Bowling last night was fun. Of course, it was made funner by the fact that I was getting the highest scores, lol. It didn't take long to start hitting the spare and some strikes to ratchet the score up enough to win.
Allegedly a trip to Globe today. Globe is in the mountains - been there many times with this job, but haven't been anytime recently. My manager doesn't want me to have to do it because there is no profit in it for our store. Understandable, but I have been grinding in the valley every day at this job for months and months now, a nice trip out of town, even if only half a day's worth - will be nice.
But, I always throw in the "alleged" part because things often change. There was nothing in our truck routing system as of yesterday when I left the premises to do other than that run. We'll see. The delivery is of a giant fusion machine - it is a heat welder. It welds large diameter pipe together. This particular type of pipe is widely used in mining operations since it's plastic and does not corrode. More pointedly, that you can pump sulphuric acid through it and it will do nothing to the plastic.
So, I am hopeful : )
No more time for this entry, gotta get to work.
ben
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
There is not much going on in my life that is more disconcerting as having people pointing fingers at you for situations that you (I) did not cause. This morning is one of them. 2 orders to be pulled, loaded and had to be at the job site by no later than 7:00am. Okay. Pulled the orders, loaded them onto the truck and yes, was here (I am currently sitting at this job site) right at 7:00am.
When I pulled up to the unloading area, the foreman was visibly upset. No pipe on the truck. What pipe? The orders showed nothing about pipe. I read and re-read orders over and over because I do not want to be the source of a problem that - in this company - ends up going into everyone's ears. There are some things about the company that I work for that I definitely do not like, this is one of them. Every company has it's set of problems, obviously, but I am not a big fan of people going around talking trash about other employees behind their back.
Regardless, the pipe was not on the order. Yet, my manager and I are being blamed for not bringing out the pipe. Why? Because allegedly, it was in a "memo" on the order itself. Well, I checked the memo's this morning. I looked at my company email account - a memo in the order will send it to whoever the intended recipient's email address is. Nothing. So, how does one get blamed for not delivering a product that one did not know needed to be delivered? Yes, indeed. But, that's what happens in our company - there are numerous individuals who will never take responsibility for their actions and always blame everyone else for mistakes.
Whatever. Bowling tonight. haven't been in a long time. Our church group decided that we are going bowling this week for our meeting. Bowling isn't cheap and when it was decided that we were going to do that, I had the distinct feeling that someone in that group was not going to come because they could not afford it. I offered to pay for that individual - I had an inkling of who the person was, too. Yes, well after my offer, the group leaders wrote back and told me that a mom and her kid would like to take up that offer. Okay. Anonymous, please, keep it anonymous. They said they would "try their best".
My son texts my ex wife yesterday telling her that he's going in for surgery. Surgery? For what? I get the call after he texts her from her asking if I knew anything about this (as if I had I had known but intentionally was keeping the information from her). I decided to take the "high road" and simply not engage her as she had started to engage me. No, sorry, I know nothing about it but I would guess he's referring to that in-grown toenail that they should have dealt with the second time he went in there. She had not been able to get him on the phone to ask him what was going on, which is why we were guessing. Yup, that's what it turned out to be. They numbed it up and cut half of his toenail off, end of story. They should have done that the first time he went in, but if not, definitely the second. This was his third visit.
Meanwhile, I am hot on the search for someone or some company to tow the trailer. I think I may have found one. The ad says up to $350 for up to 350 miles. Well, that sounds very promising, the guy is going to give me a quote later on today.
That's it. Still haven't installed the carpet - procrastinating I guess, lol. Ain't gonna happen today. When I get off of work I am going to go home, take a nap and try to refresh myself for this evening's bowling adventure. There are a few other issues with the trailer, but I am probably not going to do anything about it.
When I pulled up to the unloading area, the foreman was visibly upset. No pipe on the truck. What pipe? The orders showed nothing about pipe. I read and re-read orders over and over because I do not want to be the source of a problem that - in this company - ends up going into everyone's ears. There are some things about the company that I work for that I definitely do not like, this is one of them. Every company has it's set of problems, obviously, but I am not a big fan of people going around talking trash about other employees behind their back.
