needhope's Journal

Good Morning to everyone!!! I just have to say Jordan surprised me last night. He went to sleep in his swing about midnight and I moved him to his crib at 1 in the morning and he slept all the way through until 9:30 this morning....Woohoo. I am just thrilled he slept in his crib all night. I don't get it. Some nights he sleeps in there just fine. Other nights he only wants my bed. I do miss him when he isnt in my bed but I know its best for him to be in his crib. I hope tonight he sleeps in there again!. I woke up at 7 this morning and was like crap I better check on him. He was just snoozing away lol.

I sent my friend an e-card because she never returned my call yesterday. I apologized for missing it and told her the reasons why. Hopefully she will write me back. She normally doesnt act wierd about stuff like that so I think she just might be busy (i hope)

This AF is really getting to me. I had errands to run today and don't think I will get to do them. I woke up this morning to a mess lets just say I had to change the sheets and everything,and have had to change my clothes again since then. Sorry TMI. I don't want to go out and find myself in a mess. I got a little worried thinking maybe I was loosing to much blood. But I think it's ok since the DR. told me it would be bad.

My mouth is still sore and swollen. I put an ice pack on it this morning hopefully this will get better soon. I just don't think it should be this sore still. I may call the dr. tomorrow if it isnt any better.

I hope everyone has a great day, Luv and hugs

Devotion----A Father to the Fatherless----Rita Schweitz

There are scattered moments in every person's life that dramatically change the rest of threir life. When I was twelve, I faced a moment of crisis. My father was killed in a car accident.

I was especially close to my dad, and I took his death very hard. In my lonliness, I searched for answers to those painful questions: Why did God let the person I loved most die? Where was God when the accident occurred-why didn't God prevent it?

I looked in the Bible for answers. Starting with page one, as any young girl would, I read through to the back cover. One phrase stuck with me-God is "a father to the fatherless" (Psalm 68:5).

I remember feeling a keen awareness that I had to make a choice. I could turn from God, blaming him for my father's death; or I could turn to God, accepting his offer to love and comfort me. I prayed simply, "If you will be my Father, God, I will be your child.

Over the years, God has been faithful to his word, protecting me and providing for me at every turn. I've never regretted my decision to trust God.

My experience underscores the importance of those few profound moments in each person's life, where a significant choice is to be made. Moments when the choice to walk with God, or to go our own way, will have consequences for the rest of our lives. It is at such times that our compassionate Father draws closest, whispering love and hope in our hearts.

Scripture for the Day:Hosea 14:3---Assyria cannot save us; we will not mount war-horses.We will never again say 'Our gods" to what your own hands have made, for in you the fatherless find compassion."