Provisions

God is good - all the time.  All the time - God is good.

Sometimes, when my outlook on things are pretty crappy, it's hard to decipher which end is up and if I'm truly walking the path that God has set for me....or if I'm just blindly fumbling my way through the dark on my own intuition.

Then out of nowhere.....*BAM* ..... God provides.  It's like a slap in the face.  How dare I doubt Him, in all His wisdom and graciousness.  Those days, the ones that are a good slap in the face, they're totally freakin awesome.  And it makes me want to shout from the roof tops - "GOD IS GOOD, ALL THE TIME"

Days like today.  I am sick as a d.o.g.  I haven't been this sick in a long time.  Sure, I haven't felt well at times, but nothing like this.   If it were possible, I'd be curled up in a ball in the middle of my bed for the better part of a week.  All you Momma's out there know that's not possible.  We put on our Momma face and deal with it.  So here I am, sick as a d.o.g. (yes, the punctuation is there to gain sympathy) I have a 2 year old that's recovering from strep, who has decided to bring on World War III tantrums and disrupt his entire day/night, sleeping and eating patterns - the whole shebang!!  And my better half is coming down with whatever it is that I have, so he's not feeling too hot.  Our cat has a serious puking problem (I think he's bulimic) we have a psycho dog who consumes anything left on counters, tax time is here, bills are due, we're on a new budget that's very strict (and I am NOT a budget person - read: compulsive shopper) and we are having a tough time making ends meet this month.  That probably had something to do with the extra $700 we spent getting my car fixed.  Oh - and the extra $200 in medical expenses.  None of which was budgeted for.  So, here I am, whining to myself about how all of this is just downright crappy, and that's when I get slapped by God.  Now don't get me wrong, being slapped is no fun.  It just doesn't feel good.  But being slapped by God - I'll take that ANY day.  He slapped me with a check from 2007 that we had misplaced.  Payable to me.  From 2007.  Wow.  GOD IS GOOD.  He provides.

Now - if I could simply learn to take a mental snapshot of those days, and bring the snapshot out at the very moment I feel flesh being misguided, that would help me out a LOT!

Here's hoping you have a God-slapping day :)