.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if your church has afternoon or evening services. But we had one church where, in order to be comfortable for the evening service, the AC had to be colder in the mornings in order to last through the hot afternoon. It was either be cold in the morning or be hot in the afternoon/evening. It was easier to bring a sweater in the morning than to be hot later in the day.
Good work on your food choices. I need to make better choices more consistently.
Usually mid to high 80's is our highs in the summer but this year we had quite a few days that got to the just past the mid 90's! I can't imagine having that regularly. It was hot! Sounds like you are doing well on your weight watchers!
ReplyDeleteLots of wonderful times with friends for you. Bible studies and prayers.
ReplyDeleteGood work on the watching your food intake. I hope your efforts were rewarded with weight loss this week.