Today’s first project the bucket outside.
The transformation….
I managed to spend some time out in the shadow and paint in happy colors so this bucket matching the flower pots 🤩🤩.
July 9th
Tag: Sunday
Different week, different tasks in the after-school-program.
This week has been different! I’ve been moved from working with the students in the after-school-program to do practical things just because two of my co-workers can’t handle how I do my job with the one student with Autism… They have complained and think I am afraid of conflict which I’m not but that is how they see it… My body isn’t fit to stand and walk a lot without a rest on a chair after the blod cloth I had ten years back, and my back isn’t pleased either with the tasks. But I stand in it just because I know I will not continue work here after this Summer. That’s the only thing that keeps me going right now. Sad. Yes.
An other sad part in this situation, while the boy who needs predictability because his autism, he just has to come to terms with the fact that suddenly someone else is with him… 😦
But what can I do? My leader in after-school-program think I have the qualities and are the right person because I am creative, to sort the storage and make a structure that will be easy to continue. Which is nice to hear. But just the fact that I have to do other things when my co-workers can’t deal with how I work… well I can only say I think that is the wrong way to do it.
So I have talked out loud to the Lord about this and next time I meet my House Church I’ll ask for prayers.
I’ve felt an empthiness inside me for a while and now it’s even bigger. I haven’t been liking what I do in the School since October and now this… I only go to work because I can’t afford to stop. I don’t feel joy for work anymore. The only Joy I have now, when I have enough energy, is at home when I sew…. Which is sad!
Last year, when I worked with the yought I felt “done” already in February but this year has been worse!! To not feel joy at work at all is the worsed part of all things for me! To feel empthiness every day you go to work makes it hard to smile to those you work with! It makes it hard to force yourself to go to work.
My motivation is to look for a new job and apply when I find something I know I have experience from and know I can handle. But it is always the question, will I get to an interveiw? And when I got the job, how will it be with the co-workers?
Right now, my head is “groggy” after medication from migraine few hours back. So I only write to “vent” my brain. To get rid of all my thoughts. Empty my brain. But I just want to sleep or relax cause of the side-effects from the medication… which I will do after.
To be a Christian, to believe in this situation is rough. But I know my Lord wants the best for me so I stay in my path. I also know He will open up the right door or window for the next job. He always do. That is my comfort. My believe is on the rocks and I know and have to believe that He will help me.
Silver gives me comfort in all the ways he can <3. I don’t know what I would have done without him. Therefor is he in the featured image for this blog.
Exploring Sandnes my new hometown.
Went in to Sandnes to try to find the way to one of the churches with the service starting 4pm, gave up. But had a lovely walk around in Sandnes city talking to the Lord.
Now I know more where the stores are and how easy it is to walk between, I also know where some of the city churches are 😊. I will try an other church next Sunday. I had a blessed walk, time for a good talk, enjoying life, take it as it comes. Just what I needed today. The Autumn is here, even if we had stunning +22°C today the 4th of September!! The chilly wind, foggy mornings, chilly evenings, and the 🌳🌳🌳 are changing colours 🤩🤩.
But I have to say, even if I didn’t walk fast I got my trim and felt sticky when I got home 😊.
Pray and have focus on the Lord.
Its 5.42pm and I’m waiting on the bus towards church. First time this Summer I managed to go. No pain anywhere 😊😊 Thank you Lord for that!!
I have no clue what the service will be about. Often I don’t though 😆🤪. But today nothing can stop me. I am going! Yay.
And I let you know more after the service.
I came in to the worship, just what I needed. A part of one werse ” I have notice, you are speaking”. It was peaceful, love and care both in the text and in the autmospher.
Here are the worship and lyrics;
A voice came to me during those few minutes I took part of the worship. I will bless you.
My question is still, where should I move? Should I move closer to work this year or should I just move in to the city of Stavanger? I have peace to be in Stavanger but it will cost money and time to go between every day, is it worth the travel? Where does the Lord want to use me?
The thread from the preaching is : bend your knees and pray. It doesn’t need to be on your knees if you can’t the point is to pray and have focus on the Lord.
May 22nd, a day outside the comman.
I woke up with pain in my body, a pain I never ever had before! 😬😦 like some insect had bitten me during the nigth feeling. I went up, got my coffee and walking wasn’t an issue but to sit. OMG. Painful!!
The pain escalated during few hours. I tryed to do normal things but every time I went from walking around to sit in the couch… 😬🥴
Texted my best friend, whom lives in Oslo, about what’s going on. I also send out prayer request to my Christian network.
At 1.30 pm I called the ER to hear what they thought I should do. They told me to get in for a check-up. Left home around 2.30pm.
Here I am now, waiting, after 25 minutes to first get registrated and still can’t I sit… but I am alive. Knowing my Christian network is praying for healing and probably strength.
