Life With Jules, and other stuff

Have you ever felt like someone didn’t have your best interests at heart? Wondered if there was another way you could make that person do the right thing? Did you ever want to take matters into your own hands and felt like you couldn’t? If you have ever felt this way, you’re not alone! Tamar felt this way when she was sent back to her family after the death of Onan. Heck, she felt this way before she ever married Er, the first son. In the society she lived, Tamar like all women was considered a 2nd-class citizen at best. She didn’t have any rights; well, maybe some inheritance rights if her husband preceded her in death and then it was only if there were heirs. So, when she was sent back to her father’s house and not married off to Shelah she patiently waited on Judah, and God, to do the right thing by her. When several years had passed and still nothing happened, she took matters into her own hands.   Imagine this scenario: you are promised to a man by his father. You wait a...

I am trying to rework my writing blog a little bit, so I may post non-stitchy thoughts here from time to time. If you want to see what my writing blog is all about, check out A Day in the Life of Me . ***** Just some random thoughts I have been having lately. If I could tell [you] how I truly feel about you, I would. I am looking forward to spending some time with a good friend that I haven’t seen in a few years! My job is going so well right now that I am afraid it will all come to an end; I know it won’t. It’s just my reactive fear to past situations. I feel like I am beginning to walk down the path I am supposed to be on; at times I don’t. The Big Bang Theory is one of my most favorite shows ~ currently! I am still just taking things one day at a time. It’s all I can really do. Well, I won’t bore y’all anymore! Happy MAY DAY to all of you, my readers!!

I managed to finish stitching on that small ornament this week. I have been rifling through  my many magazines and am coming up with things that seem to interest me more right now, so I may wind up starting a new project this weekend. Or I may wind up picking up a WIP. Have a great one!!

This is the first woman we are studying in the Bible Study “A Lineage of Grace”. For those of you unfamiliar, Tamar was the wife of Judah’s son, Er. She was given to Onan when Er died, as per custom. When Onan died, Judah sent her back to her family to live until his youngest son, Shelah, was of age to marry. This never happened so Tamar took things into her own hands. If you want to learn more about her, read Genesis 38. While I haven’t finished the reading or done the study guide portion on my own yet, I have found in what I have read that I relate to Tamar in many ways. One significant way is the desire to have children. She did not conceive until she tricked her father-in-law to lay with her (at that time, it was probably more proper to say “Lay with” instead of “sleep with”; translations may use some variation). She ultimately gave birth to twins! Once I finish this first novella and study guide portion, I will post more. For now, I leave you with this: Genesis 38 (NKJV) J...

I keep trying to revamp this here blog of mine and it seems to stall out on me. Yeah, I am the one making it stall and I realise that. No follow through. Anyway, I am revamping it once again. This time it will serve a specific purpose: journaling as I go through a Bible study with some women at church. We just started a women’s Bible study Sunday past. My sister thought it would be neat to do a study on the Proverb 31 Woman. One of our pastors agreed and we even found a couple other women that showed an interest. The pastor found a great book to use: A Lineage of Grace by Francine Rivers. I must say, after having only read a few pages I am intrigued. The book is actually a collection of 5 novellas centering on 5 different women from the Bible: Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba and Mary. All are [direct] ancestors of Jesus Christ. At the end of each novella are several pages of study questions. This is what I will primarily be blogging here. In addition, I will from time to time blog s...

As I have previously mentioned, I haven’t had much mojo lately. I thought I would at least share what I have stitched on that little ornament I started a while back. Yeah, I should be beyond finished with it by now, lol! Anyway, I have been spending much of my time either on Facebook playing silly games or reading my “homework” for therapy. I am also going to a women’s Bible study. I will be posting more on my writing blog about that, so you may visit/follow me there . My job is keeping me pretty busy right now, which is a good thing. I have placed a few veterans in jobs over the past few weeks. I recently passed a state certification exam and can now add the initials FCWP (Florida Certified Workforce Professional) at the end of my name (if I so choose). Now I just continue to do my job and wait for my first of 3 trips to Denver for more training. I’ll leave you with this image: I got to spend a few hours with my beautiful niece on March 30th while she was down here for her Sprin...

Either way you wanna say it, March 31, 2013 will forever be known as the day I was baptised! The water was C.O.L.D.!!!!