I feel I have come to a very important point in my life.  At this point, I want to express my soul’s intentions and desires and my new way of feeling and living.  I have not been a perfect person in my life.  There are no perfect people, there is no perfect job or employer or employee, there is no perfect spouse or companion, there is no perfect home or place to live, there is nothing or anyone that is perfect except for our Holy Father God Almighty, Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, and His precious Holy Spirit, giver of our breath and being, our comforter, He who moves me and loves me.  With that said, I want to pronounce that I forgive EVERYBODY EVERYTHING that has ever been done wrong to me or that has brought me hurt, harm, or evil.  At the same time, I pray that God also forgives me everything I have ever done wrong, especially to Him, and that He will give everyone whom I have wronged or have brought hurt, harm, or evil to them to also forgive me.  I am also praying and asking God to give me the heart to forgive myself. 

I am looking forward with great anticipation and happiness to the new experiences that are in store for me.  I want everyone to know that all I am now is love and the truth has set my soul free.  I am thankful to know that no lie (whether it is believed by anyone or not) will ever change the truth.  This also brings me such great peace.  As I go forward, hand in hand as one with Almighty God, the only Father I have ever known, I go in love, joy, thanksgiving, and unspeakable wonderful peace, feelings, and thoughts that are flooding my heart, my soul, my mind, and my spirit.

To all who read this, I pray God’s blessings upon you.  If you have not been born again already, I pray this for you so that you may experience a wonderful life living, walking, and having the most beautiful relationship with our Holy Creator.  He loves to be acknowledged and He loves to be loved.  I go in love, in the name of Jesus Christ, my savior, my God, my King, my spouse, my friend, and I pray God blesses you with all the good desires of your heart. 

As I leave off writing, I implore you to please love everyone, even those who have hurt you, your enemies, and to those who just seem to be unlovable.  Please take care of those who are less fortunate than you and even those who may be as fortunate or more fortunate than you.  Everyone needs love and care.  Pray to God every morning, read your Holy Bible every day, and go in the peace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  So humbly and sincerely I write and pray for all these things, in Jesus’ name.

Well, I must add to yesterday’s blog that on the hand, gas prices have REALLY come down, haven’t they?  I paid $1.929/gallon yesterday compared to about $3.79/gallon a month ago.  I predicted to my sister that this would happen because of the voting process coming up.  The gas prices went down before the vote for the senate what, a year ago, but after the voting process was complete, the prices skyrocketed again.  Let’s hope that that’s not what will happen this time.  I really like the gas prices being lower.  That sure makes it easier for the poor folk to get around – well, for everyone for that matter. 

The price for a gallon of gasolline in Corpus Christi, Texas.

The actual gas tank price I paid!

So…not bad for the cost of living – to actually have the price of gasoline go down.  I sure do hope it stays this way and that it didn’t happen just because of the election process.  Time will tell.  Let’s pray and keep our fingers crossed. 

I’m feeling a little better today.  That’s not saying much, but it is something positive as well. 

Peace and love, Out…Linda

Aw haw!  I’m learning so much lately.  It’s great.  Not only did my wonderful son-in-law give me an awesome link to explain how the moon works, but I also found one on my own addressing why I can see the moon during the day (a more condensed article). 

I’ve also learned why I’ve been so tired and weak – why I go right to sleep at dinner time, sitting up, even with food in my mouth.  My wonderful primary care doctor had run some tests and found that my thyroid levels had depleted so greatly that we need to do a drastic increase in the amount of levothyroxine I’m taking.  He’s got me up to 137 mcg/day now.  I can’t wait for the med to start kicking in because I AM JUST SO DARN TIRED ALL THE TIME.  It’s explains why I’m needing to drink so much caffeine during the day to stay awake and alert and, caffeine is a no-no on my strict acid reflux diet.  I just can’t win. 

I’m adding three photos to show the ridiculous amount of money we have to pay for certain things in our local grocery store here in BEAUTIFUL Corpus Christi, Texas.  We’ll see if I can figure out how to add them into this blog.  Ok, here we go.

Milk Price, November 2008

Price for a lb of Red Delicious Apples

Price for ONE artichoke!

