Ramblin on....

So it’s been a while since I’ve posted…not really a whole lot to catch ya’ll up on…


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I have had yet another stinking cold. I felt it coming on Wednesday and so I was sniffly Thursday and Friday and I spent a lot of time doing nothing all weekend. When I got up Saturday morning, husband said he’d be in the barn if I came up with anything fun to do give him a holler. So I had breakfast, showered, had my coffee, got myself ready for the day, all whilst feeling so muddle-headed, but I sort of wanted to go to the movies and maybe a little shopping. So I went out to husband’s little world in the barn and visited with him for a little bit and told him a few of the things that I had come up with to do and then he was telling me about some call that he got from someone wanting to buy tractor parts. And for some strange reason, totally out of the blue, I started crying – for no apparent reason – just bawling! Grrr so he came over and hugged me and I told him I think I needed to just go in and lay down and he kept asking what was wrong and I honestly had no clue why I was crying. If anything, I was crying because I couldn’t comprehend what he was talking about regarding the tractor parts – which is totally insane…lol

When this strain of cold hit me a few weeks ago, I also had the same weepy tendencies but not to the extent I was on Saturday. Because once I went in the house I bawled for a little bit then got myself under control but a few hours later I was crying again….WEIRD.

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Sunday I started feeling somewhat better. I missed church. Husband came in to wake me up once but then later he said that God spoke to him that I was sick and he needed to let me rest.

Can I just say, that while that may sound like something in jest, husband was most likely being totally sincere, he just expresses himself funny. But what I want to say is this. It is so cool to observe my husband growing spiritually. He said to me last night as we were driving to Florence (he had to meet his dad and I was being dropped off at Old Tyme Pottery) we were talking about different things we want for Christmas and he whispers to me “psst” and I said why are you whispering and he said to me “In case the King [King James] is listening…I would like a Bible I can actually read”. Let me explain. My husband, who was raised Nazarene, insists that he is a Baptist (even though we are members of a Methodist church). And in his mind, all good Baptists only read the King James Version of the Bible, all other versions are somehow tainted. I am not intending to start a whole version of the Bible debate here. That is just how he has felt. I tend to disagree but I have recently realized that since I’m more comfortable with the NIV, I tend to be partial to that version and unsure of other versions. My mother says it best though. The Word of God will prevail, no matter what the translation. God can speak through all the various versions of the Bible, because when it comes down to it, it is the inspired Word of God and no matter how much man wants to mess with it, the Word of God will come through loud and clear.

Anyway, what was I saying? Lol So my King James husband is requesting a Bible that he can read and comprehend. I asked him, because I’d actually looked to order him like Bible on Cd, if he’d want a Bible on CD and he said no because he can’t carry that with him wherever he goes. Just something about the way he was talking about the Bible just struck me as so sweet. It is so cool to see my husband growing spiritually and thirst for God’s word!

So today I hopped on Christianbook.com, because I already had an order started on that site, and checked out Bibles and actually ordered a New American Standard Bible, with thumb tabs, cuz he needs thumb tabs. So we’ll see if he likes that one! Bless his heart!

So Friday night we went and helped decorate the church. And let me tell you, Queenie, I think you were journaling to me about attitude problems at church! Goodness gracious. At our church, there are just some ladies with personalities that totally rub me the wrong way (and these are different from the Sunday School ladies – I’d rather sit and listen to the Sunday School ladies talk for hours than listen to these ladies). Like catty gossipy personalities. And as much as that grates on my nerves, husband cannot stand gossipy people. He said he came upon three ladies in the vestibule whispering about someone that they called “Nazi leader” and he just kinda said real loud HI CAN I HELP YOU ALL DO SOMETHING in his “you are so busted break it up” tone of voice lol…but so we talked a little about that on the way home and then husband told me to stop gossiping about them…lol! I try to explain to husband that he and are one flesh and when I talk about people to him, I’m really just talking to myself….but anyways…ARGH!

But as I say, Queeny, ya hit the nail on the head with the comment about there aren’t problem people just people with problems…that is a really good thing to keep in mind…and in prayers!

Well it’s about time to go home so I guess I’ll end this random ramblings of an entry…I really have been sort of sporadic with this one…sorry!!!

Lol

Merry CHRISTmas!!!!

P.s…..as I’m proof reading my entry, I’m struck with the fact that you all are going to begin to think, why on earth do they stay at that church? Lol I don’t want you to get the wrong idea. Between the ladies that were at the decorating and the Sunday School ladies, I’m talking a total of like 6 people out of 200 some very sweet people….it’s just the annoying ones tend to get griped about. But really there are a lot more precious people than people with problems. Well, we all have problems, but you know what I mean! Lol

Also, I recognize the fact that I tend to be somewhat intolerable to certain personalities and sometimes it’s more of an internal problem that I need to focus on and pray about rather than an actual problem in the other person, does that make sense?

Anyways, I’m rambling….hugs all around!