happy happy happy I am.
Posted by lizzy Grover on Monday, May 16, 2011
So today was my first paying painting gig. It feels so exciting to be able to say that. Gig....hehe
As I sit here typing, my eyes are fuzzy from tiredness and I look like a popcorn puff ball. I painted a ceiling. Those little balls fly everywhere!!!! And you know what?? I enjoyed myself. It was hard work but it felt good.
I have been praying and praying as of late. I've gone over and over my budget. Trying to figure out how I can pioneer, with two kids. I so badly want to start in September. But gas prices are SO BAD! I have my budget down to my last five dollars and found that I just wont have enough. HOWEVER.....Enter painting! If I did maybe one or two painting jobs a month OR a few in a row than take a month or two off to solely go in service, I would make enough to pioneer and provide for my kids. AAACK! Just typing that made me so excited. And I'm not just saying that. I have been sick this last week. In fact I didn't get out once. And I was so blah all week. And as I look back it wasnt because I was sick, it was because I wasn't out in service. The joy it brings me is unexplainable. I want my kids to learn this life...this utter joy. Yeah, we wont have a lot materially, but you know what I have found? Being here at mom and dads and focusing so much on serving Jehovah and getting out in the ministry, never once have me or my children gone without. In fact every week and every month that's passed we seem to be provided with more than we could ever need. Never have things flowed so smoothly. Living a simple life, changing your attitude towards "things" and trusting whole heartedly in Jehovah is the only life. I wish that didn't sound so cheesy or obnoxious to type. I wish there was a way to type the feeling in my gut right now. Today was a busy day. With meeting and hospitality and than working followed by cleaning up the house, I'm tired. But so happy.
Proverbs 19:23 " the fear of Jehovah tends toward life, and one will spend the night satisfied; One will not be visited with what is bad." smile.
I should go. I still have a lot to accomplish before tomorrow, I'm getting out in service and that requires a shower..... I dont appreciate my paint covered appearance or smell right now....I'm sure the householder wouldnt either.... :-)
I hope everyone had a really good weekend. Remember....we are so close. Here we are everyday making a reply to satan. Showing him how wrong he is. And every day that we do that, we make Jehovah smile. Picture that, Jehovah looking down and smiling because of YOU. Butterflies in my heart. Good night!
As I sit here typing, my eyes are fuzzy from tiredness and I look like a popcorn puff ball. I painted a ceiling. Those little balls fly everywhere!!!! And you know what?? I enjoyed myself. It was hard work but it felt good.
I have been praying and praying as of late. I've gone over and over my budget. Trying to figure out how I can pioneer, with two kids. I so badly want to start in September. But gas prices are SO BAD! I have my budget down to my last five dollars and found that I just wont have enough. HOWEVER.....Enter painting! If I did maybe one or two painting jobs a month OR a few in a row than take a month or two off to solely go in service, I would make enough to pioneer and provide for my kids. AAACK! Just typing that made me so excited. And I'm not just saying that. I have been sick this last week. In fact I didn't get out once. And I was so blah all week. And as I look back it wasnt because I was sick, it was because I wasn't out in service. The joy it brings me is unexplainable. I want my kids to learn this life...this utter joy. Yeah, we wont have a lot materially, but you know what I have found? Being here at mom and dads and focusing so much on serving Jehovah and getting out in the ministry, never once have me or my children gone without. In fact every week and every month that's passed we seem to be provided with more than we could ever need. Never have things flowed so smoothly. Living a simple life, changing your attitude towards "things" and trusting whole heartedly in Jehovah is the only life. I wish that didn't sound so cheesy or obnoxious to type. I wish there was a way to type the feeling in my gut right now. Today was a busy day. With meeting and hospitality and than working followed by cleaning up the house, I'm tired. But so happy.
Proverbs 19:23 " the fear of Jehovah tends toward life, and one will spend the night satisfied; One will not be visited with what is bad." smile.
I should go. I still have a lot to accomplish before tomorrow, I'm getting out in service and that requires a shower..... I dont appreciate my paint covered appearance or smell right now....I'm sure the householder wouldnt either.... :-)
I hope everyone had a really good weekend. Remember....we are so close. Here we are everyday making a reply to satan. Showing him how wrong he is. And every day that we do that, we make Jehovah smile. Picture that, Jehovah looking down and smiling because of YOU. Butterflies in my heart. Good night!