Ok, we did it!  Yay!  I’m learning so many new things!  Peace and love, Out….Linda

OMG!  I’ve made it through to today.  What a wonderful prayer time I had with the Lord this morning.  He invited me to just have a conversation with Him and we did!  We talked about many things and it just makes me realize how truly, marvellously and wonderfully blessed I am.  How many have desired to hear His voice and have not?  How many have desired to have intimate conversations with Him and have not?  And here I am, just a poor and lowly and humbled servant and handmaiden of my Lord’s and He blesses me wih these awesome blessings.  How could I ever love Him and thank Hm enough?  There’s just no way.

We talked about how truly challenged I am and shall be, physically, finacially, spiritually and I am.  I’m weaning off the pred’s and I get dizzy and need to sleep so much.  I’m hoping and praying I haen’t fallen behind in meeting the challenges of my life and I know and have faith that with Him, I will do fine.  I will be victorious in Him.  All praise and glory be to Almighty God.

Want intimate time with God?  Spend time with Him in prayer, lots of time, and then some day He’ll invite you to just have a conversation with Him.  You have to be willing to listen to Him.  It’s all in truly seeking after Him in spirit and in truth and to know and have faith that He is with you and that He loves you and hears you and truly cares for you, no matter how bleak the situation may seem.  God bless you in your life and walk with Him. 

Peace and love, Out…Linda

Hola. I’m feeling discombobulated today.  I think it’s probably  because I’m weaning off the pred’s even more this week.  I’m down to 10 mg’s/day.  That’s really a small amount compared to what some people take, I know, but I’m very sensitive to that med.  I have to keep my brain on track, functional, you know, to get through my day.  I’m trying hard not to be depressed or discouraged over the weight I’ve gained since I had to go up on the steroids again and…my Raynaud’s is still acting up.  But enough of all that negative talk. 

What a beautiful day it is here in Corpus Christi today! I guess we’re having a little cold front go through (yay for Fall) along with a mild wind storm that should be calming down right about now.    My happy face looks slightly askew to me.  Lol.  I think I need to take something to calm me down.  I feel like I could crawl out of my skin.  That’s going to negative again.  I’m sorry.

Peace and love, out…Linda

Oh my gosh, I am so filled with wonder and awe over Almighty God’s wonderful and marvellous works today.  My heart is overflowing with thanksgiving and joy over all His merciful kindness, His tender care and the bountiful blessings that are ours through and in Him.  He is the master artist, creator of heaven and earth and all that therein is, and we are the beneficiaries of His wealth.  Holy Jehovah is a mighty God and is worthy and greatly to be praised.

Woah, and how about our blessed King Jesus and the Holy Spirit?  My breath and my life!  Who have I in heaven or in earth but them?  There is no one that I desire above them.  They bless me and I am healed and filled.  I am so truly and fearfully and wonderfully blessed.  I am so fearfully and wonderfully made.   

Peace and love, Out….Linda

These are certainly challenging days, I think not just for myself but for everyone.  Yesterday morning when I was having trouble getting out of bed after having to go to sleep early the night before, the Lord revealed to me that the reason I am being so tired and weak is because my rheaumatologist has me weaning off the steroids.  Why didn’t I think of that to begin with.  It makes perfect sense.

I went to bed very early last night and still didn’t want to get out of bed this morning.  Besides my other prescriped meds, I took a Phenegran for the neausea and an extra Xanax to calm me down.  I missed my Bible Study last night and even forgot to call them to let them know I wouldn’t be able to make it. 

It all is very clear now and makes sense.  I’m thankful to know this.  I’ve left it up to the Lord if I am to call my rheumatologist to see if I should go back to the higher dosage of steroids again because the affect of going down is so dramatic, but I have yet to call her.  God’s will be done.  I do believe I will be alright.

I’ve coined a phrase and a name for an energy stimulating drink.  I’ve called it “Go-Go Juice.”  I thought about it when I started drinking diet Pepsi (R) Max (TM) with caffeine and gensing to give me the extra energy I need to get through these days.  I should probably register my copyright on the name “Go-Go Juice” but I know that as long as I have typed it out and published it here on pressword.com, it is truly and indeed copyrighted to me.  It is a cute and catchy name, isn’t it?

