Things I'm Remembering...

Or maybe I'm just realizing them, I'm really not sure which.  Regardless, this is what I'm truly coming to know...

Though I may fail, even if it's often, it does not make me a failure.  

God sees my hard work, even when no one else does, and makes note it (especially if I'm consciously doing it in service to Him).

I'm stronger than I acknowledge- not from anything of my own creating but from what He has instilled in me.  I can do ALL things through Christ- even stand confidently, quietly and joyfully under painful trials.  I just have to rely on Him.

One of the fruits of the Spirit is self-control.  If I am sincerely seeking and following Him, He will develop this quality in me. 

Love looks like something.  You can see it, not just hear it, and it expects nothing.

The opposite of anger is grace mixed with patience.

My life only works with prayer and the time to listen.

What are you learning right now?

Deathcab for iPhone!

My husband says that God killed my iPhone because it was my little idol.

I think it was Satan The Destroyer because he knew that I was doing most of my Bible in 90 Days reading on my You Version Bible App while I was nursing Lion Cub to sleep.

Either way, Lion Cub's 30 second use of my phone as a teether managed to reek havoc on my touch screen which is now unresponsive through a strip in the middle.  It is amazing what a little baby saliva can do! 

And now it sits in a plastic snack bag covered in rice to suck out the moisture, but sadly at this point, I have very little hope of it recovering.

I have now been without my phone for a week- my little portal to the outside world.  It has been difficult but surprisingly not as bad as I thought it would be.  Sure, I no longer have an alarm clock or instant access to my e-mail, I'm completely out of touch with Facebook and can't send a text, but somehow I am surviving. 

I guess you could say that Lion Cub took Oprah's No Phone pledge a little too seriously (not that I ever texted at a red light... well, not in a long time!).

I think that biggest hit has been on my Bible in 90 Days reading.  I have gotten behind numerous times over the last week and a half and the amount of time I spend laying with Lion Cub trying to get him to sleep seems so much longer... and boring!  Yeah... that part is daunting.

But I refuse to buy a new phone right now!  I have a had my precious little 2G for two and a half years and I refuse to use my upgrade until the 4G with video chat comes out in June!  Somehow, I will make do... somehow.

Until then, however, I may need to find a new alarm clock.  Especially if I have any hope of reviving my Early Bird Challenge!