Day by Day.......

It's late on Sunday evening and I'm sitting here in contemplation. A lot of you know that my favorite hymn is Day by Day. I have loved this song since my Nazarene days. We sang it today, in church and the last part of the second verse really really hit me; Brought me to tears. Last week, we mailed a necklace to Mariah.....A necklace that had been anointed with oil, blessed and prayed over by our pastoral team. Pastor Fred warned us that we would be up for attack from the enemy, once that necklace was placed in Mariah's hand. She received her necklace on Monday and on Tuesday, the attack began.....My toe became badly infected with cellulitis. On Thursday, Mark's car broke down...yesterday, Mark discovered that the car is going to need more repair than he thought. Please my brothers and sisters, pray for us as we put on the armor of Christ and fight the enemy for our daughter's soul. Anyhoo, as I was standing up on the pulpit singing, God hit me with it, head on. Sweetly broken and wholly surrendered, I wept, for my daughter, for our coming battles and with joy, because my Heavenly Father gives me so much more than I deserve!! The protection of His child and treasure Is a charge that on Himself He laid;“As thy days, thy strength shall be in measure,”This the pledge to me He made. No words meant more to me, than these, today. The promise that God will protect us and strengthen us, while we persevere through this time, is mind-blowing. I have the promise, I have the faith......I HAVE THE VICTORY!!! When the devil came after me, wanting to steal, kill and destroy my marriage, I fought and I won!! I will fight for my daughter and I will win. Hear that devil? You will not win!! You might as well just get thee behind me, right now, give up and save us both the time!!! I'm trusting God to deliver her, just like He delivered Mark and I.

Well, one more day of this long weekend and I am happy to have a little extra time with Mark. He works so much and during the week, I miss him. Having the extra time to spend with him is worth so much to me!! The extra rest will be good for him. We have issues, during the week, with getting enough rest. If he would just admit that I'm right and go to bed when I tell him to, then things would be fine, right??? And if you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you, at a really great price!! Getting Mark to go to bed is like trying to reason with my fourteen year old.....All he hears is Blah Blah BlaBlaBlah......I wish he was more like our dog....a biscuit or a handful of Cheez-Its and he'd do anything I ask.......No, really, I try to be quiet and gentle with Mark, well at least sometimes....I love Mark and I only want to protect him from getting overtired. He sees it as me being naggy and controlling......We've agreed to disagree.....Like I said, if he'd just realize that I'm right.......Oh forget it and stop rolling your eyes, I know as well as you that the chances of that happening is as slight as Obama suddenly becoming an ultra-right conservative republican....Tell me another fable, Aesop!!

So I better git!! It's near on to time to retire for the evening and fall asleep to mind-numbing repeats of Hannah Montana (seriously, stop laughing....I find most network TV, vile and repulsive) I love you everybody and have a wonderful evening and a happy Memorial day!
In Him
Lisa