Last week there was an article in the United Methodist newsletter that is clearly anti-Israel. I'm really struggling on how to deal with this. I'm am only pro-Israel. As a believer in Christ and His word that is the only stand I can take. I'm not sure what this means relative to United Methodism. Is this person who wrote the article expressing his opinion? Is this position held by the majority of the UMC? How does a pro-Israeli Christian fit into the UMC? I am alarmed by the liberal stance of the UMC in the North East. It makes me so sad; should I continue in my church (which is pretty liberal)? Stay and make a stand for Israel? I can only be honest about my values. I can only stand for the truth.
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Initial blog
I haven't tried blogging until now, though I've attempted keeping a journal in the past. Not successfully either. I guess that I don't dare put my thoughts in writing, I always just try journaling facts and events. It gets boring after a while and I get tired of it. I do enjoy writing and putting words together, so maybe this will be a little different.
Facts: today was sunny and not too warm and not too cool. I went to work and tried to get as much done as I could with many interruptions.
Events: I went to the dentist for a routine visit. The boys had a soccer game and it ended in a tie. I had to pay the cell phone and satellite bills.
Thoughts: The boys seem tired today and all they've done is not listen to me and then yell when I repeat myself. I try to be patient and firm, but sometimes they just seem spoiled. I think that they need consequences more often and this will be met with the limitation of screen time for a few days. Let's see how that goes over. I have time tomorrow to give them a stern talking to.
I'm tired today too! Trying to limit caffeine----I didn't think it was that much that I was drinking (diet pepsi), but I'm hoping to eliminate alarming/but harmless heart palpitations that awaken me at night. Got checked out for cardiac trouble and so far there is none.
I'm not quite as fatigued as I have been throughout the summer, so I'm also hopping back on the calorie conscious bandwagon. Lyrica, for fybromyalgia (started last fall) gave me a voracious appetite and I gained 15lb back since then. I don't want to get back up to where I was! Conscious is the key word---my appetite + calorie unconciousness lead to this current state.
I'm interrupted for bedtime....I'll work on this again, another day. See if something better comes of it.
Facts: today was sunny and not too warm and not too cool. I went to work and tried to get as much done as I could with many interruptions.
Events: I went to the dentist for a routine visit. The boys had a soccer game and it ended in a tie. I had to pay the cell phone and satellite bills.
Thoughts: The boys seem tired today and all they've done is not listen to me and then yell when I repeat myself. I try to be patient and firm, but sometimes they just seem spoiled. I think that they need consequences more often and this will be met with the limitation of screen time for a few days. Let's see how that goes over. I have time tomorrow to give them a stern talking to.
I'm tired today too! Trying to limit caffeine----I didn't think it was that much that I was drinking (diet pepsi), but I'm hoping to eliminate alarming/but harmless heart palpitations that awaken me at night. Got checked out for cardiac trouble and so far there is none.
I'm not quite as fatigued as I have been throughout the summer, so I'm also hopping back on the calorie conscious bandwagon. Lyrica, for fybromyalgia (started last fall) gave me a voracious appetite and I gained 15lb back since then. I don't want to get back up to where I was! Conscious is the key word---my appetite + calorie unconciousness lead to this current state.
I'm interrupted for bedtime....I'll work on this again, another day. See if something better comes of it.
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