The only thing I don’t like with today is actually the heat. I am melting away. It’s +19 or +20° C outdoors… some wind though 🙂
Yet, knowing my pain isn’t the worst. The crying kids in the ER is even worse while waiting to see a doctor. Knowing my Lord is with me here at the ER is a good feeling. Can be one reason to stay calm, even though that’s me in a nutshall. And that I can pray for the other people coming and going is pretty cool too 😉.
I do wonder if I will be able to go to work tomorrow? I had to cancel the driving lesson I was suppose to have tomorrow… anoing! Anyway. 5.49 pm I got to see a male doctor. It took maximum 15 minutes.
He wrote a referral to a gynecologist at the hospital 2 min walk away from the emergency room. So I headed out. Tryed to call my friend, whom didn’t pick up but txted me back. Went to find the rigth floor, which always is confusing 🤪😄. Made it to the floor, the waitingroom and sat down. Still quite h7gh level of pain. Took maybe 15 minutes, than I met the 2nd male doctor. This time a male gynecologist, I think you other women agree with me, saying it’s such more comfy to meet a female gynecologist as being a woman?! Anyway, I met him good looking ((😄😄)) male gynecologist approxy 18.15. He needed to confront with a colleage so I had to wait even more….
At 7.30pm I was getting hungry, waited a bit more and during my waiting 2 other women got there looking really bad and sick. I felt really sorry for them and took the waiting time as an opportunty to pray inside of me for them and asking the lord to let them get help before me. Around 8.10pm ish I went down to main floor to get something to eat from the kiosk. Got a warm pannini 😊. Better than nothing after all the waiting.
When I got up to the gynecologist floor again I just sat down for a minute and was called in the 2nd time, and this time with 2 female gynecologist 😊😊. They did theire job and I could walk out of there 8.45 pm without the pain. Got home 9.45 pm, tired in my head, hungry and just wanted a good cup of coffee and cozy with my cat before I went to bed.
Thankful to live in a country with a good health system that not every country has. Thankful for friends I still am close to even if we don’t live near each other. Thankful for life even when it’s painful.
The bummer came the day after with a migraine attac as sudden a every time 😔😦 and lasts between 4h and 12h.
Sail the ship with me.
While I joined the praymeeting before this evening service, I said to the Lord “I’m here , use me if you want”. And not many minutes after those words I got a picture.
Description of the first part: old ship (the type from 15 or 16 century (and this type of ship we can see in the movies Pirates of Carabbean)).
The picture: an old ship that sails into the sunset and through the night into the sunrise.
The words to the picture: I am the land you are looking for. Step up and into the ship and We will sail together. I will guide your life when you get onboard.
God bless! 🙏 ❤ ✝️
When you know you are home.
The peace and calm feeling to step into Church after months. WOW! The atmosphere! Just to come, be, sing or listen to the worship and the preaching. 💜.
The bridge in one of the worship songs.
Give me Jesus,
Give me Jesus,
I want everything you are,
I want everything you are.
Knowing you are in the right city and know that the Church you been a part of before. In my case I went here eleven y.a. Yet, I got the same feeling now and my fi4st time in Nowenber when I got into the Church building. 💜.
Today I am thankful that my back is okay. 😊🙏. Months since last time.
(From the preaching) To feel that you are Home also means you know that here are your Christian family, the Lord- ABBA – Father or Dad is here.
Give Him the space, to get the experence to get to know Him. This is also a big oppurtunity to ask him in to your daily life, your workplace or studdylife. Let Him in, into your life through music or podcast’s. Let Him Abba get more space in your life.
No matter how your biological Dad has been the Lord loves you no matter.
The challenge is to come with an open mind and open heart to the Lord our Abba Father.
You might have wound from your childhood, as a teenager, a young aduldt or whereever you were hurt to be able to see how Abba Father are standing there and just loves you.
Maybe we just need to remind our self how much we are loved. That he see’s us and how He can use ypur gifts?
Question; How will you describe God as your Father?
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Sunday June 13th.
Life can be lovely if you just what’s just infront of you.
Right now I am enjoying coffee & oat porrage as my breakfast. Sitting in my livingroom, the radio is on my cat sleeps on my bed, the Sun is up. And I know that it will be warmer outdoors today than yesterday, which I don’t handel so well, but I can still do thing that fits me. 😉
I have recived peace from the Lord.
Life is worth to enjoy!
Keep going, keep smiling, keep figthing for a job, keep looking for a new home, keep packing, keep living.
It’s Sunday september 6th.
I have been up and awake since 08.11am today, Sunday. And already done the janitor task I was suppose to do yesterday evening, but yesterday I had headache and just couldn’t.
I just had my breakfast in the couch and gonna chill a bit, listen to podcasts and a preaching. Enjoy it’s Sunday.
