God's Timing

God's timing is something you can never fully understand. Sometimes its the other people in your life that don't understand. But one thing is true; God's timing is always right. Whether you or others think otherwise. Here's an example. Last Thursday Jesse and I were driving to the church when we spotted a sign at the apartments that there was a two bedroom available. We decided to check it out. As soon as we entered the office, the manager immediately handed us applications. Then she grabbed her keys to show us the place. I was not expecting to see it at all. In fact, I didn't know what to expect. I have never done anything like this before. We looked around and were happy with what we saw. We left to go to worship team practice. We filled out the applications not knowing whether or not we were going to turn them in. I asked Jesse to talk with me about the whole situation. We talked about money, and doing what it takes to have that kind of responsibility. Then we waited. We sat and watched James play some Tiger Woods for awhile while we thought everything through. I just had this feeling like this was the right thing to do. I told Jesse I wanted to go forward with getting the place. Now this is were Jesse immediately started the whole "can we handle this. Can we afford this. You know that things will not be the same." I just told him I would be anything I had to do and that God would take care of us. We decided to turn in our application. The manager said we would find out if we got the place in a couple of hours. Well at 5pm the phone rang. She said the apartment was ours. I was shocked. This was the first time anything like this ever happened to me. I knew it was right. So we signed the papers and have already stared moving things in.

Through all this, Jesse and I have learned how to communicate on a much higher level. We balance ourselves out. I automatically think "Oh God will take care of everything" and Jesse automatically thinks "how are we going to do this?". So together we do what we can knowing that God is always going to take care of us.

This was also my first real adult decision. It was kinda scary. I didn't know what my parents were going to think. I didn't know how anyone was going to react. But I knew in my heart that I was listening to God. That we were including God in this decision. And whether we, or anyone else, felt it was too soon or too much, it was God's timing. And I praise Him for that!!!!!!

One Simple Act

That's all it takes, one simple act. It can change someones day for the better. Yesterday was a crazy day. I was so stressed I wanted to scream. I was a mess trying to get things done one time. Then I went to the church for worship team practice. I was stressed through the whole practice thinking about all the other things I had to do that day. After practice I went to the office to do secretary work. I still had to clean the church and go to the store for mother's day, I was not in a good mood. Steven came into my office and asked me what was wrong. I told me how stressed I was. Then he left to go talk to James about the edger or something. Anyway he came back to talk to me more about work. A few minutes later Beth and Maggie came in the church. Maggie was holding a colander and came up to me. It had cherries in it. She said they were for me. Then Steven asked Maggie if she told me they were for me to help me feel better. My heart leaped inside. I instantly felt better. I grabbed a cherry and ate it. It was good. The rest of the day was nice and I didn't feel any stress. It's amazing how much one simple act can change someone's attitude. I am truly grateful for that. So next time you see someone with a bad attitude, or they are really stressed, one simple act from you could change their day and help them feel better.

This one's for Jim and Pam!!!!! I love you!!!

So we watched the Office last night. It was awesome once again. At the end, it showed previews for next week, it said "next week on the special one hour season finale", we all screamed! We were like what, only one more episode!!!!! What are we going to do with no office??????? I just don't know.
I am going to miss their faces. But I guess that's what reruns are for.


AHHHHH..........they're so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!