HeAintThroughWithMeYet

I fopund this on my friend Chris blog and had to blog about it….so check it out!

How to Survive a Long Fall

What can you do if you slip off the scaffolding 10 stories above the ground or, worse yet, if your parachute fails during a skydive? The odds are not on your side. Is it possible to survive a free-fall from 50, 250, or 25,000 feet (15 , 75, or 7500 m) above the ground? The answer is yes. There are hundreds, maybe thousands of people who have fallen from such heights and lived to tell the tale. While most of it comes down to luck, there are ways you can influence your velocity, the duration of your deceleration, and the distribution of the impact forces upon your body, and ultimately increase your chance of survival…..read more HERE

How to Survive 3 Days in the Woods

Ever been on a hike admiring the wild flowers, gazing up at the tips of the trees–and suddenly found yourself completely alone and lost? What would happen to you if you couldn’t find your way back to safety? While being lost in the woods can be a frightening experience, surviving alone in the wild is generally a matter of common sense, patience, and wisely using the gifts that nature provides. All you need to survive for a few days is shelter, warmth, water, and food……….read more HERE

How to get out of a Car thats Hanging over a Cliff

In almost all serious auto accidents, your best chance of survival is if you manage to stay inside the protective cage of the car. But if your car goes over a cliff, you don’t want to be in it. If you’re “lucky” enough to have your vehicle stop at (rather than hurtle over) the edge of the cliff, with one set of tires dangling precariously over nothing but thin air, will you know how to escape before the car plummets to the bottom?…read more HERE

Again a bright sunny day here in VA.

I had a good day today, it must be because I didnt go anywhere..LOL
My husband is off tonight and so I wont be online very much longer probably! I fixed as Hamburgers, with Mac and cheese (Made in a crockpot, got that recipe from Suzanne) and Cole Slaw.

So for once in a while I have no bad news or anything! Toe still purple..lol.

I even close this post right now, and go back into my Bible. I cant stop reading today. So this is it.

Hope you all have a wonderful evening and God Bless you all

Love Andrea

Another book I am reading and highly recommend, and as usual, on the bottom there is a link to Amazon to order it there. But I always recommend to surf the web for perhaps better deals :) 

If God has redeemed me from sin, and given me His Holy Spirit to sanctify me and give me strength against sin, why do I keep on sinning? This books takes dead aim and ongoing sin. Drawing from two masterful works by John Owen, Kris Lundgaard offers insight, encouragement and hope for overcoming the enemy within.
KRIS LUNDGAARD was associate pastor of University PCA in NM. He is currently a manager in the computer industry. He lives with his wife, Paula, and four children in Austin, Texas.
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Worrying can seem like a prison from which we cannot escape, but there is a way out. We must come to understand, admit, accept, and believe that worrying does no good. It accomplishes nothing for ourselves or for anybody else. Worrying is completely useless. Jesus says in Luke 12:25, “And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life’s span?” Worrying certainly doesn’t add value to life or lengthen it. If anything, it diminishes the quality of life and quite possibly its duration because of added stress on our bodies. Worrying is destructive, ineffective, and unnecessary.

There is an underlying assumption by those who worry that they have at least some level of control over their circumstances which, in reality, only God has ultimate control over. There is something inside them that knows that they are not in control and that they cannot control all that happens in their lives, but they sure want to be able to be in total control. They want to know, fully understand, and control all that is going on, that has gone on, and that will go on. They effectively want to usurp God’s position as sovereign, all-powerful, and all-knowing. It is not that they are seeking to replace God, for even this would worry them. But it is that they are struggling to abandon themselves and those whom they care about to God’s control. God is in control and God does care, but they struggle to believe it and appropriate it. Those who worry tend to mistrust God and have an overly-inflated view of their own ability to make their lives what they want them to be.

To surrender to God does not mean that we submit to fate as if we have no responsibility or choices to make in life. Many times our own difficulties are a result of our own making and irresponsible behavior. We can further muddy the already muddied water from our worrying by not doing our part to make wise choices and be proactive in seeking God’s will and doing what He has already revealed for us to do. Life takes labor, work, effort, strain, and energy. Sometimes those who worry get imprisoned, in effect, by their worry because they stop taking steps of action, maybe because they are too worried. Thus, worry can be a downward spiral of self-imprisonment, leading to a sort of paralysis of the will and mind, spiritual ineffectiveness, and inward destruction and despair. So we must not worsen matters by not doing what God has already instructed us to do. We are not helpless beings, and we do have a will and a responsibility to act.

The long term and full fix for worry does go beyond merely taking steps of obedience and action. For some, they won’t even be able to do this because they are so bound up by worry. Others might find some release from worry for a time, only to fall back into it when they have to face another difficult set of circumstances. Thus, it is important to seek the foundation of the problem in order to find lasting freedom.

