Disappointment

Disappointment

Disappointment, you rear your ugly head from time to time.  But why? Why do we let ourselves be disappointed? There are times when we can’t control what disappoints us, like a rainy day when we had plans to hang the sheets out on the line. At other times we are disappointed in ourselves. We don’t act the way we should, we don’t treat others as we would want to be treated, and we are not living a life that is upstanding. And then there are times when others disappoint us.

Why does it hurt so badly when others disappoint us? Is it because we’ve let them into our lives so closely that any nasty or perverse thing that they do we take to heart? Like they are doing it on purpose to hurt you? Do we shield our lives and the lives of those we love from disappointment?  Sometimes I wish so. Is there a way of doing that?  I think not. This has been troublesome to me of late.

I see the world in which we live as a disappointment.  We live in a world where there is hunger, we live among the homeless and think not of what their needs are, and we live in a place where sick people hurt small children and aren’t shocked at what they have done. We have become a society where anything goes and we turn a blind eye to injustice, pain and suffering.  What have we become? Our children are being raised in an uncaring world. Will they be so hardened that they will no longer care about their neighbors?

Jesus said let not your heart be troubled. That is the answer to disappointment. Why? Because Jesus also says that His peace is given to you. Why then do we pray for peace? Well, some of us do. Jesus is our peace and He has sent a Comforter because He will not leave us comfortless.

Disappointment does not need to enter into our lives because we have the Comforter. When men deceive us, disappoint us, anger us, hate us, envy us or bring sadness to our front door we must remember that Jesus has sent us the Comforter.  Set your eyes upon Jesus, not on man. Man will disappoint you at every turn but our Father will never leave us.

Is this a smug and curt answer to disappointment? Nope, it’s just a fact. Our Father is watching over us, no matter which way we turn or which way we let ourselves be turned.

Disappointment is a part of our lives. How we respond to it depends on us. We can crawl in our beds and cover up our heads but it will still be there, lurking to bring us down. Just knowing that there is One that will not disappoint us is a great Comfort.

Thanksgiving

We had an awesome Thanksgiving.  I'm sorry Meghan and Joe couldn't stay for the great feast.  I loved having George and Cathy Rogers, Mike and Sherry, Mark and Marissa and of course Mom, Cali and Kristin.  The food was great, the company even better.

Had a busy, busy day yesterday.  Was too tired last night to write.  I did Mom's laundry, made 2 lasagnas, delivered 1 to Stacie and got to see baby Bailey then came back home and had the other lasagna with Mom, Kristin and Cali...whew!
Today it's BJ's this morning then Kristin has a Dr.'s appointment this afternoon then I'm going over to Ruth's to post our unemployment.
I've decided that when I start cleaning the house I'm going to take off the weekends and do nothing.  I don't want to get too wore out.
I really need to get my whittling on.  I've missed working with my wood.  I still have Christmas presents to finish.

After the time change

I can't believe that I slept in this morning considering the time change.  Then...I took a 2 or so hour nap.  It's tough getting old, lol.  I did wake up feeling like crap this morning.  Very achy and my head felt stuffed.  After the nap I felt great.  So now it's 1250 am and I'm not sleepy.  I'll have to look up why we do a time change anyway, Arizona doesn't.  It is hard to get back to normal after the change.  Plus, it gets dark so early now.

I've got a busy next few days.  I found some freeware online to add to do lists.  I'm hoping I can get more organized because God knows I can't remember a lot of things.

Cali was GiGi's girl today.  She colored next to me and we watched a few YouTube videos.  She's such a precious Gem.

Talked to Berta this afternoon about some Camp things.  We are not having the DMB the first night of Camp and we're asking the LOH to sing that night with Paul Sherwood bringing the message.  If it were up to me the LOH wouldn't be there at all.

Oh, got my Christmas shopping done today!  First time in forever that I have it done so soon.  I ordered Cali a few wood jigsaw puzzles and a stroller.  I ordered Mom a DVD set of trains.  I will have stocking stuffers to do and finish some wood projects that I've started.  Now I can check that off of my stressors before the holidays.

I will almost be glad to start cleaning the house.  Mainly because it really needs it but mostly because I want to get it done.

Early morning

This morning I woke up at 5am.  Who knows why.  Around 5:30am I heard Cali stir and say "Mama, Mama" in her sweet little voice and then heard Kristin say "What honey?" in her sweet voice.  It was precious.  I guess Cali needed some reassurance that Mama was still there, and she got it.
Kristin went to see Stacie and Bailey in the hospital today.  I babysat Cali.  There is a reason that you have babies in your youth.  I'm sore and tired tonight.  That little girl can wear you out.
We turn back the clocks tonight which means we "should" get an extra hour sleep.  Pfffftttt, never seems to work for me.  I always hated working in the Comm. Center in the fall because you had to relive an hour over again.
I've got a pretty busy week coming up this week with a doctor appointment and then watching Cali while Kristin has a couple doctors appointments.  Going over to Ruth's to file her unemployment and mine.  Doing Mom's laundry again this week.  I really need to start working on the house and garage but I do have all winter to do it.  I would like to get the house done before the holidays.
Bishop Anthony Mumford came over this morning.  Their washer is broken and I had told Miss Mary that if they ever needed one I had a spare.  It was good to see him.  Hmmmm...that may be why my shoulders are hurting so much tonight, helping him lift it into his pickup.

A day in the life...

I got my winter clothes out today, finally.  Found this new stuff at the store, Downy crystals.  You put them in with the wash.  Wow!  Love it!  It made my clothes smell so good.  My sheets are smelling good right now and I ought to be between them sleeping but...
I made dinner tonight.  I cut up chicken breasts and potatoes about the same size and sauteed them.  Then I added some of the new stock in packets, pretty salty but still very good.  I also added some drained peas at the end.  Miss Cali liked it, I think.  She ate it anyway.  After not cooking all summer I need to get back in the swing of things.  I want to make some soup or chili soon and probably bake some bread.
It has been so nice to finally be done with work for the season.  It's time to get my house in order for the holidays.  I have a lot of my Christmas shopping done already.  Still debating on getting Cali a swing set.  I have to get Mom something else.  I think I'm going to order her a set of DVDs of trains that she enjoys from the library.