Author Archives: Jen
Prayer Request
I woke up at 3:45 with a mild panic attack. I just had a granola bar and some water (in case it was because my blood sugar was non-existent) and I woke Jon up and had him pray with me. Right now, I am feeling really scared and like I am going to cry. This isn’t a good thing since I have to be up in an hour and a half for church and I have to be functional (i.e. I’ve got roles in worship this morning).
Could y’all pray for me this morning? I’m starting to get panic feelings like I did in college and this isn’t good.
Well, sometimes my life just don’t make sense at all
When the mountains look so big
And my faith just seems so small
So hold me Jesus, ’cause I’m shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won’t You be my Prince of Peace
And I wake up in the night and feel the dark
It’s so hot inside my soul
I swear there must be blisters on my heart
So hold me Jesus, ’cause I’m shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won’t You be my Prince of Peace
Surrender don’t come natural to me
I’d rather fight You for something I don’t really want
Than to take what You give that I need
And I’ve beat my head against so many walls
Now I’m falling down, I’m falling on my knees
And this Salvation Army band is playing this hymn
And Your grace rings out so deep
It makes my resistance seem so thin
I’m singing hold me Jesus, ’cause I’m shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won’t You be my Prince of Peace
You have been King of my glory
Won’t You be my Prince of Peace
–“Hold Me Jesus” by Rich Mullins
Earworm Praise
I was watching the local Christian station one night when I was having trouble sleeping and Worship.Net was on. They were playing a song that just completely calmed me and all I could remember of it were “hear my prayer” and “leads me to the rock that is higher than I”. It came on a few more times and I remembered something about Praise 16 in the album title.
Last week, I finally found it on Maranatha’s website and ordered the album. Here are the words:
Hear my prayer, O Lord
From the ends of the earth I cry
Your peace will lead me to
The Rock that is higher than I
For you have been my strength in times of trouble
A tower above my enemies
And Lord, I will abide with you forever
In the shelter of your wings
–“Hear My Prayer” by Debbie Owens
Neck and Shoulder Pain and a Vomiting Cat Thrown In For Good Measure
Freya’s little tummy was upset by her antibiotics, so she was vomiting and passing much gas. She was her normal little miscreant self in every other regard, so we were perturbed by this. We ended up taking her to see her vet who put her on orders of no food for 24 hours. This made yesterday really fun because we’d have to sequester the little terror while her siblings were eating. When she was un-sequestered, the food closet door had to be closed and this irritated the other cats muchly. She’s allowed to eat again, but only special bland food, so again we have to sequester to eat and close the food closet when she’s out. It’s a good thing that she’s cute because she is a hard cat to have with others!
Neck and Back Pain
I slept wrong on my neck and shoulder about two weeks ago and it was starting to really get on my nerves. I felt stupid going in to see my doctor because really all they could do is tell me to put ice or heat on it and de-stress myself. (It’s a place where I store stress.) I was wrong — my doctor gave me some stretches to do as well as some painkillers and muscle relaxants. The muscle relaxants have helped — I can do a lot more turning and such and the pain killers are OK but not great. (I also have Darvocet if I’m incredibly desperate.) Last night, I slept very well and even got in a 3 mile walk this morning.
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The Pledge of Allegiance
Court dismisses Pledge case: Atheist father cannot sue over use of ‘Under God’
Are we surprised? NO! The rationale of most of the judges (5 of them) had nothing to do with whether or not it violated the First Amendment — it had to do with the fact that the father has no legal right to speak for his daughter because he does not have custody of her. The others (3 of them) dealt with the First Amendment issue.