First, we must recognize that apart from Christ, we can do nothing (John 15:5). We are not adequate in and of ourselves no matter how much we might think we are or how much we want to be. We have no adequacy or sufficiency apart from Christ in us (2 Corinthians 3:5). Jesus says in Luke 12:26, in relation to the futility of our worrying, “If then you cannot do even a very little thing, why do you worry about other matters?” So the first thing we must believe and acknowledge is that we need God, and we have no hope unless we cast ourselves upon His care. It is not just that we can do some things and need His help to do the rest or that we do part and He does part. No, we need Him to do it all. We can’t do anything. Thus, things are outside of our power and control ultimately, and we need to rest upon God Who is sufficient, powerful, and able. Second, we must rest not only in our God who is powerful and able but in our God Who is perfectly and totally loving. He is worthy of our trust because He loves us so much that He even gave us His only begotten Son Whom we didn’t deserve, seek, or even ask for. God delights in giving good gifts to His children (Matthew 7:11), and every good and perfect gift is from Him (James 1:17). He works all things for our good (Romans 8:28). This is not a God Who is out to be unfair toward us, unloving, unjust, or evil. God has no evil intent, He does not tempt, and He cannot do us wrong. All that happens to us is necessarily kindest, wisest, and best, as Hudson Taylor used to say. Thus, we can rest in God because He is not cruel, vindictive, or malicious. He is good, and His gifts are as well. Third, we must be willing to trust God even when we cannot see or understand what is going on or why. 2 Corinthians 5:7 says, “For we walk by faith, not by sight.” There will be times when life’s circumstances will seem to indicate that God is absent or that He doesn’t really care. We cannot conclude these things, but we must choose to walk by faith. If He gave us His Son, won’t He freely give us all things (Romans 8:32)? God gave us Christ, and He is not going to hold back His love to us now. We must remember the cross when we are tempted to start worrying again.

The road to freedom from worry is to trust God, to rest in His love, and to truly believe that He is able and that we are not. Will you let God take the controls of your life today, knowing and believing that He can do it better than you? And will you trust Him that He will only do you good all of the days of your life (Psalm 23:6)? I pray that you will, and may God take all your worries away as you cast your anxieties upon Him (1 Peter 5:7).

It is such a beautiful day here in VA, the temps are in the upper 70’s to low 80’s, the sun is shining brightly! A great day for the outdoor person, which I am not..LOL

Our Pastor is on vacation and when I heard who preaches for him, I seriously thought about not going today. It is not that I dislike that man ( he seems very nice), it is that he usually preaches so loudly you cant fall asleep if you would wanted to. But you cant concentrate on his sermon as good as it might be, because you try to quiet him down in your head. (At least I do!)

Well I did go, and to my amazement they turned the volume down on his mic. It was wonderful and I am sure glad I did go!

He preached a great sermon and he did our Pastor good. I thought nobody can preach as good as David. But David you had a good man preaching today as well as last week. Chris one of our Elders and a friend and “brotha” of mine preached last week. And today it was really a great service. I was truly glad and happy I went! I had to mention this here because he gave me something to think about, that I hadnt understood yet, and that is this……..

In the Bible it says “Ask and it shall be given to you, Seek and you shall find, Knock and it will be opened to you”
Well I thought you pray for whatever you want as long as you ASK, SEEK, and Knock..you’ll get it, if it is in His will. Well today I understand it totally differently, perhaps I am wrong, but I think I am right….And here is my explanation to myself…

A.S.K. are all meaning The Holy Spirit, if you ask, seek, and knock and you earnestly want to walk with the Lord, want to get to know His ways, want to open yourself to heavenly things, then the Spirit will take hold in you and you will get all this. To me it means that you should A.S.K. only after God not after anything from this world, no matter what it might be. I take those three words A.S.K. only pertaining to the Spirit. Because if you a true Christian that should be your hearts desire and thats what He promises to us. If you A.S.K you’ll receive your hearts desire, which is God, and everything about Him.

I do have a hart time explaining myself about this, but I hope you will understand what I am trying to say. And I also hope that you will let me know if I am wrong or right here!

I know lots of people read my blog that are very intelligent and knowledged godly persons who can answer those questions.

I am truly looking forward to all your answers on this matter. I been thinking for a long time, if we get everything we want and whats our hearts desire well that just didnt sit right with me. And now I found an explanation all on my own…LOL
But I dont know if it is the right explanation???

To other things of my daily Life today.
I talked to Germany and my Mom came back home today. She is in pain but she said she is doing good in comparison of what she went through lately. Now there are financial issues for her, because of Germany changing their healthcare system to the american one (which isnt a smart thing to do). Now she has to pay a lot of co-pays and prescription, and all the days she stayed in the hospital she has to pay a certain amount to it. Well she is living on a very low low budget and with the money she had to pay for all that, it leaves her little than the minimal amount to live.  And we went once the way of assistance and she didnt get anything else to it. They just dont care, but we in America already know that. But I wont go into it now. I am not a politician neither do I want to be one!

