The LORD Is Good

He knows me so well. He knows what delights me and how to catch my eye. He knows when I am weak and and when I need shelter. He knows what I truly need, and what is simply a want. He is so good.

There have been several freak out moments since we have moved here. Moments when your gut hits the floor and you think "HOLY CRAP what is going on here?" often accompanied with tears. But the longer we have been here we are learning to quickly turn to Him.

I think of it in these terms, eventually I will turn to God and say "welp I've run out of ideas and though I have strived my hardest to make this problem work itself out with my logic, I run into brick wall after brick wall. Take this thing over I can't do it and I know you can"

So I have decided to cut out the middle man, which would be me running into brick walls and then in exhaustion giving it to God. Just hand it over early and enjoy my life knowing that my Father has it under control. I am by no means saying that I have mastered this method of dealing with the crazy curve balls that come our way, but what I am saying is that this system seems to be working thus far and the more I test it the more it stands up.

So what does that look like in real life?
Before we moved we needed an apt and jobs and He gave us both the week before the SOM classes started
We needed a Good Godly church and we are now attending Morningstar Christian Chapel
We needed new friends who lived near us that we could share our lives with and our church has a great young adults ministry that we have gotten plugged into.
We need to pay our rent and tuition at the end of this month and He has provided the funds from unexpected places.

I still marvel at His provision, not because I didn't think He would come through for us, but because of how He does it. Our life undeniably has the fingerprints of God all over it. And though there are challenges unlike those we have had to face before every time He can handle it.

The LORD is Good

Storm Watch 2010: The Flood

currently i am sitting in our apt with the lights off, not because the power went out, but because as i sit on my little wooden step stool i can see the rain and the rising water better. we have decided not to go to church tonight because the street is flooded nearly to our knees at some points. Aaron went out to get the mail and i was ironing some clothes when he comes in looking like a little boy telling me that we can't go to church tonight because the street is flooded. and then there was a pause where he kept staring at me and then he says wanna go see it? it was adorable.

so i slip on the vans and head out to check out how high the water has gotten. over the past few days since sunday the water has gotten higher and higher creeping towards our house. then it would stop raining and slowly drain away. this is the worst it has been out of all the days yet. the rain has not stopped all day sometimes it is only light rain other times like now it is pouring down.

as i'm observing how high it has risen i realize we need documentation of this event. aaron heads back to get the camera and i to get my wellies on, cause when it's raining and there is a good size flood right out side your door who in their right mind wouldn't have thought lets see how deep it really is by standing in it. and that ladies and gentlemen is how ppl get stuck in flooded areas all the time. for documentation's sake.

we head back out( with out a jacket of course) and i debate how to get out there. but then a car drives by causing a wave of water to rush by me. don't fret i do not fall i'm wearing my wellies of course.

after timing it right between cars driving by i head out into the murky brown grossness that is 4th st. aaron stands on the sidewalk and takes my picture after several attempts with cars driving by we finally get a shot where you can kinda make out that i am indeed standing in a giant lake that used to be our street. so as we head back in i take a few other pictures to document just how much water we have gotten. our pool in nearly full maybe less than an inch til it has reached the edge, and the giant lake that has formed on what used to be our lawn.

so we are still alive and we still have power. i'm wondering with this much rain is this how the ppl who scoffed at noah felt at first until they realized it wasn't draining anymore.























our pool













our new lake (ie the lawn)

a day off

i woke up this morning to make the love bug some coffee so he could be some what awake during class, then i looked up recipes for gravy so i can make fab chicken gravy to go on the mashed tatoes. tonight we are having crockpot chicken and i'm going to make some chicken stock form the leftovers. i love having my own kitchen to cook in :)

i look around our apt and all i can think is God is good. even when "bad things" happen they are to his glory. monday night the pastor was starting ruth and he talked about her circumstances after she left with her husband to go out of Bethlehem. how it had changed her whole demeanor going from pleasant and good to bitter. and understandably so. so when i look at the things that throw me for a loop i think what do i have to complain about? why does my attitude move rapidly like the needle on the richter scale? i am slowly growing in being able to see the good before i am overwhelmed by what seems terrible thus keeping a consistent attitude of praise rather than grumbling.

lots to do today, cleaning, cooking, and other errands. love you guys and know that you are in my prayers.

because my job requires very limited mental skills i have a lot of time to think. so much so that sometimes after work i am so tired of hearing my inner monolog all i want to do is veg out. lame i know. also, because i think so much, i always intend to write blogs about what i have seen or thought of until i get home and i forget to because i feel like i have already gone through the process of writing it down and analyzing it.

we met the pastor of our new church and got to talk to him and his wife (Jack and Debbie). it was so very cool. they are very down to earth people and i totally feel like we can relate with them and learn so much. i had a dream last night that they invited us over to their house to hang out and we just sat and talked for hours about everything and anything that entered our brains. it was a nice dream.

tonight we go to the college/young adult ministry. Debbie introduced us to Chris the pastor of that group and he was around our age, maybe a few years older than Aaron. tonight will be their Christmas Concert type deal yay!

any who i need to get ready for work seeing as how i have to leave in like a 1/2 hr and i'm still in the state i was when i rolled out of bed. and i'm not talking about California.

the tree!!

mom and dad came down and gave us their old tree and bought us decorations and everything :) they are awesome. it was nice spending time with them (even though dad fell asleep so mom and i went in the other room to watch a movie)
the love bug and i decorated it the next day after work and of course we added a few interesting touches of our own. nuff chit chat here's the pics.

brr it's cold in here, there must be some ice cubes in my....

every morning when my alarm goes off at 7 i get out of bed and go stand next the the lil window in our bathroom and open it just a teensy bit and put my face up to the screen, then i take a deep breath and blow it all out waiting to see if i can see my breath. i have seen it for the past week. and every morning it makes me very happy to see the smelly morning breath puff floating away.

meatballs for breakfast

i was downloading some pictures from the camera and i found these from when jo and i decided to make meatballs enjoy the greatness.