Arnica Anonymous

This year I wanted to be more faithful with posting on Arnica Anonymous even if it mean they were just quick little drop by posts. So...guess what this is? :) January has been full of blessings for me. I had been praying for some time for an other part time job and a few weeks ago one practically dropped into my lap (I now have three jobs). I also had gotten very tired of paying mileage on my borrowed car and the same day I started the new job I looked at and bought a lovely new set of wheels. God's timing was perfect and I am so blessed by this shower of his goodness. I do often feel tired though. Today I had to call in sick which gave me some free time from all but the job I do at home on my computer. And, as you can see, I was able to find a moment to do some catching up in the Blogosphere! Sometimes being sick can actually be a nice thing. ;) How has your 2018 been going so far? Can you believe we are already nearly a month into it?!

So...I am still here. And to start the New Year I would like to apologize for not reading and commenting on all of your lovely blogs more. I know I have missed some great content and I will try to do better in 2018! To move on, what I wanted to share today came to mind as  I was creating my New Year's resolutions. I was scribbling some thoughts down on struggles that I wanted to see conquered in 2018 and it occurred to me that I was handling them the wrong way. I was trying to be the tough one. The girl holding the blazing sword and saying, "You shall not pass!". That doesn't work though because my temptations don't come charging at me head-on with a snarl and horns. They tip-toe up behind me on sparkling fairy feet and whisper everything I could desire sweetly in my ear. (A quote I discovered on Pinterest but have been unable to locate the author of.) I am unable to stand and fight them but find myself instead following them with a charmed smile on