....my last post ended with a goal, that in 2011 I wanted to keep my peace and joy no matter what the circumstances. I wanted to find the treasure in every trial. I ended the post by saying "I wonder how many trials I would have to face to learn this!" Well the trials have begun, question is, will I pass the test?!!
2nd January: Kristian went down to start his car to get it ready for work on Monday morning. The car started, but the brakes were locked, jammed, stuck, whatever you want to call it. He tried everything he could to unlock them, nothing worked. In the end he rang the AA car rescue service and got the car towed down to our local mechanic.
3rd January: Kristian rang me at work. "Are you sitting down" he asked. " No - why?" I replied. He had just talked to the mechanic about our car and our car was sick....VERY sick!! The amount of money it would take to make it better almost made me drop the phone!!! Now I had a choice... I could start worrying, get mad, get fed up, complain or even get angry!! But I decided to do none of them, "My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory." So now it´s in God´s hands.
4th January: Woke this morning with 2 sick girls. Leah has been sick for a few days now. A bad cold, fever on and off, and sooo much coughing. However Sara woke this morning with high fever and a sore throat - AGAIN!!! So I went to work for a few hours, then home to get Sara. It was off to the doctor with her. She got checked again, this time her blood count for infection was really high!! I was told to take her to the hospital so the specialist could look at her. They were afraid that the boil/blister had returned. If it had they would rush her in for an operation today!
Now Sara is going away with her school to Lanzarote on Friday for 1 week. It is part of her course. They are going to a sports facility and doing a project down there as part of her exam. If she doesn´t go she has to take the year all over again!! (apparently, although we are looking into this!) She has been soooo looking forward to the trip.
Thankfully, the boil had not returned. Instead she came home with a recept for a pile of medicine! Hopefully it will do the trick! This evening however she is feeling really rotten! On top of everything else she is feeling sick, but can´t seem to vomit!! (I know, too many details!!) We hope the medicine will start working wonders soon as she really wants to go on her trip on Friday.
On my way back to work I was thinking - "Boy what a day!!" I then decided to see what CD was playing in my car. I have not listened to any CDs since November, mainly because we had a radio station that just played christmas music the whole month of December, so that´s all I listened too. Well I pushed the CD button and the song that started to play was "Pray about everything"...by Guy Penrod. I had to smile! The text of the first verse says;
Time is tight (yep, had to get back to work)
And money is short (yep - it´s January after all - and we have a sick car!)
River is up (well not really, more like ice everywhere!!)
And the weather man is calling for another storm! (Yep - only it´s another snow storm)
The pressures on, the margins thin (yep - Sara needs to be well for Friday!)
Gotta figure out a fix for this awful fix I´m in! (Sure do!)
Oh mamma, what am I going to do?
Well child there´s only one thing you can do.....
Don´t worry bout nothing
Just let go see what tomorrow brings
Don´t worry bout nothing...PRAY ABOUT EVERYTHING!!
What good advice!!
So what treasure did I find in the last few days trials.....
Well for one, the treasure of having my own wee car. Even though it´s old and probably wont last too much longer, I at least had it today! I was soooo thankful for it!
The second thing - the treasure of a great workplace and a wonderful boss. Just to be able to leave work and come and go as I liked was a great blessing for me today!
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Keep counting your blessings girl - and have a listen to this old favourite; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z07ArXGi-s4
and although I can't find it on youtube - keep an ear out for Brian Houston's "The Lord is still the Lord" - it's on his "Gospel Road" album.... brilliant words for you at the moment Laura. Happy new year... and hope the troubles with throats/health/cars pass soon.
I'll pray for you all too. Let us know how you all get on.
Thanks girls. I will check out those songs etta:-) xoxox
Thinking about you Laura, things will get better and you'll enjoy seeing God putting everything in place (one way or another!), well that's what I'm praying for myself as well as you. So come on you mountains - starting moving!!!!
Just seemed appropriate to post this here - especially since I seem to have abandoned my own blog!
"Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a
wealthy family.
The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the
mansion's guest room.
Instead the angels were given a small space in the cold basement.
As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole
in the wall and repaired it.
When the younger angel asked why, the older angel replied,
"Things aren't always what they seem"
The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but
very hospitable farmer and his wife.
After sharing what little food they had the couple let the angels
sleep in their bed where they could have a good night's rest.
When the sun came up the next morning the angels found the farmer and
his wife in tears.
Their only cow, whose milk had been their sole income, lay dead in
the field.
The younger angel was infuriated and asked the older angel how could
you have let this happen?
The first man had everything, yet you helped him, she accused.
The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and
you let the cow die..
"Things aren't always what they seem," the older angel replied.
"When we stayed in the basement of the mansion, I noticed there was
gold stored in that hole in the wall.
Since the owner was so obsessed with greed and unwilling to share his
good fortune, I sealed the wall so he wouldn't find it."
"Then last night as we slept in the farmers bed, the angel of death
came for his wife I gave him the cow instead.
Things aren't always what they seem."
Sometimes that is exactly what happens when things don't turn out
the way they should. If you have faith, you just need to trust that
every out come is always to your advantage. You just might not know it
until some time later..."
LOL you haven't seen enough snow, without putting it on your blog too?
Thanks Charlene and Rhoda...what a great story:-)Thanks for sharing! That is also what we were talking about yesterday, Sara is not going with her class today, but we talked about there being a meaning with it, even though we can´t see it right now.
Rhoda thats a lovely story, with a meaning I must remember.
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