{word} of the day...scratch that - the month

I know,  I know - no updates on Melisa or anything for a quite a while. It's been crazy, really, it has.


Melisa is doing very well. Pain is almost no existence. She is moving and laughing freely. We go back to the doctor a week from Monday to have one of the tubes removed, if everything looks good. 


Grandma is up here, helping and entertaining. They are having a lot of fun. Lots of crafts have been done and they are even keeping up with Melisa's summer school work. 


With all this going on, work has ramped up and is busy so I am running around crazy. I am liking the direction of what I will be working on; but it's a lot of work and I need more time there to get up to speed.


So then after the morning routine with Melisa, then work, I come home and start the night routine with dinner, bath, cleaning, time with family...so I am kinda tired. That's not true. I am tried. Not sleepy - just body tried, worn out.


Oh and all this has been done in this extreme, weird heat we've had up here in Minneapolis. Our little apartment isn't cool already so it's been a challenge. We had to spend nights in hotels this week as our electricity for our block went out 5 times since Monday at 5 p.m. - we are hoping Excel Energy has this fixed now.


All that said - the word of the month is a Bible verse. 


It has been quite easy to whine and complaint in these past few week, and honestly I have a few times. Sometimes life isn't fair - and that gets to me. But several times over the past month I have been reminded of  one verse over and over again. It's pop into my own brain, I've heard it on the radio, A friend has shared it with me, it was in my Bible study I just finished...anyway, God keeps bringing up in my life. And I am thankful because it's a lesson I need to be reminded of and something I wish I could fully master.


In this section of Scripture, Paul is finishing up his letter to  the Philippians and he thanks these people for renewing their concern in him. And tells them about how he has learned to be content in any situation. And as soon as he finishes that sentence he follows up with... I can do all this through Him who gives me strength. (Phil. 4:13)


Growing up I learned it as, I can do all things...; but I love this translation in the TNIV of, I can do all this. Meaning I, Paul - and I, Sarah can learn to be content in any and every situation with the help of the Lord who will give me the strength (and lately it's felt like the courage).


Anyway - not sure where you are on your content-scale; but remember you can be content in your situation of life with the Lord.


Granted, I haven't master it, nor will I - I fear. But some days in these past days, I've been content, very content.