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RE: MyCat Musings - 7/28/2007 4:52:06 PM
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Good afternoon, everyone! Welcome to the top of page seven of my humble blog! Are all of you having a great day today? I sure am! We are celebrating my relative's birthday today. I'm sure that he will be pleased with the presents he has received and will be getting. We will have company over, ice cream and cake. I pray that everyone will have a good time and get along with each other.
I praise God today for the healthy birth of another relative's baby! He was a BIG baby too. I pray that he, along with his older siblings, will choose Jesus as their Savior when they are old enough to understand God's plan of salvation.
As for most of my family, I'm concerned about them because they don't know Jesus as their Savior. At times I've been prompted by God to tell them about Him, only to get laughed at or just not listened to. I also think that some of them think of my faith as part of my illness. Please pray for me to live righteously before them so that they will see Christ in me and maybe seriously consider turning their lives over to God. Also pray for my Christian relatives to do the same.
I've got to go and do housework before company arrives. Have a great day and remember to praise God always!
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RE: MyCat Musings - 7/29/2007 7:11:21 PM
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Hi again to all of you! How was your day? My day went okay, except for some pain, but it'll pass. I'm feeling better today than I was yesterday and I did my devotions today, which is good.
My relative's birthday party went great, with lots of ice cream and two kinds of cake. I had two pieces of cake and a bowl of low carb chocolate ice cream. How weird is that?  Anyway, we all had a good time and my relative enjoyed his gifts.
In my devotions today, I focused on the Gethsemane prayer, where Jesus asks His Father, "if it is possible, let this cup pass from me, nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will. (Matthew 26:39 NKJV) After that He found His diciples sleeping and admonished them with "Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The Spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." (Matt. 26:41 NKJV) These verses showed me that I need to pray in the same way that Jesus did. I need to surrender myself to God, ask for His will in all things and if necessary, let the "cup" of suffering pass so that I will bring glory to God
As for the second verse, I need to apply it to my eating habits. I need to watch what I eat and pray often when I'm tempted to eat too much food, so that I can overcome temptation. I need to apply it to other areas of my life as well.
As you go about your evening routines, I encourage you to meditate on these verses and find areas of your lives that you can apply them to. Have a good evening everyone and a great day tomorrow!
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RE: MyCat Musings - 7/31/2007 11:07:45 PM
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Hi again everyone! I hope it was a good day for you. I had a good day. I slept in late and now I'm tired and will go to bed soon. I'm listening to KLOVE radio and posting here. I'm trying out some new games in H&G forums so that when the neverending games start, I'll know how to play them. I'm doing better carb wise despite the chocolate cake in the house left over from the birthday party. I hope that I can get a good night's sleep tonight so that I'll be well rested tomorrow.
The positive thing I want to mention tonight is based on the song "Blessed Assurance" playing on KLOVE right now. It is a good old hymn and I don't know who's singing it now, but it speaks of being sure of our salvation in Christ. "This is my story, this is my song, Praising my Savior, all the day long" are good words to remember when I'm feeling rejected by my family and others when I tell them about Christ. I just need to pray for them to accept Him and live my life so that they'll be drawn to Him through my words and deeds.
I will be posting a little while longer, then going to bed. Have a good night, everyone!
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RE: MyCat Musings - 8/4/2007 9:50:13 PM
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Hi everybody, how are you all tonight? I'm doing fine. I've just been getting a good laugh from the Outrageous theology topics thread in the Theo House Folder. I enjoy these forums so much, it's hard getting anything else done, but you know what they say, "Everything in moderation."
Seriously though, I'm enjoying being here and posting with all of you. I enjoy sharing what I've learned in my devotions, Bible studies and church sermons. I hope that all of you are being encouraged by what I've been posting here.
With that in mind, I learned in my devotions today about the proper use of money. Isaiah 55:2 NKJV says, "Why do you spend money for what is not bread and your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me and eat what is good and let your soul delight itself in abundance." I feel that God is telling me to stop spending money on frivilous things like the occasional lottery ticket and other worthless things. Instead, I need to spend it on things that will satisfy and are good including tithes and offerings, healthy food, gym dues and gifts to organizations that serve Him. I also need to trust Him to provide for my needs by believing that He will provide them.
