{"id":670,"date":"2008-02-13T07:24:18","date_gmt":"2008-02-13T07:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.131.168.108\/wordpress\/?p=670"},"modified":"2008-02-13T07:24:18","modified_gmt":"2008-02-13T07:24:18","slug":"670","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/2008\/02\/13\/670\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

A rough morning.<\/p>\n

I woke up at 3:30 and had to go to the bathroom.  I had trouble going back to sleep.  When that happens in the early morning hours, I have a tendency to start thinking, which usually leads to fear or worry.  But I managed to simply spend a few minutes in prayer and eventually dozed back off…<\/p>\n

…for an hour.  At 4:50, I woke up again and had to go to the bathroom again.  I had a lot of trouble falling back asleep.  This time, I dozed off a couple of times, but never fully slept.  And this time, the prayer did turn to fear and worry.   I really hate mornings like these.<\/p>\n

So this morning, I’m working hard (and only partially succeeding right now) to shift my focus off the fear and onto Jesus.  My morning’s bible reading was in Mark 9 where Jesus reminded a little boy’s father: Everything is possible if you believe.  And the man responded, “I do believe; help my unbelief.”  This is my prayer for today, for this morning.  I do believe, Jesus.  Please help my unbelief.  Free me from my fear and worry because most of the “what ifs” will never happen, and even if they do, God will not love me less, let me go, or throw me out. Amen and Amen!
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Edit (8:36 am):  Between writing this out, thinking about the op-ed question on Marla’s page, and spending lots more time with Jesus, I’m already feeling better.  God is so good, and I don’t deserve his presence or blessing in my life!  Boy am I glad he just pours Himself into me anyway!<\/span><\/p>\n

As for the rest of life, yesterday wasn’t terribly exciting.  I did a couple of loads of laundry.  I ran some errands and stopped to visit with Karen for a bit (their nursery<\/a> is too cute!).  Then we had dinner, and Eric worked on priming his wall repairs and I crocheted a slipper.  Now I just have to make a second one…Hopefully, I’ll get it done quickly!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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