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[Mother_Tres]

I have been thinking for a while now about really being Virtuous, and some things has been brought to my mind. I have heard people say "Virtuous ? old school, not happening nowadays, and doesn't that have to do with cooking or cleaning?"

Well some may not know but I have been sick lately. Not anything too major, but none the less still something to knock me down. During this time, and I have had plenty of time to do some talking to God and thinking, I was just going over some things in my head. Kinda like going over your shopping list per say, yep got this and that etc. I examine myself, look at what I am doing, what I have done and see if there is room for improvement. Well then the issues of Virtuous came up. I use to think like many that being Virtuous was old school. But then things started to change.

As we do the study/program each week I think about what we are talking about and seeing if I have applied it to my life as well. There has been many studies that has helped me here. Who Am I and Seeds and Weeds are my favs I think. Some people say hey do you know what you are asking me to do ? Give up this and give up that ? Do you know how hard it is ? I mean I personally have a wonderful husband and family. However I struggle with things just like others, I like to talk to people about things going on too. I have issues that I deal with from my past also. BUT I am not letting them control me anymore. I have turned it all over to God and am letting HIM help me through it all. Now that does not mean that ok everything is fixed and I can just go on my merry little way. NO it means that I have someone that I can talk to and want to talk to and receive help from. I can mess things up when I try to do them on my own, so I need someone who is much better than me to help. I have found him, his name is Jesus.

I was thinking about the old school thing and the house cleaning thing and was starting to get upset about it, then I heard " well aren't you cleaning house"? I thought about that for a while and said Yes I am My house is ME. And yes it does need cleaning from time to time to get rid of the things that are not of God. The cooking thing that is cool too for yes if someone is cooking then someone needs to eat, right ? Well the food has been cooked for us now we are being feed, by the word of God. So yeah Virtuous is kinda like cooking, eating, cleaning, etc.

It never ceases to amaze me how in times when you think things are rotten, that something good happens. You just gotta open your eyes and look around. I was thinking the other day before I had surgery done that wow what a mess I am kinda laid up and now all these things need done, I gotta do this, I gotta do that, when am I ever gonna find time ??? So then Mrs. Wonderwoman ( that is what pw calls me when he is trying to get my attention ) was really trying to burn the candle from both ends, once again wasn't working. I was not able to sleep at night, not able to talk right, just all and out tired and exhausted. Then last night I spent the majority of it in ER, and then it hit me around 3:30 this morning,,,,, I said OK i quit, I have stopped and I am listening. It was like when you was a lil child and your mom or dad would ask you questions with hands on the hips,, where is your faith ? huh ? would I bring you this far and just leave you ? who are you relying on? God or man? Then reality hit once again and I was like man i blew it again. I was trying to take things out of God's hands. I was trying to do it all and not let HIM lead. Then and there I gave it all back and said please forgive me Lord. Things started working out again, this was done and I did not even have to do it, so was that, and then this other thing worked out real good. For someone who did not sleep hardly any for a week, I slept around 3 1/2 hours and felt better than I had in weeks. Because I let a friend help me. The best friend you can ever have. So what was the good thing? I once again seen the awesome works of God. And got some insight to things that was bugging me or so I thought they was, I just needed a different way at looking at it. Thank You Jesus.

Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

GBU all and I luv ya
Tres

Sometimes we gotta stop and let go and let God.