Later that month....

Wow! It has been almost 2 weeks, and I don't have any good reason why.
There really is not anything happening to keep me from posting. I guess I just didn't have anything rattling around my brain to write about. I still don't. Well not really.

The only thing that I have been pondering is why there doesn't seem to be an abundance of Christmas Spirit this year. I have read about limited examples of it, but not like normal. It's almost like someone came and sprinkled Mueslix on top of your Honey Nut Cheerios. The goodness is still there, but there are hard, crunchy, twig-like things in your way of enjoying the sweet honey goodness. Is it the economy? The price of gas? The fact that milk is $4 a gallon? Or is our hearts turning sour?

Hubby, this is for you....
This season, open your Bible and read the 4 gospels. Let your heart be open and read closely about why Jesus was born. So that we may live and be saved from God and His wrath. Let's not only celebrate the fact that He was born but also, that He died so that we may live the life of Christians. Helping, hoping, worshipping, "gospeling",sharing, and praying, and doing this daily. All of it.

Let's spend time this Christmas in our prayer closet and go into next year with a new heart set toward God. Let's just do it!

Merry Christmas

Saturday.....

Anxious for what?

Sunday, dear hubby sermonized on Philippians 4:6. This is a pretty good follow up to my last post, sort of. The verse tells us to be anxious for nothing, but to give thanks and supplication. I should have just given thanks to the parents and to God for everything. Instead I tried to make things even. God doesn't want even. He wants everything. My parents didn't want even, they just wanted to provide something helpful to my family. I should take the blessings we get and praise God. I should be praying a prayer of thanks that we are worthy of helping through God making us humble. I should be praying endlessly for everything. I should be studying the Bible more to get more understanding of how God wants things and what I should do.

I should go lay down. My brain is hurting from all of these thoughts forming that are awesome to think about. Maybe I'll just go read a little more from Philippians...

God is so Good!!

Day before yesterday, the hubby's truck decided to go into menopause and overheat on the way to work. He returned home, took my car, and continued on his way. After work, my dad came to help him take the water pump off so that it could be replaced.



Yesterday, as hubby still had the car, my parents were coming to drive me to pick up the kiddies from school. Dad decided to go ahead and pick up the pump so that they could put it on as soon as hubby was home. Job done, and Dad wouldn't let me give him the money for the pump or the new belt he had also bought. "Hey, let us take you and Mom out to eat so that we can pay some of it back to you." Sounded good, so we took them to Casa Fiesta (House Party?) Mexican Restaurant. Time for the bill...and they took it from the waiter and refused to let us pay for it. I am not sure whether to be happy that the amount for the pump will not have to come out of the monthly budget, or upset that they wouldn't let us do something for them in thanks and repayment.

I know this is one of those moments to say "God is so GOOD!", but I still feel a little hurt that they wouldn't let us do anything for them. As this is the way of parents though, I will let this pass. I learned 2 things:
1) When taking your parents out to eat, get to the waiter before they do so you can grab the bill
and 2) Just don't take them out to eat. Cook a meal at home so that there is no bill that they can pay and if they try to give you money for it, then YOU can tell them no!!

Any thoughts?

Let's Start Something Good

This is my first post on my first blog in my first attempt to get my thoughts out of my head and into someone elses...

I am coming to you live, deep in Providence, both a place and a gift from God to allow me to be here now. I have read friends blogs and they are more gifted in sharing their thoughts and ideas, but I hope to keep up and entertain you, maybe even "learn you a little somethin'".

My posting will probably be sporatic and spastic, but bear with me...it will be worth it!