Its A Great Day To Have A Great Day

                 

Greetings!!

     Yes, it is a great day to have a great day!! Everyday is, because I believe that Jesus is God's Son and that he paid for my sins. I'm a daughter of the King!!!  Jesus resides in my heart 24/7!!!  I was raised in a Christian home and so thankful!! 

     It's been awhile since I've posted here but lately I have felt the Holy Spirit speaking to me,  to start back. I've been putting it off like so many other things. I hope you,  my readers, will receive a blessing from reading them. I will always rely on God's inspiration on what to write each time. I feel led to start blogging on decluttering and organizing my life and house God's way.  I have started a new Bible study about that. It's called Get Organized God's Way: Bring God's Order into Every Area of Your Life, by Eileen, Koff. Its so good, I have a hard time putting it down. 

     For so many years, I've tried to declutter my way or someone else's. Yeah, it hasn't worked for me!  Has it worked for you? A few weeks ago I Googled how to declutter God's way and started watching Eileen's videos. I was so impressed that I ordered her book which is a Bible study plus organization workbook. Thank you, Eileen! I want to share my thoughts here each week and would love for you to comment.  If you're interested in ordering it, I got mine off Amazon.  

     I've already read Introduction and chapters 1-2.  God loves Order (organization) and Satan loves Disorder (Clutter). I want to obey God, not Satan, but to look at my mess, one would wonder. I've also studied about earthly treasures vs eternal treasures.  I think I have more earthly treasures but that's gonna come to an end soon!! There's so much I can say but I need to go to town for a checkup, so I need to close for now.  Have a blessed day!!! Remember... I'd love for y'all to leave comments. 

Love in Christ,

Vickie

Too Cold To Do Anything, BUT that's Ok!!

         

Hello!!!!

     I am so with GRATITUDE for living in the South!! I couldn't take these brutal cold temps like the Northerners do. Y'all can have it!! I love to look at snow pictures but not the cold. I'm also grateful for our heaters and blankets and the deer chili that we will have for lunch.  I'm also thankful for the deer that our grandson, Lyrik killed. It was his first!! So proud of him!!! I'm also thankful for cardinals!! They're my favorite bird!! 

  I think there are some days, such as today,  that it's just too cold to do anything!! I even feel like my brain is in a frozen state.

      Flylady, a.k.a. Marla Cilley, has a daily habit for each month of the year. The habit for January is SHINE YOUR SINK. I don't have but a few dirty dishes in the sink, so I'll wait to wash then with lunch dishes,  then shine my sink. I need to bleach my sink soon, but just a regular cleaning will work for now. 

        I also make up our bed every morning. That is one of my personal habits. That will have to wait too because my precious granddaughter is laying in it right now.  They didn't have school today because of the winter weather. She got up real early this morning so she's napping right now. I cleaned up our house yesterday so I can be lazy without feeling guilty.  Ha!! 

        What are you doing on this extremely cold day? I hope you'll enjoy God's beauty and praise Him, for HE is so wonderful!! 

     Have a blessed day,

      Vickie

My Focus Word For 2024 Is!!!

 My Focus Word For 2024 Is.....

                            GRATITUDE.                        "This is the day which the Lord hath made, we will rejoice and be glad in it." Psalms 118:24. KJV

        I believe the Lord wants me to focus on the word and attitude of GRATITUDE this year. I'm such a complainer and I think that displeases God. I want to be the person God created me to be and I hope you do too. I don't want to be a complainer. I want to be joyful at all times. 

        I get very agitated and ungrateful when cleaning and organizing our house and yard. I also feel overwhelmed.  Actually, I'm very thankful (gratitude) for our house and home, just not at the condition it's in. That's my fault, not God's.The Lord has touched my heart a lot lately about my attitudes. Of course, many times I haven't acted like it. Sorry, Jesus. I'm a work in progress! I want to clean our house for you,  Lord, and noone else. I use the Flylady system. She's awesome!! If you've never heard of her or tried to use her method, you need to!!! Here's her website....http://flylady.net/      

       I plan to blog about Gratitude and House/Home Cleaning and Organizing this year. I will post at least twice a week.  I will share ideas that I've learned and used. I also use other sources too. I need all the help I can get!! Ha! If you , my readers, would like to share ideas, and/or want me to blog about anything in particular,  such as Removing Stains From Clothing or Organizing The Kitchen, please DO SO!  I want to help others  through my blog, but I very seldom get comments. I don't know if I'm helping, if I don't hear from you!!! 