Regardless, the pipe was not on the order. Yet, my manager and I are being blamed for not bringing out the pipe. Why? Because allegedly, it was in a "memo" on the order itself. Well, I checked the memo's this morning. I looked at my company email account - a memo in the order will send it to whoever the intended recipient's email address is. Nothing. So, how does one get blamed for not delivering a product that one did not know needed to be delivered? Yes, indeed. But, that's what happens in our company - there are numerous individuals who will never take responsibility for their actions and always blame everyone else for mistakes.
Whatever. Bowling tonight. haven't been in a long time. Our church group decided that we are going bowling this week for our meeting. Bowling isn't cheap and when it was decided that we were going to do that, I had the distinct feeling that someone in that group was not going to come because they could not afford it. I offered to pay for that individual - I had an inkling of who the person was, too. Yes, well after my offer, the group leaders wrote back and told me that a mom and her kid would like to take up that offer. Okay. Anonymous, please, keep it anonymous. They said they would "try their best".
My son texts my ex wife yesterday telling her that he's going in for surgery. Surgery? For what? I get the call after he texts her from her asking if I knew anything about this (as if I had I had known but intentionally was keeping the information from her). I decided to take the "high road" and simply not engage her as she had started to engage me. No, sorry, I know nothing about it but I would guess he's referring to that in-grown toenail that they should have dealt with the second time he went in there. She had not been able to get him on the phone to ask him what was going on, which is why we were guessing. Yup, that's what it turned out to be. They numbed it up and cut half of his toenail off, end of story. They should have done that the first time he went in, but if not, definitely the second. This was his third visit.
Meanwhile, I am hot on the search for someone or some company to tow the trailer. I think I may have found one. The ad says up to $350 for up to 350 miles. Well, that sounds very promising, the guy is going to give me a quote later on today.
That's it. Still haven't installed the carpet - procrastinating I guess, lol. Ain't gonna happen today. When I get off of work I am going to go home, take a nap and try to refresh myself for this evening's bowling adventure. There are a few other issues with the trailer, but I am probably not going to do anything about it.
Tuesday 5/1/2012
The people that were going to move my trailer up to the mountains? Are leaving for Colorado on Monday and won't be back until September. Uggggh. I contacted the other individual that said they would do it - no reply yet and that was almost 24 hours ago.
Well isn't that wonderful. I posted another ad on Craigslist. To use a company to have it hauled up there will cost around $600 to $700. Yup. A lot of money. I have no choice but to start the search all over again and hope that either someone responds to my Craigslist ad or I can find someone - somehow - to do it. Hmmm. Maybe I'll stop in at RV World and see if there might be anyone that has left a card or a service that has their service posted somewhere.
Well, that ended my time for writing, lol, as I got involved in searching the internet for any kind of service that hauls RV's. Found a local one and submitted a quote request.
Anyway, off to work.
G'day.
ben
Well isn't that wonderful. I posted another ad on Craigslist. To use a company to have it hauled up there will cost around $600 to $700. Yup. A lot of money. I have no choice but to start the search all over again and hope that either someone responds to my Craigslist ad or I can find someone - somehow - to do it. Hmmm. Maybe I'll stop in at RV World and see if there might be anyone that has left a card or a service that has their service posted somewhere.
Well, that ended my time for writing, lol, as I got involved in searching the internet for any kind of service that hauls RV's. Found a local one and submitted a quote request.
Anyway, off to work.
G'day.
ben
Sunday, April 29, 2012
I called my mother today.
God continues to astound and amaze me.
I don't know what to say.
She is going to church, today, probably leaving anytime soon now.
I could not possibly devote the amount of words and time it would take to go
into all of what that means here. That my mother is going to any church is a
true miracle in itself.
I am elated, concerned and ecstatic - I am hopeful and believe the best outcome
here. That she will go - and that whatever needs to happen, God will make that
come to pass and that she will go again and again.
Until. Need I say the rest?
Until Him. Until the Lord. Until our Savior.
This situation will envelop me for some time to come.
It will take up my energy and thought. My mother - oh my Lord and God, to come
and REALLY know the love of our Lord.
God continues to astound and amaze me.
I don't know what to say.
She is going to church, today, probably leaving anytime soon now.
I could not possibly devote the amount of words and time it would take to go
into all of what that means here. That my mother is going to any church is a
true miracle in itself.
I am elated, concerned and ecstatic - I am hopeful and believe the best outcome
here. That she will go - and that whatever needs to happen, God will make that
come to pass and that she will go again and again.
