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Boy, oh boy, it was hard to get this updated. I started it probably five times, got about halfway done and something happened to delete it. Either my computer froze or the program froze or it just disappeared. I finally got smart and saved it every few minutes. Why does Microsoft have auto-save on their other programs and not on Expression Web? Last time I told you I was going to work on my physical, mental, and spiritual health and let you know how it was going. Well, I'm still working on it. I have decided that I need to do something each day in each of those three areas. I'm starting out small and working my way up. It's kind of funny to find out that lots of things I was doing before already were in one of those categories. The first thing I am working on is the spiritual part. The mental part is pretty much automatically better because of the spiritual. My "system" still needs improvement. I'll continue to keep you updated. |
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I invented a toy for the cats at the animal shelter. Somebody donates
toys, but they are mostly plastic balls. There isn't enough room in
the cages for the cats to get much pleasure out of rolling the balls around. There were some toys that hung on the cage bars, but that put the cat's back to the window when playing with those toys. Potential adopters want to see the kitties' faces. I bought a bunch of suction cups and tied catnip-scented toys to them using elastic thread. The suction cups go on the windows so the cats face out when playing. Small cat toys are expensive and I couldn't find anywhere that would sell them to me for a discount. While at a swap meet I realized I could take small stuffed children's toys, the kind that comes in fast food boxes, and make them work. I open up the seams, stick some catnip in them, and roll them in catnip before fastening them to the suction cups. They work great and the price is right. My cats loved them. It was hard for me to get them all tied together with my cats pushing my hands out of the way to get at the catnip smells. I'm glad I came up with the idea to use children's toys because they look cute hanging in the windows. Not all the cats like the toys, but some do. |
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I'm still behind on my email. I have one more big project to
finish so I can spend dedicated time on returning emails. It's
funny how projects come and go around here. Just when I think I
have my time under control something needing my time comes along.
Now that my husband is retired he seems to think it is OK to interrupt me whenever he needs my help. It used to be that I was available to help him when he had come home from work. I had the alone time during the day to complete my tasks. Now I don't have alone time. The problem is, when he is working on his email or whatever he needs help on, he can't put it off until later because he will forget. So, I have to drop what I am doing and go help him. Perhaps I need to set aside certain hours of the day as LEAVE ME ALONE time. I think I need to set up a schedule for myself so he knows what I will be doing and when. Of course, last Tuesday he knew I wanted to be at the animal shelter at 11:00AM and he wanted me to help him figure out something on his new phone and made me late. So, what am I going to do? Think, think, think until I come up with an idea. |
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| We got some bad news. Water has been getting in
under our bathtub. We have to tear it out to assess the damage.
That means the tub and surround have to come out since they are all one
piece. We don't have the money to do that right now. Maybe the
good news will be when we do have the money and I can get a clawfoot or
jacuzzi tub instead of the "standard" tub. The standard tubs are only good
for small children. It's annoying to not be able to submerse your entire
body in the water at the same time. I wish I could run into one of those room crashers from TV. That would be cool. |
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| Well, I did something I didn't think I would do. I
adopted another cat. I didn't rescue him, he rescued me. He was
hiding in his catbox area, so I pulled him out to work on socializing him.
He kissed me and snuggled up under my chin. Oh dear. My kitten, Princess, used to kiss me. Plus, this cat looked very much like my old cat, Reeboks. I began telling myself I wasn't supposed to bring home any more cats. I told myself it was my job to get them as adoptable as possible. The cat kept kissing me and hugging me. So, I began to pray about it. My heart just was wrapping around that cat. I think he was adopting me. It was time for me to go home, so I put him back in his cage. I finished up and, as I walked by the cages I saw him looking at me. That was strange, because he didn't like to come out of the catbox area and hadn't looked out before. So, I prayed that my husband would come the next morning to meet the cat and that, if my husband would come and the cat was still there, then I would open my mind to the possibility of adopting him. When I got home my husband informed me that he was golfing the next morning. So, there it was. Then, the next morning the wind began to blow very hard and my husband cancelled his golf. Hmmm.... the door was open again. So, we went and my husband grudgingly held the cat. I adopted him. His name is Mocha. He is a Seal-Point Siamese and he is sweet. The night of his first day he he started sneezing. Our vet said to let it run its course since he didn't appear to have complications. I have him isolated in my office away from my other two cats. Poor baby. |
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I hope your visit here is and was a good one. Since my "door" is always open I don't know who is coming and going. I would love to hear from you! |
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Sometimes the Bible study was started in the welcome message. Each Bible study has a link to that week's welcome. You know, I just realized that I was blogging before there was such a thing as a blog! |
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John 13:15 |
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We are told to assemble together. (Heb
10:25-26) I have been told on more than one occasion that you
are my "church". What am I doing? I'm exhorting you to find God's
will for your life. That's behind everything I do here at the Clarion
Call. Does that mean I shouldn't keep looking for a church home? No.
