Blah, Blah, Blah!!!: It's Official!!!

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

It's Official!!!

Today my new year began. I know, for the rest of you it began last Thursday, but for me it started today. Today I left the safe cocoon of my home, my warm little haven for the past two weeks, and ventured out into the world once again. As soon as I locked the door this morning, I instantly knew I had locked myself out of the house...I left my keys for car and home on my desk. I frantically pounded on the door and pumped the doorbell until a very sleepy David unlocked the door for me. After making a mad dash for the keys, I raced off to work...only to realize that I absent-mindedly got on the tollway...a road from which there is no exit for quite some time! By this point I have black and blue marks from kicking myself! OK, so I finally made it to my first student's home and successfully taught for three hours without any problems. Next, I went to the grocery store. My late class was canceled, so I thought I would surprise Bill with a nice warm meal. Normally I am not home until 7:30 and Bill usually ends up fixing something for me. As I stood in line, salivating over the groceries that would soon become a sumptuous surprise for my husband (oh, did I forget to mention I didn't have ANYTHING to eat all day - not one morsel - so maybe I was feverishly salivating by this point!), the clerk asked me to scan my card. No problem! Except when I went to pull out my card it WASN'T THERE!!!! Not only was my card missing, my whole entire wallet was missing!!! It was left on the desk at home - that same desk where I left my keys!! The clerk told me she could keep the groceries in the cooler until I came back to pay for them. No problem! I went home, found my wallet, took David to work, and returned to the grocery store. As soon as I got out of the car, there was a cloud burst - I'm talking torrential sheets of rain that came out of no where!! So much for my reentry into the world. Then tonight, after dinner, I took down the well-worn 2008 calendar and put up the brand new one for 2009. So now it's official...my new year has begun!

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One thing we may be sure of, however: For the believer all pain has meaning; all adversity is profitable. There is no question that adversity is difficult. It usually takes us by surprise and seems to strike where we are most vulnerable. To us it often appears completely senseless and irrational, but to God none of it is either senseless or irrational. He has a purpose in every pain He brings or allows in our lives. We can be sure that in some way He intends it for our profit and His glory.
--Jerry Bridges

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--Verdell Davis

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--Helen Grace Lescheid

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