A Mountain To Climb

Enjoy Today

2009-07-14T08:24:00.006-04:00

Since we lost everything in January of 2008 we have had to learn to live one day at a time. After eighteen months, I can say that it is very liberating to have found that everyday has good in it. Fretting over what might happen or what has happened will only cause you to miss the good God has in store for you today.Many days God showed up unexpectedly and blessed us

Accepting Your Limitations

2009-06-22T23:03:00.006-04:00

When I was a child there was a Framed copy of the Serenity Prayer, which read:God, give us grace to acceptthe things that cannot be changed,Courage to change the thingsthat can,and the Wisdom to know the difference.Sometimes in life, things happen, that bring to you limitations. You can spend a lot of time fretting over those things or you can accept them and move on. During the financial

Lesson # 102

2009-04-28T22:34:00.010-04:00

Anger - Anger has never been my strong suit. Sometimes I should be mad but I am not. The scripture says be ye angry and sin not. Anger can be a driving force if you don't let it cause you to sin. Sometimes as the Rascal Flatts song 'Stand' says you bend till you break, decide you've had enough, you get mad, then you stand.We have had some of those moments the last fifteen months. I don't

Lesson Learned #99

2009-04-16T14:17:00.006-04:00

How Can I Help - When we lost everything, many friends and family wanted to help. It seemed at times that there were not enough money in the world that could save us. Some said, let me know if there is anything I can do. Some showed up with offers of a helping hand that seem to come at just the right time.One person paid the rent on a moving truck and storage for our things we had no place to

Lesson Learned # 54

2009-04-10T08:52:00.006-04:00

Discouragement - Most discouragement is not because of what is happening around you now. It is because of what you think is going to happen or not going to happen in the future. This is the most difficult to deal with because God has not supplied the grace yet for some future event.I learned that this was a signal to me that my eyes were to far in the future. If I could bring myself back to

Lesson Learned # 104

2009-04-08T10:33:00.005-04:00

Get it off your chest - When you go through a traumatic situation such as we have, part of the healing is to get it off your chest. Having someone to talk to can be very helpful. Although, there are few people who know how, or who are willing to listen without giving advice or interjecting their opinion of what you should have done. If you have someone in your life who can hear you out, go for

Lesson Learned # 25

2009-04-03T10:12:00.005-04:00

The Family Meeting - Many overlook the power and strength that comes from your own family. Even if your children are small and you think they don't understand their prayers can encourage in a way that is beyond explanation. We have always resorted to a family meeting and prayer to help us during difficult times.There were times when the teenagers would roll their eyes when Dad called, "FAMILY

Lesson Learned #101

2009-04-02T08:02:00.004-04:00

Beware - As we have worked through this past year, we have faced many difficult days. Fighting against discouragement that can immobilize you and keep you from moving forward. There is that piece of bad news that never materializes, but was just enough to discourage you at the time you heard it. Even worse is the good news that brought you hope and lifted your spirits and then fell through.

Lesson Learned # 83

2009-03-25T18:26:00.005-04:00

The Lord gives and the Lord takes away... These words of Job never meant much to me until after we had lost everything. At first I questioned the decisions I had made and wondered if I had made different choices would there have been a different outcome. I looked around to see if I am really that much worse than the people around me who seem to be doing fine. Then I would remind God of all

Lesson Learned #44

2009-03-24T21:55:00.005-04:00

When you are going through hard times you are looking for a break. You think things cant get any worse, and then they do. Our air conditioner broke and no funds to fix it. After a couple of days of the heat I went to Walmart and purchased a kiddy pool for $11.88 I got out my lawn chair a boom box and my Oakley sunglasses. I positioned my chair towards the best possible view. This is what I

Lesson Learned # 17

2009-03-23T19:33:00.007-04:00

During the first two months after our financial loss. We were so overwhelmed that we could not think of the future. We began for the first time in our lives to live by the moment. That meant sometimes going for a drive and burning gas that you knew you could not afford or scraping together change to eat out when we probably should not have.There were days I would go for a walk and ask myself