Last week my daughter told me about a website to go to where I could get $25 gift cards to some area restaurants for only $2. Wow, so cheap, so I bought a bunch of them. $250 worth for only $30. Awesome right - until I found the details. Dumb me got them so fast I didn't even take time to read the details. With minimum purchase of $35 or $45 - and on top of it The Melting Pot is a minimum of $75 per couple to eat there anyway. What a waste. We felt like eating Italian last night and started looking online for area Italian restaurants only to find that to order simple spaghetti it was $15.99 a plate. I then suggested we have our own romantic italian dinner at home, in our sunroom, with candles and music. So, off Tim went to Kroger for a bottle of wine while I prepared homemade spaghetti sauce. We were home alone, so that topped it off. Found a nice Italian music station on Pandora, and the weather was perfect. Amazing meal, glass of wine and even a little dancing. So much better than eating out and feeling guilty for spending $40 bucks. My spaghetti was way better anyway.
This morning I woke up to children playing in another yard. At first I was bummed it woke me up until I saw that it was 10:00. I NEVER sleep that late. I think I had some serious sleep to catch up on.
Last night we prayed and asked God to open the doors soon so we know where to step next. Plus I let God know that I am tired of thinking about all the "what if we..." and "maybe we should..." or "let's just go to..." After a while we can just tire of all those thoughts and a clear direction would be awesome. Yes, in God's time - we feel ready for some clarity. I wonder what God thinks!!! But in the meantime - God is amazing! The peace I feel is incredible. He does know the plans he has for us and I cannot forget that - ever!! Anything other than that is a lie and I will remember the truth.
The joy of the Lord is my strength.
Thank you so much. I needed to hear this story today.
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