Armed and Ready!

 

Today's Scripture ~ Isaiah 54:17 ~ 

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper.

My faith has been in God, my whole life - through it all and in every situation. 

It doesn't matter what people say behind your back, or the lies they tell. Focus forward has been my driving determination. Hold no grudges, seek no revenge.

If you are striving on your relationship with God, putting on the Armour as the scripture tells us ~ God will have your back.  in every situation of life. 

I remember my ex used to get so frustrated in court. 

I hardly had to do anything, and the judge would 'take my side'.  

I was telling the 'truth'. 

Judges try to find the truth in a matter and that's the way they rule. 

One judge challenged the 'guardian' that stated the kids would be safer with the ex and I needed 'drug treatment'. The judge warned him he could lose his job, as the judge was looking at my ex's 7 DUI's where I had nothing on my record. 

Another time the judge threatened his sister with perjury charges as she was clearly lying in court.  {A situation where I dropped the charges, explaining to the judge the matter had occurred over a year prior, and I could see no benefit to anyone by pursuing the matter.}

And finally, when a judge asked him why I should get a protection order this time ~ his response was to double up his fists on the table and inform the judge that 'he HATED me'. 

Needless to say, I was granted a 'permanent protection order'.  

Some 20 years later he kept asking the kids to ask me to drop the order. 

Something I did try to do, but the judge told me ~

" I wasn't the one he was worried about; it was my ex he needed to see in court to make a decision. There had been no remorse and no restitution for the damages he had done to my life."

I explained I had no address for my ex, he refused to give it to me, so I had no way to serve him the necessary papers to drop the order. 

The judge said, "He deserved to still have the order if he couldn't give me an address to serve him."

It wasn't my fault the order stood for over 20 years; 

it was his own stupidity.

Throughout all of it, God protected me and my children. 

My 'gut' feelings were the Holy Ghost telling me what I needed to do. 

• I followed the 'feeling' and have been blessed to watch 
• all of my children turn into wonderful adults, {5}
• I've met all my grandchildren, {10} and 
• I even have some great grandchildren {4} in my life. 

My ex's 2 biggest threats were 

~ "I'm going to kill you" followed by several attempts to do it. 

And after his second marriage both he and his wife would tell my children

~ "We have a bullet with your mom's name on it".

Statements that would have landed him in prison if I would have pursued the issue.

God said ~ Vengeance is mine sayeth the Lord, I will repay. 

I've stood on my faith in that scripture my whole life, and at 60 

I'm alive and proof God keeps His word. 

I never did anything to retaliate, harm or cause my ex any problems, not even a threat. I even had the past due child support reduced due to an error in an 'overpayment'!

My own case worker told me I didn't need to do that, I was truly entitled to the money. But I wanted things done right. I achieved a lot of respect from the office of support enforcement. 

It didn't matter to me -

if it was my benefit or my loss - I wanted things done right. 

I focused forward on what was important ~

~ Loving the Lord and raising my children to be good people.

Put on the Armour of God and trust the scriptures

"Vengeance in mine sayeth the Lord, I will repay."

He truly does have your Back!

Blessed by God

Life's beautiful @ the Bright Side of the Barn

Thanks for Stopping by

Until next time, Stay Safe and Happy Trails.

Power Outage

Mondays and no power..... 

My day started with waking up in serious pain - from about 5 am to 930 am. Some would have thought it a heart attack, me knowing me - just heart burn. When I get it - I get it bad! Bloat up bigger than in the commercial and the pain on my heart and lungs, feels like dying would be better.

 Thankfully we still had power during my stress. I was able to heat up a towel, which helps usually {Not so much this time}. At one point I was almost ready to go to the hospital. Then, finally - things improved and relief was in sight. Thankfully just before the power outage.

It was about 1 pm when the truck hit the pole, and they had to shut down the electricity in the area. and it took all day, but they finally got the pole fixed and the power back on by 9:30 pm!

I think, the truck broke the pole, so the electricity had to be shut off while they replaced the pole and restrung the wires. The weather was horrible, rain, wind, hail.... I'm so grateful that they kept working through the weather. Shout out to PSE employees! 

Definitely a Monday for many of us! 

While sitting around without being able to do much, I found one of my old-time favorite series - North of 60 on YouTube. 6 seasons! I was able to occupy some of my time. Didn't get to go do the things that needed done and wasn't able to get online to do the things needing done there. So, now I feel like I'm a day behind and have to catch up 2 days in 1. 

Of course - now today is the 1st and running around paying bills is on the schedule. Oh yes, and it's April 1st- April Fools - so the pranksters will be out in full glory. Be careful and don't trust your friends today lol. 

For me it's payday - Praying the Lord can help me stretch a few dollars into a few more dollars so I can get done everything that needs done and hopefully have a few dollars to live on through the month. Due dates on pawn tickets, it's time to get stuff out and be done with that stress. We've lost so much already; it's down to the things I can't afford to lose. 

Spent the weekend helping friends with some over whelming projects. A friends roommate moved out and completely trashed her downstairs. She rented a dumpster and together we filled it up! Still don't have it all done, but she is happy to see daylight at the end of the tunnel. It's deplorable how some people can live. It's one thing to be a hoarder, another thing to have a mess, but it's a completely different thing to have garbage piled up around you. {A welcome for rats and other rodents}

Not to mention it's shedding season and I have been needing to get to my horse almost daily to be brushing her out. She looks pretty shanty with bald looking patches and globs of fur hanging off where she's been rubbing it herself. We've left quite a few piles of hair in the field. Yes, I leave it in the field for the birds. It makes great nesting material and it's very soft and helps keep their little eggs and babies really warm. 

Meanwhile I can only imagine what some folks think of my horse right now. Once this is done, she is a beautiful chestnut and has an amazing coat. We don't blanket as she is a HORSE and refuses to wear clothes. So, during the winter she becomes a very wooly mammoth. LOL 

With everything that has happened and all that was going on the past few days, it left me feeling a bit of a spiritual power outage. I ended up smoking more than I wanted to over the weekend and haven't been as much engaged in my Bible study as I would like to be. A bit of a power shortage or drain - whichever best describes it. Now today I have a lot to do to rush around and catch up. Laundry being at the top of the list! And I have the first mystery shop to do today! So even still, I'm feeling my spiritual side lacking. 

I have spent a few minutes - as I always like to start my day with a scripture and short prayer. But the deep study shall have to wait until this evening, once a list of To-do's has been accomplished. I would prefer to have some study time in the morning when it's quieter. The days always go better when they start with the Lord. With this weekend being the days before payday, it was a bit of a stressor, and of course, God provides! I was well paid over the weekend for my help on some things. Not money I expected at all. But a blessing none the less. Someday I will quit worrying and start believing - that He's here for me, and He's got my back! 

The struggles are less when the faith, belief and confidence in the Lord are more.

Blessed by God

Life's good @ the Bright Side of the Barn

Thanks for Stopping By

Until next time, Stay Safe and Happy Trails.