I am
here apologizing once again and asking for prayer. I know that I have not
posted in some time. I am hoping this fact will change not long after the
new year along with getting some much needed maintenance done on this blog.
I inadvertently left out part of the title and have never fully gotten
the background like I wanted it. My apologies! I also have hopes to
get back to working on my next book while proofing all of my previous blog
posts at the same time. Please bare with me and if you think of it, offer
up a word of prayer for all of this, too! I am wanting to lift Him up for
your benefit, not mine. Praying He helps me in this!
In
moving to our new city and apartment, my husband and I moved back into a room
together. I have much, much less space BUT I am just feet from my husband
instead of several rooms away. I do not mind at all living in a smaller
space. We gave up space for amenities. Now in a gated community at
least at night. We are closer to my husband's work, 10 minutes compared
to 40 minutes. So we have also given up a car. Please forgive me if
I've shared all of this before. I won't rehash. Giving up some
space has taken some reorganizing and with all else that has conspired this
year, it's still ongoing. I have not been able to do any of my artwork
since September of 2015. I have been missing it all and it is getting
much closer to having it be resolved. I would appreciate any
encouragement in the comments.
On
top of all the moving, our son was married in November up in Pennsylvania.
We attended and were so very excited about the whole thing. We now
have a sweet new daughter-in-law and even a granddaughter! So our family
has grown in leaps and bounds. Being adopted myself, this has brought
much joy to my heart. When I was first told of her daughter (3 years ago)
I was actually so very happy that our son was considering being a Daddy to a
child that was already present in the world and needing him in her life.
I am still ecstatic! The smile on our son's face at the completion
of their vows told me volumes! He is 30 years old and I never saw such
joy on his face. I can honestly tell you that I don't think I've ever
gone so many hours without a dry eye, from joy, of course! My only regret
now is that they live several states away. We would love to know both of
them better! When I married my husband, I knew that he had a son from a
previous marriage. I told him that if he ever wanted to get custody of
him that I was fine with that and that I already loved him, being that he was a
part of him. We went on to finding out that I could not have children
(story planned on this in a later post). We got custody of his son in
1999 when he was 13 years old and I also had a son! And I won't spoil any
more of the story for you.
Despite
my efforts to regain health, along with many prayers, I ended up in the
hospital in Pennsylvania. Then we returned home to work with doctors to
overcome newly arisen issues yet Satan has appeared to be on the warpath.
The only reason why I am sharing more in depth is that I need you to know
how serious this is so that you all may pray accordingly. I was informed
just two days ago that at some point I have had a mild heart attack. I am
having further testing with a cardiac catheterization just after the new year.
I know this can also be something that requires more recovery time to get
me back moving again so it may slow my posts here, I will keep you updated.
This is all something that I have been praying about for some time and
has been needed even before the heart attack. Prayers please for my
healing, and right now for me to keep my eyes on Jesus since I appear to be a
bit flighty in my emotions. And also for my continuation in lifting Jesus
up higher. I believe that God has a place for me out there and that Satan
is mad and on the attack because of what God is wanting to do. But, we
all know that Greater is He that is in me, than he that is in the world. I was having a much worse time of it until I saw this photo posted on
Facebook and have had to share it now, many times over:
*1 John 4:4You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
And,
due to the Christmas holiday I will share a Christmas song that I've lover over
and over again. When the "Hallelujah's" ring in here it just
truly inspires such awe in my heart that it brings tears. It is my hope
that you will pay some deep attention and find the same! God bless you
and Merry Christmas.
May God bless you through my writing. If He has especially touched you in any way, please leave a comment below. Your comments are so very encouraging to me to help me to keep writing. Also, click on the “Uptweet” button on the above right and share! I pray you will keep coming back. I fully believe that my writing is by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit so if I am writing, there is someone that needs to read it! Maybe it’s you? Also, please be sure to share any questions you might have with me and if you would like to keep them personal (just between you and me) please don’t hesitate to e-mail me at juliana.pace@gmail.com. If I don’t know how to answer you, I will may every attempt to refer you to someone for more information. Thanks and may God bless all your days!
