saturday i was up early (well, 9, which is actually sleeping in 3 hours, so... yeah. LOL) & misha was watching buffy while bret slept. bret all of a sudden was in an angry mood about misha being up.. it was the first fight we've had since she moved in. :( not so fun!!
i decided to take mish w/ me on errands, so we left about an hour later & went to the bank, the PO, and the mall. got some really GREAT stuff at bath & body works! : ) i had a coupon for a free shower gel w/ a $10 purchase. so of course i spent more than $10! d'oh! *laugh* but it was fun! we went to sancho's for lunch, & trish & al & their son, matt, were there! LOL i had my favorite tacos, chips & salsa. YUMMY!!!
it was really nice to hang out w/ misha for a bit! : ) and listen to GLEE 4 & 5, along the way. AWESOME awesome music!
then i dropped mish off home & went to do payroll, which went fairly smoothly. thank God! i got home about 3:30 & got to relax for an hour & a half, reading People & watching Merlin & Fringe w/ bret. he was in a much better mood, btw, and had texted us about 10 minutes after we left to apologize & see if we wanted him to make us brunch. : )
becca picked me up a little after 5 & we went to her church for a healing service. i didn't know it was a healing service, i thought it was a guest speaker (which, it was that, too). healing services cause me anxiety. when i was little, we had a healer (? what do you call them? i mean, the LORD is doing the healing, so he's not really a healer, and he's not some scammer claiming to be healing, ya know?) ... ANYWAY. this guy came to do a healing service at the church i went to when i was little. i was forced to get into line for my eyes. my eyes were not instantly healed. as a matter of fact, they still do not work together. i wear glasses to see. (which, to me, having glasses is like being healed, because i can see, so PTL!!!) i don't blame the healing guy, or God for that matter. i don't know why i wasn't instantly healed and others were.
but, so before the service, i hung out w/ becca's friend, who had just given birth SIX days prior & baby & mother were both there. WOW. she was really nice, too. : ) bret & misha & andrew came to the service, and that was nice. i'd seen an agenda right before going in, which was good because otherwise i might have walked out. it just causes me so much anxiety when they pull ppl on the stage & then they're praying & then they ask "so, the pain started at a 10, what is it now?" and ... what if it's still a 10? and ppl were there w/ really bad diseases, and one lady's knees were healed (truly, she walked out of there not needing the cane she'd been using forever, and she was a church member so not like a "plant" or something), but other ppl weren't, and... i feel bad for them, and for the person praying over them, because when it's up on stage like that, it just feels to me like the Pharisees. like a show. like a performance. and i don't like it!!! i mean, PTL when ppl are healed. i believe He heals. He has healed me, not my eyes, not in the *poof* instantly everything is physically fine kinda way. but He has healed me. i didn't have to be up on stage for Him to do it, tho...
once they stopped pulling ppl up on stage it was better. there was a time of worship songs, and that was really nice, to just close my eyes & sing to the Lord & feel Him, His presence. i might need to go to church w/ mom again one of these saturday nights, because that's what they do at her church. just an hour of praise & worship. i love that!
after last night's service, becca & a couple of her friends & i went to village inn for dinner. i should have taken a picture, because VI has this new thing called a VIB - you can pick 4 things for a set price, and then add on other things for $1. so, i got a cheese omelet, crispy bacon, cottage cheese & tomato slices, and a biscuit w/ gravy cuz i realized i needed a carb. lol kinda an odd dinner combo, but SO GOOD! and it was a fun dinner.
i got home around 11:30, set the clocks ahead, said goodnight & hit the hay! i was TIRED! heh. i slept til 10 today, i think. and just vegged out. Praise the Lord for days of REST. : ) i got to talk w/ april finally, which was so nice!!! we'd been missing each other this week, both of us being crazy busy. we spent practically the whole day chatting. LOVE IT! heh. i watched Undercover Boss, The Cape, Royal Pains, CSI: NY & Miami, Survivor (LOVE ROB!!!!), so nice! hoping to watch last week's Army Wives... didn't get to catch up w/ GH completely, tho. *sigh* anyone who wants to give me a synopsis of this week, i'd appreciate it! i know i have a couple readers who are watchers! : )
so, there you have it. : ) how was YOUR weekend?? i'm off to make some dinner. at 8. LOL daylight savings, silly!
ttfn!
vintage card from a postcrossing friend. : )
french postcrossing. apparently this cow is part of a famous french story? Pierrette.
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i don't think there is anything better than a good worship! (sans the healing lol)
ReplyDeletei am also LOVING those postcards!!! beautiful.
xo
Once when I was a kid I went to a church that did the whole "speaking in tongues" thing. And at the week long summer camp we had a worship service where basically we all had to speak in tongues or else feel like a failure. You can guess how that turned out...lots of jibberish as we were all suddenly "feeling the spirit"...anything to get out of the room and not be singled out anymore. So I get your "healing" anxiety. I think that often God does not do his work on the stage...he does it in our hearts.
ReplyDeleteGH - Brenda is still alive (sad) as is Spinelli (more sad). Poor little Jake is about to be involved in a hit & run which will bring Lucky and Liz back together (Sorry Siohban) and leave Jason staring at him from afar.
Or something like that. :)
Yeah, I don't think it's ever a good idea to try & force the Spirit, or even have the appearance of forcing Him! Speaking in tongues was never strange to me, because that was an every week occurrence. : ) But I remember when my friend Tina came to church w/ me once in jr. high, and she wasn't from a Pentecostal church, and when a Word came and someone spoke in tongues and then someone had the interpretation, it freaked her out, and at the time I didn't understand why, because it was just normal to me!
ReplyDeleteGH - AGH! I like Lucky too much to have him be w/ Liz. Altho then maybe he'll figure out that Aiden (?) is his. And Sam & Jason need to have their own bundle of joy so he can get out of the mob & Sonny can also retire & ... IDK. Theo reminds me of Helna. A true bad guy we can dislike. lol
oh and did i tell you i LOVE you!?!?! so today was just terrible.... didn't sleep well last night makes for a rough morning. Then husband's car wouldn't start :( $1000+ later in repairs in the el paso sun... UGH.
ReplyDeletebut then i came home and your sweet birthday pressies were waiting for me. You could have just sent the cake postcard but you spoiled me on a day i needed it most. I LOVE YOU dear friend. not for just the thoughtful sweet gifts but for your friendship which is a gift all year xoxoxo
oh *HUGS* i am glad you liked your package & yikes sorry about the sleeplessness & car repairs! yuck!! tomorrow will be better!! LOVE you!
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