There is possible bad weather expected for our area, so I won't be here long. I pray that all of you will have an enjoyable evening and a great day tomorrow! Good night, everybody! 
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RE: MyCat Musings - 8/9/2007 10:35:24 PM
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Hello again, everyone! How are you all tonight? I'm doing okay, except I feel disgusted with myself for eating too many carbs and other fattening foods today!  I know what I need to do to stop doing this, but it's hard to stop overeating once you start it. I jsut need to pray, ask God's forgiveness and do better. Otherwise my life is going fine.
I didn't do my devotions today and that may be part of the problem. I noticed that when I don't start the day with our Father God, I have more trouble with achieving victory over food temptations and other problems in my life. Only when I start my day with Him do I feel a sense of completeness and relief, like refreshing water down a parched throat. I just need to get up earlier in the morning is all.
Is anyone else having these types of difficulties? If so, I suggest that we all take a moment each day to surrender our problems, temptations and wills to God and allow Him to work in our lives. This way, we can have Victory in Jesus!
I'm going to post a little while longer, then go to bed at a reasonable time tonight. Have a good evening, everyone and remember that God loves you!
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RE: MyCat Musings - 8/10/2007 10:12:39 PM
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I'm here again! How is everyone tonight? I'm not doing so well. I've eaten lots of carbs and other fattening foods for two days in a row now and I feel sluggish and disgusted with myself. I know that I need to stop this insane way of eating, but I just have these days where I want to eat everything in sight, you know what I mean? And no, I'm not pregnant either. 
I'm starting over tomorrow with a clean slate, a forgiven heart and true repentence of body, mind and spirit. I'm going to get on that scale and accept what it says, no matter how bad it is. I'm going to go back on my eating plan starting what's left of this night by not eating any more carbs, especially sitting here at this PC. Tomorrow I plan to get up early, do my devotions, eat a healthy breakfast and get ready for the day. I plan to do all of this and if it is in God's will, I'll achieve it.
I didn't do my devotions again today, but I know that I need to do them, so I can read God's Word and be encouraged or admonished by Him tonight before going to bed. I pray that I'll have more encouraging words to share tomorrow or Sunday, so I'll post here a while then I'll log off so that I can spend quality time with God.
Have a good evening and a great day tomorrow!
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RE: MyCat Musings - 8/12/2007 11:19:37 PM
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Hi, everyone! It's a good evening isn't it? I hope it is for all of you anyway. BTW, when I say "good evening", I'm addressing it to everyone, even if it's daytime where you're at. I'm having a pretty good night so far. I couldn't get on here sooner because of storms in the area and I was helping my Mom cook dinner. I also helped her pick the garden this morning. Boy did that shower feel GOOD after being out in the heat!
I didn't take time to do devotions, but I did pray a little and I read some of God's Word just now. In Mark 4:22 NKJV, Jesus says "for there is nothing hidden which will not be revealed, nor has anything been kept secret but that it should come to light." This verse reminds me that I can't keep secrets from God. He knows my every thought, even those that I DON'T want Him to know about! I know that while I'm saved and will be with Him in eternity, there are some things that I could have done better on this earth that will be reflected in the rewards and positions of service that I will receive when I enter eternity.
Some of the things that I tend to focus my mind on now will be made known at that time. Therefore, I need to fill my mind with God's music and Word instead of my idols, which are people that I think about and imagine myself talking to instead of God. I need to be focused on God rather than on myself and serve Him only instead of thinking about worldly concerns.
This ties in to what I posted yesterday about the parable of the sower, where I said that I felt that I was more like the seed that fell among thorns rather than the seed that fell on good ground. I've been so busy filling my mind with thoughts of people, places and things of this world, while letting my prayer and Bible study, reading, memorizing and meditating go by the wayside. I need to go back to "my first love", Who is God my Father, Jesus Christ His Son and His Holy Spirit, my Teacher, Comforter and Counselor.