Until. Need I say the rest?
Until Him. Until the Lord. Until our Savior.
This situation will envelop me for some time to come.
It will take up my energy and thought. My mother - oh my Lord and God, to come
and REALLY know the love of our Lord.
Sunday 4/29/2012
The thought occurs to me - just about every Sunday morning at this time - that I really don't need or want to go church. I know the source of those thoughts and this morning I simply and utterly reject them.
As for the trailer AC, the temp inside the unit came down to around 75 degrees in there yesterday - that was cooling the entire unit with the front air outlets aimed toward the back room. I believe it got up to 95 degrees yesterday, so, good enough. It doesn't get hotter than that up in the mountains - or if it ever does, it certainly doesn't stay up there that long. I am going to get up on the trailer roof one more time and give the coil another good bathing in water to make sure all or as much of the dirt that I can get out of there - is out and call it good.
I don't get much peace around here on Sunday mornings any more, a thing that greatly irritates me. I don't want to sound petty, but Mark and Lynnette walk in and out and in and out, continuously. Well, mostly Mark with Lynnette going in and out of the bathroom repeatedly. It's just one day of the week and just a few hous of the day, I guess that's too much to ask. I don't get the constant in and out stuff, though.
I wrote up yet another ad for giving away some fish and plants. I have far too many fish in the ponds - they have been multiplying and it's getting to be too much. The filters are clogging up too fast and I want to thin out the amount of fish in there. Well there we go, a couple of replies already, hopefully one of them will pan out.
Well I'm not going to drag this one out. Church in an hour.
G'day.
ben
As for the trailer AC, the temp inside the unit came down to around 75 degrees in there yesterday - that was cooling the entire unit with the front air outlets aimed toward the back room. I believe it got up to 95 degrees yesterday, so, good enough. It doesn't get hotter than that up in the mountains - or if it ever does, it certainly doesn't stay up there that long. I am going to get up on the trailer roof one more time and give the coil another good bathing in water to make sure all or as much of the dirt that I can get out of there - is out and call it good.
I don't get much peace around here on Sunday mornings any more, a thing that greatly irritates me. I don't want to sound petty, but Mark and Lynnette walk in and out and in and out, continuously. Well, mostly Mark with Lynnette going in and out of the bathroom repeatedly. It's just one day of the week and just a few hous of the day, I guess that's too much to ask. I don't get the constant in and out stuff, though.
I wrote up yet another ad for giving away some fish and plants. I have far too many fish in the ponds - they have been multiplying and it's getting to be too much. The filters are clogging up too fast and I want to thin out the amount of fish in there. Well there we go, a couple of replies already, hopefully one of them will pan out.
Well I'm not going to drag this one out. Church in an hour.
G'day.
ben
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Saturday 4/28/2012
Snag.
I figured it wouldn't be cheap, but now my suspicions have been verified. To add freon to my travel trailer's roof ac unit, they will have to install a port. Well, installing the port means all the freon will leak out while they're doing it. Meaning they will have to evacuate the system and then completely recharge it. Price tag? $250.
Now, I am sitting here wondering whether I should think about dumping another $250 into that AC system or not. It puts out cool air, but not cold air. Not cold enough to keep the unit cool, anyway, when it's hot outside. The problem with dumping that kind of money into it is that it is an old AC unit and I have no clue how much longer it will last. A month, a year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years? If I knew I could get at least a couple of years out of it, then yes, it would be worth it.
Of course that's figuring that I even have $250 to spend on it right now. I have the money to move that thing up north stashed away. I have another $300 in savings on top of that. Humph. I am going to have to make up my mind soon about this one because it's getting close to the time to get that thing hauled up there, less than a month away and I do not want to put it off.
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I called them back, the service company that is. The woman stated that it isn't always a freon issue, that the condenser can get clogged up over time and limit the amount of air flowing through it. Ummmm, okay, thanks for the info, I am going to try cleaning it out before I call you folks to come over. I'll spend 10 cents on water to flush the thing out before spending a grand total of $316 to have freon pumped into it.
And hootinnannyholler. After I thoroughly sprayed the condenser out with water, the temperature of the air coming out of the unit is MUCH colder!!! So, I am going to run it for a few hours and we'll see what happens. It would be VERY nice if I didn't have to spend anymore money on that unit. It was also very nice of that lady to give away that information for free, lol. I did thank her quite nicely for the information.
