Night owl and growing pains

Zach went out of the house this morning to temps of 25 degrees and he said, "It's doesn't feel that cold."

Later when he emptied the slop, he said it feels that cold after all.

After more than a week of temps in the single and teen digits, 25 dregrees does feel warmer. We have had record cold. But in all this, we still have a warm house and food to eat. We have SO much to be thankful for.

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It's amazing reading this post on Small Notebook. I am a night owl and waking up early in the morning is hard because I don't get to bed in decent time.

Coming down with a sinus infection and a cold the day after we came back from FL forced me to go to bed early. I've been doing this for a week AND I LIKE IT! Exactly what I was feeling is what Small Notebook wrote.

My sinus infection is now at the plugged up stage where my head has a lot of pressure. Today I started with coughing - all that phlegm running down the throat and choking me. Gasp! It feels like a freight train ran over my head. Oh well, this will pass.

I suppose my body was worn down a little by all the Christmas treats and sugars. One thing I craved this past holiday season was cinnamon popcorn. I don't know why. And I ate plenty of gingerbread cookies.

Now I'm paying for it!

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It's hard for me to see my oldest daughter going through a rough time in her life. I wish I could bear her pain. I know exactly what she's going through. Can't I just go through it instead of her? I'd go through it again to spare her the pain.

But then she wouldn't grow. I need to stand back and pray. And let God do His work in her. She needs to go through it. But how it hurts to see her pain!

That must have been how it was for God. I wonder how many times He had to turn His back and cry because of all the pain that Jesus His Son had to bear. People hated Him. They were jealous. They were convicted of their evil ways but didn't want to change.

Jealousy is a terrible thing. It can cause us to say things we never meant to say. Words hurt!

It reminds me of the message we heard of going through Gethsemane times. Amber stated that this is a way of drawing closer to Christ. That is the best attitude to have.

Difficulties in life can embitter or better us. I love her attitude!