Therefore, I'm making a new commitment to serve God, Jesus and Holy Spirit with all of me and I surrender all of myself to God. I'm getting rid of my old idols and things which interfere with my relationship with God. This includes getting rid of saved websites which prompt me to engage in idol worship, as well as spending less time playing PC games, posting here too much and reading books with questionable content. I'm asking for everyone to pray for me as I turn from idols to serve the living God.
Good night and God bless all of you!
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RE: MyCat Musings - 8/13/2007 6:52:42 PM
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It's another hot day here where I live. As I sit here posting in my freezing cold basement, I thank God for the air conditioning that makes it bearable to be in the house. I'm doing well today, getting some work done and eating right. I've read somewhere that the perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing and the lawn mower is broken. Well, our lawn mower isn't broken, (knocks on wood), but otherwise it's a nice summer day.
In my devotions today, I found out that I need to examine my life to see if it lines up with God's Word. This means examining my thoughts, words and deeds and comparing them to what God wants and requires me to do in my life to serve Him. This encouraged me because I renewed my commitment to God this morning like I said I would in last nights posting. I'm learning to renew my mind in His Word and focus on music that honors Him.
I'm going to post a while, then get other things done, so I'll wish you all a great evening and a nice day tomorrow. God bless you all!
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RE: MyCat Musings - 8/14/2007 6:03:57 PM
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Hi, everyone! Welcome to another exciting day at CW forums! How is everyone today? I'm doing fine except that I have been eating way too many carbs and so I need to exercise more the next three days to burn it off. I also need to focus on God more by reading His Word and talking with Him in prayer.
I did my devotions this morning, where I learned about being a responsible person by getting things done like I need to. I need to priortize my time so that God comes first, family comes next, then myself. I'm asking God to help me with this task and believing that He will enable me to do it.
This is all I have for today. I pray that all of you will have a Sonshine day and may His light shine upon you!
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RE: MyCat Musings - 8/17/2007 8:47:33 PM
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Good evening, everyone! How are you tonight? I'm doing fine. I'm staying on my diet better today than I've been doing. I also had a brief devotional time with God. It's a nice evening here and I'm looking forward to the weekend.
In my devotions this morning, I learned about the importance of giving God my best in my finances, work and time. I need to get up earlier to spend time with God everyday, even if I'm tired, because I can always take a nap later in the day if I need to. I need to do housework "as unto God and not unto men." I also need to give God His tithe before spending money on other things. Finally, I need to take care of His temple where His Spirit dwells by eating right and exercising, even if I have to stop sleeping in late on weekends. These things will bring me closer to God and make me a better witness for Him.
I'm about to watch "Jericho", so I'll post here while watching it. Good night, everyone!
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RE: MyCat Musings - 8/18/2007 7:30:35 PM
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Greetings, you'all from my corner of the world. I hope that it's been a good day for you. My day didn't start so great. I got on the scale this morning and discovered that I had GAINED 2 1/2 lbs! This was worse than I expected. I knew that with my bad eating habits this past week it would be bad, but I didn't know it would be THAT bad!
I also did my housework that I've been neglecting to do. I still need to do some of it before going to bed tonight. Then there's always tomorrow's work to do. I need to keep up with my housework so that it doesn't become a big chore.
I did my devotions this morning, where I focused on the passage about the woman with the issue of blood who was made well when she touched Jesus's robe. Jesus told her that her faith had made her well and to go in peace. This shows me that I need to have faith when I ask God for healing and other needs. I also need to read His Word more so that I can increase my faith in Him through knowledge of His Holy Word.
I've got to help get dinner ready, so I plan to come back to forums after doing the dishes. Have a good evening and a wonderful day tomorrow, everyone!
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RE: MyCat Musings - 8/21/2007 8:46:12 PM
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Hello everyone! I hope your day was a good one. I'm doing fine. Last night was a wild night, with storm warnings, winds blowing and icky green clouds making me run to the basement to eat my dinner! We came out okay though, no damage done at my house.
