I thought it was time for a new look on my blog, and this is the (free) design I decided to go with. What do you think? I like the colours, the brightness, and it makes me think of summer back home.
In my last post, I mentioned about being sick with the flu. Well, I also ended up with a cold and it lasted a couple of weeks. Although I had a little bit of the cough left, it wasn't bad and it was pretty much gone. Well, last Saturday (about two weeks after I had been sick with the flu) I woke up to a congested cough and have had it for the last week. I've had a bit of sneezing and runny/stuffy nose with it, but it's mostly been the cough that doesn't seem to want to go away. And, Wednesday I ended up with my right eye being a little itchy and by the end of the day it was red and watery as well. No, I didn't (and don't) have pink eye. The redness has pretty much disappeared (except if I've been on the computer too long), but it's still watery and the itchiness only lasted a little bit at work - though I guess from time to time there is a little bit of an itch, but it's not bad and it doesn't last. I really can't wait until I'm all better again. I hate being sick.
I decided to take this weekend to rest and hopefully get myself better. I've been catching up on some knitting (started a new fair isle hat), a little reading, and I've been working on the Bible study for the one we recently started for this session at my Monday night Bible study. Tomorrow is a holiday here (Family Day), and I keep forgetting and thinking I have to go to work, but I don't. I hope to do some more knitting and maybe some art journalling.
In my Bible study, the first chapter is dealing with the verse that talks about not worrying about tomorrow (well, there is more, but this is the part I want to focus on). I'm a worrier. I think I get that from my mother. Part of the study includes journalling our prayers. I've written down prayers in a journal before, but just specifics like "praying for my cold to go away" and then drawing a line to write the date when it gets answered, as well as the date I record it. This one, however, is requiring much more than that. We have to write down the actual prayer we would pray, the situation, etc. So, while I was doing that, I made a discovery (it probably came from the Holy Spirit) that my worry seems to be rooted in fear and lack of trust. I won't go into specific details, but that is what I am concluding so far.
I hope through this Bible study I will grow in my faith and walk - and in other areas of my life as well.
Well, I'm off now to watch some more of the Olympics and cheer for the Canadians!
Go Canada!!
