~Is it circumstance or ordered~

Written by Sue, Tuesday afternoon, August 6, 2019*** hot, humid, 90's

WOW two posts in two days. ~wink~

I have never thought that happenings in my life were circumstances, I have always and still believe that my steps are ordered by God.
Jeremiah 29:11~"For I know the plans I have for you,"declares the Lord, "Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future."

I have wanted to get back to a regular exercise program, for many reasons, one is, I feel better after a walk with my heart rate up. The other being my dr. has ordered it to maintain my health.

With al the canning and preserving I did this summer, by the end of the day  I was just to tired,  truth is I was looking for an excuse. Exercise  takes a lot of discipline and motivation.

Blogging has afforded me inspiration, and motivation in many areas by you my dear friends. Karen  Karen from Life is Good, always motivates me with her determination to walk, no matter what her weather is, she takes us with her each day as she walks, and shares lovely photos along the way.

Yesterday as I was reading Debbies's post from http://shegracesherhome.blogspot.com

Here are some thoughts from Debby's post...

I think we all know deep down the importance of  exercise,
but unfortunately it's easy to find a reason not to exercise.
Years ago, I read somewhere on the topic of exercise
and it has stayed with me, though I may fail at times,
it's still in the back of my mind.
It was something like this, and so true ~
Knowing we should exercise regularly but not doing it can create negative feelings 
toward ourselves, and that is an energy drain.
The way this happens is every time you think of exercise,
all day, if you haven't done it yet, you say to yourself, 
" Well, I haven't done any yet today,
and I probably won't be able to later, so I'll do it tomorrow."
Meanwhile you can't help feeling guilty.
However, if you exercise first thing in the morning, 
then every time you think of exercise during the day,
it's with a feeling like "Yeah! I've already exercised!"
It fills you with a fantastic positive feeling for yourself,
and these feelings spill over into other areas of our life.
Everything is enhanced.
Once we get into the habit of exercising every morning,
we'll get to the point where we'll actually feel disappointed 
if we miss a day.
And that my friends, goes for bodily as well as spiritual exercise.

I was once again motivated and inspired to take a look at my lack of motivation and self discipline, both in physical and spiritual matters, I determined once again to get moving both physically and spiritually. I just needed the right push.

Almost as quick as I had posted a comment on Debbie's post, daughter walks-in with this vase of lovely flowers,

she was wearing her workout clothes, and asked me to go walking with her, I did, we walked 4 miles. it is hard for me to put into words of how thankful I was to have read Debbie's encouraging post, and of how grateful I am for my daughter's encouragement to hop up and go for a power walk, plus some much needed girl time with her.

Was this circumstance, or was it steps planned/ordered by the Lord? I choose to believe it was ordered for me, by the One who loves me most! Both Susan and I committed to walk as much as possible in the evenings.

Never underestimate the impact you are having on others as you post here in blogland, please don't ever feel that no one would want to read what you write, if one person is encouraged or inspired it will be worth the time and effort you have made.Thank you for sharing your life with me, I know I always leave with something for me that makes my day brighter.

Thank you for your visits here at Pear Tree Lane,

Blessings,

Sue

~Good morning,~

Written by Sue, Thursday, May 23, 2019 ---- sunny, warm 80's a beautiful day

Sitting here at one of my 'happy places' this morning, having coffee, morning devotion, and  writing this note to you dear friends.
Psalm 29:2 Give unto the Lord the glory due His name; Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

Lately, I had found myself being rather grumpy, just couldn't put my finger on the reason why, until I spoke with my dear mother, besides Mr P, the one person who has always encouraged me to blog has been my mother, in a conversation with her the other day, I was relating of this grumpy, outside the box feeling, when she interrupted my pity party with this question, "Sue, how about your blog, I haven't heard you mention it lately." I told her of how busy I was, and of being to tired at the end of day( for some reason I found myself going to bed before the chickens,~smile~)  and that I really missed connecting with everyone, and was feeling frustrated for not taking  time out to stay in touch.

While thinking about this conversation with  Mother, I realized what the problem was, I was missing  blogging, though I wasn't posting, nor visiting, while I would be working in the garden, inside our home, or just doing farm chores, you, my dear friends were on my mind, as I continued to pray for certain needs you had mentioned.

You might find this hard to believe, that in a very tech. world, I would go for days and weeks and not visit any of my social sites, there are lots of reasons, some mentioned above, plus family visiting from afar, who get our undivided attention when they come.

I have made a decision, I am going to try(real hard) to be more faithful, maybe this grumpiness will leave! ~wink~Thank you for your friendship, I will try and be a more faithful friend.

Lots of things have happened since last we spoke, and I would like to share them with you in the days ahead.
Now I am off to see what you have been up too! Thank you to all for sharing with me your journey through this life!
Ahhh! I can feel the grumpiness leaving. 😊😊😊

Love,

Sue