I woke up from a cozy dream, being on a date. 😊 A very nice date. And I had a calm peace when I open up my eyes. Like I needed this dream or maybe this first date with this guy will end like the dream, I don’t know. And that is okay. So I ” will stay ” in this dream, in the way of knowing that: no matter how the real date goes I have recived a calm peace from the Lord about this, however this goes or ends. 😊
The Lord knows what He is doing and I just has to follow Him and I don’t need to be worried. Because I am his child and He will continue to guide my steps. ❤
Life is like a jigsaw puzzle. We don’t always knows how or what the next puzzle piece look like and it can take a while until we find the one that fits. Life and love is the same.
Do not stress about things you can not fix, it’s no point. The Lord knows what’s He is doing. He would not let us go through things, emotions in life you/we can’t handle. 😉
My Daliy Life is a part of my Lord. And He giudes me and my steps. I ask for help for different things in life and He do answers. 😊 It may not always be the way I wish or thought. But He answers. ✝️
All my worries is in his hands.🤲 And knowing the worries stays there is a is a liberating thought. Knowing He take care of all of my worries is His way of showing me Love.
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A faith that hold and carry us.
(From the preaching June 23.)
Life challenge when we ask God specific what we want and which door He open.
Genesis 15:1-5;
1,«After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, «Do not be afraid, Abram I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.» 2,But Abram said, «Lord God, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damscus?» 3,Then Abram said, «Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir!» 4,And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, «This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir.» 5, Then He brought him outside and said, «Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you able to number them.» And He said to him, «So shall your descendants be.»
What do we do when things doesn’t go like we want? Have God told you something that you are still waiting on? How does God’s challenge you? And does God challenge you like he challenged Abraham?
Are you trusting God and God’s plan, when things aren’t going like you thought? Are you standing there and asking «where did you go God?» Just because you don’t feel God?
What does the Hebrew letter say to us?
Hebrew 6:13, 6:19.
6:13; «For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself»
6:19; «This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the evil.»
Where are your anchor?
Who is your anchor?
Are you trusting God and His plan for your life?
Why do we fear God and don’t trust ourselves? Because we don’t trust God enough.
How and what do we do with the covenant we have to and with God?
Make sure that the anchor fall totally down to the bottom. Make sure that the anchor do it’s purpose in your life!
Does your faith endure challenges?
Do you trust God?
My thoughts….
I know I trust God. I reminding myself of the fact that I have to put all my life into his hand if my life is gonna to work. If I don’t trust my Heavenly Father I don’t know how my life would look like. Well I know it wouldn’t look like it do right now.
This preaching has enough questions to read this more then twice! Which I hope you do. Sit down somewhere you feel you can get some input from God. Think over those questions, see if you can answer them right away or if you actually need some time maybe days. It’s not an easy answer here!
As far as I know, I know I trust God and give Him my life every day but do I listen to all He says? I believe I miss some of all the things he is trying to tell me. I can be busy with other things or maybe it’s the TV that take “all my attention”?
I want to be challenge of God in my life, I don’t know if I am ready for it all the times though. I believe those questions are important! to live with every day! And I think it’s one of the challenges God has given us.
To be there and listen to him.
To trust him always.
To not fear.
To accept a challenge and learn on the way in our Christian life wherever we are in our journey with Him. ❤
/Mia-Simone.Svenberg.2019.
The feeling of turning on the music and the television off…
The feeling of turning the music on and the television off. 🙂
This weekend is that just what I have enjoyed. I spent some hours in my couch on Friday evening more because I couldn’t be on my computer after a migraine attack. But I can’t say I watched the programs on the television, no it was more in the background.
So what better isn’t to just turn it off?!?
Yesterday did I sew some and fix some with the sewing-machine and no TV 🙂 after that I went out to be social and celebrate a friend on her birthday. A good decision!
Today I woke up with some ache in my body so I had the TV on in the background, it was some interesting sports and then some boring sports.. haha but after that I had vacuum cleaned my place I felt for some piece and quite.
So music on and I reached for a book, where I am in the end but it’s like I never end it no I rather start a new book..but now I’m gonna finish it! 🙂 So I peacefully can start a new “fourth book” or maybe it’s just a “third book”..
I think it’s okay to read more then one book as long as you know the different and what’s in which book. I usually read 3-4 books parallel with each other. Therefor can’t I read 5 books (well technical I can) but I don’t think it’s so smart. I had a discussion about this with a friend last week, she can’t read more then two parallel of each book and she is fascinate about people like me who read more then that and I am fascinate over those whom only read one book. My mom rad only one book at the time but she also “swallowed” the books she read and she had a hard time to put them away. i am a bit of the opposite of that in my reading.
For me it’s more of a thing to read different genres/type of books and get a better vocabulary because I love to read both in Norwegian and Swedish and English. And when you read more than one book and in more than one language you should be able to increase the vocabulary. 🙂
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