Month: December 2025

God and Struggles with Technology

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God provides the ability to trade for a needed new phone.

A door opens for my husband to trade in my iPhone 11 for a iPhone 17! The battery was giving up and won’t last much longer. At the end of my last phone I needed an extra battery to keep my phone going while running. I did not want to go back there.

The struggle with my new phone starts with transferring all my information from one phone to the next. It ends up taking 12 hours or more because it stalled a few times.

In case you are wondering, my husband provides me with a phone containing storage space. At this time, my phone has 175,894 pictures providing backup memory, for my brain.

All but one app works on the new phone so we turn in the old phone. Fitbit, the odd one out, didn’t work because we couldn’t get signed in. Google bought Fitbit and suggested strongly to connect to Google. This becomes the problem to figure out what I needed to sign into and where to go. The Fitbit sign in doesn’t work at all. There are 3 Google apps or more on my phone.

The runaround starts with setting up a new password for my email but it doesn’t work and looking for something else to try! We spent 2 hours trying to connect to Fitbit.

Finally Google said, “Pause for 6 hours for us to sort this out.”

Frustration building, I Remember God! This thing I have learned is to give it to Him and Trust Him with the answer.

I start Praising God for working it out and Thanking Him for working in this as I get ready to run. It is late enough I need to take the dogs to run and I call a friend to talk with.

After running, bath, and breakfast at 8:00 P.M., I sit down and rest. While in the tub I hear my phone ding. It is Google confirming it has been me setting up a new password.

My way of thinking, it will still take work to get signed into Fitbit, but thankful we have made the first step.

As I am getting ready for bed, which involves spending time writing, I thought of trying my Fitbit app and to my surprise it opens and all my information is there!

PRAISE GOD! THANK YOU JESUS! HE DID IT!

This is a supper power to change the atmosphere and live in Joy no matter what is going on out there.

Try it sometime!

When we give God the problem we have to leave it with Him!

This is how we learn to trust Him!

GOD IS SO VERY GOOD!

Two days later the struggle continues.  My email needs a password and the one I used isn’t working. I am into Fitbit but not email. I found a Google email app which has current mail but it is not comfortable. I have no idea how to forward an email.

God will guide me as I tackle the new problem.

Today, I did need to pick up prescriptions and a new Carbon Dioxide detector at the end of a winter storm. Praying for God to keep everyone on the road safe as I drive below the speed limit.

It is so wonderful when I ask God for guidance, today He guided my steps to the exact row I needed to find and I turned at the exact spot the detectors were hanging.

God is exciting to live with!

God Bless us all with guidance through tough spots we face in life. Amen.

GOD IS SO VERY GOOD.

Revelation and Snow

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Question: How have you worked through being Kidnapped?

Answer: Never have.

Now months later as I am writing a story God is exposing the reason I have such a hard time leaving my house to go to the store or on a trip or even an outing.

It all has to do with feeling safe at home and not so much out in the world.

This is a revelation and it makes sense but it will take time to heal. It is amazing how ten years ago God gave me the ability to go to Joyce Meyer’s Women’s Conference by myself and to volunteer at other events.

The last few years as my strength shut down so did my courage to go out into the world. I am believing it is coming back also.

GOD IS SO VERY GOOD!

Do you enjoy winter pictures? I do! so enjoy!

God Bless you With HIS Joy!

Hope Grows

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Twice God put people in my path for encouragement.

Running in the cold wind and dropping temperatures, I’m thinking this is the last row and it is time to go home. Just as I start to run the row a vehicle pulls up making me wonder what are they doing.

I do keep my eyes open to what is going on around me because a vehicle has followed me in the past.

The day before while I am running, a vehicle drives in and parks behind bushes without me noticing, to hide?

It is in the left side of this picture.

Running past the bushes I am shocked to see the vehicle sitting there. I watch and take pictures because the person is not acting normal like putting flowers on a grave or moving at all. At one point the man gets out of the vehicle as if motioning to someone ahead.

Thankfully my husband brings the dogs so taking Sam I am comfortable to run past the vehicle that sat there for an hour?

Running on snow and ice is time consuming.

 

This is an icy spot, you can see where a vehicle spun out on ice and I slipped myself.

 

 

 

 

 

After changing dogs I notice the vehicle is gone. What was this guy doing there for so long? Was he waiting for me to leave for some reason?

This is why I wonder about vehicles parking as I run.

But today, as I approach the vehicle the door is open. My goal is to figure out how to get around it without stepping into the deep snow, just then she shuts the door for me to get by. The lady and her husband are putting out Christmas decorations at cemeteries.

Starting up a conversation about the weather as I tell her how God has healed me so I am able to run and gain strength. Then life shut it down for a bit, but now my running is returning.

