Pushing It

I have a child in my care that pushes everything to the limit. I'm thinking, really? Oh my goodness, I just wish once that you would comply. Well, actually, he does comply occasionally.

I get to my wits end very soon in the day, and this is frustrating.

So in my daily thoughts I'm wondering if God is the same way towards me? Does he get frustrated with me? I don't always do my best. I argue a lot (with him). Well, maybe not a lot but some. I don't always comply. Hmmm....

I'm not sure I'm treating my heavenly Father any better than this child is treating me as his houseparent.

I must try harder.

Mirror Images -

Just what does that mean?
I was getting on the elevator at Cook's Children's Hospital, Fort Worth, the other day and while waiting on a lady to enter before me I glanced up to see my Daddy standing in the elevator.  Well, since my Daddy has been "gone" for 3+ years, you can imagine my surprise!  There he was, staring right at me and my heart took a leap for just a second before realizing I was staring straight into a mirror at the back of the elevator.
It took a minute to catch my breath, but then I spent the rest of the day thinking about why that shocked me so.  I see myself every day in the mirror.  I don't see the same reflection every time.  Why is that?  Am I not always the same person?
The Good Book says that God is the same "Yesterday, today and tomorrow".  If I am to try to imitate Jesus in my life, then that should be what I strive to do also.
Now I know the mirror image is of my outside appearance, and the scripture is talking about our inward  appearances, but wouldn't the same concept apply?  Some days I look like Eddie, some days I look like Dale, some days I look like ???  Some days I look like a Christian, and some days I look like I'm not???
Just a thought.
Thanks Daddy for the "jolt".

Wow, it's been so long that I didn't even know how to get here.  I've been prompted by the spirit to blog, and by my preacher.  Haha.  I want to talk about the spirit and how I (we) can live by it.  I've decided that I haven't been living by the spirit, just with it.
The scriptures say we are to live by the Spirit.   Hmmm....It wasn't until today that it has dawned on me that I have only been living WITH the Spirit.
I will let you know how things progress

End of week ONE

So I'm reporting in....and I'm elated......
Had a good week, cheated a little, ate a lot of "good for you" foods.
Did a little exercise but not much, i really need to do more....
Loss for the week? 9.2 pounds!!!!!!!!!!!!!! woohoo!!!!!!!!!
thanks everybody for your encouragement....can't wait for one more week

Eddie, 70-9=61 to goal

It's that time again!!!!!!

Now I know you are wondering what is he talking about? Well, I am talking about losing weight, what else!!!!!!!

I just thought i'd blog about the new me and the transformation that I intend to come about. I hope this is not boring for you, but then this blog is not just for you, it is for me also. I will not tell you the starting weight, that's just too revealing, but I will tell you the goal. The goal is to lose 70 pounds.

WOW, you say. Well, yes, me too. I said, HOLY CRAP!!! I weigh what? You have to be stinking kidding me!!!!!!!

Well, as they say in the weight watchers and biggest losers world, "the scales don't lie".

OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!!

Okay, so. There you have it. My new life. Counting points and getting moving.

So I will check in weekly and give you an update so that I have a record of my loss and also I'll have a you to slap my hand and keep me on track.

TATA for now, until next week!!!!!

Eddie (70-0=70 to goal)

Lord, Just Take Me

Sitting in Granny's room, sitting by the bedside, it's intersting of the transformation that is taking place. We've all said it. We've all said, "Lord, just take me, take me today, I'm ready".
Are we? I sat by my Dadddy's bedside 'til his dieing breath, and today I sit by Granny's. We are here saying, she's ready, Lord, just take her and let her rest in your arms. At times when someone comes in Granny seems to know that someone new has come to see her, and I wonder if she is waiting on that someone that hasn't come. We tell her every time someone calls.
All of you who are not here, I write this to inform you , not to pour guilt on you. We can't all be here. You saw the numbers the other day. There are 123 of us directly kin to this wonderful woman, and that's just on Mamma and Aunt Del Rae's side of the family. That's not counting all of the numerous Phipp's that spread the globe. We love you all and she does too. You can't all be here, it just isn't physically possible.
I sit in her room and think of all the times that someone hangs on to life for as long as possible. Why is that? Why do we do that? While we are alive and well and things get tough we ask the Lord to take us, so we don't have to deal with all the stresses that life throws at us. However, when I see someone in the condition that Granny is in and the condition that Daddy was in, I think that they just find it hard to leave us.
It must be harder to leave than we think. It must be hard to leave the children, the grand children, the great gandchildren and the great great grandchildren, the nephews, neices, and grand nephes and neices, the in-laws, and the friends. Love is powerful. Love speaks profoundly, when you ask, "Why doesn't she just go?" Even when she knows she is tired, she knows she has the permission from we who she is leaving behind, it is hard to let go.
I'm of a mind that it is not that easy to leave this world and enter the spirit world. As awesome as it may seem, it's hard to leave the ones you love behind. We won't know until it's our turn. It makes us understand the scriptures even better when He tells us to let our light shine daily.
Granny, it's okay, we love you and again we say, it's okay to go and be with our Lord and wait for us there. We'll miss you, but we can't wait to see your smiling face again. It just gives us one more reason to live the life that is intended so that we can get that chance to be with you and others who have passed on before us.
Good bye Granny, Love you

Friends

I just want to say Hi to all my friends. It has been awhile since i posted something and I intend to get back into the swing of things. So, this is just a note to say, I'm back, and thanks for reading my posts.
Until later,
Eddie