Explanation and Monday's Prayer

I have been absent from blogging.

Sometimes, I have read some of your blogs,

but did not comment.

At other times, I didn't read any.

I have not posted for almost two weeks.

Explanation: A switch of medications.

Something I researched and agreed to do.

I have a good doctor and I believe I am in good hands.

The body has not liked the change

and I have felt anti-social 

and/or too tired to think of something to write.

I am rounding a major bend and in three weeks

I will be completely switched.

My body is finally adapting

and thus, my brain is beginning to want to function.

I don't know how much I will blog or comment,

but know that I care for all of you -- my blogger friends.

My silence only means my body is adjusting.

A HUGE moment occurred yesterday:

I joined a local church.

It is where my dad pastored when I was in high school.

It is the church God has been instructing me to join.

I've always been a bit rebellious,

but the rebellion often manifests as passive aggression.

I don't 'do' as much as I 'do not do'.

So I did not join though I've lived here nine years.

Well, yesterday I became a conscious (not simply on paper)

 member of a church.

Below are some pics of the house.

We have possession 

and my husband has started on the living room ceiling.

He and a friend tore out the ceiling in the living room.

He is wiring places for lights.

Then he will put dry wall up and do the finishing touch.

We've got a guy lined up to paint it then.

MONDAY'S PRAYER:

Lord,

I commend my day to You 

and ask You to be in charge of it

from beginning to end.

Enable me to do all

I need to do successfully and well.

Help me to do it 

carefully and not carelessly.

Help me to do it all diligently 

and not lazily.

Help me to do everything skillfully 

and not shabbily.

I know I cannot do all I need to do in my day

without Your help.

I don't want to ever take for granted that,

just because I have done some of these things before,

they are always going to turn out right

each time.

I know that sometimes

even the simplest things

can become a problem or a challenge,

so I don't want to assume that 

everything will automatically go smoothly.

That's why I submit 

my entire day to You

and ask You to be in charge of all I am doing.

Specifically, what I need the most help

with today is:

(fill in).

The ways I want You to guide me today are:

(fill in).

What I am most concerned about today is:

(fill in).

The things I want to accomplish today are:

(fill in).

The people I need to see and talk to are:

(fill in).

What I hope will happen today is:

(fill in).

What I don't want to happen today is:

(fill in).

Lord, I thank You that You are in charge

of my day and all that happens.

Be in charge of the surprises,

the unexpected,

and the things that turn out differently

than I planned.

Enable me to hear Your voice

speaking to my heart,

telling me the way I should go

and what I should do.

In Jesus' name I pray.

WORD POWER:

This is the day the Lord has made;

we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalm 118:24

Blessing to you all as you go about your week.