Well with all the troubles I had this week of course I had to add another thing that happened to me. Last night I woke up at 4:30, went to the bathroom, walk out to go back to bed, and thought I know my house by now, but for some odd reason I dont!!!
When I turned in the dark around the corner I walked and slammed one of my toes into the frame of the bedroom door. I thought I heard angels sing at that moment..LOL. And for another reason few minutes after that I fell right back asleep. When I woke up at 7:00am I looked at that toe and it looked a bit swollen but nothing else. Well after walking around the house a little I felt the pain kicking in. And after I took my shower OH MY the toe looked VERY red.
When I got to Church the toe turned a bit blue. Needless to say the toe is Purple, blue and black all around right now. The pain is only when I walk, otherwise I am ok. The sucker is broke and I know it.

Now I do hope that this stuff that is happening to me continously, will seize and better things start happening. There is only so much I can take!!!

This evening I repotted some of my plants and planted me a tomato plant on my backporch. When you look at those prices in the store, I rather start growing this stuff myself. I dont know if I have a green thumb yet though, but I know for certain I have a purple toe

So whats been going on in your life this weekend??? I will check out some blogs after posting this.

Have a great Evening
Love and Blessings
Andrea

Another day and another full blown downer!

We had a beautiful day in VA, great temps, sunshine, everything just beautiful. I went to work this morning and half way through the day those palpitation returned but worse than I had them the passed few days. I thought my heart wanted to jump out of my throat!!!!

After going through this for hours, I started to get shortness of breath, and a coworker who used to be a RN said “You got to go and see your Doc now”, well I called and couldnt get an appointment, and was recommended to go to the ER. But I didnt wanted to go there. So I went down the road from where I work to a physicians office, but they couldnt take me neither.

So I went to “Urgent Care” and was helped really fast, I was surprised!
When the doctor checked me, he said” I have palpitation they can be caused by the smoking cessation pills I took earlier in the week, but their has to be something else.

So he asked me “Whats bothering you?” “Something I know is going under your skin, do you have problems at work, at home. Just spill it!”

Well I said, I had an incident at work on Saturday and one on Thursday. And I miss my Mom, and she is hospitalised again and yadeyada”. I said we need another car so I can get fulltime employment, but we just make enough to make ends meet. I dont like the neighborhood we live in and so on.  I told him about me having big concerns if I am truly a christian”..LOL..and I was balling by then, couldnt stop crying.He said “Well I cant help you with that, you need to talk to your Pator about that. But when I hear all about your concerns and what went on at work and your home situations. I totally understand your problems you have now, and it isnt a heart attacke even though if the palpitations dont slow down or go away over the next day, you have to go to the Er and get really checked out”. He said what I have is a full blown anxiety attacke and he prescribed me meds for it. He also said “Sometimes when you get anxiety that bad, it really can turn into a major illness like a heart attacke.”

So all the way back to Wal-Mart to get my meds I cried like there is no tomorrow. I went to the breakroom and took one of those pills, and tried to calm down.

A while later I went with Suzanne to our Small Group. We had this dinner tonight, and it was very nice. But at first I had to cry there too. WHATS WRONG WITH ME???
I am a big fat woman, why am I so sensitive and let everything get to me?

I know “Andrea dont let it get to you” Well it is easier said then done!

Hopefully those meds will take care of it, and my life turns back to normal, but nothing gonna change. My mom is still away from me and sick, I still cant afford that second car, and moving is out of the picture untill I make more money so we can afford it. I will talk to Pastor David about my other concerns, but what about the rest???

I am so crushed, like my whole spirit is crushed right now. I guess I am a person who tries not to show it at work or so, but I just cant go on like this. I was actually sobbing all the way to Wally World. Almost had an accident cause I couldnt hardly think straight. My nerves are shut, and this here is my outlet.

My husband still dont know that I was at the Doctors. He cant understand Anxiety attacks, depressions. Well I know woamn who cant understand depression and anxiety until they experience it themselves.

Ok enough rambling, but that was my day. Now I have a major headache and try to go to bed.

Be blessed you all
Love Andrea

My Friend Lita gave me this book to help me understand the Bible better and other things. this is one cool book! THANK YOU LITA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
As usual I put a link to Amazon so you may order it through them, but surf the web for perhaps a cheaper deal!

Live life as a pilgrim on God’s adventure.
Do you want to find your home in God now while waiting to reach your grand destination—heaven? In Pilgrimage of the Heart, author Catherine Martin takes you on an eight-week daily journey through the Psalms, the prayers, desires, hymns, insights, and observations of some of God’s choice servants.