That was the concern of the day, really. I have other things to do, but that was the priority. If it does, indeed, cool it down nicely in there, then I will install the new padding/carpet - to the best of my ability anyway. It's ready to be installed. After that? Well, not that much. Not anything costly, anyway. I have my new microwave, coffee pot, nice used queen mattress, the roof is all but done, just a few touch up areas, it has a new refrigerator and the propane system is now working in it (hot water/cooking).
It's been a long, drawn-out project but will be worth the effort once I get it up there. I'm looking at either the 12th or 19th of May - a Saturday - to have it dragged up there. Not sure yet. Mom has already given her stamp of approval to have it towed onto her property whether she is up there or not. But, waiting until she goes up might be better.
Once it's up there, then the work has just begun. Will have to install a fence around it to be able to let the dogs out without having to supervise them all the time. Will have to work out the situation with the satellite dish and running a cable. Thanks for reminding myself: I still need to get a satellite box for it. Totally forgot about that, going to start searching Craigslist as soon as I am done with this entry.
Anyway, Memorial Day is near the end of May and it would be cool to have that 3 day weekend to spend much of it up there if I can get it up there by then and get everything situated. Of course, another test is whether I will be able to get on the internet up there or not - no clue yet. Deal breaker? No, but I know I will want to be able to get online. The only other alternative is satellite internet which is both costly and I've heard doesn't really work that well, so probably would pass on that as well.
Whoops! The price of satellite internet has come down substantially. New customer offer of $39.00 per month. But the equipment for $199 or lease it for nothing. That is a FAR cry different than the last time I looked at the pricing - substantially higher! But it's a monthly expense I would rather not incur and use that money in savings instead. I don't want to have to pay for 3 different sources of internet service, I am already pay for 2. Home service and mobile broadband.
Well whatever, before this entry drags into the everlasting one, better close it down. Just checked the temp in there, down to 80 degrees. I have Mark fixing the heavy cover that goes over a big window in it - close that and I am sure the temp will come down substantially considering the sun is shining right through that window, heating everything up.
Later.
ben
I figured it wouldn't be cheap, but now my suspicions have been verified. To add freon to my travel trailer's roof ac unit, they will have to install a port. Well, installing the port means all the freon will leak out while they're doing it. Meaning they will have to evacuate the system and then completely recharge it. Price tag? $250.
Now, I am sitting here wondering whether I should think about dumping another $250 into that AC system or not. It puts out cool air, but not cold air. Not cold enough to keep the unit cool, anyway, when it's hot outside. The problem with dumping that kind of money into it is that it is an old AC unit and I have no clue how much longer it will last. A month, a year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years? If I knew I could get at least a couple of years out of it, then yes, it would be worth it.
Of course that's figuring that I even have $250 to spend on it right now. I have the money to move that thing up north stashed away. I have another $300 in savings on top of that. Humph. I am going to have to make up my mind soon about this one because it's getting close to the time to get that thing hauled up there, less than a month away and I do not want to put it off.
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I called them back, the service company that is. The woman stated that it isn't always a freon issue, that the condenser can get clogged up over time and limit the amount of air flowing through it. Ummmm, okay, thanks for the info, I am going to try cleaning it out before I call you folks to come over. I'll spend 10 cents on water to flush the thing out before spending a grand total of $316 to have freon pumped into it.
And hootinnannyholler. After I thoroughly sprayed the condenser out with water, the temperature of the air coming out of the unit is MUCH colder!!! So, I am going to run it for a few hours and we'll see what happens. It would be VERY nice if I didn't have to spend anymore money on that unit. It was also very nice of that lady to give away that information for free, lol. I did thank her quite nicely for the information.
That was the concern of the day, really. I have other things to do, but that was the priority. If it does, indeed, cool it down nicely in there, then I will install the new padding/carpet - to the best of my ability anyway. It's ready to be installed. After that? Well, not that much. Not anything costly, anyway. I have my new microwave, coffee pot, nice used queen mattress, the roof is all but done, just a few touch up areas, it has a new refrigerator and the propane system is now working in it (hot water/cooking).
It's been a long, drawn-out project but will be worth the effort once I get it up there. I'm looking at either the 12th or 19th of May - a Saturday - to have it dragged up there. Not sure yet. Mom has already given her stamp of approval to have it towed onto her property whether she is up there or not. But, waiting until she goes up might be better.
