Hello family and friends,
Just thought I would share a few more blessings our family received from God this week.
Blessing #1: I was really nervous about the possibility of Caroline running high fevers after her shots on Tuesday, since she is kind of prone to that kind of thing anyway. After struggling with it for awhile, I finally released the worry to the Lord, and by Tuesday, I was calm as a cucumber. And even better, Caroline did fantastic! Cried a little, but no fevers or even crankiness!
Blessing #2: For some reason, our power went out this morning along with almost 10,000 others in West Virginia…huge power outage from the storm I’m guessing? It went off at about 5:50 a.m. this morning in Harrisville, and according to the power company, was not due to come back on until 11:59 p.m. tomorrow night. So I start stressing about what are we going to do with the food in the fridge and the freezer? We just went to the store for crying out loud! More importantly, it’s supposed to get down in the 20s tonight. What do we do for heat? So after freaking out for a good couple of hours, I go into the bathroom at work away from everyone to have a talk with God. I prayed that even though I know there are people in the world far worse off than us and our power outage, I prayed that the Lord just keep us safe and guide us to make the best decisions for our sake and for Caroline’s. When I came out of the bathroom, my friend Christi was waiting to tell me our power had just come back on.
So I guess moral of the story is this: It is natural for us to try and fix things ourselves and then go to God when our decision-making doesn’t work out or we just simply can’t take anymore. But I’ve learned definitely this week, that the quicker we turn our problems over to God and ask Him for help, the quicker He can make it all better like a great father is supposed to do, and like the awesome Father He is. The intent of this posting wasn’t to “preach” to you, but just to share my blessings with you guys and let you know what God did for me and my family this week! I hope all of you experience his blessings as well.
Just thought I would share a few more blessings our family received from God this week.
Blessing #1: I was really nervous about the possibility of Caroline running high fevers after her shots on Tuesday, since she is kind of prone to that kind of thing anyway. After struggling with it for awhile, I finally released the worry to the Lord, and by Tuesday, I was calm as a cucumber. And even better, Caroline did fantastic! Cried a little, but no fevers or even crankiness!
Blessing #2: For some reason, our power went out this morning along with almost 10,000 others in West Virginia…huge power outage from the storm I’m guessing? It went off at about 5:50 a.m. this morning in Harrisville, and according to the power company, was not due to come back on until 11:59 p.m. tomorrow night. So I start stressing about what are we going to do with the food in the fridge and the freezer? We just went to the store for crying out loud! More importantly, it’s supposed to get down in the 20s tonight. What do we do for heat? So after freaking out for a good couple of hours, I go into the bathroom at work away from everyone to have a talk with God. I prayed that even though I know there are people in the world far worse off than us and our power outage, I prayed that the Lord just keep us safe and guide us to make the best decisions for our sake and for Caroline’s. When I came out of the bathroom, my friend Christi was waiting to tell me our power had just come back on.
So I guess moral of the story is this: It is natural for us to try and fix things ourselves and then go to God when our decision-making doesn’t work out or we just simply can’t take anymore. But I’ve learned definitely this week, that the quicker we turn our problems over to God and ask Him for help, the quicker He can make it all better like a great father is supposed to do, and like the awesome Father He is. The intent of this posting wasn’t to “preach” to you, but just to share my blessings with you guys and let you know what God did for me and my family this week! I hope all of you experience his blessings as well.
“Be strong and courageous, for the LORD will be with you wherever you go”
-Joshua 1:9
Love it!!!! Yay for no fevers!! and Yay for power!! WOO HOO!
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