I prayed, but didn't read God's Word today. I did go to my support group meeting, where I learned that it necessary to pray Biblically, respectfully, naturally and other things related to proper prayer. I also learned that vain repetitions are prayers that are repeated over and over, like "Um" in that secular meditation, or "Hail Marys". The Lord's Prayer is often prayed this way, even though Jesus gave it to us as a pattern for personal prayer, not to just repeat it all the time. In light of these things, I need to learn to pray in a way that honors God, while remembering that Jesus and the Holy Spirit intercede and pray for me.
I can only be here a short time due to possible storms, so I'll bless each and everyone and wish you all a good day tomorrow.
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RE: MyCat Musings - 8/23/2007 5:28:54 PM
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Hi there! It's a wonderful sunny and rainy day here in the Midwest. I'm doing well with my eating plan and trying to remember to exercise too. I'm online right now because there are storms forecast for tonight, so I don't know how long I'll be on here before I have to turn off the PC. Hopefully, the storms will wait until after I've played my online game with my relative tonight.
My devotions this morning went well this morning. I focused on Isaiah 66:1-2, NKJV which reads, "Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you would build Me? And where is the place of My rest? (2) For all those things My hand has made, and all those things exist", says the Lord. "But on this one will I look; On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at My word." These verses, especially the emphasized part in bold, showed me that God knows everything because He has made it. He will look upon me if I seek Him with a contrite spirit and respect His word. This comforted me as I went about my day today.
Many blessings to all of you and have a good evening, everyone!
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RE: MyCat Musings - 8/24/2007 10:38:41 PM
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Hi, is anyone out there tonight? Just kidding. I was just checking to see if any of you were awake or not. Anyway, I'm doing better than I was earlier today. I was about to go berzerk with all of the loud noises driving me up the wall! People talking too loud, hip hop noise that they call music playing at a loud volume and vacuum cleaners running were about to drive me out of my head! I wanted to yell at people to shut up and turn that noise off, with a few colorful terms added in for emphasis. Instead I went home, took some medication and a nap and now I'm feeling okay.
I did my devotions where God spoke to me in His Word again about His disapproval of my buying a lottery ticket. I rarely play the lottery, only buying a ticket when the jackpot gets high, but it seems that everytime that I do so, not only do I not feel a sense of peace, but God always draws me to something in His Word about it. Today it was from Mark 11:23-25, where Jesus was talking about how hard it was for a rich person and those who trust in riches to enter God's kingdom. I need to listen to God more and not buy lottery tickets because it shows that I don't trust in Him for my needs.
I'm going to check on my laundry now, so I'll do that, then post some more and go to bed sometime tonight so that I get a good night's sleep. Have a good evening, everyone!
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RE: MyCat Musings - 8/27/2007 10:50:02 PM
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Hello, everyone! It's been several days since I posted in my blog here. I guess I've been busy and I had some pc problems a few days ago while trying to upload a picture for my new avatar. Hopefully, I don't have a serious or expensive problems related to that issue. I'm doing well on my eating plan so far and I walked a mile on the treadmill at the gym today. I'm looking forward to next Saturday, when I get on the scale again.
I woke up today with thoughts and fears of death overriding any thoughts of God and praises to Him. I talked with my Mom and listened to Christian music to get rid of those thoughts. These thoughts bother me from time to time, ever since I had a nightmare about finding someone dead. I pray that God will not allow what I fear to happen until He feels that I'm ready to accept and can cope with it.
I read God's Word in which He reminded me to forgive others or He will not forgive me. I'm still working on that, but I'm having difficulty with that because I have trouble forgiving myself. I've talked with God about it and asked Him to reveal to me anyone to whom I needed to extend forgiveness. He answered my prayer and so far, I believe that I've forgiven everyone who has wronged me so far.
I have to go now and get some housework done before going to bed, so I'll wish you all a good night and a great day tomorrow.
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RE: MyCat Musings - 9/1/2007 11:39:02 PM
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Hi, everyone! Was it a good day for you? I hope it was, it was for me anyway. I weighed myself this morning and I lost a little, not as much as I wanted to lose, but it's better than gaining weight. I'm doing better with my eating and did some gardening today, even though I accidently pulled out some bean plants that were still blooming!  Oh well, it's water under the bridge. Next time I'll ask before uprooting anything in the garden.
