The Lighted Path

Over the past few weeks it is hard to explain what has been happening within me. I know that this year so far has been rough on my family in terms of our financial situation.  All of our student loans have come in, a good portion of which are still in forbearance credit card debt, down a car, and the list goes on and on and on.  At first I was fearful of what was coming to come of this, how we would make it, really just at a complete loss.  A few months ago after seeing sign after sign I realized what the problem was, and it was that I was lacking my trust in God the Father and the promises of His Son Jesus that there was no need to worry. 31  So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32  For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.   33  But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.   3...

I am really beginning to fall behind on my 30 Day Challenge! Ok so I am not that far behind, but my consistency is definitely falling off. If I am figuring this out correctly, I am still only one post off from hitting the 30 mark by month end. I really need to make sure that I make another post later on tonight. Yesterday was bit of an off day for the whole family. We had so many things that we were supposed to do yesterday, but we completely forgot about them. My wife and I had an argument yesterday early on in the morning which really set the tone for the whole day. The argument was, of course, over our finances. Not out how we are currently spending but rather our spending from the past. We both made some poor choices early on in our marriage but my wife still likes to beat herself up about it whereas I take the role of a forward thinker and not dwell on the past. It is no lie that money is the root of all evil, even when you do not have any! There was also mor to arguments than...

I am back and back on-track for my 30-Day Challenge.  Sure I missed two days, but after this post, I will be right on schedule.  I am well aware that it does not matter how many posts that I make, but it will be nice to see a total of 30 for the month of September.  I am not sure if I will see any additional traffic or gain any followers for this, but only time will tell. Today in my neck of the words we had a surprise return appearance by Mr. Sun!  After days of rain, rain, and even more rain I actually had the chance to...ddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddsnenfefeff... Okay, it is 4:14am and if you look at that last line you will see what I just woke up to, only that is a small portion there was actually like 10 pages worth of that.  It is too funny not to leave in.  I actually fell asleep right in the middle of typing this blog.  Needless to say I am not back on track but still one behind!  I didn't even realize I was that tired!!!  ...

Well so much for my 30 Day Challenge. I did not make a post yesterday so I was unable to even make it for three consecutive days. It's alright though, because I made two posts on the first day so if I continue on I will still end up with 30 posts for the month of September. I had every intention of making a post last night but I fell asleep early. That is why I am doing this post first thing this morning. I am not giving up on this challenge! Today is the beginning of the new week, and let me tell you, I am praying for it to be a much better week than last. In my post on Friday night I had said that I was trying to quit smoking. I only have a few more left and then hopefully the Lord gives me the strength to be done with it. I think that now is as good a time as any to try because there is no work tomorrow. If I can begin tomorrow smoke-free and have a day under my belt before returning to work it should be easier on Tuesday. Work is probably my biggest trigger and since I can no...

Good morning!  Today is actually a great morning because yesterday afternoon, and now again this morning the sun is shinning!  Other than that fact, there is really much else of value that I have to say. I have had this blog up for almost two weeks now, and I when I set it up I swore that I was going to make at least one post daily.  I am embarrassed to say that I failed at that.  That is okay though, seeing as how I do not have anyone following my blog, I was only failing myself.  I am going to be patient though, because I know someone out their might care enough about my nonsense to follow :)  It has just been busy with every facet of my life, and when I get the free moment to blog, I usually end up falling asleep. So how do I get people to follow?  I am still fairly new to blogger, so I am not sure how others may find and follow my blog.  Can you search for labels and find people that way, inquiring minds want to know!  Well if that is...