Hope your Year started out well

So far the year has started out really well. Today was a day for catching up on home projects that had been waiting for some uninterrupted Mr. Wonderful time. I'm thrilled that our bathroom project went well and that we now have a new sink and commode. ( No more squatty potty for this girl!) Mr. Wonderful installed a comfort height commode.....and according to the box it will flush a whole bucket of golf balls at one time! (No, I didn't try it Melli! ) I guess it's a good thing that Mr. Wonderful isn't a golfer or might have been tempted.

I started a new Bible study on prayer.....it's called Prayers Uttered from the Edge. It talks about how we sometimes use prayer as a last resort instead of a instant help line. I had to laugh at this scenario as it is all too familiar. "Call best friend-get answering machine; talk to husband-hear suggestions that-well, he did give you a good hug; read a self-help book that doesn't help; stay awake all night worrying; spin mental and emotional wheels-get stuck deeper in the problem; eat everything sweet in the kitchen; eat everything salty in the kitchen; go shopping for sweet and salty items."

The study goes on to look at some of the prayers that were prayed in people's extreme moments of dire need. The lessons look at the "shortest", "oddest", "most", or "best" prayers that were uttered from the edge.

The first lesson is "The Most Reluctant Pray-ers in the Bible". It looks like it will be a good study for sure.

"I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go." Abraham Lincoln

Excuse me but your slip is showing!

Caption for this cartoon could be: "That can't be my butt!"

Yes, I've had my head buried in the sand. Yes, I've avoided the scale like the plague! Yes, I've made no attempt to do anything for myself!

However, I just got a good view of my backside and if I could give myself a good swift kick I would. Not that it would help or make me feel better!

So I'm back to Square One having gained more pounds than I've got fingers and toes.

I'm back to recording what I eat, recording my exercise, and throwing myself on the mercy of the Lord to get me through. I know the Israelites had to travel in the wilderness for 40 years due to their unbelief, I've been wandering in a diet wilderness for almost that long so I'm due for a break through to the promised land any day now.

My bags are packed, and I'm headed in the right direction again.

Lord, Have Mercy! Amen