Fulfilling a Promise

November 20, 2021February 15, 2022 / Frugal Fish / Leave a comment

I woke up at 3:39 a.m. because I had to use the bathroom. I put on my robe, slippers, and looked for the moon to watch the eclipse. I finally found it in the west obscured by clouds.

I looked on Facebook and realized the eclipse occurred on Thursday night. I even shared an article about it but didn’t read it because I thought I already knew the pertinent information.

I missed it completely.

The blood moon was one of the signs that Jesus told us would happen right before he returned. I read those verses every year, see Joel 2:31; Acts 2:20.

Sunday and Monday at a prophecy conference, Joseph Morris spoke about the signs and mentioned the blood moon and lunar eclipse on the 19th. I heard about this event several times this week and still missed it!

These signs show us God is ready to fulfill a promise to send Jesus Christ back to earth a second time. Yes, you have heard this before. Yes, you have read all about it. Yes, you have all the pertinent information but you could still miss it. Just like I missed the eclipse.

If you are unsure, there is a prayer posted on the page of what I “Read Today.” Click on it in the menu.

Jesus is coming back. God promised.

“God is not man, that he might lie, or a son of man, that he might change his mind. Does he speak and not act, or promise and not fulfill?” Numbers 23:19
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He will fulfill it and I will see you later when Jesus comes.

Clear Out the Old

November 13, 2021 / Frugal Fish / Leave a comment

I was up at five, (thank you time change), and turned on the swag light over the kitchen table. It flickered.

I pulled the cord out and it sparked! I yelled for David. I had the curtain in my left hand and the sparking cord in my right hand. The light was plugged in behind the stove. David moved the stove and unplugged it.

I’m heartbroken. This is where I work, read, paint, sew, craft, dream, plan. I just added a crystal garland to this light and decided it was finished.

I moved to the couch and started my devotions.

“…clear out the old to make room for the new,” Leviticus 26:10.
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This light was a Christmas gift from my in-laws after our first child was born. It started life as a brass light. I wrote about my improvements here. Yes, it is old!

I wonder how many other “old” things I am holding onto that I should be releasing. I keep painting, improving, and dressing up things that I should replace. That light came close to starting a fire!

Since then, I am looking at things differently. Is my basement full of old things that I should just throw away? (I’m thinking of a bag of towels.) How can God bless me with new things when my home is stuffed with old things?

Please tell me I am not alone.

Just in Case

November 6, 2021 / Frugal Fish / Leave a comment

I was exposed to COVID on Monday. I wore a mask and little white gloves when I picked up the patient at the ER – just in case. I only spent 5 minutes with her but I spent a few hours with her daughter.

Tuesday, her daughter’s test came back positive. I cleaned the house. I also dusted the baseboards and cleaned the basement – just in case. I canceled practice in my home and told the worship leader I may not be at church on Sunday.

Wednesday, I made a grocery list and menus for 2 weeks – just in case. My verse was Leviticus 9:4, “…For today the Lord is going to appear to you.” CSB

I watched church online and was reminded to encourage myself with Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs. There is nothing better to battle fear and worry than to sing praise to God!

Day 4 of my quarantine and I read this: Leviticus 13:11, “…the priest must pronounce him unclean. He need not quarantine him, for he is unclean.” CSB

It’s funny how I looked at things differently while under quarantine. I prepared for a disaster. Wouldn’t my finances be better if I always planned ahead and was ready for anything? How many times did I say to myself, “Don’t put off ’til tomorrow what you can do today?”

I worked on several things that I have been procrastinating over. I got out the flash drive from our son’s wedding to choose pictures to purchase. (Yes, it was three years ago. Don’t judge. The flash drive was accidentally put in a drawer.) I made seven salads and ordered a credit check.

I finished the week strong. I caught up with the laundry, the reports, updated our tax sheets, cleaned the computer, backed it up, and ran a virus check. They found malware but quickly quarantined it. (That is one quarantine for which I am grateful!)

I finished my work and realized. I didn’t have one symptom! I texted the worship leader to let him know I would be there to play on Sunday. My verse today was: Leviticus 15:5, “…wash his clothes, and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.” CSB

Even though I did not contract COVID, I still had to wash my clothes, including my coat, bathe, and stay away from others.

Today I made my task list and decided to continue working as if disaster was right around the corner. David saw my list and did one large project for me because he had the day off. Woo-hoo!

I practiced and look forward to playing at church tomorrow. I realize we are incredibly lucky. Many Christians do not have the freedom to go to church. In the Bible, only the High Priest was allowed in God’s presence, once a year.

Leviticus 16:2, “The Lord said to Moses, ‘Tell your brother Aaron that he may not come whenever he wants into the holy place behind the curtain in front of the mercy seat on the ark or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.’ ”
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We get an extra hour of sleep tonight. I encourage you to come early to church. You don’t want to miss one song because praise is your weapon against fear, worry, and sadness.