The Testing of My Faith

No sooner had I declared that God is faithful, that the enemy began to hit with hard punches.  The transmission on my van is slipping and there are no funds available to pay for repairs.  And the voices of the enemy crept in and my blood pressure began to rise.  We made it to church safely and I parked the van.  I was so down, I was determined that there was no point in my attending service and bringing someone else down.  And just as I began to get comfortable with this idea, the Lord said NO!!!

I did attend Wednesday night service and poured out my heart before the Lord.  My circumstances have changed yet again.  Without the money to fix the problem, it will only get worse.  I will not have transportation to find work or go to work once I find it.  Without work, bills don't get paid.  Unpaid bills, well....................

And so I cried out.  Lord I choose to believe what Your Word says.  I choose to believe that You are faithful and unchanging.  I don't know how you're going to work this out, but I'm trusting that You will and in the end You will be glorified.  I have no resources, but You are my source and all things belong to You.  I left church last night a bit more up beat.  I will continually have to fight the enemy because he has not stopped taunting me, but I believe that this is also for my growth, confidence, and stability in Christ!!!!

Praying for a miracle as I find out how much it will be for repairs.  And focusing my eyes upon Jesus, trying to see things from God's perspective and not from the view I have here within the circumstances.

Adventure for today

We were all cozy and warm in the house.  The temperatures were falling outside and the wind was blowing fiercely from the north.  The sheep were put out on long tie-outs and allowed to graze in the open fields.

However, the male sheep decided to wrap his tie out around our water faucet and got all nice and tangled.  SNAP, and the water in the house is no more, but we had a geyser of water shooting forth outside.  UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

My son just fixed a pipe last week that froze during the lovely winter weather we had.
We've gotten so used to pipes bursting, that we just keep all the supplies we will need on hand for the next time.

So we set about to fix this pipe as well.  Our hands were freezing and then they just went numb.  Our toes, well they were wet and frozen too.  Our shoes, pants, shirts, coats, all caked in mud.  The temp now read 32 degrees, but with the wind blowing, it felt well below 20 degrees.

What would normally have taken 30 min. to repair, took us 2 1/2 hours simply because of the temperatures.

The temps are supposed to drop a bit more tonight.  We're praying for no frozen pipes. They are all covered, but we've learned that means absolutely nothing at times.

All in all, we had a great day, working together and being together.  At any rate, when my son has a family, he'll be well skilled at repairing busted pipes; my girls will be too, but hopefully they will only be needed to advise if there husbands have no idea.  As for me, I've repaired enough water pipes to last me a life time and yet I'm sure there will be more!!!

Now, for a nice hot bath and facial....I'm really trying to get warm and feel my toes (which still seem to be frozen).