How Do YOU Make Decisions?, Reading, Stitching and Gratitude

  

Hello There!

I'm so glad you're here!  In The Weekly Word we will look at the three ways I make decisions and, hopefully, you will share how you make decisions in your life!  In My Reading Life, I've actually finished several books and starting some great new ones!  I'm changing a bit about My Stash Report as I've started a new project that merits changes!  I'm glad to check off items from To Do Tuesday!  You know, Kathy's Sunday Slow Stitching link up fuels my love for hand sewing!  

What would we do without finding a bit of joy and gratitude?  I hope you enjoy this week's Gratitude Journal !  After I respond to your comments, I look forward to visiting your blogs as well! 

The Weekly Word

 How to you make decisions?  In some circumstances we only have time to to pray, "Help me, LORD, to make the best decision!"  

When you do have time, how to you make decisions?

 Many times I seek guidance in God's Word, set a fleece before God, or, if He is silent, move forward with great sensitivity to the Holy Spirit's leading.   Before you think me as super spiritual, there are certainly times when I dive in with both feet and end up celebrating by the grace of God or calling out to Him for rescue!  When I am struggling to know God's will, I will oftentimes seek His

Word for the right path (Psalm 119:05). 

 

There are instances when I will do as Gideon did, and set a fleece before Him.  Now, I don't set out an actual fleece before God, but I will ask for certain circumstances to occur before I move in one direction or another.  The circumstances I set are definitely ones that would only occur by a move of God, a situation which is so unlikely that only He could bring it to pass. The best way I know to describe setting a fleece before the LORD is to refer people to Gideon in Judges 6:33 - 44.  

33Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.
34So the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, who blew the ram’s horn and rallied the Abiezrites behind him. 35Calling them to arms, Gideon sent messengers throughout Manasseh, as well as Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, so that they came up to meet him.
36Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said, 37then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”
38And that is what happened. When Gideon arose the next morning, he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew—a bowlful of water.
39Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me; let me speak one more time. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time let it be dry, and the ground covered with dew.”
40And that night God did so. Only the fleece was dry, and dew covered the ground.  *from Biblehub.com

Other times, when He is silent, I lean on discernment, a deep study of His Word and the counsel of a select few Christians.  Then I move forward with great sensitivity to the leading of the Holy Spirit.

How do you make decisions?  Do any of these methods speak to your heart?  Please share in the comments below!  

My Reading Life

Finished

The Secret, Book and Scone Society was a nice, light read.

Next few books 

 

My Stash Report

 is a Sunday Stash link up at Quilt, Paint and Create where we share our stats regarding our fiber usage and acquisitions. The Slow Stitching Sunday link up is a place where we share our hand sewing projects.  I find I need some slow stitching  every day!    

Yarny numbers

 No real changes here, though progress is being made on the afghans.  

Fabric numbers

Productivity Stats

To Do Tuesday

is a link up party in which we cheer each other on as we share the progress/lack thereof regarding our weekly goals!  Thank you Chris @ Chris Knits for hosting!  

Last Week's List

- Prep the last set of wool mitten Christmas tree decorations and continue with my QAYG Hexagons! I prepped until I ran out of Steam-a-Seam, so I'll call it done.  My QAYG hexies are coming along with daily progress!    

- Crochet: This will be my long-term goal: Progress on both Tranquil afghans and make more dishcloths. Here's the progress thus far on the rectangular Tranquil afghan - it's grown 4" to 23"!  

- Machine Sewing:  Stitch up at least one more block of Melva's Pieces of the Past Sewalong.   My greatest success was with this goal.  I caught up with the exception of this week's block!  That is really saying something as I am sewing up two blocks in completely different colorways!  Also, this one, Indian Corn, certainly challenged me!  It was worth the effort though!

This Week's List

- Sunday Slow Stitching:  Get through at least 2 colors of this mitten set and continue with my daily QAYG Hexagons.  I also want to pick my Slow Stitching Christmas project/next project.

-   Crochet:  This will be my long-term goal:  Progress on both Tranquil afghans and make more dishcloths.  

- Machine Sewing:  Prep Melva's next block:  Grandmother's Block.  Who knows?  Maybe I'll even have time to get her stitched up?  :)   

  

Gratitude Journal

Sometimes I get lost in my own stinky thinking.  God's Word, music, some Instagram posts are some of the tools that I apply to break this cycle.  I'm so grateful these tools are readily available to me!

One of the most powerful verses that I lean on is this one:

Here's a few songs that have encouraged me!

Here's the story behind Tasha Layton's, Into the Sea, as well as a back porch performance.  

Tauren Wells is quickly becoming one of my favorite 

Christian artists!   

After my daughter introduced me to Go Clean Co. I just had to start following them on Instagram!  Here is my dishwasher after cleaning it via their directions (run your empty dishwasher on the hottest, longest cyclye with 1/3 cup bleach)!

And check out Mariska Hargitay's post on A Recipe for Healing.  Toss in God's Word and we have a winner!

I'm always grateful to take a pause for a date with my hubby. 
I'm equally grateful to have found these two books
I've read and loved
at Barnes and Noble.  

Of course we enjoyed some favorite treats as well!

Oh how I love watching crime shows!  

My little sister always makes sure
Mama has a fresh bouquet of flowers!  

I hope you all have a blessed week!  Until next time, take good care!

Perhaps you'll visit these linky parties I so

metimes link up to when I have quilting/crochet/books to share:  

Sunday Salon @ Readerbuzz

Slow Sunday Stitching @ Kathy's Quilts 

Sunday Post at the Caffeinated Reviewer

Sunday Stash @ Quilt, Paint, Create

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? @ Book Date 

To Do Tuesday @ Texas Quilt Gal

Midweek Makers @ Quilt Fabrication (Wednesdays)

The Loop Scoop hosted simultaneously by

Petals to Picots and Moogly

Needle and Thread Thursday @ My Quilt Infatuation

I Like @ Not Afraid of Color (Thursday)

Can I Get A Whoop Whoop? @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict (Friday)

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