Happy January!

We went back to Tae Kwon Do tonight for the first time in 6 months! Mr. Mike Boatman went easy on us, thank God. We all got a review to catch up on what we have forgotten! It was fun! Debra taught Riley and me as we went through Right Side 17 and Pan Sho Don. I was really energized after the class. Now we have to get caught up on memorizing our Bible verses that go with our different belt levels. We work the body, the brain and our hearts! Monday is the next class and if Miss Vicki Dees is there, it won't be pretty. She will have us sweating and panting and wishing we were back at home eating twinkies!HA Just kidding, but she does work you pretty hard. However, when we practice our punches we can yell! When we practice our kicks we can yell and I really, really like that. Don't really know why, maybe because it is so PRIMAL! I can release all of my frustrations into that gorgeous red padded mat! Everyone should do that and maybe there would be less violence on the streets.

The Lord is so good and I just want to give Him all the glory. He has given us so many gifts--The Holy Spirit, the Bible, His Church, Prayer, Singing, Thanksgiving and the Comfort that we need to get through every situation of life. He never leaves things undone or unfinished, He always has a remnant to carry on His good work. So that is an encouragement to me to get up every morning and bless His name, work with joy in my home as well as the work He gives me to do outside the home. When He comes back or when I die, I want Him to find me faithful! He is beautiful to me!!! I have been reading in Job today and I am reminded that to have true wisdom starts with the fearing of the Lord. That fear means that I am to understand that He created this world and everything in it; that He created me and is my Sovereign and that I am to obey His Word because to obey is much better than sacrifice. I am so grateful that He loves me and that if I delight myself in the Lord He will give me the desires of my heart. I am finding more and more that the things that used to bring me joy, no longer do. I find myself longing for those things which cannot be corrupted by man. I long for Beulah Land! I long for my Savior's face, to finish this race with joy and with determination and with focus. He is EVERYTHING! Praise His holy name.

I encourage you to get a one year Bible and you can just pick it up and read it right through day by day. Take notes while you read so you won't forget what God says to you and pray without ceasing!!! Maranatha Lord Jesus! Come Quickly! Amen and Amen!