If You Can't Say Something Nice, Don't Say Anything at All

I looked at my Blog comments this morning and saw that someone anonymously told me to "get up off my knees and get a job". I deleted it. I don't need someone telling me stuff like that when they know absolutely nothing about my situation in life. But in case they are reading this, I do have a job. I have my own business and I can pretty much work when I want to. I earn money. I pay taxes and I only get on my knees when I come before God to worship and praise Him. I don't even get on my knees to scrub the floor. So there.

Name Change

I was in the Morton library the other day and I ran across a book by a well known author/speaker. Though she isn't one of my personal favorites I still liked the title of one of her older books. The word "confident" stood out for me. I said to myself, "that's it, that's the word I've been looking for". I'm using the word in my title as sort of a prophetic gesture.

When I hear the word "confident" I think of Maria, before she became a Von Trapp. In the movie, The Sound of Music, Maria is marching down the road with her suitcase and her guitar singing, "I Have Confidence." She's on her way to a new chapter in her life, not sure what is going to happen when she gets there but she's sure she has confidence. All will be well. And then she gets to the gates of the mansion and her cheery song lyrics stop. She looks at the estate and says, "oh help".

I am at a new chapter of my life. I turned a page several months ago and said, "oh help". My confidence does not come from myself though. It comes from God. "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" Philippians 4:13

I have confidence in sunshine
I have confidence in rain
I have confidence that spring will come again....The Sound of Music

Venting

I am a careful driver. Even when I'm in a hurry I go the speed limit. One of my all time pet peeves is people who tailgate. Even worse, people who tailgate in bad weather when the roads are packed with snow. The speed limit is posted, I obey the law of the land ( like the Bible tells us to do ) and when the roads are bad I go a little slower. I'm not a turtle though. I look in my rearview mirror and I see what is usually some type of big 4wheel drive behind me. Any closer and it would be hooked on my rear bumper. More than likely their attitude is "I've got this big bad machine and I don't have to go slow in this type of weather." Contrary to popular belief I have seen big bad machines spin out of control and land in ditches just like the rest of us do at times. You know what happens to people like that who are stuck behind me? I go even slower. Might not be the nice thing to do but then again neither is riding on my back bumper so that I can't even see your headlights. What if I had to come to a sudden stop because of something in front of me? Then you would go beyond my bumper and land on my hood. Slow down. I'm not impressed.

Can You Guess?

It took me so long to get to my Blog site that I forgot what it was I was going to post. LOL...but it came back to me.

I looked at my calendar this morning and figured out there are 8 weeks and 3 days left until an exciting thing happens around here. I'm looking forward to it.

Can you guess? And are you looking forward to something?

Choose Wisely

Have you ever had someone say something to you that made you feel about 2 feet tall? I mean here you are, doing your best, running here and there, doing this and that for someone and they say to you, "don't you know how to do laundry?" And when you say "yes" they say "well obviously you need a refresher course." What makes it even worse is they say it in front of someone else.

We really have to be careful of our words. I turned the other cheek this time, but my face spoke volumes as to how it made me feel.

Has anyone spoken down to you lately? What did you do?

Pancakes and Conversation

So I got up and got dressed to head to Bob Evans for a pancake, or two. I had a brief conversation with the gas station clerk when I stopped for a morning paper, but driving toward my destination I gave yet another sigh of bewilderment as to why I'm always doing things alone these days. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, just wondering. The hostess who didn't want to be working, directed me to a table, I would have preferred a booth. But I took the table and was about to sit down so I could look out the window when I got this strong push to set facing the other way. Ok. I began looking at the newspaper and I looked up to see someone I know walking towards me. Hadn't seen her in awhile, she has been going through some health issues ( who isn't  these days? ). Anyway we had a nice visit. She and her husband sat behind me and we were able to continue our visit and get caught up. Now, had I set where I really wanted to, I never would have seen her and vice versa. I believe that strong push to set where I don't normally set, was a nudge from our Heavenly Father. He knew I was in need of some conversation, some one on one time with a friendly face, and He turned me toward it.

Question For You!

I don't make New Year resolutions, do you? If you do, what is one resolution that you made that you are determined to keep???