Wednesday, January 30, 2013

we finally know :)

one thing for sure that i know is...
that i don't know anything :)
 
over the course of our 3 years in the adoption process...
i have truly learned how little i know.
really, only God knows.
 
i am SO excited that i can share...
(because i hold the paper in my hand)
that we will be traveling
 to see our girls in a couple of weeks!
 
we are slated to be reunited
FEBRUARY 21ST!!
 
Thank you for continuing
on this journey with us!
 

Monday, January 14, 2013

mystery of the missing coat...


i had such an incredible time with the Lord
as i tagged along with Jordan and her friends at Passion,
Wow!
 
the hotel that we stayed in was
attached to a mall...
(and no i did not know that when i booked it).
 
during one lull in the schedule...
i meandered into the mall to have a look
(just a peek)!
 
before i say what happened...
let me preface with,
Passion begins New Years Day...
so in my defense...
can i just say sale, sale, sale!!
 
anyway...
i laid eyes on the cutest gray pea coat,
at an incredible price...
BUT... I DID NOT NEED IT!
so i bought it. 
 
maybe the "gnawing feeling in the gut"
 should have gave way to the
truth that i should not have gotten it...
but i brought it home anyway.
 
so the following monday i wore it...
for the first time... and i liked it alot!
 
monday eve i was working at a food
distribution center (the manna house)
here in huntsville with it on :)
 
and at one point i heard my daddy above
pretty clear,
as i was working alongside of a single mom...
to GIVE the jacket to her.
 
yep, you figured it... i ignored the voice!
not once but several times.
and it returned...
that "gnawing feeling in the gut". 
(if you are a believer you know what
i am talking about... the flesh verses the Spirit) 
 
later i thought about it for a split second
and excused that gnawing as a hunger pain, (REALLY!)
as i made my way to the restaurant we were meeting at.
 
when i got home later in the eve...
i realized i had left my coat at the restaurant,
and quickly had Scott call to recover it...
but there was an interesting discovery...
NO ONE there had seen it :)
 
all i could do was laugh...
not over the missing coat,
but at God's sense of humor.
 
He expected my obedience and i didn't give it...
so He helped me learn a hard lesson,
I can obey the easy way and be blessed...
or the hard way and suffer through it!
 
the coat is still a mystery to many...
but not to me!

as painful as it is at times...
i am SO THANKFUL for a God
that loves me enough to discipline me
when i am being down right selfish!