     I'm extremely grateful for my Mama, Sylvia Carpenter,  for teaching me how to take care of my home, when I was growing up. Mama, you probably didn't think I was listening, watching, or paying attention, but I was!! I did the same for my children. Again,  THANKYOU, Mama!!   But I realize some people didn't have that , growing up,  and I want to help you. If you were fortunate to have that though, feel free to share. We can all learn from each other!! 

     Well, one of Flylady's first chores are , SHINE YOUR SINK!! I can't do that with dirty dishes, so I'm about to get dressed and get busy with that!! Yeah, these freezing mornings slow me down. Ugh

      Oh yeah, before I close, I want to add that I'm planning to start creating a Gratitude Journal.  Crafting is one of my passions so I'll be crafty and thankful at the same time! Can't beat that! Ha!!

     Have a blessed day and Happy Cleaning!! Also,  get prepared for our upcoming winter storm Monday-Tuesday!

Love y'all!!!

Vickie Berryhill 

God Is My Strength

 

Goodmorning and Happy New Year, 4 days late!! I hope your year has started out great!  Mine has been very hectic but God is my strength, so I WILL persevere!! Some days I feel like I'm drowning. But, thankfully God is my lifeguard. So, even though I may feel like I'm drowning,  God won't let me, because I'm HIS child. Satan is at play with my family and I, during this time, which it appears that he is at play with our whole country. Have faith!! God's grace, strength, and so much more is what keeps me going. I admit that sometimes I just want to throw in the towel, but I'm not!  I'm not going to tell what our storm or giant is. God knows and He is bigger than our storm! If the guilty ones read this post, just know that God is working on YOU daily, that many are praying for you, and that even though we hate what you've done, and may still be doing, we are all still hurting and praying for you. 

      I've had many heartaches through the years, but what we're going through now, is the worst. I feel like my heart has been shattered in pieces. I'm constantly having to let go of anger in my heart towards certain people.  But I'm praying for the ones responsible and for the pain the rest of us are carrying around. The guilty just don't realize or care, that their actions affect the whole family and close friends. I'm also so thankful for your help, encouragement and prayers!! God sends you our way daily!! Well, I'm gonna close for now because I have tons of work to do, as I'm sure you do too. Keep the FAITH too!! 

I'm So Thankful!!

  

                       

  God is so great!!!! I have so much that I thank God for everyday, and not just on Thanksgiving Day. The most important thing I'm thankful for is my salvation, through Jesus!! If I started naming off everything here, I'd be here a long time. Ha!  But I will name a few...my Bible and relationship with Jesus,  my family, friends,  church family, and my health. God is helping me reach my weight loss goal so I can be even healthier.  I'm feeling great!! Yes, I've had some emotional bumps in the road lately, but God got us though it and still guiding.  I'm starting to make me a Gratitude Journal so I can be artsy and thankful even more. I love each of you, my readers, and hope that you are thankful as well. 

Wrath Is Messing Me Up

               

      Goodmorning, Friends and Family!! This week started out rough, but God is in control! The easy part is trusting Him but the hard part is being patient for His timing.  The constant situation has made me very angry (wrath) and messing me up. It's making me veer off course alittle from my eating habits the last 2 days. Thankfully, it's not a lot, but I'm getting back On track today. I've worked too hard to let anger (Satan) continue to do this. 

       I'm not going to say what's causing my anger because it's private. I just pray it stops NOW!  If the guilty ones read this, JUST KNOW THIS.....your actions are highly affecting the ones you love and I'm sick and tired of it!! I'm praying for you and trying my best to let go of my anger, but I'm having a hard time. Please pray for me. Satan sure loves preying on me but I'm in God's Army, not his.  

       If you'd like to leave a comment here,  please do so. I need encouragement as well as prayers. I hope ya'll have a blessed week.

Love,

Vickie 

Making Progress!!

   I finally got started on my Fallcleaning house project. My husband and I tackled our bathroom first because the floor desperately needed repaired and new tile. I'm so in love with our new tile!!

  So after our very talented son, Joshua, fixed the floor and laid the new tile, I got busy dejunking, deepcleaning,, and organizing the bathroom.  I haven't found the window curtains I want, but I'm still looking.  I'm very pleased with our bathroom now!! That's why I haven't posted recently.  Been too busy!! Family helped but God led us!! 

      This week, I've been visiting family.  I needed a rest from housework but gonna head home today and get started on living room and dejunking the house. I'm on a roll!! Ha! 

       My Intermittent Fasting is still going great! I've lost 17.5 pounds so far so halfway to my goal!! But that's not the best part..... I'm wearing Small size clothes now!!! I'm elated!!!! Again, God is still leading me!!  

        Hope y'all have a blessed day and weekend!  

Love y'all!!!