Once it's up there, then the work has just begun. Will have to install a fence around it to be able to let the dogs out without having to supervise them all the time. Will have to work out the situation with the satellite dish and running a cable. Thanks for reminding myself: I still need to get a satellite box for it. Totally forgot about that, going to start searching Craigslist as soon as I am done with this entry.
Anyway, Memorial Day is near the end of May and it would be cool to have that 3 day weekend to spend much of it up there if I can get it up there by then and get everything situated. Of course, another test is whether I will be able to get on the internet up there or not - no clue yet. Deal breaker? No, but I know I will want to be able to get online. The only other alternative is satellite internet which is both costly and I've heard doesn't really work that well, so probably would pass on that as well.
Whoops! The price of satellite internet has come down substantially. New customer offer of $39.00 per month. But the equipment for $199 or lease it for nothing. That is a FAR cry different than the last time I looked at the pricing - substantially higher! But it's a monthly expense I would rather not incur and use that money in savings instead. I don't want to have to pay for 3 different sources of internet service, I am already pay for 2. Home service and mobile broadband.
Well whatever, before this entry drags into the everlasting one, better close it down. Just checked the temp in there, down to 80 degrees. I have Mark fixing the heavy cover that goes over a big window in it - close that and I am sure the temp will come down substantially considering the sun is shining right through that window, heating everything up.
Later.
ben
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Thursday 4/26/2012
When one sets out to get off the road that leads to destruction and back onto the path that leads to eternal life - through the narrow gate - one is then, I am finding out, attacked in so many different ways from the enemy that it becomes glaringly obvious that the enemy is behind all of it and that he isn't exactly happy that - God is greater, thank you Lord.
After much reflection, I realize that I had completely given up even attempting to walk with the Lord, just do my own thing and keep to myself. The carnal nature of man is not in love with the Word of God - you know, the words written in the Bible. It loves to do whatever it wants to - those things that are evil; worldly, anything that is not of God. Raising my hand: guilty.
I started reading through the book of James. If you want to find printed words, from God, that will rile your flesh, simply start reading in that book. Faith without works is dead. Count it all joy when you are confronted with trials and tribulation. It's a lot of admonishment, to be honest about it. These are the parts of the Bible that are oft times ignored by those that just want the gooey-good feeling and not all the idea of "taking up your cross daily and following after Christ" that leads to a disciplined life in the Lord.
I have a long ways to go, that's what I can say about it. But, continuing reading in the Word is the answer, at least for me. It is a habit I am attempting to form to simply turn on the computer and pull up the BibleGateway site every morning and start reading. And yes, I am in the book of James and it may take a while to work my way through it. I don't want to just glaze over all the "hard" stuff, I want to absorb it and let it become a part of my every day life.
Well, anyway. At some point, I will find it within myself to volunteer in the church. Whatever that may mean, even if it's vacuuming carpets.
Rain. That was the forecast for today. Yet, looking at the radar, it is raining - well north of Phoenix. Whether it makes it's way here? Who knows. God causes it to rain on the just and unjust alike, so, please Lord!!! lol
There isn't much else going on, really. I am going to attempt to find someone to come over that has the necessary equipment to recharge the trailer ac's freon system. If I do find someone to do it and it still doesn't put out the necessary temp of air to keep it cool in there, it may be a losing battle to spend any more money on it. I don't want a gawky looking window ac unit mounted on the thing, but to buy a new roof air unit for it is pretty expensive stuff. The thing IS pumping out cool air, just not cold ENOUGH. Which hints to me a need for increased amount of freon.
Well, whatever the case, it's time to be off to work.
G'day.
ben
After much reflection, I realize that I had completely given up even attempting to walk with the Lord, just do my own thing and keep to myself. The carnal nature of man is not in love with the Word of God - you know, the words written in the Bible. It loves to do whatever it wants to - those things that are evil; worldly, anything that is not of God. Raising my hand: guilty.
I started reading through the book of James. If you want to find printed words, from God, that will rile your flesh, simply start reading in that book. Faith without works is dead. Count it all joy when you are confronted with trials and tribulation. It's a lot of admonishment, to be honest about it. These are the parts of the Bible that are oft times ignored by those that just want the gooey-good feeling and not all the idea of "taking up your cross daily and following after Christ" that leads to a disciplined life in the Lord.
