When I found this pic, I thought of this scripture right away, because, children believe, the young have hope and the old have endured.

Steph and Lauren went to town early this morning.  Steph got contacts.  She wanted to try them again and these are more comfortable and she can see better than she did before when she tried to wear them.  And then, the girls did some bonding and got their ears pierced.  They asked me about it last night.  I told them about how the CO asked from the platform how people felt about it.  Everyone agreed one was fine.  Then many in the cong felt two was fine but that was it.  And none in the upper part of the ear.  As for me.  I have often thought about getting a second piercing but just couldn't do it, then when the girls were little I thought it wouldn't be setting a good example for the girls. I always thought the second one if it was just a little one made a pretty look.  And that is what the girls wanted.  EO said the same thing when I talked to him about it.  Cause the girls wanted to know if dad would be ok about it.  I told them they were adults and as long as it didn't go against what the cong felt (max 2 and none on the upper part of the ear).  Lauren said, if she decided down the road if she didn't like it, she would just pull them out and let them heal up.  Now that they have theirs done, I am more tempted to get mine done, but, EO isn't really a fan, so I wouldn't for his sake. If he didn't care, I would though.

I got up this morning, and turned around and went right back to bed.  My neck is knotted up REALLY bad.  my neck and shoulder on my left side are swollen and it aches right down to my elbow.  It happened last night. I don't know what I did, but I have had to be on an ice pack just steady.  I also have a pounding headache and my back is also flared up.  I wish i could figure out what I did... but i just have no clue.

I do feel better today.  Ok, not the physical, but I got past my feeling sad.  With all this pain, I would think I feel sad now,  It was a little while before I got out of bed and went and did my morning worship. I needed extra help this morning, and Jehovah got me through the morning.  His undeserved kindness, has been bestowed upon the most unworthy of all his creation.  I couldn't be more grateful.  This was a rough and ugly morning, that didn't start with my wanting to get up and do my worship.  I couldn't see past the blinding pain.  He was patient with me until I could get my act together this morning.  I know what I do, isn't much, a drop in a bucket...ok, more like a drop in the ocean, but it is all I can manage.