Much good can be done in churches when the Body of Christ physically comes
together. However, I am still in contact with, and commune with, other
Christians. People send me emails and write in my guestbook and most of them are encouraging, exhorting me right back. The Bible uses terminology and descriptions based on then-current knowledge and understanding. In other words, they didn't have Internet and wouldn't have understood how you could commune with someone directly without ever meeting them. So, you and I are actually assembling together, just not physically. In a church building not every person speaks to every other person. As a matter of fact, sometimes there are certain people that come in late and leave early so they don't have to speak with anyone. There are others that I refer to as pew warmers, that come to church to hear someone teach and then they go home and do nothing with what they learned. The only thing they are doing that the Bible tells us to do is assemble together. I've been told that I need to do things the way Jesus did them. One time it was regarding baptism, whether sprinkling was acceptable or dunking was mandatory. Well, if dunking was mandatory because Jesus was dunked, is it also mandatory to be dunked in the Jordan River? More recently I was told by a woman (from the denomination that is told they must go by two's door to door to talk to people) that because Jesus and the disciples went two-by-two door-to-door that I am to do the same. Well, taking what she said a step further, Jesus and the disciples never got into a car. They always walked. Shouldn't that be part of the "rule"? Oh, and she also even mentioned Philip when he got in the chariot with the eunuch. Where was the second disciple? (Acts 8) Let's not forget that Jesus met the woman at the well by Himself, not with a second disciple. (John 4) We can't get so locked into an idea that we close our mind to what God wants us to do right now! When I told the woman that I am sharing with people all around the world through the Clarion Call she let me know that wasn't acceptable. I was to do "like Jesus did" and meet in a church with others and go door to door to spread the gospel. We can't get stuck with closed minds or we will miss God's will. Let's pretend we are closed-minded and must only do what Jesus did or what Jesus commanded his disciples to do:  Communion will
be with wine, not grape juice. Jesus didn't drink the wine, so maybe we
shouldn't, either. Also, we need to be in an upper room for communion.
(Luke 22) We can't have a
home of our own. (Matthew 8:20) We must live at
the house where we are sharing the gospel. (Luke 9:4)
By the way, in Luke 9:1-10, it didn't say that Jesus told them to go out by
two's. When we are
going out in two's we must not carry money or shoes. We are not to speak
to people on the way. We are to stay and eat at the homes we visit and are
not to go house to house. (Luke 10)I, for one, refuse to miss what God wants me to be doing right now just because I am stuck in a holding pattern. The Bible is chock full of good information and guidance and is certainly worth studying. However, God's mouth didn't fall off and He is still wanting to communicate with us today. If you don't believe that then I suggest you ask Him. What can it hurt? |
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My mind is always busy. It wanders from thing to thing. Many times those thoughts just float away. Every once in a while I will catch one and put it here. Once a new musing comes then "poof" the old one is gone. |
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Every once in a while I come here to the Clarion Call and read about things that I need to learn. You see, I didn't write all the things here. Some of the things have other authors, but I didn't even write all the things I wrote. That sounds goofy. Let me explain. I wrote them, but it was God that gave them to me. I struggle with some of the things that He gave me Bible studies about. So, when I read them it is as if somebody else wrote them down. I don't remember them. That makes me feel good to know that I was allowing God to work through me. |
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Eagle head pictures at the top
courtesy of
Sue Woosley
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