GOD IS ALWAYS WITH US!!
The snow is starting to melt and it is getting a little warmer outside. This Georgia girl isn't used to sub-zero temps! But things are getting better!
God is so good! Even when times are bad! I was on my way to a Newcomer's Club luncheon on Tuesday - I am trying to meet some new friends! - and my car would not start! Dead as a doornail! My precious daughter came to take me so I wouldn't miss my luncheon! I have AAA (thank goodness!) They came to tow my car because it just wouldn't stay started even after jumping it off. So off my car went to Superior Ford!
Then yesterday morning, my daughter calls me and tells me her car had been towed - not an unusual occurrence here in Morgantown where parking is always at a premium - but just a little frustrating because her house has its own parking and someone was in her place so she had to park on the street and got towed. Granted, she parked in a yellow zone but as she says everyone does, but she got caught. Well, of course, my car was still in the shop and I had no way to get her. I called my mechanic (and now dear friend!) Frank and he offered to loan me his personal car, even had someone come pick me up to come get his car. So I spent the morning going to the bank (it isn't cheap to get your car towed!), going to the Morgantown Police Department to get a release for her car, picking her up from class, then going to pick up her car and take Frank back his car. All this was done in 2 hours and she was back for her classes!
My car is still in the shop but it is not going to cost nearly as much as I thought - some of what is wrong is under warranty! Thank goodness for good and honest mechanics!
God is so good! It wasn't too long ago that all of this would have stressed me out completely and while yesterday morning wasn't fun, I handled it and just dealt with it (much better than my daughter did - she still has a ways to go in learning to deal with stresses!) But together she and I managed to get through it - all with God's help!
Footprints in the Sand
One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord. Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky. In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand. Sometimes there were two sets of footprints, other times there were one set of footprints.
This bothered me because I noticed that during the low periods of my life, when I was suffering from anguish, sorrow or defeat, I could see only one set of footprints.
So I said to the Lord, “You promised me Lord, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I have noticed that during the most trying periods of my life there have only been one set of footprints in the sand. Why, when I needed you most, you have not been there for me?”
The Lord replied, “The times when you have seen only one set of footprints in the sand, is when I carried you.”
Mary Stevenson
God is so good! Even when times are bad! I was on my way to a Newcomer's Club luncheon on Tuesday - I am trying to meet some new friends! - and my car would not start! Dead as a doornail! My precious daughter came to take me so I wouldn't miss my luncheon! I have AAA (thank goodness!) They came to tow my car because it just wouldn't stay started even after jumping it off. So off my car went to Superior Ford!
Then yesterday morning, my daughter calls me and tells me her car had been towed - not an unusual occurrence here in Morgantown where parking is always at a premium - but just a little frustrating because her house has its own parking and someone was in her place so she had to park on the street and got towed. Granted, she parked in a yellow zone but as she says everyone does, but she got caught. Well, of course, my car was still in the shop and I had no way to get her. I called my mechanic (and now dear friend!) Frank and he offered to loan me his personal car, even had someone come pick me up to come get his car. So I spent the morning going to the bank (it isn't cheap to get your car towed!), going to the Morgantown Police Department to get a release for her car, picking her up from class, then going to pick up her car and take Frank back his car. All this was done in 2 hours and she was back for her classes!
My car is still in the shop but it is not going to cost nearly as much as I thought - some of what is wrong is under warranty! Thank goodness for good and honest mechanics!
God is so good! It wasn't too long ago that all of this would have stressed me out completely and while yesterday morning wasn't fun, I handled it and just dealt with it (much better than my daughter did - she still has a ways to go in learning to deal with stresses!) But together she and I managed to get through it - all with God's help!
Footprints in the Sand
One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord. Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky. In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand. Sometimes there were two sets of footprints, other times there were one set of footprints.
This bothered me because I noticed that during the low periods of my life, when I was suffering from anguish, sorrow or defeat, I could see only one set of footprints.
So I said to the Lord, “You promised me Lord, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I have noticed that during the most trying periods of my life there have only been one set of footprints in the sand. Why, when I needed you most, you have not been there for me?”
The Lord replied, “The times when you have seen only one set of footprints in the sand, is when I carried you.”
Mary Stevenson
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