The Lighted Path

Good morning everyone, and how is everyone doing on this fine Sunday morning? It has been over a month since my last posting and I gotta tell you, I have missed it. I was on a roll there with posting consistently but that roll came to a crashing halt. I am back now and hopefully more consistently again. I just wanted to put up this quick update post to let everyone know that I a well. I just ask for continued prayers for myself and my family because we are definitely going through some difficult times at the moment. I know that the Lord will get us through them so I will continue to Praise him, not to sound corny, in this storm ! Have a good day, and I hope to be back later with a much more detailed post. God Bless! Brian

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...

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...

Earlier this week I had made a post about my car and how the repairs were going to be quite expensive.  The night after I got my first estimate my neighbor called a buddy of his who works at a local garage.  The mechanic said that $2500 dollars was too much and that all of the work could be done for, at most, $1000.  I was pretty excited at that thought so yesterday I made the appointment and drove my broken car to the next garage.  To be honest I didn't think I was going to make it but I did. Today I received a call from the mechanic, which I wasn't expecting since they said my appointment was Tuesday, and he had some bad news for me.  The check engine light in my car had been on but I thought that was only because of the exhaust.  Turns out I was wrong.  This place actually ran the diagnostics on the car and they said that it had many errors it was throwing off but the biggest ones all had to do with the transmission.  His exact words to me we...