ALLEGRA! GREAT JOYyesterday peba went to visit the second grandchild born to nate, our oldest, and his wife jen. midmorning the day before silas, her sweet, attentive older brother, observed alegra's birth on the floor of the front entry room of their house. this was unplanned from a human point of view but most beautifully attended by our loving heavenly Father. He helped nate to arrive home from work and susan, her grandmother to arrive to take care of silas a few minutes before the 911 people did an excellent job with the detail. after an overnight nate took jen and alegra back to the peace and quiet of home. thank You dear Lord Jesus.
ONGOING SPIRITUAL WARFARE just a quick update on me. i am still suspended in pain at being on the other side of a thick paned glass from an obedient spirit filled life. fighting to beat the band but realizing that unless there is an otherworldly work of divine grace i will end my days just running the wheel rather than being a colaborer with God in the whitened fields. may He have mercy and make me fully alive so that i may pour out my life for Him.
right now i am in the beginning of a pitched battle with brother ass..my body. am realizing with growing horror how effective he is in slowing down, thwarting and stopping me from doing what i ought. i also am continuing a battle to take complete control of my emotions and thought life. may God not make me content until my body is my slave to work for Christ.
...just noticed as i work on trying to map the synoptic gospels out in detail how MANY times Jesus, in various ways, told people not to say anything about Him or what He did. i always casually thot of that as a clever bit of reverse psychology. it may be but now i'm seeing so many instances that it may be the outworking of His instructions to 'let your light so shine among men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven'...if the latter maybe the message for me is: DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME TELLIN', JUST KEEP DOIN'
UTILITIES
ELECTRIC God has helped me become aware of a 'time of use' program through the electric company, PPL. was paying in the range of 9 cents a kwh. now 7.47 c during peak hours (5-7pm) and 6.03 c the rest of the time. current bill $18+ (6 kwh peak out of 105 used in 31 days)
WATER current bill $12. 32 for the last 3 months (100 cubic feet used) am now recycling most all kitchen used water.
SEWER last bill $42.50, which is the base price for 375 cubic feet or less used, for the last 3 months
PHONE $0 except for a little used on a phone card
GAS 4 fillups so far this year. am shooting for 10 for the year. need to bike more..
OIL fillup of 141.8 gallons for 288 days since last fill..a little less than .5 gal a day or less than $1.75.
FUTURE am praying that God would help me to show His love, to share His goodness and praise in FLOOD PHILLY (june 23- july 1) and canada bible school for children (july 7-17) have no idea of where i am heading and trying to walk one step at a time
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