I feel sorry for those who do not know God, who do not know how much they are loved by Jesus, who do not believe in the Holy Spirit. They are the Three in One. You cannot go to the Father, without going to Jesus first. It says so right in our Bibles! Jesus is our Advocate. He is our Healer. He is our Everything. And yesterday, I prayed for my older brother, not knowing what the outcome would be. I know I wasn't the only one praying. Definitely not. But I like to think I had a part in the results. I waited several hours before I text'd his wife to see how he came out. Her exact words thrilled me, and I began to praise the Lord for hearing and answering my prayers.
"Hi there. All went well. No blockage. No stents needed. So great news! We just got home. I will have him text you after we eat."
Whoo hoo! I did the happy dance! He didn't text me, but I figured he was a bit worn out from the procedure. You know how when we don't know for sure the outcome of things how it can wear on the mind - and on the body. I'm sure he was tired. I will probably hear from him at some point today. Grateful we have a God who we can turn to and trust Him to answer our prayers. No matter what the outcome, God was still in control. I'm grateful it went well. But I also believe that because he was taken into surgery and had also been approved for open heart surgery if needed...... and the results were 'no blockage, no stents needed' that God opened everything up before the surgery was to begin! God is good, He is faithful - always. Hallelujah!
We brought the tree home from Ms. Vicky's after work yesterday. That tree is HUGE! I need to go out today or tomorrow and pick up a few strings of lights and a tree skirt and a tree topper. She did give us three long strings of lights, but they are the icicle kind and I am not going to mess with them. Well, maybe not a topper as the tree hits the ceiling in the back room as a section is lower than the rest. Hubby did his best to help - I finally sent him to KFC to get dinner. I hope to finish the tree up by this weekend - will see. I explained to hubby when I told him about getting the tree, that we need a place to put the 'other' gifts and the gifts to each other. He wasn't in full agreement but let me have my way. I had told him 'don't make me sad'. This tree is twice the size of our tree. I'm really going to have to declutter the cabinets in the garage after Christmas - there is no place to store it!
Hubby just got up, brought my coffee in and commented "I can't believe I slept that late." I can. He kept me awake most of the night, so I know he didn't sleep much - and neither did I. I just chose to get up about my usual time. Wanted to go back to sleep in here, but when I do try that, I'm always listening for hubby to come in with my coffee, so I don't sleep well. When I do sleep well is after I get my coffee and I know he won't be making another trip back here for a couple hours. It was 5:50AM when he got up.
Packages are starting to arrive and hubby is making his comments. More will be arriving today as I selected this 'Amazon day' so that I could get more items in the boxes versus just one item. If you shop via Amazon, you know what I mean. I have more coming on Thursday. I've gotten notices from other places that their orders are being sent out too. I have boxes and items stacked on the bed again. I'm waiting on one more item and will ship my sister's package off to her. She called me yesterday and said that she had just shipped my packages and I was not to open until Christmas. I told her two could play that game. I'll get hers off yet this week. I think I have 3 boxes ready to ship out (not all hers). Will ship to my brothers in another week or so - at least get in to December. I send them my bread. Not a big deal, for sure, but just to let them know I'm thinking of them.
I wasn't feeling real well last night, but better somewhat this morning. I'm taking my olive leaf extract and a couple other things. My little brother told me about something he takes - and I decided to try to. It's called Yoders Extract - or something like that. It's base is apple cider vinegar (which is good for you) and then add in 20 herbs and what all. I will say that it is 'tart' and you can taste the vinegar - but it isn't that bad. Think I will double my dose for a few days. Do not want to be sick on Friday when I go to the Christmas house with my boss!
I Chronicles 16:8 (NKJV): "Give praise to the Lord, proclaim His name; make known among the nations what He has done."
I can't 'proclaim to the nations' of what the Lord has done - but in a way I can on here. I mentioned at the beginning of this blog today of God hearing my prayers and answering for my big brother. I shared - aka proclaimed - it to you.... and although I know a couple of you are in town, my 'stats' say I also have in France... so in essence, I am proclaiming to the nation(s) what the Lord has done, right?
God is faithful - always. He always answers our prayers. The answer may just not be what we want it to be. But sometimes it is. As I laid in bed last night, thanking God for taking care of my big brother, I was thinking of how to share about it on here. One of my titles I thought of was "And He said Yes".
Have you ever done that? When there was something you wanted to share with others - whether by text or blog - and you wanted to make the title an impact? I do that sometimes, and then I forget all about it come morning. That's why my titles are somewhat drab at times. But I bet you still read so does it even matter?
What does matter is that we give ALL the praise to the Lord, and proclaim His name, which is great. We make Him known to everyone by sharing what He has done in us, through us, around us, and with us. Only He is to be given the praise and the glory for all things.
God is good. All the time God is good. Share with others the goodness of God in your life today.
Blessings!
