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I was disappointed but trusted Gods plan. We were supposed to go to the Riviera Maya in December. But that didn’t work out and I was okay with not going as something seemed off. We rescheduled. It should have been a happy wooohooo moment but it wasn’t. Something still felt off. And yet we let the reservations ride in an effort in sustaining this endless winter by having something to look forward to… our annual trek to an earthly paradise. That “off” feeling lingered. And then we got the call that our plans for “da boyz” while we left were not going to work out. And how appropriate that the day we once again cancelled our 2 room, 2 bathroom, patio’d door to a deck on the beach to stay home was during yet another polar blast. This was a literal tough call but after years of experiencing Gods better plan, we complied with a smidgeon of hope still lingering in our hearts. Ahhh but then the human condition of employing loopholes when not getting ones way intervened and we changed our plans yet again to a month later in April. Three times the charm right?! And it will be even warmer but hey that okay!! Haha!! And said “thank you Jesus!” I deliberately did not check in with seeing if He was okay with this. I already knew. Meanwhile back on the home front… the spinal injections I have been receiving for the last 5 years are no longer doable and I was referred to a surgeon. My surgery is 2 weeks from today. The week before… a time of fasting from all things unhealthy will provide an easier 3 month recovery. Wouldn’t that have put a downpour of dreary on a vacation?! Did God know that paradise would become a war zone? Absolutely. Is He protecting only me? Nope. God is global. But this being a wicked wicked world it stands to reason the snake would also show up in this earthly paradise as well. IFYYK. Yes if you know you know. It choices. It consequences. Its all in with Jesus or its not. #artontheoutskirts #jeremiah29

Because it says in Hebrews 13:8 “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” that He actually goes through your trials and joys with you in the present tense?! Literally. So “Put your hand in the hand of the man who stilled the water Put your hand in the hand of the man who calmed the sea Take a look at yourself and you can look at others differently By puttin' your hand in the hand of the man from Galilee…” by Ocean Jesus is just so cool.

I lost my sunglasses! I don’t even know when. Du and I looked yesterday in all the usual places. Nothing! The worst part is the feeling of defeat that comes to me when I mess up. As I askedJesus for help I heard in my thoughts “do something else and let Du look.” And he did. And again today he looked. In the closets, my purses, the backpacks, the drawers, the vehicles, everywhere. And nothing. As I again began to think of helping him I heard in my thoughts “let Du look.” And I did not heed. I wanted them found. Now. So I suited up and went out in the polar vortex to the locked up RV as I could not recall the last time I had them. We scoured the frozen over space and unfortunately they were not there either. We walked back to the garage and I looked in the car again to no avail. I heard again “let him do the finding.” I finally relented. God has His reasons. And was apparently applying them to both of us. We stood there. Me at one car door, Du at the opposite. Then he looked across the seats at me and asked “is that them in the gray case there behind the radio instrument panel?” My mouth dropped open. He opened the case and yep! Yep! Yep! And I laughed big and for a long time. He simply smiled and then found me a white case so they no longer blended in with the gray dash. “Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it.'” – Isaiah 30:21

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