'...Each family had just what it needed.' Exodus 16:18 NLT
That is what i really need to read right now - with the stress of Christmas and between the two of us T and i have SIX kids to make a good Christmas for. It was bad enough worrying about having enough when it was just my three - add another three to that and i am not enjoying the prospect of Christmas at all. I just want it over and done with.
The Brady Bunch cannot afford Christmas this year. Make. It. Go. Away.
On a brighter note - there is hopefully and tiny dot of light at the end of the dark tunnel. I have finally enrolled in University study for next year. The T really gave me the push that i needed to decide what i want to do with the next 25 years of my life - and get busy doing it.
Next year will be better.
On that note, i am back at Community Service today, and it is the last thing that i feel like doing today. I don't want to move. I don't feel like listening to the porn star's constant banter. I am not in the mood for putting up with the bossy lady that talks to me like i am a 5 year old. I have yet to do blogging revenge on that old bag - just you wait though - it's coming!
Not. My. Day.
In the wilderness God provided His people with manna so that they wouldn't go hungry. It appeared miraculously each morning: 'Everyone had just enough. Those who gathered a lot had nothing left over, and those who gathered...a little had enough. Each family had just what it needed.'
Ever notice there are times in life when God's blessings seem to '...overtake you...' (Deuteronomy 28:2 NAS)? Your prayers are getting answered, the doctor's report is good, the bills are paid, your job is going great and your children are finally on the right track. When that happens, rejoice and thank God for His goodness. Then there are other times when He gives you 'just enough' light to take one more step. That's when He's teaching you to trust Him on a daily (or sometimes hourly) basis; to test His Word and see for yourself that '...His mercies...are new every morning...' (Lamentations 3:22-23 NCV).
Bottom line: God never lets us gather tomorrow's manna today. The Bible says He will '...supply all your need according to His riches in glory' (Philippians 4:19 KJV). He wants you to rely on the Giver and not the gift, to trust Him to meet all your needs, and to expect that He will bring good things out of bad situations. Instead of getting stressed out, He wants you to: '...let [all] your requests be made known to God' (Philippians 4:6 NKJV); to stop fretting when you're alone because He will '...never leave you nor forsake you' (Deuteronomy 31:6 NIV); to realise that no matter what life throws at you, you never have to question His love because it's '...everlasting...' (Jeremiah 31:3 KJV).
That is what i really need to read right now - with the stress of Christmas and between the two of us T and i have SIX kids to make a good Christmas for. It was bad enough worrying about having enough when it was just my three - add another three to that and i am not enjoying the prospect of Christmas at all. I just want it over and done with.
The Brady Bunch cannot afford Christmas this year. Make. It. Go. Away.
On a brighter note - there is hopefully and tiny dot of light at the end of the dark tunnel. I have finally enrolled in University study for next year. The T really gave me the push that i needed to decide what i want to do with the next 25 years of my life - and get busy doing it.
Next year will be better.
On that note, i am back at Community Service today, and it is the last thing that i feel like doing today. I don't want to move. I don't feel like listening to the porn star's constant banter. I am not in the mood for putting up with the bossy lady that talks to me like i am a 5 year old. I have yet to do blogging revenge on that old bag - just you wait though - it's coming!
Not. My. Day.
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4 comments:
So you can add a student loan to your mounting debts and unpaid fines? Nice
First of all, I'm sorry to read that you are going through tough times at the moment. Suicide is not easy to deal with - my brother's boss took his own life three weeks before Christmas in 1995 and it made everyone feel awful and there were feelings of guilt, as if other people could've prevented it. I just wish the media would tell it as it is.
Good on you for enrolling in University.Don't worry about what your detractors think, they're probably jealous of you.
Most guys would not mind doing community service on your behalf just to meet up with a porn star but on the other hand, I, for one would not want be around someone who treats me like a five year old.
The five year old treater really brings me down. I think it is fair to say i am not in the mood for her today. Lucky she is being a bit nicer today.
Good luck with University Jackie and hope you feel better soon! x
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