· Because many of the Psalms are prayers, we learn to pray
· Because the Psalms are written records, we learn to journal
· Because the Psalms are meditations of Scripture, we learn to meditate
· Because many Psalms are a result of silence before God, we learn to be still and know that He is God

CATHERINE MARTIN is a summa cum laude graduate of Bethel Theological Seminary with an M.A. in theological studies. She is founder and president of Quiet Time Ministries and is dedicated to teaching devotion to God and His Word. Teaching at retreats and conferences, she challenges others to seek God and love Him with all of one’s heart, soul, mind, and strength.

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Well this is getting ridicolous now.
Today another customer complained about me.
A cashier told me. The customer said she avoids me as much as she can, because GET THIS…I badmouthed her kids!   

Now of all things to say that was a total trip!!!
I am the one who puts extra emphasis  on talking to kids any age. I dont care if they are Babies I talk to them.

I went to my Supervisor and told her and explained that I am concerned that this lady from the weekend might trying to set me up. The customer today coudve been a friend of hers. You know what I mean?

My Supervisor told me, dont worry about it nomore. She said obvioustly that Lady never called HQ, or they wouldve had me already in the office to discuss that. And she said if anything else comes up to tell her, she’ll take care of it.

When it rains it pours, eh?  I am scared to talk or not to talk!!!  

But otherwise I had a pretty good day. My husband is off tonight and I wont be spending much time on here tonight. I’ll spend a little time with him, how about that?! 

PLEASE guys dont forget to check if you can afford to pledge any money for “Walk For Life” it is on May the 5th., and it will benefit the “Blue Ridge Women Center” anything if its $10.00. All I need is your address and the amount you will pledge. You can email me at Andrea-Russell@hotmail.com!!!
I really hope to hear from you guys

I am gonna run for now and will put on another book I like.

Love and Blessings
Andrea

I read that book a while ago and I can read it over and  over, you will always find something you havent absorbed the way you do the next time. It is one of my favorites as well. And you dont read the book like a regular book, because everything is his own little story, beautyful nuggets of wisdom!

Draw nearer to God’s mystery, his love, his creation through these readings for every day. Draw closer to him in your daily struggles, just as Christians have done for centuries. Bernard Bangley pulls from ancient Christian writings to offer precious nuggets of insight in modern language. Learn how Richard Baxter, Bernard of Clairveaux, Gertrude of Helfta, John of the Cross, Catherine Parr, William Tyndale, and over forty other great Christians drew near to God.
Bernard Bangley (M.Div.) lives in Virginia with his wife, Anna. He is currently pastor of Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Church in Lynchburg, VA. Among his books centered on devotional writers are Christian Classics in Modern English (with David Winter), Growing in His Image and Spiritual Treasure.

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Well well well, nothing happened!
I mean nobody called me to the office to discuss Saturdays incident with that customer
But I am pretty sure they will though they just let me wait…LOL

Otherwise the day was ok, temps are in the upper 80’s!

This Friday we have a potluck dinner, dont ask me why they call it that…I have no idea. Whats with the luck???? And the Pot????
I know everyone brings something to eat, but I dont get why it is called that, anyone?

I started last night to read in Matthew, and for some reason I was pulled into it. I couldnt stop reading, I read and read and had to stop at midnight or I would been all cranky when I have to get up. But I will continue to read in it tonight. I read Matthew before a couple times or so, and never was pulled into it like yesterday. Lets hope this continues!
It is so illustrating when you read it in the “Living Bible” totally different then in other Bibles. I love it!

For dinner I fixed a german dish, you wont know it but I’ll tell you anyways..lol
I took ground beef and browned it with onions and spices. Then I make a lot of gravy with it, and let it simmer on top of the stove for about an hour. I cooked Pasta, and then I poured the meat with the gravy on top of the Pasta! Its really good. It reminds me everytime of my Mom’s cooking.
I miss her terribly. No one has the least idea how much I miss my Mom!!!
Only people who come from other countries like myself and had to leave their parent can comprehend what I am going through for 15 years.
I usually never show it. But I deeply miss her and it breaks my heart that I cant be with her physically to help her get better. I wish she could move over here!

Well, work went fine as I mentioned already and my husband is of to work.

So here I am keying my little post and hope you are all doing well. I will go over to Katysblog, and then check out Faithwalk, Timbob, Momlovesbeingathome, The Outlet,  TotalTransformation, Blogatbree, PB&J and BreathingSteady. Perhaps I leave some comments, will see! Those are all GREAT blogs that will enrich your mind!!!

I wish you all a wonderful quiet evening and a blessed night!

Shalom
Andrea

 PS…Shortly I will put another book on I really like