Cleaning Floors

As I was bent over on my hands and knees scrubbing the kitchen floor I said out loud "I HATE THIS!" Then God gave me a little nudge and reminded me to be thankful that I have a kitchen floor to scrub. It is so easy to complain rather than be thankful. What an easy life I live here in America. Just think, scrubbing my floor might be the most difficult thing I have to endure today.

The Story of the Car

Andy was in an accident. He was fine, just a few bumps and bruises. We both spent the next week and a half feeling stressed out and anxious. Why? Well, the heart of it is that we just don't trust God the way we should and know we can. My head knew all the right answers and my mouth even spoke them, but for goodness sake I was ticked! We just spent $250 to have the car inspected and registered for 2 more years (when I say "just" I mean two days before the accident) We just entered the world of no car payments which we were thrilled about and we did not want to go out and get more debt after finally being free from it. STINK! So, we drove a couple of old, no REALLY old cars. I think one was an '87. That's right, your heard me, I was 7 years old when that car was new. Needless to say, these test drives brought a few laughs into our lives that we really needed at the time. Anyway, after sharing one car for a few days Andy came home from work one day and said "I decided what we are going to buy!" I of course responded with a coy "You did, huh?" As if he had some nerve deciding without having me approve this decision. He then smiled and said "We're getting a new mini-van." You should now be seeing a choir of angels singing in a heavenly voice "Ahhhhhhh..." Who would have thought that my dream car would be a mini-van!?! Yikes. We went shopping that night bought our van, picked it up 2 days later, and now if you seeing we around town I will be sporting a new Silver Hyundai Entourage. Wahoo!

The good news is that all of the satisfaction I thought I would find in having this mini-van that I've been dreaming of left me feeling empty. What a great reminder that the only place I can find true satisfaction, relief, and joy is in my Heavenly Father. I am so glad that he reminds me of this because it is so easy to get caught up in loving money and things.

Still, I do like my new ride. Here's a pic...