I want Peace and Security

Day 31 of 2013

I want peace and security.  I know it's possible.  I want what the Bible promises us.  I know it will come about.  I am ready to stop fretting about the little things.  I am ready to stop knowing I can't do anything about the big things.  To know there will be NO MORE big things.  I am ready to feel relief.  That is the peace I want.  RELIEF from worry, stress, doubt, fear, hurt and heartache.    Relief from crying in the shower so no one knows.  I can imagine what relief feels like ...  It's that moment when you feel a hand wipe away your tear and you realize your not alone.  It's that moment just before you feel joy and happiness.  Relief is that slow exhale, you know the one .. It could be after the phone call came or after the kids got home safe or when you finally had a minute and was able to sit down and think.    Right now that feeling doesn't last. 

If things were now as they were meant to be from the beginning we would not need relief because we would not be in this mess.    Peace and security would be our normal ... I like that.  I want that.

You can tote a gun.  You can have a big dog.  You can be so mean and hateful it keeps folks away from you and still others afraid to approach your house.    These things will not make you secure.  Someone else will have a bigger gun or a bigger dog and lonely is not security.  I want to be able to leave my house and walk on the road.  I want my children and grandchildren to be able to work in the yard, take out the trash, walk the dog.  I want to know that the next storm will not blow my house down or leave me in the dark and the cold or the heat for days.   I want to know there is not a problem paying my bills.  That my pantry and refrigerator are full.  I want to know my family is taken care of physically and spiritually and emotionally.  Security is way more than not locking your door.  Security must be the feeling a 18 month old baby feels when his daddy picks him up and holds him high off the floor,  that baby doesn't have to reach and hold on for fear of being dropped.  He knows one of the most loving places he can be is in his daddy's arms because daddy has proven it over and over and over.  I want that security and I will get it from our Heavenly Father Jehovah.

I've not hid who I am from you.  I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses, I've mentioned this before and it's in my profile.  I am an Ordained Minister the same as every other baptized Witness of Jehovah.  The Bible promises very soon the ways of this world will change.  A new government will be put into place with Jesus as our King.  He will turn right what is wrong and help us repair the land.  His Father will soon wipe Satan and his demons from the earth.  What will be left for you and for me.  PEACE AND SECURITY.

Peace and Security for all eternity under the Kingdom of Jehovah God

There are lots of scriptures that helped me get to what I believe in and what I hope for.  If you are a Bible reader and you are interested in reading some of these scriptures ... just let me know or answer your door the next time one of us knock.  If you are not a Bible reader but you want Peace and Security too, find your Bible, dust it off and open it because there is no peace and you will find no security in the things of this world. 

The start of something hopeful - Rev. 21: 3,4

thanks for reading my blog
I'll talk to you again in Feb., 2013
 - Marcene

DO YOUR TOWELS SMELL?

Day 30 of 2013

I have a question for you about your washing machine.  Do you love it?  The reason I ask is because about 5 years ago we got a new washer and dryer.  One of those front loaders.  We're all fancy and high fa-loot'n.   Cecil being the nice guy that he is built a raised floor in the mudroom for the washer and dryer so it is closer to eye level and I don't have to stoop.  See I told you He is a nice guy, always thinking of ways to make my life easier.  It would be nice for him if I did the same ... LOL ... hmmm.   The reason for the front loader,  I'm short and it can be very difficult to reach to last few item at the bottom of the washing machine on a top loader so we thought the front loading washing machine would be easier on me.  Again He is thinking of me and including my short arms and lack of stretching capableness.   So we buy it, and thank you to Bethy who loaned us the money in cash because she had it at the time.  We take the set home, well we have it delivered but it's in our house so we did take it home.   It's all set up. Cecil ran the water lines, I bought the high efficiency detergent these new fangled machines require.  And we are off to the races!!!

