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Boys?
Please pray for me and my teenage son. I really am not sure which way to go, when to push, when to not, how hard of a stance to take on issues, why he's SO mad at me, choices he's making, what consequences to give, how to motivate him, etc......
Frustrating...
Does anyone else find it frustrating that so many companies have gone to outsourcing their customer service people? Or dividing up divisions?
Why CAN'T I just call the Tricare office here on Fort Riley rather than TriWest in Phoenix? Why is USAA's Program Specialists in Phoenix rather than Texas?? When we lived in CA on post why were our after hours/emergency people in TX?
It's highly annoying to me to think I'm talking to someone in the area, with knowledge of the area/problem only to be told, you need to call in later and talk to so and so or we don't have that number you have to call TriWest and then....
How inane is this? Oh that's right, it's all about money rather than the people you actually are supposed to be serving....
Why CAN'T I just call the Tricare office here on Fort Riley rather than TriWest in Phoenix? Why is USAA's Program Specialists in Phoenix rather than Texas?? When we lived in CA on post why were our after hours/emergency people in TX?
It's highly annoying to me to think I'm talking to someone in the area, with knowledge of the area/problem only to be told, you need to call in later and talk to so and so or we don't have that number you have to call TriWest and then....
How inane is this? Oh that's right, it's all about money rather than the people you actually are supposed to be serving....
Lord?
Feeling very alone today. Very unheard -- both in the hevanlies and here on earth. Tired of being alone and taking care of things. Feel very much that it doesn't matter what I do or don't do - as no one notices anyhow. Very taken for granted.
And oh let's see on top of that we've got a dog that's dying and I don't know what to do; Noah's sick, we're broke and I don't know if world mandate did Ross any good at all. Nt to mention a husband I can't get ahold of who doesn't communicate with me.
And no it's not a pity party it's the truth...
And oh let's see on top of that we've got a dog that's dying and I don't know what to do; Noah's sick, we're broke and I don't know if world mandate did Ross any good at all. Nt to mention a husband I can't get ahold of who doesn't communicate with me.
And no it's not a pity party it's the truth...
Encouragment to live our lives deliberatly making the most of the days. I love this and look forward to being part of it and yet, and yet... I can look back and see the times where I failed to take the opportunity God put in front of me because I was to busy, distracted, tired or lazy! i can not change the past, only the future, but oh that God would redeem it! check it out at: http://www.homemakerchronicles.com/blog/
I have several of these moments all the time, and God is good and helping me to recognize them better, with a teenage boy in the house who is terribly angry and doesn't have an outlet other than me. Yet I can also use those moments to teach my other children!
More on this later....
Let Us highly Resolve...
Let us Highly Resolve…
Resolutions are a familiar theme this time of year aren’t they? To lose weight, exercise more, spend more wisely, pray together more, the list is endless…. And while setting goals is a good thing and we certainly need to care for our bodies (God’s temple) and our resources well; there is something more. What does Resolve or Resolution mean?
Firmness of mind, determination, to be determined in mind…
To fix or settle, by a deliberate choice and will…
Constant in pursuit a purpose …..
Steadfast, bold….
Implies courage….
Courage, intestinal fortitude, and grit are no longer traits highly praised in our society., yet they are Biblical (ex: Dan 1:8;Isa 50:7; James 1; 2Th 1:4; 2Peter 1:6 to name a few). As we look to the coming year questions abound, where will we choose to find constancy? A quote from Gene Stratton – Porter sums up the ideas of resolution well:
“ When I think of the life that we are leading, of the uses to which we have put the bounty provided for us by the Almighty, when I think of the greed and lust and the selfishness that is crowding everything that is high and holy and delicate, that is kind and loving and considerate of our fellow men, from our hearts, I wish that I might attain to some high peak from which my voice could reach to the ends of the earth, and there I might cry our to the men and women of my day and generation, to the men and women of whom we are the mothers and fathers and to the children that our children are rearing, I wish that I might cry out: LET US HIGHTLY RESOLVE that we will do everything that our day and location permits actually to put into practice the teachings of Jesus Christ”.
Oh that this would be that year!
Resolutions are a familiar theme this time of year aren’t they? To lose weight, exercise more, spend more wisely, pray together more, the list is endless…. And while setting goals is a good thing and we certainly need to care for our bodies (God’s temple) and our resources well; there is something more. What does Resolve or Resolution mean?
Firmness of mind, determination, to be determined in mind…
To fix or settle, by a deliberate choice and will…
Constant in pursuit a purpose …..
Steadfast, bold….
Implies courage….
Courage, intestinal fortitude, and grit are no longer traits highly praised in our society., yet they are Biblical (ex: Dan 1:8;Isa 50:7; James 1; 2Th 1:4; 2Peter 1:6 to name a few). As we look to the coming year questions abound, where will we choose to find constancy? A quote from Gene Stratton – Porter sums up the ideas of resolution well:
“ When I think of the life that we are leading, of the uses to which we have put the bounty provided for us by the Almighty, when I think of the greed and lust and the selfishness that is crowding everything that is high and holy and delicate, that is kind and loving and considerate of our fellow men, from our hearts, I wish that I might attain to some high peak from which my voice could reach to the ends of the earth, and there I might cry our to the men and women of my day and generation, to the men and women of whom we are the mothers and fathers and to the children that our children are rearing, I wish that I might cry out: LET US HIGHTLY RESOLVE that we will do everything that our day and location permits actually to put into practice the teachings of Jesus Christ”.
Oh that this would be that year!