I have a busy day scheduled.  I need to do a biography on one of my favorite artists/graphic designers and submit it as a PowerPoint Slideshow presentation by this coming Saturday.  So, off to the races I go!

I hope and pray everyone’s having a wonderful day!  My prayers are with you all!

Peace and love, Out…Linda  <><

Hello today.  You’re another beautiful day in Corpus Christi, Texas….and I’m not feeling well.  I think I’ve caught a cold maybe.  I’m congested and nauseas and my Raynaud’s is going ballistic.  I wish I felt better.  God will see me through this.  I have medicines that I can take to make me feel better but I hate to have to take them.  I can’t decide if I’m hot or if I’m cold.

I’m feeling really stressed out as well and I don’t like to be feeling badly like this.  I didn’t feel like getting out of bed this morning but I finally did around 8:30 a.m.  I guess sleeping in a little later is way better than getting up at 3:00 a.m.    I had a dream about one of my brothers being totally drunk and it was like maybe he had spent the night in jail.  A taxicab was dropping him off in front of his home and he was angry about some “bashers.”  I’m not sure I even know what a basher is.  He was alright though, at least in the dream.  I better try communicate with him today to see how he’s doing.

This will probably be a pretty uneventful day.  That’s alright.  My life is pretty uneventful; I’m used to it.  I’m roasting unsalted sunflower seeds (with the shells still on).  That’s my snack of choice these days.  It makes me feel like it’s really close to Halloween for some reason.  Fall is definately in the air – if not outside here in CC, definately within me.  I like Fall. 

So, off to my probably uneventful day.  Please pray for me.

Peace and love, Out…Linda <><

Its a Monday morning sunrise – And we start a brand new day – Just another chance to be wise – As we go along the way…lmv

Ok, today started at 3:00 a.m. again.  I did get to bed pretty early last night, probably around 9:30 or so.  I was so tired even though I had slept in.  Hmmm…I was just so tired.  Now it’s 7:07 a.m. and the sun is rising.  I’ve said my prayers, I’ve done my reading, I published my scriptures, I’ve taken my shower, I’m doing my journal and then I guess I’ll start with my school work.  I’m feeling kind of tired again already.  I wonder what’s up with me.

Don’t feel like writing much more.  Peace and love, Out…Linda

Happy Sunday everyone!  I actually slept in today after having a really bad night of sleep.  My stomach and reflux was such that my esphogus and lungs and throat were burning much  of the night.  I prayed and took some extra meds to counteract and by the grace and mercy of Almighty God, made it through the night.  I don’t usually sleep in but I did today and it felt so good. I remember waking up at sunrise and seeing the glorious dawning of the day, the beautiful red/orage tint to the firmament as the sun faithfully raised himself up as is his way.  I smiled at the sight, closed my eyes, and was able to go back into a peaceful sleep, laying my head in God’s lving bosom.

It’s halftime during the Cowboys game right now and we’re not doing so good.  The Rams are ahead of us by quite a few points.  Poor Cowboys, I know they’re trying so hard.    I know God loves all His children, everywhere.

I had a wonderful visit with my cousins yesterday. I fried up some chicken and made some good side dishes and we had a good meal together and wonderful quality time visiting and catching up with each other’s lives.  These two sweet cousins of mine, sisters to each other from the Houston area, came from a family of twelve children. Their father was killed in a ditch cave in when they were very young.  The family suffered unspeakable hardships and most have survived them well.  I love them all very much and thank God we had this special time to spend together.

I had wonderful communications with my children and my grandchildren yesterday and even with my grand niece who was also celebrating her birthday with her family and friends.  I am so blessed.  I pray that somehow, some way I can be such a blessing and a joy to these little ones (and to everyone for that matter).   

I have a day of software program familiarization today.  I love working with Office 2007 and am learning many shortcuts and tips that I had not been aware of.  It’s all good and FUN!

Peace and love!  Out!  Linda