I wasn't really paying attention to the water level in the washing machine at first.  I saw the water come on so ... all was good.  But I noticed after several washes my towels started to smell.  No, that's not right.  towels don't have a nose so they can not smell but they can stink and I know that because I have a nose and I could smell them.   Musty like they were put away wet or laid in a pile wet before they were washed.  But neither of these were the case.  The towels were washed and completely dried, then folded and put away.  So why are my towels making me cringe when I dry my face?  And now that I know about the odor why am I washing my hands and using one of those towels to dry them before I cook?   I started to watch my washer.

The water comes on and goes off.  The water comes back on and runs for 2 minutes and then goes back off.  So why did the salesman tell me about washers that can hold 27 pair of jeans?  I have a question for him ...HOW MANY PAIR OF THOSE JEANS WILL COME OUT CLEAN?   That is the question I want the answer to after all.  If I wash them one pair at a time or 1 towel at a time will they then be clean?  The answer is NO.  You absolutely positively without doubt have to have water on the items you want cleaned and this new washing machine does not use the amount of water needed to clean towels. 

So I fixed it.  Well, No, not me .... Cecil fixed it.  After he saw me make trip after trip from the kitchen to the mudroom with pitchers of water to bring the water level up in the washer.  I would add the water through the top of the machine where the detergent was put and it would just run right on into the washer tub and onto the clothes.  I would make about 8 trips before I was content with what I thought was suitable enough to wash a load of clothes.  Cecil went to Sears and asked a few questions and he found out the the federal regulations have changed and manufacturers are required to make alllllll new models to new specifications.  What this means is that no matter what you buy it will not fill up with water.  

Did I mention I married a jack of all trades.  Well he got to figuring and looking and pointing and tinkering and he put a facet handle on a flexible pipe, he attached it to the water line on one end and aimed the other end in the same place I was pouring the water. GUESS WHAT HAPPENED ... I NOW CONTROL THE WATER LEVEL IN MY WASHING MACHINE!
 I still hate my washing machine but now this one washes.  As for Cecil ... I am keeping Him. 

Thanks for reading my blog
talk to you tomorrow
 - Marcene

where oh where is the cleaning crew??

Day 29 of 2013

Cecil went back to work today.  He has been on vacation for the last week.  He is NOT happy.  He wants to retire ... OH, how he wants to retire.  But since we are not into money in the sing song fashion ... WE'RE  INTO MONEY"  ... we're not so He works.  He has been home and he has done what he wanted to do when he wanted to do it for days.  He has been under foot and had control of the remote.  I can only put up with so much.  I will tuck him in while he naps after his long hard day of channel surfing from one Modern Marvels show to another.  At least he doesn't watch sports.  Wait ... sports have some excitement to them, have you ever watched Modern Marvels?  It just goes on and on ... really who cares how much steel the US uses in a year.  NOT this girl! (Bethy taught me that "NOT THIS GIRL" thing)

Ok back to Cecil going back to work.  I have taken the easy road this past week and why not.  Vaca for Him ... semi Vaca for Me.   It's only fair.  Not really but let's not tell Cecil.  So back to the cooking and the cleaning.  I have cooked nice big meals for the past 2 days.   Sara and Pat and Cecil are real good about putting the food away and stacking the dishes for me.  I did several loads of dishes, I did say big meals, and we had extra mouths.  But the rest of the house still needs attention.  Wow it needs attention.  Both of our dogs shed and spend time in the barn so there bed stinks a bit.  As for dusting ... if I can't reach it with my hand it hasn't been dusted.  The kitchen has been swept but not mopped.  The bathroom has been cleaned but lets face it that is a job that should be done everytime someone leaves that room.  I haven't even made the bed.  I am a pig and have been alllllll week.  oink oink

Now this is where I call Bethy.  She is very good at cleaning and WE PAY!!   Bethy get a crew sugar booger because the living room alone will take you an hour.  I have vacuumed but the bookcase is a mess, you know how those grandkids are with paper and books and videos.  Nothing goes back it goes on the floor.  So does the crayons and the ... everything else.

So Cecil is back to work and nothing is stopping me from cleaning but meeeeeee.
Bethy if you can't make it Sara is going to take your job.
Please come soon,  I am doing more and more cleaning myself everyday.
We'll put the dogs in the barn while your here.

Ok ... Who wants a job!!

 - Marcene