Well, I have been keeping up with my sinks. That is pretty good. I feel like the rest of the house is pretty clean, what with the weekly blessing hour and keeping up with my schedule. My DW, however, is not cleaning very well. The water seems to be going through ok, but the other day, the water didn't come through, so I started it over and it was fine, but it doesn't seem to be cleaning the dishes well. hmm... I am thinking about a product that might clean out the muck from the inside of the mechanisms. Any suggestions?
So, I titled this "new directions" I have had one interview with Petco, and now I have another with them today. I am excited about it. I have looked on the internet for good questions to ask them and some that they would ask me. I have enlisted the help of a friend to help me prepare. I excited and will report any news!!
This means that if I get a job, my primary focus will not be on my home. I have been without work for 3 years, so it will be hard for me to balance things. I think I can do it. If anyone has any suggestions, let me know.
Grace
This is a portrayal of my favorite "character"...
http://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=KL7YLPNX
Everyone is Beautiful
So, I titled this "new directions" I have had one interview with Petco, and now I have another with them today. I am excited about it. I have looked on the internet for good questions to ask them and some that they would ask me. I have enlisted the help of a friend to help me prepare. I excited and will report any news!!
This means that if I get a job, my primary focus will not be on my home. I have been without work for 3 years, so it will be hard for me to balance things. I think I can do it. If anyone has any suggestions, let me know.
Grace
This is a portrayal of my favorite "character"...
http://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=KL7YLPNX
Everyone is Beautiful
The Teacup
There was a couple who used to go to England to shop in the beautiful stores. They both liked antiques and pottery and especially teacups. This was their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.
One day in this beautiful shop they saw a beautiful cup. They said, "May we see that? We've never seen one quite so beautiful."
As the lady handed it to them, suddenly the cup spoke. "You don't understand," it said. "I haven't always been a teacup. There was a time when I was red and I was clay. My master took me and rolled me and patted me over and over andI yelled out, 'let me alone,' but he only smiled, 'Not yet.'
"Then I was placed on a spinning wheel," the cup said,"and suddenly I was spun around and around and around. Stop it! I'm getting dizzy! I screamed. But the master only nodded and said, 'Not yet.'
"Then he put me in the oven. I never felt such heat!" the teacup said. "I wondered why he wanted to burn me, and I yelled and knocked at the door. I could see him through the opening and I could read his lips as He shook his head, 'Not yet.'
"Finally the door opened, he put me on the shelf, and I began to cool. 'There, that's better,' I said. And he brushed and painted me all over. The fumes were horrible. I thought I would gag.'Stop it, stop it!' I cried. He only nodded, 'Not yet.'
"Then suddenly he put me back into the oven, not like the first one. This was twice as hot and I knew I would suffocate.I begged. I pleaded. I screamed. I cried. All the time I could see him through the opening, nodding his head saying, 'Not yet.'
"Then I knew there wasn't any hope. I would never make it. I was ready to give up. But the door opened and he took me out and placed me on the shelf.
One hour later he handed me a mirror and said, 'Look at yourself.' And I did. I said, 'That's not me; that couldn't be me. It's beautiful. I'm beautiful.'
"'I want you to remember, then,' he said, 'I know it hurts to be rolled and patted, but if I had left you alone, you'd have dried up.
I know it made you dizzy to spin around on the wheel,but if I had stopped, you would have crumbled.
I knew it hurt and was hot and disagreeable in the oven,but if I hadn't put you there, you would have cracked.
I know the fumes were bad when I brushed and painted you all over, but if I hadn't done that, you never would have hardened;you would not have had any color in your life.
And if I hadn't put you back in that second oven, you wouldn't survive for very long because the hardness would not have held.
Now you are a finished product.You are what I had in mind when I first began with you.'"
~ Author Unknown
Remember, God is the potter and we are His clay. He knows what He is doing with us even when we don't think there could possibly be a plan. Keep the faith and know that you are being shaped according to His will.
One day in this beautiful shop they saw a beautiful cup. They said, "May we see that? We've never seen one quite so beautiful."
As the lady handed it to them, suddenly the cup spoke. "You don't understand," it said. "I haven't always been a teacup. There was a time when I was red and I was clay. My master took me and rolled me and patted me over and over andI yelled out, 'let me alone,' but he only smiled, 'Not yet.'
"Then I was placed on a spinning wheel," the cup said,"and suddenly I was spun around and around and around. Stop it! I'm getting dizzy! I screamed. But the master only nodded and said, 'Not yet.'
"Then he put me in the oven. I never felt such heat!" the teacup said. "I wondered why he wanted to burn me, and I yelled and knocked at the door. I could see him through the opening and I could read his lips as He shook his head, 'Not yet.'
"Finally the door opened, he put me on the shelf, and I began to cool. 'There, that's better,' I said. And he brushed and painted me all over. The fumes were horrible. I thought I would gag.'Stop it, stop it!' I cried. He only nodded, 'Not yet.'
"Then suddenly he put me back into the oven, not like the first one. This was twice as hot and I knew I would suffocate.I begged. I pleaded. I screamed. I cried. All the time I could see him through the opening, nodding his head saying, 'Not yet.'
"Then I knew there wasn't any hope. I would never make it. I was ready to give up. But the door opened and he took me out and placed me on the shelf.
One hour later he handed me a mirror and said, 'Look at yourself.' And I did. I said, 'That's not me; that couldn't be me. It's beautiful. I'm beautiful.'
"'I want you to remember, then,' he said, 'I know it hurts to be rolled and patted, but if I had left you alone, you'd have dried up.
I know it made you dizzy to spin around on the wheel,but if I had stopped, you would have crumbled.
I knew it hurt and was hot and disagreeable in the oven,but if I hadn't put you there, you would have cracked.
I know the fumes were bad when I brushed and painted you all over, but if I hadn't done that, you never would have hardened;you would not have had any color in your life.
And if I hadn't put you back in that second oven, you wouldn't survive for very long because the hardness would not have held.
Now you are a finished product.You are what I had in mind when I first began with you.'"
~ Author Unknown
Remember, God is the potter and we are His clay. He knows what He is doing with us even when we don't think there could possibly be a plan. Keep the faith and know that you are being shaped according to His will.
God Bless!
Amy
1 comment:
Hang in there! Congratulations on your open fight for mental health. I have anxiety and my husband is bipolar and through nutritional changes, medication and therapy we have made a really happy life for ourselves. Hang in there :)
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