She understands about life because she is about my age. I offer her information about this blog and she is interested. The stupid thing happened when I try to show her the site. My phone updated overnight and it is difficult to figure out how to get off of amazon to justfullofgrace.org as we  stand in the cold wind. Finally it does what is needed and she is able to see it.

Most of the people I talk to who are my age or older don’t have any desire to be on a computer, but she was willing to wait for me to fine it and show her in this freezing wind.

The next thing that happens is while ordering collagen from TBN/Ancient Nutrition I receive a discount of $5 for being the first person to call. The interesting part is I was not watching TBN at the time but looking up the last time I ordered it. So, I just happened to call at the moment they are expecting many to make the call.

It took me a minute to understand what was happening but then I offered to tell the phone clerk about justfullofgrace.org.

He looks it up and says, “It’s in the first place on Google.”

Years ago an older woman tried to find my site and and found a musician, this is why I try to show it to people I am talking to.

Why is this exciting?

Back 40 years ago I realized people I was with had something I didn’t have. I asked God for what they had and He FILLED ME WITH LOVE, JOY, PEACE, AND A DESIRE TO STUDY SCRIPTURE.

After being offered to Satan and being bullied my thoughts were very dark, but God started invading my thoughts with Good God thoughts.

My response has always been to tell everyone about how God filled me; most of my life I have been more like a bull in a china shop, overwhelming people.

But God has been refining me, teaching me how to be softer and not so demanding. I don’t really know how, but somehow people seem to be wanting more instead of pushing me away. It is a good thing.

Just for fun! This is a picture that reminds me of growing up in ND. I love the drifting snow but it does make running a driving more difficult.

God Bless each of us with heat and protection in these cold winter months. 

 

GOD IS SO VERY GOOD.

It’s Time to Start

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For 8 years my Brother-in-law has been telling me,

“Now is the time to start doing videos!”

A few months ago I decided I didn’t need to do videos because I haven’t felt God really giving me the desire. THE NEXT SUNDAY the visiting preacher remembers me and says,

“You need to start doing videos!”

A week ago, while getting my oil changed the 21 year old attendant tells me,

“People my age need to hear what you have to say.

You need take videos and put them on YouTube, just tilt your phone up, take a video of yourself, and upload it to the app on your phone.”

Hearing from many young adults out in the world, I realize it’s time to really take this seriously.

Talking to God about this I am trying to understand how to start.

God says, “Start at the beginning!”

Talking with a mother of a teen for advice.

She says, “No videos over 2 minutes”

Now is the time to talk with the church leaders to see if they are willing to help me learn this craft or if anyone wants to go on this ride with me and Holy Spirit.

God Bless each of us with His LOVE, JOY, AND PEACE DAILY! Amen!

GOD IS SO VERY GOOD!

 

Strength Returning

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 Twelve inches of snow fall overnight.

We end up with over 16 inches of snow over the last 3 days,

but the driveway is cleared each day by my husband.

 

 

 

 

 

 

He was up shoveling today before I’m up, but he does wake me to say,

“You should see how how fast and hard the snow is coming down!”

This is what was done before I start to shovel.

My husband did more up by the garage then down by the street.

He left the street for me not knowing if I was going to be able to shovel, but God did! God knows I enjoy the stuff by the street.

Today, I knew I would be able to shovel which is miracle.

Running in the snow and wind has made me strong enough to believe I am able to shovel.

The running I have been doing 3 of the last 4 days in wind, snow, and cold shows me running is returning to an everyday occurrence as it was 10 years ago! God is so Very Good!

My husband has been doing all the shoveling for the last few years because I couldn’t anymore. And even this year with all the running accomplished, I had no thought of being able to shovel! So, knowing I am able to shovel 12 inches today is a miracle happening in real time!

Knowing it is warm outside I put on boots, mittens, and cover a tee-shirt with a sweatshirt. With each shovel load I pick up 12 inches of snow and throw it over to the grassy area.

The snow is a bit on the wet side and it is sticking to my hair and hat. Inside I find the back of the sweatshirt has been soaked by the wet snow.

My shoveling widens the path already done and I also make it across the bottom of the driveway where the plow adds extra snow. I cross over to the mailbox, clearing it for the mail truck to drive up to the box. Knowing it is time to go inside for water, I see our neighbor finish the driveway with their snowblower.  I have the desire to go back out and finish it for my pride  but I am thankful.

Our driveway is over 50 feet long and it is double wide. Ten years ago I was able to shovel the whole thing. I am believing it is possible again. There is a shift happening again.

Fifteen years ago when God gave me the new bones and nerves I asked Him to show me how to clean house and He did. It is time again to ask God for help stepping out into the future He has planned for me.

God Bless each of us with Wisdom and Courage to do what needs to be done wisely. I also ask God to Bless us with Strength to do more than we know.

GOD IS SO VERY GOOD.