I have a long ways to go, that's what I can say about it. But, continuing reading in the Word is the answer, at least for me. It is a habit I am attempting to form to simply turn on the computer and pull up the BibleGateway site every morning and start reading. And yes, I am in the book of James and it may take a while to work my way through it. I don't want to just glaze over all the "hard" stuff, I want to absorb it and let it become a part of my every day life.
Well, anyway. At some point, I will find it within myself to volunteer in the church. Whatever that may mean, even if it's vacuuming carpets.
Rain. That was the forecast for today. Yet, looking at the radar, it is raining - well north of Phoenix. Whether it makes it's way here? Who knows. God causes it to rain on the just and unjust alike, so, please Lord!!! lol
There isn't much else going on, really. I am going to attempt to find someone to come over that has the necessary equipment to recharge the trailer ac's freon system. If I do find someone to do it and it still doesn't put out the necessary temp of air to keep it cool in there, it may be a losing battle to spend any more money on it. I don't want a gawky looking window ac unit mounted on the thing, but to buy a new roof air unit for it is pretty expensive stuff. The thing IS pumping out cool air, just not cold ENOUGH. Which hints to me a need for increased amount of freon.
Well, whatever the case, it's time to be off to work.
G'day.
ben
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Tuesday 4/24/2012
We took a video this weekend of Duke eating a loaf of bread. It's hilarious. The dog doesn't chew bread, he simply swallows it whole. Completely spaced out loading that up to YouTube, gonna have to do that today after work.
A change is coming into my life - more like a reversion to the ways and the walk with the Lord I once had and shook off. Bad thing to do, I can tell you, leaving your walk with the Lord, that is. Not that I consciously told the Lord one day that I want nothing more to do with Him, more like allowing the world and it's ways to creep in and become a way of living. There is, in reality, nothing good in this World, at least those things that are void of Christ, which are most things.
I don't have anyone to blame but myself. The divorce was a nightmare, yes. The church shunning me was the icing on a rotten cake, definitely. Old friends moving on to other churches and never seeing them again? I brushed that one off. I learned long ago that if that's the way a "friend" acts towards you when the going gets rough, then they were never your friends to begin with. I never treated them that way, I can assure you, and I was always there for them.
But I was not guiltless. But as I start to get back into the Word much more than anything I have been doing in the last 7 years, well, it's certainly enlightening - if you believe, of course. If you read the Word and don't believe, then it may not do any good - though God says His word shall not return unto him void. Well, I believe. God is good. I can finally say I believe I am coming out of it. Whatever I have gone through with the church is the past. The current church I am in is a very good one, I just haven't seen it that way because I have been viewing it through tainted eyes, ie: the church that shunned me.
Whatever the case, this walk with the Lord is good. I have missed it so much. God is so good to us. I am hungry for the Word again, a thing I haven't really had in a long, long time now. I am hungry to fulfill my purpose and destiny - whatever that may be - on this earth and then, finally, move onto to be with Him.
G'day.
ben
A change is coming into my life - more like a reversion to the ways and the walk with the Lord I once had and shook off. Bad thing to do, I can tell you, leaving your walk with the Lord, that is. Not that I consciously told the Lord one day that I want nothing more to do with Him, more like allowing the world and it's ways to creep in and become a way of living. There is, in reality, nothing good in this World, at least those things that are void of Christ, which are most things.
I don't have anyone to blame but myself. The divorce was a nightmare, yes. The church shunning me was the icing on a rotten cake, definitely. Old friends moving on to other churches and never seeing them again? I brushed that one off. I learned long ago that if that's the way a "friend" acts towards you when the going gets rough, then they were never your friends to begin with. I never treated them that way, I can assure you, and I was always there for them.
But I was not guiltless. But as I start to get back into the Word much more than anything I have been doing in the last 7 years, well, it's certainly enlightening - if you believe, of course. If you read the Word and don't believe, then it may not do any good - though God says His word shall not return unto him void. Well, I believe. God is good. I can finally say I believe I am coming out of it. Whatever I have gone through with the church is the past. The current church I am in is a very good one, I just haven't seen it that way because I have been viewing it through tainted eyes, ie: the church that shunned me.
