Praising the Lord!

  I just want to thank the Lord for the way He has been helping us! Sometimes it feels like it is easy to get discouraged and think on the negative side, but I am thankful that God has helped me not to look on the bad side and has helped me to look on the good side!
  There is a lot of sickness facing many people this winter. Several I have talked to think it is because we have had such an easy winter and we haven't had enough cold weather to kill the germs. Whatever may be the cause it has hit us to for the past couple weeks.
  Tuesday, February 28 Jesse ended up in the hospital and was there till March 2. He had RSV, ear infection, and because of all the drainage he got a sore throat and didn't want to drink anything. So, he had to go in for IV fluids. He is doing much better now Praise the Lord!!!
  Friday afternoon my midwife called and asked if she could come over. She wanted to help me since I had been so sick with this Respiratory/cold stuff and the kids had been sick etc. I was totally embarrassed, but she came over and cleaned my kitchen for me! I tell you my house was a mess!!! She had sat down for her devotions and felt like God told her to come help me! It was a BLESSING!!! I may have been embarrassed, but I really did appreciate what she did for me!!!!
  Jonah has had swollen lymph nodes since Saturday last week. They were huge!!! I took him to the doc yesterday and he has strep throat really bad!!! He has been off school for a week. He should be able to go back to school on Monday!
  We have also faced some flu like symptoms too. LOL!!! It seems life is going real crazy right now, but I am glad that God is in control!!! I was able to go to church for the first time last night in 2 weeks and it felt sooo good to be worshiping in God's House again!!! You never know how much you miss it until you can't go. I want to also Praise the Lord because although we have been sick, at least we are all still alive and together as a family!!! There are a couple young mothers that have passed away the passed two weeks leaving behind their families with young children. I feel very sorry for them and Pray that God will be near to the families.

  We have so many blessings in life that we just take for granted and never think twice about. When we face troubles it is easy to think about how hard we have it, but if we look around I am sure that we could always find someone worse off. Let's thank God for all His blessings!