a day like today...
by and so it is...
i will remember it. at least i hope so. yesterday while i was working, my sweet friend claudia came in and she said something to me. she told me that i God is in love with me and that i was going to experience a miracle day. my response to her was, 'i'm not holding my breath.' i know, just thinking back on it makes me cringe. i stood in front of her and just looked at her...i think i was really caught off guard and potentially on the verge of some really heavy tears so i just looked at her. she is such a good person and the things she says mean a lot to me so claudia please know that i thought about your words a lot yesterday.
i was a bit negative nancy like but last night lightened my load so much. i went to the wednesday night study and let me just say that the group of people that get together on wednesday nights is so amazing and hip! hip! to them:) we played charades and both guys and gals were amazing BUT the ladies took the win. i had such a nice time. i was able to chat with Lindsey for a while and jeez, if you knew this lady, you would be so wowed by her, i promise. it was just what i needed for my evening. thank you a million. at the end of the night i was grateful.
this morning, my miracle day continued. i feel so just speechless about the whole day. highs and lows, all of it was what it needed to be and i am grateful. this morning i got ready to drive out to riverside to visit robishka. on my way out, i decided to stop by augie's because i was a bit early and i wanted to say hello. when i got there, Kim handed me something that was SO NICE:) if you know Kim, you know how lovely and encouraging she is and sometimes she just does these nice things that knock socks right off. she picked up some goodies for me and wow, wow, wow, she did so well!
if you know me, you know there are not man things i enjoy more than red candy. i will sit and pick out the red candy even if it takes forever and yes, it is satisfying because i enjoy every piece of red. SO, kim bought me two boxes of yummy red candy...different shades of red! jeez, can it get any better?! beyond the yummy candy, she bought me an absolutely beautiful little vera bradley case. i wasn't very familiar with vera bradley until i saw the lovely little goodies Kim would sport to work and it is just really sweet and the patterns are so nice. and the pattern i got is paisley which is my favorite pattern and on top of that it is brown and sea foam, so Kim, you did SO well. i am so grateful for the sweet, sweet and very unexpected surprise. it really made my morning.
i ate half the mike and ikes on my way to riverside so my plan was to get a small breakfast. my tummy was feeling a bit eh from all that sugar:) robyn took me to this little diner and she said she heard good things about it so since i love breakfast, when i have it, i was excited. i was just glad to be there with her. i don't see her as often as i should but i cherish our time together. well, i ordered something that seemed pretty simple and for the price, i was sold! it was called the 'one flapjack special', and i thought that would be perfect. one flapjack(i love this word), scrambled eggs, and potatoes. sounds simple enough, right? well, when my food came out, my mouth sunk to the floor. this is what i got:
i was shocked and i laughed and luckily i had my camera so i could get a photo with it. it being the ginormous flapjack. i ate most of it and felt a bit sick after the fact but it was so good. i told robyn that the next time we go there, i will go without eating all day and get the flapjack for dinner:) we had such a good time together. the conversation was so wonderful. she encourages me so amazingly. at the end of our conversation, she brought up a trip. one to mexico to spend time at an orphanage. this weekend, i was praying about something to do and i just wasn't sure. so when i found out this trip was happening this weekend, i asked if i could go and she said yes! whoa! so an answer to prayer. i am going to go to an orphanage and we are going to spend time with the kids and clean and cook for them and take them to the beach and make hot dogs and smores and sing and i hope it is just wonderful. and robyn and janell are going:) my first ministry trip was to mexico when i was thirteen and we spent time in orphanages and it was life changing for me, i will never forget it. i feel so privileged to be going...excited too:D
when i got home, i had just enough time to do some closet cleaning and the best thing happened! i lost my winter coats a while back...i know, how? but i did. somehow they just disappeared so i had to replace some last winter. well, i found a storage bin in the garage and my coats were inside! woohoo! now i have a few too many coats...
my morning was so full and peaceful and good and God was in it. i didn't push Him out and i am so grateful for that. nothing crazy happened but that is ok because sometimes, the little things are big:)
the evening was just a great way to end my day. when i got i i saw this little pink envelop with my name on it. i asked Kim if she knew where it was from and she didn't say so i picked it up and opened it and it was the cutest little card. with a sweet little pup and some really nice words inside. it was a thank you note from a very sweet Sarah. she is one of those people who if you know her, consider yourself blessed. she is the mother of sweet Ginger who is the neatest little girl and Sarah sure knows how to be a mom to her(sarah, if you read this, i mean it lady:). seriously the past two days were filled with so many encouragements from the coolest cats. thank you ladies! i worked with austin and we cleaned and worked and laughed and it was SO darn hot. one of the air conditioners died today and wow, it was a BIG deal...because we were basically melting but andy and austin did a good job getting the new one in so hopefully tomorrow will be cooler:)... we didn't really melt by the way:)
claudia, i had a really nice miracle day today:) how i pray for more. good night, sweet friends. dream of good things.
