"Lord, Change my Attitude!"

I'm beginning to go through a book with the wives at Camp, written by James MacDonald,  called "Lord, Change my Attitude."  I'll admit, when I first opened the pages, it was easy to think, "This book isn't for me!  I have my attitudes pretty under control and I'm an optimistic person!"  But after going through the introduction and reading through Numbers 13-14 about the Isrealites and all their griping and unbelief, I realized, "Hmm...  I do that way more than I want to admit!" 

I'm excited about what God will show me about myself through this study- what He will reveal.  I know I'm yucky in heart too often.  And there are many things that are culturally acceptable that can "become" too easily acceptable if I'm not careful.  

It seems lately that God's been speaking to me, "You're not of this world.  You're in it, but not of it.  Believe and live like you believe that's true." 

Yes, Lord, I want that.  Help me "change my attitude" in response to life.  Make me more like You.  I love You.

Can't we get some real news?

I wonder if anyone's like me...  I wake up in the  morning to turn on the news, hoping to get an update on important things that have happened in our nation and globally, I get that for about 5 minutes (10 max) and the next 45 minutes are about Hollywood, the Emmy awards and Dancing with the Stars.  Really???!  There isn't anything more pressing going on?  I fail to believe that. 

Again, a downfall of not paying 50 bucks a month for cable.  Why can't we purchase one channel for, say, $10 a month?  I'd do it.  And I'd choose FoxNews. 

*sigh* 

September 16, 2011

I'm never sure what to write. But I feel like I should be updating our blog. So I'll just recap what our past few weeks have looked like.

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 About a month ago we left for a long trip. First to the Twin Cities for a wedding shower- mainly family time but we also had a great afternoon visiting my old roomie and her hubby.  Second, off to Rochester, MN for support-related stuff and to visit family.  And lastly, we headed to Bemidji, MN because my brother and his family were there from Arizona for a wedding!  I had SUCH a great time with my family- I don't get to see dad or my brother and his family too often.  We also got to see my sister and her kids- which we so enjoyed.  We also visited more friends and accomplished some support-related things. It was a great trip.

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 But wow! Talk about sleeping in a lot of various places! In someone's living room... bedroom... loft... floor... We had fun though and a great experience- amazing fellowship with friends and family. We were gone so long from home, we nearly forgot what it was like to be here! We had tons of time with nephews and neices (of course we loved that). But it was so good to get back to Wisconsin and to Camp.

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And now the cold weather is hitting. Our squash has died from last nights frost. Goodbye fresh produce from our garden- it was good while it lasted. We still have some stored that will last a few months. The butternut squash will last a while and that's my favorite...