Halloween comes to a close

Halloween is not one of my favorite times of the year, the kids eat too much candy and if this year is like most of the past we will be up till all hours with a belly ache, or someone throwing up. Our little boys were dressed up like a fisherman and a shark. They were cute and we let them pick all the houses that we took them to. Only people we knew. For 2 hours!!!!! They had to start with "Nebas". Now they are winding down and getting ready for bed. So far no one has called to have their candy X-rayed. That always makes daddy mad. Hope everyone had a safe Halloween. Good night....................

Serenity, Courage, and Wisdom

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

I must have read that a million times in the past, especially over the past 5 years, but today I saw that written on a plaque on my wall at work and really thought about what it means. I pulled out the trusty Websters and wanted to see what the definition of serenity was.
Serenity: composure, calm, peacefulness. (ok I can grasp that)
Then I was going to look up courage and I had to leave last night and didn't finish this post and this morning I picked up a book that I read a page out of every morning, and the topic for today is courage. Strange how that happens so often now.
The first sentence was:
"Our newly found faith serves as a firm foundation for courage in the future."
It also had the definition of courage: being brave, having a purpose, having spirit.
It said that "courage is an attitude, one of perseverance."
That is something I need to work on, especially when things are uncomfortable or unfamiliar.
Ok now for wisdom: knowledge of what is true or right coupled with good judgement.
That kinda struck me as funny because Neva asked her Sunday school class once if the story they were studying was real or made up and now my 4 year old asks me all the time if the story I am reading him is real and if it is true.
Well what did I learn from all this? Serenity is something that can be felt, and I know of one day that serenity was felt by me personally. A Sunday afternoon a couple of weeks ago. Courage is something that I am going to have to get better with if I am going to keep stepping out of my box, and wisdom is something that comes with time and teaching and I can't get that over night.

Compromise is the golden ticket

Well I get to keep the Blog, as long as it is not viewable by the whole world. Nice compromise I think. I know my hubby is just looking out for me, but sometimes it is a little overboard. Just glad I didn't have to delete the blog for now.

Change is never easy

I am one of those people who despises change. I don't care if the change is good or bad I just don't like it. Today was Ned and Neva's last day at the church in Spearman and it was a sad day. His sermon was great, hope the ones that needed to hear it were listening. It was on UNITY something this town has a hard time with, especially if you are from the outside world. There is going to be a great deal of change in my little world real quick and as usual I will be drug kicking and screaming in to whatever God has planned. I am sure not accustomed to relying on God and that will take some practice for me, but I bet it beats the alternative, trying to do everything all on my own. I may not have this blog very long due to the objection of someone I love and respect, but it was cool while I have it. We will see.....

Trying new things

Trying new things seems to be all I have been doing lately. My good friend Neva told me that starting a blog is easy and if she could do it anyone could. Anyone that knows Neva knows that she is pretty talented, and well, we will see. This has been a very busy week for my household. Some things have been great and others well not so great. Sunday was amazing (life changing) and my entire focus on life has been shifted from a self centered existence to a God centered existence. I am the type of person that has to fall flat on my face time and time again before I will ever reach out my hand for help. I am so grateful to have people in my life that can see when someone needs help and just will not come out and ask. I was told that after I became a child of God that there may be some difficult times, and this first week has been interesting to say the least. I had such a strong desire to learn more that I started reading 3 different things at once and became overwhelmed and had to slow down to just one. I just find everything so interesting and that is such a change for me. I just have to remember that I do not have to do it all today. God willing I will have tomorrow.

Stacie