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Now that Spider Season is coming to a close, I have found my own Mouse Season following at it's heels. We have a mouse that has taken up residence in our bedroom wall. I cannot figure out how it gets in there. One of our indoor cats is a mouser, so I don't think it is getting in from inside. However, I can't find the hole outside and it is driving me nuts to hear it chewing when I'm trying to sleep or read and I hate to think about the mess we'll have if it has babies. We're trying to make a ton of noise whenever we hear it, hoping that it will decide we are just too noisy to live with. I'm also considering unscrewing the electric outlet and dropping in some poison. It sits and chews near the outlet. I just don't want it to die in the wall. Ugh, I can only imagine the Snake Season we'll have if the Mouse Season produces offspring. Even though the wildlife seems to run amuck, we do enjoy living out here in the country. It is so nice to hear the birds and to not worry about traffic. We also enjoy the local herd of deer that stops by to eat in our front and back yard almost every day. There are about 7 of them and we love to stand at the window and watch them. They'll stand and watch us too, especially if the kids are being noisy.
We are trying new slow cooker recipes this week. My husband is a fan of eating the same few recipes over and over again, but I'm going to try stretching him a bit. We are going to have chicken and dumplings tonight. The kids are excited. They say that it smells yummy. I am a huge fan of slow cooking. I'm hoping that it tastes as yummy as it smells.
Red letter words of Jesus. "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He anointed Me to preach the Gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are downtrodden, to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord."..."Today the Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing." Luke 4:18-21 Are we living as if this scripture has been fulfilled? Jesus says that it has been fulfilled, but do we believe Him? Do the truths spoken by these few short sentences permeate our lives and thoughts? I know that I struggle with feeling set free. But, are my feelings a true representation of my reality in Christ? No, they are not. So often our feelings and fears are in contradiction to Scripture. We need to be living our lives based on what the Word says and not how we feel or even by what we are seeing. I want to encourage you to seek out the truths from the Scriptures that apply directly and most closely to your areas of doubt and uncertainty and proclaim them over your lives. Proclaim them loudly and with confidence and then wait to see what transpires. We cannot let our present circumstances darken our minds to the truth. We are victorious in Christ. Hang in there and believe in the power of your most awesome and mighty God. The Enemy wants to side track us by focusing on what we don't have or see in our lives. Don't let him distract you from God's blessings and provisions. I personally am looking forward to a favorable year from the Lord full of freedom. How about you? |
We had a wonderful weekend. We always enjoy having Daddy home for two days. We went to a Fall Fest behind the library. The kids made napkin holders out of three pieces of wood that they hammered together. I now have 6 of them. They also got realistic looking bug tattoos. We then went to an ice cream parlor and they rode a carousel. On Sunday we took advantage of the clear skies and drove to another city to do our weekly shopping. We enjoy driving through the mountains and the kids had a great time. 
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