T-A-I-N-T-E-D with a capital...everything

So this has been a great week. I have remained in my "points" (Thats weight-watcher lingo for your allotted food for a day, everything has a point value) every day. And I even went out to eat a couple times AND had a brownie. Yes, a brownie. Actually, Im not sure about yesterday since we had Dick's wings for dinner, but there are 32 extra weekly points that I never count in so I feel okay. I am looking forward to weighing in on Monday AM. So STAY TUNED for my first week's results.

Rigby is a beast, thats all I have to say about that.

I have been thankful for the fellowship I have been able to have during this summer. I really feel like I am connecting with the women in my church, and I am so thankful for their desire to be Christ-like amidst circumstances that would promote otherwise. As a women who is TAINTED but trying to be faithful, it is encouraging to see women pray for the Lord's joy rather than their own wants or needs. Muchos Gracias to Lisa who sent me the below verses this week that has been so needed and applicable to the struggles of many of the women I care about, from family to friends. I, too, had a mental breakdown this week over my dog's toenails and my inability to clip them. I was deeply reminded that it is completely irrational to cry over that when there have been miscarriages, houses burning down, and family struggles among people I care for, all happening this week. However, I am also reminded of God's goodness and that he is sovereign...even over toenails.

Here are some people I am thankful for this week: Amanda (who is crazy like me), Denise who prays for joy, Dinah who is tainted like me, Kayla who is a great sister, Cat who is the best ever, my mother-in-law who is a women desiring the Lord's joy and will for her children, my mom who is indescribably submissive and just, geez, amazing, and my husband who comforts me when I think I might die becuase Rigby's toenails are scratching me to pieces.

This is my prayer for these women:

Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
his understanding is unsearchable.
He gives power to the faint,
and to him who has no might he increases strength.
Isaiah 40:28-29

Man, those are good verses. Hallelujah for the blood of the lamb that was slain.