Angels

I want to take a moment and send a quick thankyou to all those Angels that, as the Alabama song puts it, are among us.  With the Christmas season here I have had the joy of listening to many of my favorite Christmas songs, and as I was busy doign things yesterday that lovely song by Alabama came on and I took a moment to think about a few of the Angels in my life.

I started thinking about teachers and others who have come and gone in my life, about those who are still around and those who just seemed to disapear suddenly one day without a trace, as if they were never really there to begin with.  I thought about those who I thought I would be close to forever and always and haven't spoken to in years and don't even know where they are anymore.  I know I have spoken about this before, about the friends I have lost a long the way, and I don't want to be a broken record.

I do though want to mention that you never know what little thing will be that big difference in someone else's life.  I am so thankful for the teachers who took the extra time, for the strangers who made it their problem, and all those who stepped in to help out even when I didn't realize I needed the help.

If you wouldn't mind sharing an 'angel' story of your very own I would definitely appreciate it

Thanksgiving

I have been so busy, we haven't had any big thanksgiving plans, and luckily, cause even without big thanksgiving plans we have found ourselves busier than we could handle.  John worked on the kitchen floor and now only has behind the washer and fridge to finish, what he did finish though looks so good.  We got the tree up and decorated and the majority of the house is clean and we are getting ready to feed the missionaries for tomorrow, thought we would feed them today, but it turns out I was off by a day.

I am so excited for the Christmas season, so many great blessings seem to come during the christmas season, and I hope our weak economy doesn't stop the goodwill towards all men

Unanswered prayers....

In high school I had a boyfriend who just happened to be best friends with my husband, they aren't anymore.  This boyfriend, whom I was madly in love with, dumped me, and it devastated me.  I prayed night after night that he would come to his senses and return to me.  It actually turns out that it wasn't until I was about 3 months pregnant with my son that I realized after dreaming that he came to me and wanted me back that I realized I was over him and that I truly loved my husband.  A few months ago I came across a picture of him on facebook and suddenly the song by Garth Brooks sang through my head....'sometimes I thank God, for unanswered prayers'  because as much as I was in love with the guy he was in high school there is no way I would have been able to stay with the man he has become, not only does it seem that he has amounted to nothing, he is also bigger and balder and has facial hair--and did I mention, he loves to party?  Yes, definitely not my cup of tea--Thank you God, Thank you for giving him the sense to dump me and John the sense to save me from myself.

So next time you find yourself devastated cause life isn't going your way, remember that some times we don't always know what is best for us, but God does and if we can just follow his plan it will all work out in the end--I really wish I could post the pic of said ex-boyfriend but I am sure even if I could figure out how to do it if it was ever discovered there would definitely be legal issues.

ever so sorry

I am not trying to ignore every one, I have been trying to get my house organized, the holiday season is coming and I am trying to get things in order so we can put the christmas tree up thanksgiving evening.

In addition to the cleaning and organizing, John informed me Sunday that he forgot to pay tithing, I have spent quite a bit of time trying to figure out just how we are going to come up with the money to pay Tithing ASAP--since his announcement, we have discovered that the dogs both have fleas, a check I wrote months ago finally came out of our account and so instead of $50 something dollars we now have only $5 and I still haven't figured out just how we are going to get a turkey for thanksgiving (I was going to use that $50 to get it but now that we don't have it....). Anyhow, my mind has definitely been focusing on other things so I do hope you all forgive me.

I definitely can tell you I can see the difference paying Tithing makes--

superstition and Friday the 13th

is it anti christian to be superstitious? A friend once told me that being superstitious meant that I thought God was punishing me, but I had never thought about it this way--anybody have any opinions on this, because I am very superstitious, but don't want to be anti-christian--is there a way to be both?