Soup and a sandwich

I never know what's gonna happen next in my life.  A for-instance happened today.  I went out to the thrift stores to look through their selections of vinyl records.  While I didn't find any I liked, I did come across a plate with clock markings and a hole drilled into it.  Said plate matches my dish pattern so I bought it for 50 cents.  I found a clock kit that was affordable as well on Amazon, so I should have a fully functioning clock in a couple of days.  It'll be a nice addition to the kitchen and nice to have a clock to glance at instead of having to walk to the stove or microwave to see the time.

Losing track of time is a thing these days.  My son bought me a day clock.  I needed it.  The days fly by and it's really easy to lose track of the day of the week, let alone the date.  Such is retirement.

The hot tub is such a blessing.  It would be nice to have someone to share it with but it's not without its' own struggles.  The first one was that when you plug the GFCI cord into the GDCI outlet, the two don't like each other and the hot tub won't work.  A 100' extension cord solved the problem temporarily.  A new outlet installed on the back deck solved the problem permanently.  And it only took two trips to the store to get the job done.

Another thing I think is that I'm gonna need a couple more swimsuits for my hot tub.  I'm gonna be using it a lot.  I'd be in it now if it weren't raining.  

I own a new ladder.  I need a multi-purpose ladder because the ceilings in my house are 12' tall.  Most of the lighting is recessed.  My six foot step ladder wasn't getting the job done.  When my friend was here, he reminded me of the ladders we used on the airplanes. I'd forgotten all about them.  I now own one.

I learned something about the differences between sin and iniquity this week.  I always thought iniquity was another word for sin.  I found out differently.  I now understand that iniquity is knowing something is sin and doing it anyway.  I had no idea.  I also had to get into agreement with God about something I didn't find particularly sinful.  When one of us needs to change, it's 100% on me to change.  

In that, I also needed to get right with God about something I did about seven years ago.  I disobeyed God.  I tried to justify that by saying I didn't realize I was doing it.  I think believed that on some level, but in the end, I did what I wanted and expected God to bless it.  He didn't.  

At all.

But He kind of showed me that I was still trying to justify or reason that disobedience instead of just owning it.  This is me just owning it.  God told me to love someone.  I didn't do it the first time He told me.  And that's on me.  Nobody else but me.

See, there were some meat and potatoes stuff in here.  Getting right with God about some stuff has been a a thing lately.  I guess we always are growing as Christians and He's just using a waiting season I'm going through to get my heart right and change the way I think about some things.

Speaking of meat and potatoes...I was going to make some possole for dinner tonight but I got distracted at the store tonight, so I think it's going to be a grilled ham and cheese sammich and a bowl of tomato soup.  Sounds pretty good for a cold winter night.  Snow is expected over on the I-5 corridor but here at 34 feet above sea level, just rain.  

I don't miss the snow.