Whatever the case, this walk with the Lord is good. I have missed it so much. God is so good to us. I am hungry for the Word again, a thing I haven't really had in a long, long time now. I am hungry to fulfill my purpose and destiny - whatever that may be - on this earth and then, finally, move onto to be with Him.
G'day.
ben
Monday, April 23, 2012
A short one. It got to 105 yesterday. That's 105 degrees in APRIL. What, are we going to have a 130 degree summer? I mean, seriously. Running the AC in April, what fun. I have no idea if this is a pre-cursor to things to come, but I sincerely hope it is not.
Regardless, it's Monday morning, early and I have to leave for work. Mind swimming with things all over the board. A little restless at this point, I am really seeking the Lord and attempting to get beyond some issues in my personal life. Changing things in your personal life that you have lived with for - a long time - is not necessarily the easiest thing to accomplish, but certainly it's not impossible.
G'day.
ben
Regardless, it's Monday morning, early and I have to leave for work. Mind swimming with things all over the board. A little restless at this point, I am really seeking the Lord and attempting to get beyond some issues in my personal life. Changing things in your personal life that you have lived with for - a long time - is not necessarily the easiest thing to accomplish, but certainly it's not impossible.
G'day.
ben
Sunday, April 22, 2012
I may start scaling back my entries a bit. Not quitting, but I didn't write one yesterday. Seems like I am pretty much saying the same things over and over and that makes for some boring reading.
But, today was a bit different day for me. I went to church Friday night - and was up so late that I was pretty tired on Saturday - but definitely worth going. Today, the same prophets were in the church. I sat there and listened to the message and then they started calling out people. I didn't realize that these prophets know many of the people in the church. I have only seen one of them attending the church - once, the other couple I had never seen before.
Well, anyway, the went through all of that and then called up everyone who hadn't been prayed for on either of the 2 days, which I had not. I had already prayed and asked the Lord for one specific thing to happen if I were to get prayed over. Not that I am dictating terms to the Lord, but certainly, what I was asking was definitely not out of line with anything found in the Word of God.
So, when I went up there and stood in line, I contemplated the scenario. Kind of getting into mind games, I guess, while listening to them ministering to other people near me. When the prophet got to me, he didn't ask me anything. Instead, he put his hand on my chest and began praying and speaking forth exactly what I had prayed and asked the Lord earlier. I know people have a hard time with the idea of current-day prophets, but they certainly exist and there aren't just a handful of them out there, either.
I am not going to go into the details of what I had asked the Lord for and/or what the man prayed over me, really, quite personal stuff to be honest and even I am not divulging that kind of thing on the World Wide Web. But, a great fog lifted off of me this morning. The joy of the Lord filled my inner man and I found myself laughing heartily. I went and sat back down on my chair and felt as if I had taken some drugs. I sat there until they were all ready to leave, the ministers that is, as I couldn't find it in myself to get up and go. Not because I wanted to hang out with ministers, but because the presence of the Lord was so unbelievably powerful there today.
That has been, for the most part, my weekend. Yesterday I did much of nothing, too tired. Though I did find out that the AC unit on my trailer - is working - but not putting out cold enough air to bring the temp down that much. The air coming out of it is cold, but not cold enough. It needs freon, I am guessing. They don't have ports on those older units - well I don't know if they have them on newer ones, either - to add more. You actually have to cut into the copper tubing and install a port, I guess, to be able to add it. If I had access to a torch and brazing rods, I could probably install my own port - but I do not have access to such.
I don't have the money right now to pay someone to come out and do that for me, so that's kind of up in the air at this point. I dunno. If I am determined to have it fixed, that's going to put off moving it for a while. Push comes to shove? Might take it up there, anyway. We'll see.
Well whatever. I'm going to bed early tonight - which is really early for most people, lol.
Nite.
ben
But, today was a bit different day for me. I went to church Friday night - and was up so late that I was pretty tired on Saturday - but definitely worth going. Today, the same prophets were in the church. I sat there and listened to the message and then they started calling out people. I didn't realize that these prophets know many of the people in the church. I have only seen one of them attending the church - once, the other couple I had never seen before.
Well, anyway, the went through all of that and then called up everyone who hadn't been prayed for on either of the 2 days, which I had not. I had already prayed and asked the Lord for one specific thing to happen if I were to get prayed over. Not that I am dictating terms to the Lord, but certainly, what I was asking was definitely not out of line with anything found in the Word of God.
