Wed., 1/28/26, Put worship on, Made our coffees, Bill went to his doctor appt., I went to my last therapy appt., cleaned brick on fireplace, went to Bible Study

It sure cleaned up well!  Took three times of washing it, but what a difference it made.  So thankful to be done with hauling pellets, messy cleanups and extra work.

We didn’t get up until 9.  I guess I’m making up for all the sleep I lost out on and also the time getting up so early in Iowa. Maybe it’s just I’m so comfortable again now in bed.

Bill took his shower.  Kenzie and Rehvyn FaceTimed me, and Rehvyn had been saying very clearly he wanted to call Nana and Papa.  I talked to them until Bill got done with his shower and ready.  Then he talked to Rehvyn.  Rehvyn was so happy when he saw him.  He is just the cutest little sweetheart!  Bill left to go to his doctor appt. at the VA.  I got ready, then scrubbed the hard floors after he left.  Made my coffee, ate a chocolate covered strawberry, grabbed a pack of BelVita Blueberry crackers and headed to therapy.  My last day!  Yay!  She really worked me out, then measured my hip strength.  She said great job after all three strength tests.  Then she said she has probably never seen a hip that strong at this point after hip surgery.  That sure made me happy.  She gave me some home exercises, than took me to the leg press to do more exercises and then I was done.  She did such a great job making sure I was using the right muscles to make my operative leg so strong.  I am very thankful.   Before I left, I went in the gift shop and bought Bill and I each a bag of their yummy popcorn. I got home and started eating mine.  Then Bill got home and I told him I put one on the cupboard for him.  He told me he brought me a cookie from Panera.  I guess we are thinking of each other today.  

We both read our Bibles and did our prayer/devotion books.  I am finally in the New Testament on my reading plan.  Today I read Luke 1 and 2.  I loved reading it and the Holy Spirit is talked about so much in those two chapters of the Bible and the awesome things He did.  I loved it and the Holy Spirit even made it touch my heart even more than the other times I’ve read it.  I love learning more about the Holy Spirit in our Bible Study.  We both practiced our memory verse for tonight which is, 2 Cor. 1:21-22, Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ.  He has anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.  What a great verse to commit to memory.  

Bill took a nap and I decided to clean some things out of the furnace room in the basement.  I got rid of some things, then brought some of Bill’s stuff up for him to go through.  He threw it all away because it was junk too.  Doing a little at a time.  Next I decided to wash the soot off from the fireplace brick.  I used a Swiffer duster on it three times before today and all three were as black as can be.  Today I did it two more times before washing it.  They were still black.  I used vinegar water on it after googling it.  I had to wash it three times, but it sure came out good.  Not too messy doing it either.  I thought it would be.  

I made eggs, fried potatoes, bacon and toast for dinner.  Bill likes me to mix the eggs in with the potatoes, so I did.  It was so good.  He helped clean up the table and cupboard, then we got ready to go to Bible Study.  

We had a great Bible study tonight.  We all read a Scripture and then answered questions about how the Holy Spirit moved.  Powerful!  Then someone asked if anybody ever had a vision from God.  No one had, so they were wanting to know about visions.  I told them Bill had a vision and talked a little about it, and told them God confirmed it.  Then they wanted to know how God confirmed it.  They loved hearing how God did that.  Bill is in a men’s group in a different room.  There are many ladies’ groups and men’s groups meeting ing the sanctuary, in the lobby and in the rooms of the church.  When we left our groups and went back to our seats in the sanctuary, Pastor talked and mentioned that we should read Luke 1 and 2 before next week and see how much the Holy Spirit is in those chapters moving.  I love it when God does that.  That was my reading for today.  Out of all the Scriptures in the Bible, that’s what I read.  God is awesome.  244 children and adults registered for kids ministry and adult Bible Studies.   The Holy Spirit is on the move!

I talked to Vikki on the phone for a long time.  We sure had a good talk about the goodness of God.

We came home and  relaxed and I worked on my blog.