Tuesday Update

Good morning friends. I feel like I haven't blogged about much lately and I would like to fix that. Times are busy and the unfortunate thing about BLOGS is that if you start to slip, it's very difficult to dig out and get back on top. So as much as I would love to say I have one profound topic for today, instead I've decided to just throw out some tidbits.

I love the backspace button. I can write a couple sentences of complete stupidity and then whooooop! I can just take it all away. Nice. Okay, well, let me start with the Psalm I just read to get my creative juices flowing.

Psalm 96
Sing a new song to the Lord! Let the whole earth sing to the Lord! Each day proclaim the good news that he saves. Publish his glorious deeds among the nations. Tell everyone about the amazing things he does. Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! He is to be feared above all gods. The gods of other nations are mere idols, but the Lord made the heavens! (Hello????) Honor and majesty surround him; strength and beauty fill his sanctuary. O nations of the world, recognize the Lord; recognize that the Lord is glorious and strong. Give to the Lord the glory he deserves! Bring your offering and come into his courts. Worship the Lord in all his holy splendor. Let all the earth tremble before him. Tell all the nations, "The Lord reigns!" The world stands firm and cannot be shaken. He will judge all peoples fairly. (now my favorite part) Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice! Let the sea and everything in it shout his praise! Let the fields and their crops burst out with joy! Let the trees of the forest rustle with praise before the Lord, for he is coming! He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with justice, and the nations with his truth.

Wow. What a tremendous psalm. I LOVE this picture of creation. I always love the thought of all creation---plant, animal, rock knowing the Lord and worshiping him! Isn't that powerful? So the next time you walk through a forest, or even down the street and you hear the trees rustle, think of them praising the Lord. And as this psalm encourages, PUBLISH his glorious deeds. We need to do that more often don't we? Instead we have weirdo books that Oprah pushes all over us. That's one thing I love about a blog I became attached to over a year ago. Adrienne does indeed publish the Lord's deeds.

A few weeks ago I joined LA Fitness. May not seem like the smartest investment since I am moving, right? Well, I'm sick of using the term, "I'm moving" to delay any sort of productive action I can take. So I felt the Lord nudge me and tell me to go ahead and do it. Needless to say, I am so glad I did. While I don't go nearly as often as I'd like, I already believe it's been worth the money. Monday nights at 8pm they have a yoga class that I've been going to. Mind you, it was only my 2nd class last night, but wow, I love it. Now if you have a picture in your mind of the "yoga type", I am not it. However, I think that is the beauty of it. It really works! And you don't have to be some leotard wearing vegan to get it. It's the ultimate paradox----wearing every muscle in your body out in the midst of achieving ultimate relaxation. I slept like a baby last night from 10:45pm to 6am. Yessssssssssssss. I told Brian that I could easily become addicted. We shall see. :)

We made some crazy plans yesterday and all 4 of us will be spending some time in California around Easter. This is weird to blog about because the original reason for Wesley and me going is to attend my cousin's memorial service. And that fact remains. My cousin, Shelley Schuhmann died a tragic and untimely death on February 28th. I only have 2 first cousins and she is one of them. She was 44 and a wife and mother. My little cousin Missy is only 10 and can really use your prayers. As well as her dad, Eddie. While there are some questions regarding what exactly happened and how it all went downhill so fast, her body was having lung complications and dealing with a deadly fungus. It's all still hard to believe and I ask the Lord right now to comfort everyone in the Gordon/Schuhmann family as they continue to heal from this loss.
Wesley and I were going out alone (I'm still nursing him) and that was going to be fine. My sisters and parents will be there too. But we changed things around and now Brian and Noah will be joining us for part of the trip and we'll get to spend Easter with family as well as visit our dear friends, Paul and Brooke Begin up in Malibu. I feel a deep satisfaction with these plans and feel myself counting the days, almost.

This post has shaped up to be a tad bit longer than I had planned. :) Sorry bout that. I'll give you some more tidbits later. Ciao.