I am writing this on Monday, April 3rd, even though I am unable to go online because of my computer problems. Many of my programs will not function because of all the error messages I am getting. The good news is we are probably getting a new computer tomorrow. Then, we will have this old one cleaned up and will have it for a back up.

I don't know when this will get put online, but I anticipate it will be soon. If worse comes to worse it will get uploaded on Thursday as I am going to go visit my in-laws and I will do it from there.

The spiritual battle rages on. Now my car is acting up. With all the volunteer activities I have there isn't a day when I'm not having to go here or there to pick up or drop off something. It is difficult for me to schedule time to get my car serviced. However, this noise sounds bad and I need to do something about it.

I have my shield of faith up and ready. I know that I will not be defeated. I know that these things are all just minor hindrances. I know that God is seated firmly on His throne. I am going to continue to try to absorb more of the Word every day. I am going to continue to try to spend as much time with the Lord as possible. I am going to continue to remember that He is with me every second and I can talk to Him and praise Him all day long!

I have a billion and one things that I need to be doing. I'm finally forcing myself to work on our taxes. I'm going to have to get serious and work on putting together the football booster club golf tournament. My house is in need of a spring cleaning. My garden is pitiful. Oh, dear, I could go on and on, but I won't. I think you got the picture. I'll see you next week from my new computer! I'm starting to get excited about it now.

I have my new computer. That's the good news. The bad news is that I'm having some problems with it. Ahhhh, technology, always bad mixed in with the good! It sure makes life interesting!!

On Sunday I was able to sing in a praise group at the church of the former praise leader from the church I used to attend. He wanted to show the people at his church what contemporary praise sounds like. I'm not sure how they all felt about it, but it sure blessed my socks right off my feet! It caused my spirit to soar up into the heavenlies! Glorious! I didn't come down until I bumped my head on a cloud!

Personal praise from your lips to the Lord's ears is what He wants. He wants you to tell Him how much you love Him. He wants you to lose yourself in praise. Praise is an important part of the time you spend with the Lord. Sometimes He tells me He wants me to praise Him and I never hear Him tell me to stop. There have been church services where I am continuously praising the Lord while the church service goes on around me. We need to be sensitive to what He wants.

He is not interested in our singing out of hymnals, unless we are aware of the words we are singing and we are singing the meaning behind the words. Just singing hymns and thinking we are worshipping him would be like reading from a script someone else wrote when you talk to your spouse or to your kids. The words have to come from your heart first and exit through your mouth! He is waiting for us to develop a personal relationship with Him. The songs we sing, the praise we give, are to be part of that personal relationship. After all, He lives within the praises of His people!

I'm on vacation for the next two weeks. Well, not actually. I'm taking two weeks off from doing the scrip fund raiser for the band. Not only does that give me extra time, but frees up my schedule from the many trips I have to take to the bank, to pick up things, etc. during each week. I will be able to spend entire days getting things caught up, cleaned up, straightened up, sewed up, put away, and even painted. I have made myself a list and as I look at it, I imagine I might need to toss in another few months of "vacation." Oh well. It's not like everything won't wait for me!

As you may have noticed, I've been making changes here. I've redone this page. What do you think? I made the background myself. I've also finished putting together a Bible study index that goes by scripture reference and have re-organized the topical index. It only took four days to do all of this! Yow!

I'm getting a lot of things done because of the vacation I'm taking from the scrip fund raiser. I knew the fund raiser took a lot of time, but didn't realize how it tied me up mentally and physically. This vacation is a good thing! Well, if you can call it a vacation. I'm working my fool head off getting things done around here!

Have you noticed how difficult life is getting? It seems like everything that has gone smoothly for a long time is needing attention. I am having to change banks. The bank we had for 25 years has gotten too big for its britches. They are charging if you go inside and visit the tellers more than five times a month and if you make more than six phone calls. They charge to make Internet transactions. I'll bet they charge for deposit slips, too! Sheesh!

Then we find out our vision insurance has added a huge deductible for eye exams. They forgot to tell us that information when we renewed.

It is getting to the point where I don't want to open my mail or answer my phone. It seems that something goes wrong every day. Have you been experiencing it, too?

There is one thing that I know won't blow up in my face. There is one thing that will never mess up or change. Actually, I don't want to use the word "thing." It is God that I can depend on being the same tomorrow as He is today. God will never go back on His promises. He will never never change. HALLELUJAH! Thank you, Lord!

Well, once again I am having computer problems and am unable to get this online on Monday. Sigh. Hopefully I can do it on Tuesday.

OH NO! It's the last day of my vacation! I haven't finished everything on my list of things to get done yet!! Stop the clock!! Well, at least I know that everything will wait for me. Wouldn't that be awful if the next time I looked everything will have handled itself, put itself away, mended itself, and did whatever needed doing? Yeah, awful...NOT! Tee Hee!

I think I've pinpointed some of the problems I'm having with my new computer. It has something to do with the keyboard, where it plugs in, or the programming searching for the keyboard when I boot up. I don't know how easy it will be to resolve. Now, if I could only pinpoint the other problems...

I refuse to allow satan to take my eyes off the Lord. He is battering me from all sides. He is using my family, my church, sickness, my computer, and many other things to try to wear me down. Give it up you fangless lion! I have what it takes to withstand your attacks!

I have the power of the Holy Spirit.

I have my spiritual armor intact.

I am a daughter of the KING!

Beat it, creep! In Jesus' name!!!