hi!
been a while now, haven't updated, but hey, i'm back.
been having a very interesting schedule.....school, church and definitely home. there are so many things to do, (i'm not complaining, i love them), i just have to find a way to do them all, because they all need doing. i love writing here 'cause i can write verbatim and say it as i would verbally.
anyhoo, what i was saying was this...mhh. sometimes people ask me how i manage, and i try to explain to them. i once learnt something from a tv program that i consider very important. a certain elderly lady was giving an answer to today's question, and what she said was to the tune of "just do what needs doing. what's all this balance talk?" and i have adopted that to be my maxim, so to say.i do what needs doing, what needs doing by ME. if someone else can do it,then that's not my part. i do what only i can do, or what only i can do best, or what is required specifically of me.
so if it's about home, i make sure things are in place eg shopping's done, washing too...etc. then i make sure to give my studies the best of my effort. ministry comes some place after that. however, i have to balance school and home, and sometimes school takes on a higher priority like when i have a paper.
so about the answers, i'd say, do what needs doing,do your best and leave the rest for the rest-you can do only so much.
and that's just about as much as i can write here today. so see ya later, tada!!
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Sunday, March 23, 2008
unique and special...
hey guys!!
been another couple days, and i'm back. after writing about high and low, i enjoyed the time that followed, because i was braced, y'know, to be forewarned is to be forearmed.
well then, today's brief is a bit different. it's about being unique and being yourself. about doing your very best where you are, and enjoying yourself. you know, many times we compare ourselves with other people and imagine that we were unfairly treated. no,it's what you make with what you have that makes all the difference.
my husband tells about how God as the Great Painter presents each of us with His drawing. then He gives us different tools with which to make a copy of His drawing. some He gives colors, crayons, paint, tools for mosaic, collage....you name it. to make a copy of the sam Paintin of His. but our tendency is to look at another and wish we had what they have. well then, you know, grass is not greener on the other side, it's greener where it's watered. so, let's water our individual grasses.
something else. what each of us has been gifted with is needed for a certain something. just like our differet body parts serve different functions, they all are important. and so am i. i am precious, unique and necessary, therefore important. and so are you. i like to look at myself and think about my many plusses, and how unique i am. then i charge to live out my potential, comparing myself only with my ideal self and goals. that becomes a much easier, more interesting and personally inspiring life. i want to be the best i can be, and you know what? i'm gonna be it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! cuz i'll keep doing this :-)
so, hey y'all out there, be blessed, and have a ball!!
oh, p/s yes, i'm married.... and the changes and adjustments are real.....but that's for another day. enjoy!!!
been another couple days, and i'm back. after writing about high and low, i enjoyed the time that followed, because i was braced, y'know, to be forewarned is to be forearmed.
well then, today's brief is a bit different. it's about being unique and being yourself. about doing your very best where you are, and enjoying yourself. you know, many times we compare ourselves with other people and imagine that we were unfairly treated. no,it's what you make with what you have that makes all the difference.
my husband tells about how God as the Great Painter presents each of us with His drawing. then He gives us different tools with which to make a copy of His drawing. some He gives colors, crayons, paint, tools for mosaic, collage....you name it. to make a copy of the sam Paintin of His. but our tendency is to look at another and wish we had what they have. well then, you know, grass is not greener on the other side, it's greener where it's watered. so, let's water our individual grasses.
something else. what each of us has been gifted with is needed for a certain something. just like our differet body parts serve different functions, they all are important. and so am i. i am precious, unique and necessary, therefore important. and so are you. i like to look at myself and think about my many plusses, and how unique i am. then i charge to live out my potential, comparing myself only with my ideal self and goals. that becomes a much easier, more interesting and personally inspiring life. i want to be the best i can be, and you know what? i'm gonna be it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! cuz i'll keep doing this :-)
so, hey y'all out there, be blessed, and have a ball!!
oh, p/s yes, i'm married.... and the changes and adjustments are real.....but that's for another day. enjoy!!!
Sunday, March 9, 2008
cycles...high, low....
hi y'all. been thinking a lot about this topic. we have cycles in our lives that come along. sometimes they hurt, really bad. i have observed that it hurts the most after a great victory. after having such a wonderful time is when my worst week follows. a good way-out strategy that i have found is to evaluate my life and encourage myself when i'm excited and on a high. that way i have good back-up and storage for when the sunset comes. i have something tangible to lean on after the air i was floating on has evaporated and gone away.
i sure hope that this is a blessing to y'all.
keep the faith,
Anngladys.
i sure hope that this is a blessing to y'all.
keep the faith,
Anngladys.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
encouraging faith
this thing called faith. faith faith faith. my bishop preached today and said that it meant Forsaking All I Trust Him. i wonder if i'm the only one who has faith issues, but i think that there are many other people too.
trusting God, then He brings things to pass, sometimes way beyond our dreams and thoughts. other times it seems like He's taking forever, and we tend to get weak and even almost give up.