I did my devotions today, except that I studied God's Word instead of my usual devotional reading, which I'll do tonight. My study is a concordance one on the word "trust". Today's study was on Psalm 125:1-2, which speaks of those who trust in God being like Jerusalem, which God surrounds and protects from harm. He protects me from harm; yet allows some trying circumstances in my life to test my faith. I need to turn to Him when problems arise, rather than sink into negative thinking and doubts about God's love.
I'll be here a little while longer, then I need to let someone else use the pc, so I'll leave you with this thought from Psalm 46:1-2a, which says, "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble, therefore we will not fear..." Good night, everyone! May God's grace flow through you to a hurting world!
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RE: MyCat Musings - 9/3/2007 9:32:25 PM
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Hi, everyone! How are you all tonight? I'm doing fine. I was just eating low carb ice cream with sugar free chocolate syrup just now. I'm tired today, but otherwise I'm having a good day.
I did my devotions today. I felt God leading me to read Ephesians 6:10-18 or so, about putting on His armor to withstand the devils attacks. One verse particularly jumped out at me. Verse 18 says that I need to be "praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverence and supplication for all the saints." This tells me that I not only do I need to put on God's armor, which includes the belt of truth, breastplate of righteousness, shoes of the gospel of peace, shield of faith, helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit. I also need to pray specifically for all of my dear fellow saints, including family, friends, people in my support group, etc, out of my concern for them. I also pray for unsaved family and others to turn their lives over to Jesus and make Him Lord of their lives.
I pray that all of you will have a good rest of the evening and a pleasant day tomorrow! Goodnight, everyone!
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RE: MyCat Musings - 9/6/2007 6:52:17 PM
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Hello, everyone, how are you today? I'm feeling a little down today, but otherwise I'm okay. The reason why I'm feeling down is because I'm working through some forgiveness issues with members of churches I've attended who have rejected me because of my depression. A church should be a loving community where everyone accepts each other regardless of their past histories or medical problems. However, I've found that when people find out about my depression, they either tell me that I have some sin that I need to repent of or that I'm not trusting God. At one church, when I asked about starting a support group for mentally ill people, not only did they refuse to listen to me, they also "encouraged" me to drop my membership!
I felt angry and hurt that a church that promoted the love of Christ would treat one of their own members this way.
Because of these past rejections from various churches, I feel like I cannot be open about my problems with anyone at church, for fear that they will reject me because of it. I'm still harboring anger toward those other churches and I need to forgive them for their unloving and uncaring actions toward me. I'm asking God to forgive me for hanging on to this anger and to enable me to forgive them, yet it's hard to let go of my anger. Please pray for me as I struggle with this issue in my life.
I know that this is a somber posting, but I hope that anyone reading this post, particularly ministers and other church officials, will remember that the mentally ill are people too. We are loved by the same God, are capable of contributing to a church in many ways and able to accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior the same as anyone else. Therefore, we should not be treated as garbage and rejected by any church that professes the love of Christ to everyone.
This is all I have for today. Have a good evening and God bless you all!
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RE: MyCat Musings - 9/8/2007 9:40:57 PM
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It's a good evening here where I sit in my comfortable house typing on the pc, posting here and listening to a local Christian music station. I'm feeling well and believing that I'm finally over the plateau in my weight loss efforts. I've lost weight in the last three weeks and now I'm at my most weight lost ever. I did some walking and am trying to drink enough water today, though it's hard to do that.
My devotions today centered on Luke 6:27-42, where I was reminded to love my enemies, lend to them without expecting anything in return, stop judging and condemning people, and remove the plank from my own eye before removing the speck in other people's eyes. These verses showed me that I need to think before I speak and not say or post anything without praying about it first.
At church tonight, I learned the importance of remembering God's Word in my heart so that I don't sin against Him. I also learned about the concept of God's grace and mercy which I don't deserve, but God loved me enough to send His own Son Jesus to die for me. By applying this concept of grace to my fellow man by forgiving others instead of judging or condemning them, I become an example of what a Christian is supposed to be--full of love.
I hope that all of you will have a good evening and a good day tomorrow!
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