Sunday, November 9, 2025

11/9/25

 


Dear Family,

 

               Finally, a weekend when I am home!  It can be exhausting taking trips even if they are celebrations, a Women’s retreat or pastors retreat.  My soul can only manage so much.  I really enjoy being home and tending to things that call me.  Replanting flowers isn’t fun when I am doing it BUT this creates an opportunity to share with neighbors or friends because these bulbs not only grow in our habitat, they flourish.  How fun in the spring or summer when they happily show themselves to be alive yet again.  Delayed gratification really does have its place.

               It was also enjoyable to gather for youth group.  Bobby purposefully had five people read a verse that repeated itself.  Psalm 107:1, 8, 15, 21 and 31 all sound the same.  This created consternation with the middle school group.  “Hey, they are reading my verse!” One person even said, “Swiper, no swiping,” said another.  (A cute reference to Dora the explorer.)  IE – don’t read my verse! It is for me to read.  It was fun when Bobby mentioned that everyone had the right verse – they all just reinforced his point.

               One fill in the blank triggered my mind to think of someone who always wants to pray for, “Everything” on Sunday morning.  This person also mentions they don’t like Bobby’s fill in the blanks.  Sometimes they say, “Stupid word.”  When Bobby’s fill in the blank was “Everything” that person came to mind.  I am so glad they came to youth group Wednesday night.  They seemed a bit confused by my attention, but two other Sunday School attenders got it – Ohhh “Everything” that is so and so’s word.

               Bobby did ask the crowd what languages the Bible was written in.  I thought it was funny when someone mentioned, Hebrew, Greek and Aromatic.

               Please do pray for me as I am miserable.  I made an appointment last week with an allergist for Friday the 14th.  They asked me to stop taking antihistamines 5 to 7 days before the appointment so that if they evaluate me -  my results would show up.  I chose to stop taking them at once and am experiencing puffy, itchy, burning eye lids that swell really bad in the morning.  I took them again for a couple of days but know that the next days are not going to be fun.  It’s not dangerous but I am miserable.  Please pray the office decides to evaluate me during that appointment.  I know I am allergic to something but don’t know if it’s the cat, Bobby or something else.

               Thank you for your love and concern.  Thank you for your prayers.  Love and hugs,

 

Cristy

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