It was a strange weekend in some ways, very good in others.

We had a very relaxing weekend at home.  No plans, no major appointments or activities, just an unusually home-based weekend.  We ran errands.  We hung out.  We vegged in front of the television. We got little projects worked on.  We talked to each other.  It was lovely.

Highlights of the weekend:

• I found a grocery store that is not packed on Saturday mornings.  I didn’t know such things existed! 
• My blood sugar has been (well) within its boundaries since Friday when I got the glucometer.  
• We watched the movie 10,000 BC.  It was actually a decent movie.  A bit predictable, but not much “bad” stuff in it.  A surprisingly worthwhile watch.
• We bought new blinds for our bedroom.  Two benefits of that: we could finally put one of the old ones in the nursery window, and our bedroom is now MUCH darker at night.  So we’ve been sleeping really well for the last couple of nights!

As far as the GD goes, it’s been a little strange to adjust to having to deal with it.  My biggest concern right now is making sure I’m getting enough food at the same time as I’m figuring out what I should eat less of to keep the blood sugar at good levels.  I think I’m doing okay.  I’m not really hungry much, so that’s good.  But it is hard.  I’ll be glad to finally meet with the dietician on Thursday.

Of course, some things that are just plain hard for me, for sure.  I could list a number of them.  In fact, I just deleted 4 bullets of my “issues” today.  It was probably good for me to write them all out, just to get them out of my head.  But I realized as I re-read them, that they all sounded whiny and selfish.  So I deleted them.  I do not need to dwell on them.  I need to turn them over to Jesus so that they don’t control my thoughts all day!  But you can just pray for my attitude and my “issues” if you want…that will help me, too!

And along those same lines, I do need to praise Jesus this morning.  He has been a mighty warrior for me this weekend.  And I was reminded again of the powerful reality of the promise in Galatians 5, “Walk in the Spirit and you will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh.”  When I turned my issues over to Jesus and re-tuned my heart to the Spirit’s leading, there returned joy, peace, love, and the rest of the fruit of the Spirit.  And my habits of fear, worry, anxiety (the lusts of my flesh) lost their power over me.  I love how the power of Scripture and the promises of God are truly enough for the trials that we face.  Praise him!

Happy Monday!!