I can't sleep. I'm not sure why. I woke up around 9 this morning and didn't even take a nap or 'rest' today! Anyway, so I've been farting around on the computer and thought I'd blog since there is a scheduled outage for later today (Tuesday). And of course now I'm getting tired.
Can I just say that there are some days where things actually go right!??!!? Imagine that for a second folks. Yes, we testify when the Lord does some amazing miracle in our lives or when something we've been praying for gets answered. But more often we whine and complain about what isn't right, isn't fair, isn't just. Well let me tell ya something.
So last Sunday night I didn't get to go to church b/c I took a friend to the ER. C drove his truck to church. If I told you, then you will recall I was watching a friends daughter at their house from last Sunday to this past Sunday.
C calls me when church is out.
C: Something is wrong w/ my truck.
Me: UGH! What?
C: I don't know. It dies if I am not revving the engine.
Me: Oh boy.
C: I've figured out how to drive home w/ out it stalling. Can you pick me up at the house and I'll use your car and you can use J's till we figure out what is wrong.
Me: yep, I'll leave here in 5 minutes. Thank God we have this spare vehicle to use this week.
Fast forward, I arrive at the house pick up C we are hungry but the funds are low. Meaning there is NO money in the bank, C doesn't get paid until Friday, and generally neither of us carries cash. Surprisingly, between the 2 of us and the 'cubby' in my car we scrounge up $6. Wendy's dollar menu here we come. As we are sitting in line waiting, C is totally bummed and I can tell. He says, "We can never get a break, can we?" and that totally just sums it up for us. It feels that the moment something is looking good... something else comes along and just knocks that nice picture right out of our heads.
Monday afternoon I went home and putzed around and finally checked the mail. HALLELUJAH! a check that we were expecting but forgot about had arrived! YAY!!! Cash for the rest of the week! Thank You God! I'm ashamed to admit that not once during the week did I mention to the Lord about the situation w/ C's truck. I just went about my week as normal. Saturday at the last possible moment C goes to AutoZone. They check the battery. It's D. E. A. D. Like so dead that it won't even accept a charge from a battery charger. It's a WallyWorld special that happened to have a 3 yr warrenty and lo and behold it wasn't up yet! C goes to WW, they check their little computer, yeap, less than 3 yrs old, here's your new battery buddy. WHOO HOOO!
Back to AutoZone so they can test the alternator to see what the deal was w/ why it wasn't charging and all that other mechanic-y stuff. Well, bless God, the alternator is FINE. No problems with it all. The whole problem was caused by the battery that just got replaced for FREE!!!! WHOOO HOOOO!! and yes, I did thank the Lord. and I apologized for not discussing it with Him earlier. :insert ashamed face here:
Just thought I'd share that little story with you all; just in case you ever thought God didn't care about the little things.
GUESS WHAT I AM DOING TONIGHT!!!!???!!!!
Going to a celebration party at SONIC. My friend Staci has gone 30 days without her precious Diet-Coke-from-Sonic-twice-a-day fix. She will break her fast tomorrow night and I am invited to be there.... and of course I will take pics. I'm not so sure this was a fast as much as it was a challenge from her hubby.... but hey, I'll give her the credit anyway. The story behind it is in her blog,
Glimpses, and the link is in my sidebar if ya wanna check it out.
Oh and for anyone that cares... I'll be in NY soon!!!!
