This Week – 07/08/2024 – Michael A. Gilbert

This is my weekly summary of posts made this week plus a few extra parts.

This Week’s Posts:

I caught a beautiful delta sunrise the other morning!

A beautiful morning outside at Cut-Off Creek

A garden update

Word Of Encouragement This Week:

This week’s word of encouragement is from 2 Chronicles 20:12. I was driving to town earlier listening to Christian radio when the DJ encouraged with this verse.

We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you. – 2 Chronicles 20:12

Let me just say, I do not know what to do most days but when I keep my eyes on my God and his salvation and work in my life I’m in a much better place. How about you?

Remember: Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? – Matthew 6:26-27

I believe salvation is as easy as ABC. Admit You’re A Sinner, Believe Jesus Is Lord, Call Upon His Name (Confess).

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. Romans 3:23-24

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16

If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9

Song Of Encouragement This Week:

My Favorite Photograph This Week:

One goal of this project is to recommend local business/organizations. This week I’ll continue with this goal, I want to mention my friends at Paradigm Fitness here in Monticello. I’ve mentioned Paradigm before. If I remember correctly I’ve been working out at at Paradigm fitness for about two years. I started going and working individually with Monica Napier on a independent coaching plan. Then she helped me transition to going to the regular morning group class once a week while still working with her once a week and then just recently I started going to the class for both days. The classes are led by a coach who usually helps me modify the workout and gives encouragement during the class.

I’ve never been one to workout! But after my stroke that I talked about in MY STORY I wanted to do more to get healthy. I cannot imagine what my life would be without Paradigm’s challenging workouts and encouragement each week. I know I’d not live as active a life as I do right now.

If you need a workout plan please check out Paradigm. They have plans for everyone!

Thanks Paradigm coaches and athletes for the encouragement each week!

Gotta keep the sweat rag and water bottle nearby at Paradigm!

Michael Gilbert: This blog is a personal project of ramblings from me on a variety of subjects. In suggestion articles I’ve read on creating a blog everything suggests creating a niche type subject for everything but this blog is a summary of my life which has a bunch of moving parts. I was unable to decide on an area of life to focus this blog on so I went with many subjects. Sorry if my ramblings are too scattered for you!

If you’re curious on who this rambling redneck from south Arkansas is you can read my story here.

Thanks for stopping by to read my ramblings!

-Michael

I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. -Philippians 1:20 (NIV)