I should really be asleep, wow. And tomorrow is the earliest I need to rise all week - whoever thought of doing a 9am service...we have to talk! I came on the computer to check my email as I have been house hunting and needed to see if I had a reply, but somehow I got drawn in to the world of blogging! I did not realize how huge blogging was!! I was actually blog hopping to those of you who have left comments on my previous blogs and my goodness, many of you are very talented and are far better writers than I! Yikes! I also found Beth Moore's blog, she is an avid follower of mine..just kidding, I only wish.
So my sweet friend Mandi is here with me, well currently she is sleeping - being wise girl! We are having such a great time. The background on Mandi and I is that we met at summer camp, and later became college roomates! We even shared a pet...a little fish who unknown to me, died and somehow, (hmmmm) ended up on my bookshelf above my bed for more than a couple days...EWW! Oh the pranks we played, they will remain forever etched into my heart... watch out though, I love to prank, you just never know what this crazy mama is up to!
Mandi and I have done a great deal of talking and EATING....we should really drink a small pond to make up for all of the salt we have taken in today...we both have a weakness for french fries... those sweet, salty fries..mmm. We got our pictures taken today by my friend Elise (so excited to show them off!) and then took in the sights and smells of LO's farmers market, sadly we both forgot our cash, but it was probably better that way. We ended our evening by going downtown and did some more window shopping, followed by a delicious dinner at my favorite restaurant, Papa Haydn's. Sadly the fastest way out of downtown was closed and even sadder Micah decided to cry from the moment he was placed into his carseat to the moment he got fed at home, longest 20 minutes ever, BUT aside from ending the night in the crazy house we had a sweet day.
On a more serious note: 11 months today my friends. Last night I was having a most difficult time with Micah who thought he would show mommy how great his crying skills were by waking her up every two hours. It quickly induced the emotions of just how much I missed Preston's presence. I wanted him to say, it's ok Tara I'll go in this time or tell me some cheesy pun to relieve the frustration. I was feeling like crying and running away, but I knew I needed to bring myself back to what's real. A second later, I had a random (but really not so random) thought to read Psalm 91, so I began.... one line in:
"He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
And second line:
"I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust..."
Need I even say more? God is Good. He has been faithful and kept to his promise to be a husband to the widow. Placing God's word upon my nightstand and laying my weary body down to sleep I thanked God for his perfect message to me and prayed my life magnify his greatness.... the crying child and anxious thoughts were but a fading memory.
"...Because he loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him;
I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name....
He will call upon me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble,
I will deliver him and honor him...."
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