Trying To Get Healthier

     Hello!!  I'm a day late but I'm here!!! I had a lot of distractions and family obligations yesterday so I wasn't able to post. I'm not complaining because my family is very important to me. Plus, it gave me more time to think about my topic this week.  My dear hubby has an infected wound on his foot. 

     In my Welcome blog, I stated that I want to be a living sacrifice for my Lord. That includes not only my Spiritual life, but also my physical, mental, and emotional ones as well.  I haven't done a very good job though. But, now I'm trying very hard to be healthy in all areas. I want to blog on an area once every week.  For example, lastweek, I spoke about my Spiritual life. This week, I'm writing about my physical life. Next week I'll write about my mental (learning, attitudes, passions, and hobbies). Then the next will be my emotional life. But I won't just write about my life but try to give tidbits of advice. 

     Physical health is very important.  Exercise, good nutrition, drinking plenty of water, washing your hands, and getting plenty of rest are great habits to practice daily. When I don't exercise, my clothes are tight. If I don't eat proper, I'm not very productive. I probably have the cleanest hands in the country as much as I wash them, especially lately.  I'm still coughing from having bronchitis and taking my husband to the doctor. Germs, Germs, Germs!!! Speaking of rest... I decided a couple weeks ago to start going to bed at 9:00 everynight. I get up every morning about 5:45. Since I've been doing that, I'm feeling so much better physically and mentally. I plan to keep that new habit!!! I've also been trying to drink more water.  I'm also doing the Intermittent Fasting lifestyle.  If you're interested in Intermittent Fasting, let me know and I'll do my best to help. I mentioned IF in  2 or 3 earlier posts (2020, I think). 

     Well, my tablet is wanting to act contrary so I'm gonna bring this post to a close for now. If you try to comment and it won't let you, please let me know. I was having that issue lastweek. I hope I corrected it. I've blogged on and off but this time I'm trying to learn more about it and making it a great , successful blog.  Next week, I'll post a surprise, so come back for a visit!!!  If the Lord leads me to write extra posts during the week, I'll share on Facebook.  Have a good night!!!

When God Speaks...

     When God Speaks....    Sometimes we listen and obey.  Sometimes we make excuses. Sometimes we ignore God. Sometimes we wonder if it's us or God speaking. With me, it's been all of these at different times of my life. But I'm so thankful God didn't give up on me.  Actually, I believe He has prepared me for His Mission through my Bible studies, church worship, prayers and other means.  I have been feeling God really getting my attention recently. I've had a lot of downtime while recovering from the flu, which ended up in bronchitis. I'm trusting God to heal me though. 

     I've always been interested in helping children learn to read. I homeschooled my children most of their school life and some of my grandchildren. They can read very well now. Last year , out youngest grandchild, Jr, fell behind in his sight words and AR reading in K5. We didn't think he would even pass. But of course, with my background of homeschooling, and God's nudging me, I knew he could catch up with my help. Afterall, he was doing great in everything else. Sure, as a kid, he said he didn't care if he failed or not. I told him that when my siblings and I were going to school, that we didn't have the option of caring. Either we studied or paid the consequences. That's a whole story in itself.  So, I told him, I was gonna help him and we both would work hard. Our hard work paid off!! He learned all of his sight words and read all his AR books before school was even finished. Of course, he had a great teacher too. Thankyou, Amanda Hughey!  God gave me the gift to do that, but I gave , still do, God all the credit. Jr also received a lot of awards and scored really high on the STAR test. So proud of him. This year (1st grade) he's reading great and making all A's!!!  

     I believe God is calling me to finish the 2 books I've written and write more children's books to help with illiteracy. Who knows what else God leads me to in this area. I've been making excuses for not writing but no more!! I'm trusting God with the whole process. It's very daunting, to say the least.  I will continue with my blogging , for writing practice. 

       Please keep me in your prayers and if you'd like to leave a comment, I'd love to hear from my readers/followers. Yeah, I plan to learn more about blogging too. God will help me though. I trust him with every step!!!