Happy Monday, Friends! I hope y'all had a lovely Thanksgiving weekend.
I have a big morning today because I'm taking Shelley to the doctor. We think she has a bad ear infection, and I don't want her driving because she's a little dizzy. Then I have to run her home and go back to the hospital because I have my first physical therapy session today!
I'm very intrigued about this week's lesson entitled "Feeling Like a Phony." I haven't read it yet, but it's interesting that just last week I was talking about "imposter syndrome" with a friend.
Prayer requests?
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Ricki Jill
Happy Black Friday, Friends! Do you go out early on Black Friday and get in the midst of the hustle and bustle? As a general rule, I don't. We're thinking about going to a Christmas Bazaar at Lake Martin later today, but we're waiting to see whether or not it will rain. Christmas is ONE MONTH from today!
Did you enjoy this week's reflection? I thought it was neat that it featured the Christmas story just in time for Advent. :D
When I think back on all the times I truly had good intentions and things did not turn out as planned, I wish I'd had this lesson because I found it encouraging, especially Paul's words, above.
Prayer requests?
Here are a few from earlier in the week:
- From Carla: Sam and team have been deployed to Mogadishu. Al-Shabab is a growing terrorist threat.
- Please pray for ALL the troops that continue to monitor and root out the terrorist that want to do the world harm.
- Rita has a few praises: For her bil, who is home from hospital and resting/recovering, for both her daughters and their families who are under the weather tested negative for flu, Covid & rsv, for her brother who is slowly healing from oral surgery.
- Praying everyone who travels or gathers with family this week will be held safely.
- Pray for Kris's husband Terry (career)
- Please pray for Shelley. She's sick, and she tested negative for everything, too, and we're treating it as a very bad cold.
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Ricki Jill
Happy Monday, Friends! It's Thanksgiving Week! :D I am so happy. How about you? How are you feeling today?
FULL DISCLOSURE:
I read the title of this week's reflection, "When You Thought You Were Doing It Right," and I shut the book as soon as I got the biblical reference for the above graphic. Yep. I. Did!
I'll read the lesson later, LOL!
Prayer requests and/or updates? I'm heading out in a bit to my oncology cardiologist for an ECHO and examination. Prayers appreciated! :D
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Ricki Jill
Happy Friday, Friends! I enjoyed the lesson this week, and it is very timely for use because we have all either been waiting on God, or have been waiting a long time after having been in a "holding pattern." I hope that as you rate your feelings concerning what you are currently waiting for in life that it is closer to the anticipation end of the spectrum rather than the apprehension end.
Here are the other biblical references in this week's reflection:
I sought the Lord, and he answered me;he delivered me from all my fears.Those who look to him are radiant;their faces are never covered with shame.~Psalm 34:4-5
Here are a few prayer requests I'm aware of:
- Kitty asks that we pray that her family can heal their differences, move on, and be together.
- Kris's husband Terry is looking for a new job.
- Rita's precious Granddaughter J has been sick.
- Continue to pray for Carla's son Sam. He's serving in Africa.
If there are any others, please include them in comments below.
Have a lovely weekend, Friends! I love you all!
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Ricki Jill
Happy Monday, Friends! Can you believe that Thanksgiving is next week? Are you hosting this year?
This week's reflection is all about waiting and how we respond to spiritual "holding patterns" in our lives. It's funny timing for me because I have been "waiting" for the past year to be finished cancer treatment. I suppose this lesson will be good for me to reflect on my attitude during this time. I also know that some of you are also in a "wait and see" pattern as well.
Do y'all have any prayer requests? If you email me or leave a comment, I will include them in a bulleted list in Friday's post.
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Ricki Jill
A lovely description for how God shows compassion to His people
Happy Friday, Friends! I am happy to report that I made it through radiation, and I celebrated by having lunch with my friend Pat. For dessert I had a pumpkin spice cloud 9 served in a martini glass. YUM! :D My friends and family have been great to me this week (and that includes y'all). I am truly blessed! Thank you so, so much for your prayers during treatment. You mean the world to me!
This week's reflection (Reflection 15) could not have come at a better time for me. My cancer treatment is behind me (forever, I pray), and I will slowly but surely begin to feel strong again. I'm already experiencing friends and acquaintances asking me to become involved in community service (at church and with other organizations). The main question from the lesson is this:
What factors help you discern whether a need constitutes a call?
I feel like I'm starting over, because in a way, I am. I had to give-up service during treatment. So I'm asking y'all because I want to learn from your wisdom: How do you answer the above question?
Here are the other biblical references for this week's reflection:
I'd like to pray for discernment for us when deciding whether or not to take on a ministry or other opportunities to provide service or comfort.
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Ricki Jill
Mr. Prayer Warrior let me sleep in this morning, and I have to leave for my last radiation treatment in a few minutes. Please forgive me for not having a post ready, but I will have it live by 3:00 P.M. CST today.
Have a great morning!
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Ricki Jill
Happy Monday, Friends! How was your weekend? Have you read ahead (this week's lesson)? I have not. This weekend has been busy, I have a very busy week, with the election, a luncheon, a blog hop, AND it's my LAST WEEK of radiation! Woot, woot! However, I will make the time for this wonderful reflection because it just might touch on the problem I've had lately of over-committing.
Prayer Requests:
- Rita requests we pray for her brother-in-law who had bypass in July and diverticulitis in October. He had a colon resection late last week. He is in ICU. She is praying that her jar will be filled with however she can help her sister's family.
- Carla also thinks that we warriors must bend to our knees regarding this election (tomorrow). She was not happy in the way the President seemed to threaten the people of America, again in his latest speech. It is very difficult for her to understand a leader who approves the mutilation of children. She prays for those who have become Frankenstein Doctors, this subject makes her (and me) so upset. There is a case going on in Wisconsin regarding this, and it is breaking Carla's heart.
- I would like to add to Carla's request: Let's pray for the radical transformation of school boards across the country. We need Christian men and women who will protect children from predators.
If you have any other requests, please either email me or share them in comments below!
Please pray for our country!
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Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Happy Friday, Friends! How has your week been? Did you enjoy this week's lesson? I loved it, and it truly humbled me. God has done so much for us!
We are asked to consider the actions God took in the following passage:
In a desert land he found him,in a barren and howling waste.He shielded him and cared for him;he guarded him as the apple of his eye,like an eagle that stirs up its nestand hovers over its young,that spreads its wings to catch themand carries them aloft.The Lord alone led him;no foreign god was with him.He made him ride on the heights of the landand fed him with the fruit of the fields.He nourished him with honey from the rock,and with oil from the flinty crag,with curds and milk from herd and flockand with fattened lambs and goats,with choice rams of Bashanand the finest kernels of wheat.You drank the foaming blood of the grape.~Deuteronomy 32:10-14
I must say I love the lyrical metaphors in these verses!
We are also challenged to offer up to God our "empty jars" so we can see how he can use them.
Let's all try this and share how God takes something little from us and turns it into something huge. God will make a way!
Prayer requests?
I've heard from several of you who also want to pray for our elections: local, state, and national. Also, let's pray for our school board elections in particular because our nation's children are under attack.
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
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