What I've Been Up To These Days

Honestly - not much! These last two weeks have been kind of tough. I've had very little energy and the ringing in my ears is extremely frustrating. I am going to try a steroid for two days to see if it helps with the ear ringing and the pain I've been feeling in my lower back and down my legs. Our best guess right now is that the tumors might be causing some swelling that the steroid may help alleviate. I'll keep you posted.

One of my new hobbies has been studying the Bible - line for line. A friend of mine goes to Calvary Church West Houston and at Calvary Churches the entire sermon is Bible study line by line, but you flip around quite a bit because they reference all over the place. Their sermons are podcast and I heard they were also on You Tube. I am going through the revelation series (on book 14) and it is very interesting. The preacher's belief is that the Bible will interpret the Bible and when he gets to the parts in which I get lost, he refers us back to the old testament references so we can understand. I guess I really like his style.

That same friend lent me a book called "The Seven Festivals of the Messiah" which explains how God uses the Jewish festivals to teach us about the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, the empowering of believers by the Holy Spirit, the resurrection of the dead, the coronation of the Messiah, the wedding of the Messiah, the tribulation, the second coming of the Messiah, and much more. It has definitely been interesting.

By the way, and I am no Bible scholar but this is kind of interesting, Matthew 24:34 says "Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till these things be fulfilled." In Psalm 90:10 the psalmist says a generation is 70 years (or 80 years if in good shape). If the "Jewish clock" stopped when Jesus was crucified and restarted again when Israel became a nation in 1948, we are in year 63 of the 70 years. Take off 7 years for the tribulation and I figure if I don't live very long, it's OK because Connor and Faron will be right behind me in the Rapture! DON"T BURST MY BUBBLE!!

I have also started working on Connor's website again, which means I have been studying how to create websites, blogs, etc. Connor has been taking senior pictures, family gatherings, baby showers, and pictures of his friends pursuing their hobbies, and I need to get with it and get a facebook page and link it to the website somehow.

At the end of April I plan to go to the Tenth Woman Rally in Azle. Will see my old friend Liz and hopefully Terri, too. I'll stay with Dad and then we plan to bring Mama Sue back here with us for a week. Of course, everything depends on how I am feeling, but I am looking forward to it and lifting it in prayer.

Thelma and Kristi are on babysitting duty tomorrow and maybe Tuesday, then mom should be up to take her turn. I have three friends that rotate in as well. They all shop, clean, cook, do laundry and take care of the garden. I've pretty much become a cheerleader around here and give praises to God that I am so blessed.

Much love to all! Kelli