Tuesday Morning - May 20th, 2025 😀

Hello, dear Reader, and welcome! This is a beautiful day above ground (thank You, God!) that none of us deserved and none were promised, yet because of His abundant love, mercy, and grace, here we are. 💗

Hey, look, I know that I play 👆this song by Israel Houghton a lot, but it's often the first thing that I hear in my head when I wake up these days, an automatic earworm that, for my part, will almost always continue to loop around in my head until I hear the thing again. So there you have it; fortunately, clicking/playing it's optional, so there you go. 👍

I think I've got it backwards, though; aren't you supposed to worship first (music first) and then pray and then read some of the Word? I need to deliberately try that and see if it's even better/ if I get more out of it that way. There's a verse about entering His courts with thanksgiving in our hearts and praise (Psalm 100:4). Hopefully though, with all of these flaws, weaknesses, and mistakes, He sees my heart which, I hope and pray, He finds acceptable and, if not, I pray for the mercy and gift of His holy correction no matter what form that takes and an ability to receive it.

 

Having just finished yet another course of oral Prednisone, I was up late and therefore slept in late today as well, until six AM solid, just in time to use both the Flovent and Anoro Ellipta (controller) inhalers, so that's exactly what I did. Even though I have valid concerns about the 'care' that I received from a local pulmonologist the other day, I am still being obedient (as safely possible) to her directives, paying particular attention to taking these things on a schedule as she stressed the importance of doing so. I also want to admit that two days into marijuana cessation I can literally already detect some modicum of improving lung-function, which means that much of this year's illness and exacerbations are, in fact, my fault due to pouring gasoline on the fire (every time that I just kept smoking marijuana). 

I used to think that I was a reasonably intelligent person, but am making that mistake less and less these days, given newly perceived realities. 😆

It's all good, we all take our turns at being stupid or at least doing stupid things, don't we? I mean, when we're honest with ourselves which, I find to be one of the biggest challenges of all given the discomfort of cognitive dissonance when confronted with better information in the face of what we hold dear and find comfort in, but I digress.

One of our camper doors in need of repair

I went ahead and ended that GoFundMe campaign to replace the doors on our 1987 alfa 5th wheel camper because, after it'd been up a couple of days, just didn't feel like what God wanted for me to do to deal with the situation. Instead, though, we know a handy young man who can help us fix the ones we have and make them stronger which is all we really need anyway. He's a neighbor, a good one, and he's always been very nice to us. The supplies that we need to do both doors shouldn't even cost $200 all-told, which we can easily afford ourselves without help, even though we have to wait until June to do it.

So that's about all I've got to share with you today, I hope to have said something that you find of value and, if not, apologize for that. Please agree with me in prayer real quick for God to protect all of our leaders globally and replace the wicked with those of His choosing, in Jesus' Name, amen. 
Thank you for your time today; be blessed!