Sorry my dearest blog!  I promise I have not forgotten you!      

My precious WEB LOG even though you may be feeling abandoned please know that you are in my thoughts daily.  It has just been a very consuming and challenging couple of weeks between Kevin being out of town, Mady being sick, Kevin returning home busier than ever, Kevin getting sick, both cars breaking down on the same day and on and on… 

But here is some food for thought…

“Watch over your heart [mind] with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life.” Proverbs 4:23

My experience has been when life gets so hectic and overwhelming the mind tends to become the biggest battlefield!    Discouraging thoughts barrel right in like they own the place, demanding immediate attention and affection.    So I say, “be diligent, man the post, stay on guard!” Sometimes all it takes is a short sharp dagger of a scripture to renew. "These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world." John 16:33   

Or keep at it and try a whole chapter.  Isaiah 43 (a great Cassidy recommend!) 

 What about a whole book?   I just have to say one of the coolest things is knowing the whole book of Ephesians cause when I start quoting it out loud by chapter 4 the devil is long gone, he knows that I still have two chapters to go and if he keeps it up I will just repeat it and hammer him all over again! I just had to do another scripture memorization plug!  What can I say…? It has great benefit.  Would you rather hear me say it wasn’t worth the hard work and perseverance?  Well… I’m never gonna!!  It was soooooo worth it.     

Please don’t roll your eyes while reading this and say, “She makes it sound so easy to win the battle in the mind.” Believe me, I know it is not!  This is just a shout out to say endure… hold fast… faithful ones.

“But resist him, [the devil] firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world. After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.” I Peter 5:9-10