So, when I went up there and stood in line, I contemplated the scenario. Kind of getting into mind games, I guess, while listening to them ministering to other people near me. When the prophet got to me, he didn't ask me anything. Instead, he put his hand on my chest and began praying and speaking forth exactly what I had prayed and asked the Lord earlier. I know people have a hard time with the idea of current-day prophets, but they certainly exist and there aren't just a handful of them out there, either.
I am not going to go into the details of what I had asked the Lord for and/or what the man prayed over me, really, quite personal stuff to be honest and even I am not divulging that kind of thing on the World Wide Web. But, a great fog lifted off of me this morning. The joy of the Lord filled my inner man and I found myself laughing heartily. I went and sat back down on my chair and felt as if I had taken some drugs. I sat there until they were all ready to leave, the ministers that is, as I couldn't find it in myself to get up and go. Not because I wanted to hang out with ministers, but because the presence of the Lord was so unbelievably powerful there today.
That has been, for the most part, my weekend. Yesterday I did much of nothing, too tired. Though I did find out that the AC unit on my trailer - is working - but not putting out cold enough air to bring the temp down that much. The air coming out of it is cold, but not cold enough. It needs freon, I am guessing. They don't have ports on those older units - well I don't know if they have them on newer ones, either - to add more. You actually have to cut into the copper tubing and install a port, I guess, to be able to add it. If I had access to a torch and brazing rods, I could probably install my own port - but I do not have access to such.
I don't have the money right now to pay someone to come out and do that for me, so that's kind of up in the air at this point. I dunno. If I am determined to have it fixed, that's going to put off moving it for a while. Push comes to shove? Might take it up there, anyway. We'll see.
Well whatever. I'm going to bed early tonight - which is really early for most people, lol.
Nite.
ben
Friday, April 20, 2012
Friday 4/20/2012
Just got home from church - it's 11:20 pm, hours past my bedtime. But I am awake and need to wind down a bit.
I took Caleb with me who got a very concise word from the Lord through one of the ministers that was there. It was a great service, haven't spent that much time in a service since I was - shunned some years ago now.
Well, at work, they didn't want me to go over 40, but ended up with almost 45 anyway. A 2 man operation with a lot of work and very high GP? It really shouldn't bother them that much, it is what it is.
Mark removed the carpet out of the trailer 2 days ago, which made me very happy. I need only to buy some carpet glue and some staples and away we go. When I get that done, it will be the home stretch, baby.
It's warming up. Near 100 degrees today. AC on most of the day. Not much fun, but what are you going to do?
Nothing much here. Just throwing things out there. I'm tired - but I am REALLY tired of these stupid polls that keep coming out daily of the "race" between Obama and Romney. The election isn't until when, 7 months from now? Do they keep putting these polls out to try and sway people's vote? I don't trust polls that much, anyway. They can word a poll in such a way to get whatever results they want out of if, from what I have seen.
I am having a person over tomorrow - if they show up that is - to take some more pond plants. I really need to weed out some of it. That particular pond is a bit overgrown with plants and some thinning is definitely in the plans.
Nothing more to see here.
G'nite.
ben
I took Caleb with me who got a very concise word from the Lord through one of the ministers that was there. It was a great service, haven't spent that much time in a service since I was - shunned some years ago now.
Well, at work, they didn't want me to go over 40, but ended up with almost 45 anyway. A 2 man operation with a lot of work and very high GP? It really shouldn't bother them that much, it is what it is.
Mark removed the carpet out of the trailer 2 days ago, which made me very happy. I need only to buy some carpet glue and some staples and away we go. When I get that done, it will be the home stretch, baby.
It's warming up. Near 100 degrees today. AC on most of the day. Not much fun, but what are you going to do?
Nothing much here. Just throwing things out there. I'm tired - but I am REALLY tired of these stupid polls that keep coming out daily of the "race" between Obama and Romney. The election isn't until when, 7 months from now? Do they keep putting these polls out to try and sway people's vote? I don't trust polls that much, anyway. They can word a poll in such a way to get whatever results they want out of if, from what I have seen.
I am having a person over tomorrow - if they show up that is - to take some more pond plants. I really need to weed out some of it. That particular pond is a bit overgrown with plants and some thinning is definitely in the plans.
Nothing more to see here.
G'nite.
ben
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