From the preaching today, and putting that together with my thoughts, i reckon we need to keep encouraging ourselves in the Lord DAILY, giving strength to our souls using God's word. we have known Him to be true and to keep His word in many a tough situations, surely He is still trustworthy and His character ever so dependable.
Ps 138:2 says that He does place His word above Himself.Surely He is faithful to keep it to the end ( see II Tim 1:12)
Have a faith-filled week, now won't you?!
trusting God, then He brings things to pass, sometimes way beyond our dreams and thoughts. other times it seems like He's taking forever, and we tend to get weak and even almost give up.
From the preaching today, and putting that together with my thoughts, i reckon we need to keep encouraging ourselves in the Lord DAILY, giving strength to our souls using God's word. we have known Him to be true and to keep His word in many a tough situations, surely He is still trustworthy and His character ever so dependable.
Ps 138:2 says that He does place His word above Himself.Surely He is faithful to keep it to the end ( see II Tim 1:12)
Have a faith-filled week, now won't you?!
Saturday, March 1, 2008
saturday evening
today i s saturday, and it's clearly in the evening. i've been working on the internet for quite a while now, and i like the new look of my blog. i'll be adding more info with time, but as for now i've gotta take a break. thanks ya'll for reading, now cheers, bye!!
Thursday, February 28, 2008
unequally yoked....
Today, infact just right now this evening, I have had a most astounding experience. I do not like to travel in matatus with loud music, especially if the music isn’t Christian. Mhh.
I got myself into one today. Many lessons, especially on marriages of unequal yoking
1. They lure you
2. You get in
3. They remain who they originally were though they said they’d change for you
4. They continue to grow in that e.g. louder, harder beating music
5. When you raise a word, they clearly show you that you are in their territory and are therefore subject to them
I wonder how bad this can get for marital relationships. Putting up with so much defiant character and behaviors, and that are only growing deeper into what they already are. Eew!
Other thoughts I’ve had today
1. Salvation has a lot to do with judgment day, and quite some to do with living a meaningful life here on earth. On judgment day, the saved will go to heaven, and the unsaved to hell - eternal fire and damnation. The works of the saved, validified by the blood of Jesus, will come out as silver and gold, but those not, shall be burned as grass to ashes. How sad
So salvation:-
A. secures a good eternity
B. Gives life meaning while here on earth, knowing that whatever one does matters for eternity.
I also thought about God’s purposeful placement of each person, and the way it has a special meaning each time.
I also thought about the salon experience. One leaves the salon feeling great and confident, and with a tinge of special feeling because one has been “made” or “readied” or “specially prepared.” I think it’s the same with God. But we have got to surrender ourselves to His making, His preparation, His molding of our character.
So much for now, more later…
Feel free to comment.
Cheers ya’ll,
Princess.
I got myself into one today. Many lessons, especially on marriages of unequal yoking
1. They lure you
2. You get in
3. They remain who they originally were though they said they’d change for you
4. They continue to grow in that e.g. louder, harder beating music
5. When you raise a word, they clearly show you that you are in their territory and are therefore subject to them
I wonder how bad this can get for marital relationships. Putting up with so much defiant character and behaviors, and that are only growing deeper into what they already are. Eew!
Other thoughts I’ve had today
1. Salvation has a lot to do with judgment day, and quite some to do with living a meaningful life here on earth. On judgment day, the saved will go to heaven, and the unsaved to hell - eternal fire and damnation. The works of the saved, validified by the blood of Jesus, will come out as silver and gold, but those not, shall be burned as grass to ashes. How sad
So salvation:-
A. secures a good eternity
B. Gives life meaning while here on earth, knowing that whatever one does matters for eternity.
I also thought about God’s purposeful placement of each person, and the way it has a special meaning each time.
I also thought about the salon experience. One leaves the salon feeling great and confident, and with a tinge of special feeling because one has been “made” or “readied” or “specially prepared.” I think it’s the same with God. But we have got to surrender ourselves to His making, His preparation, His molding of our character.
So much for now, more later…
Feel free to comment.
Cheers ya’ll,
Princess.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
2008 is here
hi everyone!!!!!
happy new year to y'alll!
this is a great year, one full of lovely surprises for us all. i jus hope n pray that we'll be up to seizing the opportunites that come our way.
wish you all a blessed, prosperous and wonderful year ahead.
best regards,
me.
happy new year to y'alll!
this is a great year, one full of lovely surprises for us all. i jus hope n pray that we'll be up to seizing the opportunites that come our way.
wish you all a blessed, prosperous and wonderful year ahead.
best regards,
me.
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