In all actuality, I do have a pain in my side. But I really don't want to talk about it. Or any of the other pains I have.
I want to talk about how happy I am that spring & even summer appear to be coming along. Hurray! I even saw some leaves trying to burst forth this morning walking to the boat dock.
I also want to say that I have been thinking about the current opening subject. About keeping our minds on things above. It's harder than you think. Really it is. Just yesterday I was really having a good day and thinking good thoughts and actually staying in the spirit. Then came a thought about some little sore point (I don't really remember what it was) and I sat there stewing about it and having a big talk with someone in my head, which is always stupid. OH I know what it was, it was about John D and how he tries to evangelize to everyone here and convince them that what they are doing here isn't really making them happy and how awesome and totally rad it is in his church and how FANTASTIC his life is now that he's escaped the evil commune. Anyway, as you see it bothers me, but I don't need to meditate on it or have a non existent conversation with him in my head.
It doesn't do him any good and I am stuck thinking rude thoughts about someone instead of taking the Lords view of him and his situation.
Not that I think the Lord's view is always good, but I do know that He tells us NOT to be judgmental of others, and as Bill says not to hammer the gavel. He's doing things that we have no concept of knowing or understanding, so leave the problem to him.
I have also been thinking what Kathy Owens said about the Lord being our husband and treating him that way. I was thinking of how if every time Dan wanted to be intimate with me I found something else to do, we would have very bad marriage.
It really changed my perspective a great deal.
We have been praying more together and reading the bible together like we should. It's been really good.
I know that the only way we will have any sort of marriage will be if we look to the Lord together and individually, and if we flee from selfishness and pride.
It's hard to not let pride separate. It's a real tribute to Don & Debbie that Dan HATES being divided. He fights for unity with all his heart. It's harder for me, but I know how important it is.
Anyway, I am looking forward to running today. Hopefully the sun will last and I will get to be outside. Same for tomorrow. Especially since I have to run eight miles tomorrow. NO MORE TREADMILL for a while.
Yeah!
