Our God is an Awesome God

What a day! What a day! Can I just tell you that our God is AWESOME! We serve an amazing God…and He reminds us of that daily! We just have to open our eyes and realize that everyday miracles are right in front of us….WOW!

Yesterday started off as a great day! Like I told you yesterday, I went to the gym in the morning….a really great way to start my day! I went again this morning!!! I am trying to convince KK to get up and go with me…but she is not a morning person. So, we’ll see!

Work was great….very productive! I just got assigned a new task (actually a few weeks ago) but I haven’t had time to really wrap my arms around it. Well, yesterday I did! I put a new system in place to help me stay organized with it and today I can really tackle it! So, that made me feel good! It literally took me all day to get organized with it…but it was time well-spent! Plus I had lunch with KK and that is always fun! I sat and worked on a scarf while we talked…we have such a great time together. I just love her!!! She makes work bearable!!!

After work, I ran to my Aunt’s house to get the kiddos…and then we dashed home. Hubby got home right after us because I was fixin’ to leave to go to the viewing of Aunt Weezie with my parents. So….I noticed that it wasn’t very warm in our house…not cold…but not warm. Then I noticed that the furnace was “running” but not blowing out air. When it did switch to blowing air out..the air wasn’t cold…but it wasn’t hot either. Uh…oh….! I mentioned it to Hubby and he acted in denial….but we realized there was a problem! So, after tinkering with it a bit…my Dad came over (they were coming over to pick me up) and he ran in to look at it. Well, he thought it was the igniter switch and because it is electronic…he couldn’t fix it….nor did we have the time! We had to drive over an hour to get to the viewing. So, we left Hubby and the kids. Hubby called K-Dog to ask him who he recommended that we call….and I told Hubby to call me. Well……..long story short………Hubby found someone to come out…and they weren’t going to charge us any more to come last night versus coming today…and we didn’t want to do without heat over night. The kids were spending the night at my parent’s house, so we would’ve been fine with our space heaters….but still! So! The guy came and I am embarrassed to say the problem was we had waited too long to change our air filter and that caused it to stop working. The most embarrassing part of this is that the SAME THING happened to us at our first house….about the same time too!!!!
But here is the way cool part…..do you remember how I told you we had gotten a check in the mail from his grandpa yesterday? The check was for $100. Well….the bill for the furnace guy was $105…but there was a $5 coupon on our furnace..so it was $100 even!!!!! If that isn’t GOD than I don’t know what is!!! HELLO!?!?!??! I am telling you….God is awesome! He always provides….always! I was with my parents when Hubby called me to tell me how much it was….after I hung up with him…I just looked at my mom and said….that was GOD. She agreed….and then later when I was home with Hubby I told him the same thing and he agreed…..how cool is that?!?!?!

So, that was the excitement at our house last night! Praise the Lord it wasn’t more expensive. The guy did tell Hubby that it wasn’t just because of the air filter….it is also because the furnace is directly across from our dryer…so it probably collects more lint than it should. Lesson learned!!!!

Please continue to lift my sister JJ and Buford up in your prayers. Sister just seems very depressed. I know we were at a viewing last night…but it was more than just that. Call it a “sister intuition” but I can tell that she is carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders right now. She needs plenty of prayers…I hate to see her hurt. And Buford too…..this is very, very tough for them. His Aunt was a great person…..she included Buford in her will as if he were her son. That is just the way she treated him her entire life….she was certainly more of a mother to him than his mom….and she even had custody of him. They found his custody papers with the will. Dear God, please protect this family and surround them with Your love. Give JJ and Buford a sense of Your peace and help them to be Your example to all of their family during this hard time. It is very hard as a wife to see your Hubby hurt so deeply. So, please pray for them, especially today as they go through the funeral.

I am starting to panic about all the things that I don’t have done for Christmas! I finished a scarf yesterday and got a good start on another one. But I really need to go to the grocery and figure out what I am making for Christmas Eve and how/when to make the casserole for brunch on Sunday…..AHHHH! So much to do…..so little time!

We are having dinner with my Dad’s family tonight. Most of them haven’t even seen FAB. We live about 20 minutes away from each other and never see each other. His family is weird…..they are very jealous of the money my parents have and they think that my parents should just hand it all over to them. Part of that stems from the fact that my Dad has a heart of gold….much like his mother…and he has given them so much in the past. Instead of being grateful, they just keep putting their hands out. So…..we haven’t “done Christmas” with them for the past 2 years…..so, we are going out to dinner tonight. It will be interesting, I am sure!

Well…better get to work! Love and hugs to all! Merry CHRISTmas. Hug your loved ones today and tell them how much you love them. You just never know! And remember what AN AWESOME GOD WE SERVE!