Blessings

Silly as it may seem, God took care of me today on the phone. You see, I got an Amazon credit card because they had this promotion that if you were approved, they would give you a $30 credit. The item I purchased was about $80 and so I figured it would be nice. My total was 48.60. It was nice until I tried to pay the bill. Two charges for returned payment fees, 2 frustrating phone calls with heavy Indian accent, and hours of wasted time on the phone left me with no solutions and 126.60 due. So, today I spent sometime going through my list of things to do: take care of this card issue. I sent a quick prayer to God, saying it would be so helpful to speak to someone that I could understand. This kind southern woman answers and after a few "oh honey!" and "man your account is so messed up!" and "is this your first credit card" she says to me, "geerrl, I'll teech ya how ta work this thang." It was not that I didn't have the money in the bank, but I had entered my account number instead of my checking route number. Details, details! I am not so good at those things, but in 5 minutes God took care of me. He is here and cares about the big and small things of our lives. I know he also wants our obedience in the big and small things as well.

blast from the past

Yahoo! I have finally figured out how to blog. My blog wasn't updated to beta and I was struggling...
but I still had posts in mind, and so here is one:

Feb 2
Today has been filled with blessings and thanks be to God! What I am wondering is though people used to build altars, sacrifice animals and such, right? Well what does it look like to build an altar of praise today, February 2, 2007? Do I write a check, a song or what? I really do not know what it is to build an altar. I can tell that the Lord is orchestrating things to work out beautifully for my wedding. The beautiful dress just came in the mail. I took a huge risk and trusted that what it looked like on eBay would be what I received. I can show you how I thought that I was going to be short this month, but the money I had set aside to pay for my taxes isn’t needed anymore; I am $135 in the green! I can exclaim that through much hard work and prayer, I made it through my music history test today with a 91, that I thought I wasn’t going to pass. Through all of this, I believe that as much as God wants us to pray and plead for his will, more so does he want us to use the gifts he has already given us to succeed. This reminds me of the times I have received kind words that are so precious. When someone says something so nice to me, like my mom, I sometimes wish that she would keep that thought for the moments when I am not so great. Maybe this is a reminder that God cares about the covenant Matt and I will be making. The Lord wants our unrequited service and I know that we will fully submit ourselves to him. His kindness is a reminder that he cares for us in our joy and suffering. There were in fact many moments that I agonized about taking these risks. However, in those moments when we have to make tough decisions that required remembering the altars that we have made, we must remember the promise that God loves himself and us, uniquely enough to completely trust Him. It is in these moments that altars are so helpful. Lord, how wonderful you are and deserving of an altar, not just for the way you have orchestrated today, but how you have already composed a master piece of eternity.