I plan to get to my posting activities so many days...then it gets late and I go to sleep. I was just doing that when I noticed the date on my last post. Where did the whole month of MAY go!! I don't know. It's already heading into the 7th of JUNE.
I decided to send out a few words before my end of day.
Right now my big quest is to do weekly shopping according to a budget. It's a lot harder than I thought it would be. Getting to the store when I need to seems to be part of the problem. The other big issue is how to replace my food staples along with the weekly fresh produce goal.
This month I created a budget tracker to help me get a visual look at the boundaries for this effort. I had to revise it after starting to fill in the details of the process, but it looks like a way to sort out the money issues. We'll know after this month.
I'm already way over my first week's budget because I did my main shopping at a different store, then went to my regular shopping place for refilling my cupboards. If I can keep to the budget I worked out today, I will make it through OK. Next month I will have it figured out better, for all four weeks.
The first week of the month is the main shopping time. I need to replace a lot of things I used up. I end up buying more than I need to. SOOOOOOO, my plan is to spread that buying through all four weeks... in JULY. :-)
Right now, I have to use all the fresh produce I bought because it was at a sale price and getting to a store is still a problem. This is a serious budget issue. I will be working on how to spread my food out over the month so I can make it to next month.
One good thing -- I finally figured out how to do the weeks of the month for my food budget. I just have to go by the dates :: 1-7, 8-14, 15-21, 22-28. Going by the days of the week just didn't work. Four weeks is the main part of the month. That's the budget. Four weeks.
Faith issues are a daily struggle. I am looking for GOD's answers to the problems I face in my life, and how the larger Body of Christ is surviving those same problems. We are facing so many hard choices, consequences to years of not seeing the battles or not doing anything about those battles, and increasing persecutions by the Enemy and those who are his soldiers. Prophecy can't be stopped, but how do those of us who believe in GOD and are saved by Christ find the path to the future? I'm not sure. I keep seeking GOD's answers.
Let me know if you have found any of those answers.
Well, I need to end this now. I will try to be better at sharing my life and thoughts with you this month and beyond. I am looking for a workable pace, a schedule I can live with, and how to focus my activities on what matters most.
In Christ,
Deborah Martin
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