Choose Joy

 I was convicted recently of two things.

The first for me was to choose joy.  I had read some quotes posted by my Iowa-friend Starla from a book she was reading, "Fight Back With Joy" by Margaret Feinberg.  I commented on her post - two days later the book was on our doorstep.  (THANKS STARLA!)  This is a great book about choosing joy in the midst of whatever you are going through.   Shortly after that,  I saw this chalk frame posted:

I contacted sweet Rachel who creates these and she made one for me that same week.  It will be hanging in my bedroom (as soon as Kris hangs it...........I'm new to all this handyman stuff!!)

The second conviction was to take one day at a time.  Les and I were both worrying/thinking of the future too much, and that made us anxious.  Les and I have been going through the Jesus Calling devotional, and several days have been talking directly to us about this.  Here is an example:

AMEN!!!

We are now trying to just think about today.  Our days aren't quite as stressful as they were and we are both more content and at peace.  Just today is good.

Please pray that Les keeps use of his left arm/hand.  That arm continues to deteriorate bit by bit.  We try not to worry about it, but that hand is his communication tool!  We are trying to decide if it would be wise to get him a new iPad to type with instead of his phone.  Les isn't eating solid foods anymore.  He was eating blended foods with a syringe, but even that made him very tired - it took too much effort.  Every now and then he will try a shake, or coffee in the morning, but it wears him out.

We took a few family pictures in our backyard a few weeks ago.  Daniel, Tracy and sweet little January were so fun to have around that evening!  This is a super sweet family who has become very dear to us!