The Heart and The Body

Well, let's start with the body. Mine is upset today. It all started when I arrived home from work yesterday. The evening was not so pretty. It disrupted date night a little! And by 9:15pm, I was in bed for the night. I had some disruptive wake-ups in the night with a very sore stomach. By 5:30am, when my alarm was going to go off for me to arise for a day of work, it was still in bad shape. I don't want to give any bugs to the moms and babies and don't want to be in the position where I can't go to the bathroom when I need to, so home it is for the day. I like work so it was a bit of a bummer!

As for the heart, it is fairing well. There is something peaceful about a rainy day at home in pjs. I got a ton of sleep last night, read my Bible this morning, read a good book in the bath and tried to see if my stomach would mind some toast. So far, so good!

Here's a part of the book that ministered to me this morning:

"Jesus knew human experience. He knew monotony. He knew the day to day. He was acquainted with the common and not a stranger to the trivial. Truly, in all ways, He is our Brother. When we are cleaning our houses, mowing our lawns, playing with our children, driving in our cars, He is deeply and intimately near and familiar - inviting us to follow His example in loving God extravagantly amidst our present obscurity.

By Jesus' embracing of the human plight, He made way for each moment of monotony to be a doorway of fellowship. There is nothing too small, no circumstance too trivial that we cannot bring to Him in love, having conversation with Him in the midst of it and consecrating it unto Him as something done in love. He reaches to us in our boredom, in our ordinary and routine aspects of life, and invites us to love Him in all parts of our day, all through the ordinary activities and obscure tasks of necessity. If we seek for Him here, He is present to be found by us. And as we are faithful to offer Him these things, doing everything as unto the Lord, even the smallest cup of cold water given will have eternal reward (Mark 9:41)."

If you haven't read the book Entirety by Dana Candler, I'd recommend it! It's all about living wholeheartedly in our love for God! A good read!

Dreams...

I'm thinking about the kind that happen when you are sleeping. Generally, I like to dream. Shane and I pray for prophetic dreams (Acts 2) just about every night before we sleep.

I am a pretty logical and black and white kinda gal and so my favorite kind of dreams are the ones that stir me emotionally and feel real, along with the meaning being very obvious. I love the directional or correctional kinds of dreams. I don't enjoy interpreting them!

I woke up pretty encouraged this morning after dreaming last night. I dreamt a few different things and don't know exactly what they mean, if anything. But, as I woke up, I was praying the themes that the dreams represent to me. It's fun when your dreams aid in your intercession!

So, I'm praying this morning for complete healing for people in general, the restoration of broken relationships, life, protection from the Enemy and God's leading and guidance!

So, turn a dream around and pray!

The first day since August...

Today is my first full-on 8 hour shift since August 10, 2007! Crazy that it has been so long! I'm doing most people's normal day length today! That's a milestone in the whole process! I still have to get to 12 hour shifts though, so the process isn't complete...

If you think of me this week, pray that my wrist does well. It has to endure three 8 hour shifts in a row and has been a little more sore than usual lately!

Thanks!

The latest...

So, I'm working the wrist these days and it's a little sore at times but not too bad. Sometimes I wish I could forget about it entirely =) Hopefully soon!

I saw the doc on Monday and I'm doing 7 hours shifts this week! I did 6 hours the last two weeks and used my wrist a lot more than the first 4 weeks of my back-to-work. I felt it but not too bad!

Then, instead of 2 weeks of 7 hour shifts, we're already going up to 8 hours next week! We've still got a ways to go to 12 hour shifts, but I really hope my wrist doesn't mind the extra hours! I've been enjoying work!

Another bonus is that with more work hours and doing more things around home, I don't have to do any of my exercises at home anymore! That's great, as I have been doing my home program for a very long time! Instead, I'm supposed to play more piano and guitar! I'm excited!

I did a devotional at Sanctuary on Monday and was planning on playing 30 minutes. Well, I thought I'd keep going a little longer.....and managed to do the whole hour (on piano)! Yippee! We're headed in the right direction! It was a little sore after, but I didn't pay for it later which was really nice!

Today I'm headed to the hospital to do the second part of the testing to renew my NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program). It should be fun! I'm not nervous. I'm just looking forward to being done and knowing that I don't have to renew for another 2 years after today!

Then I'm going to find something to do with my favorite guy and enjoy the beautiful weather we're getting today!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

To my mom who never reads this because she never goes online and my mother-in-law who does! Hope you have great days! Thanks for being great moms!

A lovely date with my hubbie!

Shane and I were pleasantly surprised at the beginning of April when we found out that we would be getting a tax return! At that time, we decided that a nice date was a priority with some of that money!



Yesterday was the big date! We started out at 3pm doing some window-shopping. Then we had an early supper at The Keg...yum! Shane absolutely loves red meat and so The Keg is very special for him! I love it too! Especially those virgin strawberry margaritas!




After a nice meal, great company and relaxing conversation, we headed for a drive in the area, looking at the beautiful houses. I've always had a love of beautiful homes, probably related to the fact that my dad builds them! I would love a beautiful home one day!

We then decided to make a quick stop at Shane's parents' house as we were killing time before a movie. We got to cuddle, coo at and squish our niece for a few minutes and say hi to the family. I'm glad we got to say hi! If we weren't on a date, we would have stayed the evening!

Then off to the cheap seats for a movie! I think the last time we went to a movie together was on our anniversary! That was a year ago next month! I was pretty excited to be there! I rarely go to the theater so the big screen, candies and such made me pretty happy =) We saw National Treasure....not too bad. We actually saw a movie that isn't a cartoon! Generally we stick to the animated films because we try to be really careful what we see!

Then we headed home for some relaxing time together...reading, tea and snuggles. A really nice ending to a really nice day together! Boy, those dates really are important! I encourage all you married ones that read this blog...find a way and take your spouse out on a date!