Away from home

April 11, 2020

I am cleaning and baking as if my family from NY will be joining us here in NM. I won't make as much food but I am cleaning and preparing as if I was home.

I love holidays and will miss seeing the kids hunt for Easter eggs but I am so very thankful that my kids have each other .

Blessings to you all during this Easter weekend.

Jenn

INDEED

April 9 and 10th 2020

Yesterday was an emotional roller coaster for me. So many downs through out the day....... but it ended with a positive note. I don't really want to get into it.... I am just glad that its over.

Today is a new day. Showered and ready to focus on Easter and all that it mean to me. Thursday is when it all begins. Jesus washes the disciples feet..... ( I can't imaging how they felt ) Then sharing the first, what we call communion . I think I would have been very confused but yet honored that He was sharing the passover with me.

Well all I can say is this whole week has great meaning to me, and has since I was little. I didn't grow up with the easter bunny ( my mom would pretend to shoot them as we drove by the yard decorations ,lol) I grew up with knowing how amazing Christs death and resurrection was and how is is the reason why I call myself a Christ follower to this day.

When I say " He is risen"..... I whole heartedly say....... " He is risen INDEED!"


Blessings to you all,

Jenn

WOW

April 8, 2020

Here is New Mexico its 3:58pm........New York is 5:58pm ( I am from NY) all that to be said......WOW!! WHAT A DAY!!

Grocery shopping.
Picking up perscription ( for my FIL).
Went to pick up cloth from Joann fabric (the NM governor closed all the fabric stores).
Went home washed all the groceries ....... Yes...... I washed ALL the groceries.
Went to the postoffice to mail out all the wonderful masks.


THEN........... my debt card wouldn't work!!!......... so had a very.......... long........... phone call........ with the bank  to CORRECT the issue.

So now I am finally sitting down to say........ WOW, what a day!!!!!

As the old song says " The joy of the Lord is my strength " ( I can picture my mother singing this )

So I seek after Joy!!

Jenn

Swallowing me up

April 7, 2020

Good Morning,

I don't have much to say today........ I think its ok to be quiet and just see how the day plays out. I know that we have a lot of time on our hands and we still can feel overwhelmed by all that we have to do....... ( I thought I had nothing to say ...lol ).... here I am miles away from home and feel like my ,list of stuff to do is swallowing me up.....what is my problem!!!!! This is a time of being still and I STILL make my self busy......Breath Jenn, Breath.....

Job 33:4 " The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life"

Breath on me Lord!!

Jenn

Living up to your word

April 6, 2020

Today I find myself thinking about how what we say is so important. When I say I will do the dishes , I will get them done. When I say that I can do that for you.... I will do it.

Isn't that the same way God is? His word is full of things that He said he will do. Now it not always when we think he should do it.... but he always comes through..... even if we don't see it right away.

I am so quick to doubt ....... I don't mean to , but I do. All this to say is...... I neeeeeeeed to trust Him more.

Psalms 20:7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we (I) trust in the name of the Lord our God.

I trust in his Name!!

Blessings on your day.

Wet Lands

April 5, 2020

Happy Sabbath , It's Palm Sunday. I remember as a child my sisters and I would grab reeds from a wet land area ( I think we lived in Colonie ) and with the neighborhood friends we would pretend to lay down the reeds on the ground for the donkey that Jesus would come riding on. It seemed so magical as a child to do this.
 I can't imaging how it felt for the people of Jerusalem to see this man who was riding a young donkey ( just like the scriptures for told) with the hopes that he would come to rule and save them all from the oppression of the Romans. How exciting!!!! I mean he was going to save us !!! ( yes I am using a lot of !!!!!!)

What the people thought is not what God had in mind. Isn't that true to this day . We think God is going to do what WE think He is going to do....... ( we are a small minded people) He has a plan BIGGER then what we know.... ( He alway does)....... So today I rejoiced in the Lord always and again I say rejoice Philippians 4:4

I will worship him with my whole heart!

Blessings, Jenn

So much potential

April 4, 2020

HAPPY SATURDAY!!!!!!!

I slept in..... not sure what that means anymore..... I don't have a time schedule..... so really.... what does that MEAN?!!!!

I think its good to have goals and not totally let go of ourselves. So that being said.... here is to a new day with so much potential to be awesome.

I leave you with this scripture . Romans 8:39 .........neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Feel his love and know that we are new every morning.

Jenn