Yesterday I mentioned that I've been having an outbreak of "those days", but what they've really been is a testimony to God's goodness and His provision for our family! Here's a brief recap of what He's done for us this week:
On Monday, Dave's car wouldn't start when he was trying to head home from work. He texted me that he was having trouble, but I had 3 kids and only 2 car seats, so there wasn't much I could do. So, while he was trying to jump it and not having any luck (the battery was fine), I was praying and asked my mom to pray as well. Within about 5 minutes of asking my mom to join me in prayer, I received another text that it started! Dave is pretty sure that it needs a new starter because it had been giving him trouble for quite some time, but it has started right up on the first try ever since.
On Tuesday, I did a load of cloth diapers (an all-day projoect, since I'd forgotten to soak them the night before). By the end of the day, I went down stairs to move them to the dryer and found the washing machine dripping cold water into the basin. I turned on another spin cycle to get the excess water out of the diapers and hoped that after it ran again for a minute that the dripping would stop. Instead, it was twice as bad! I quickly pulled the diapers out, then attempted to turn the corroded water valves off and went to bed. When I went down to start another load of laundry Wednesday morning, there were over 2 inches of standing water in the basin. I ran down as soon as the load finished to get the clothes out before they were completely soaked again by the dripping, but stopped for a moment to pray before opening the lid. To my surprise, I opened it to find no dripping! It has been fine through 2 more loads!
Lastly, yesterday morning Dave was on his way to a doctor appointment (to find out why he smells cigarette smoke all the time) when he got rear ended in the van. But he wasn't hurt and the van doesn't even have a scratch, so I fully believe he just wasn't supposed to see the doc that day for some reason and I'm thankful the Lord is taking care of it in His way and time. After waiting a month for that appointment, he was able to reschedule for next Wednesday, so all-in-all, not a bad outcome for being involved in an accident.
Basically, I feel like I'm standing here looking at all the failed attempts of the enemy to get us down lying on the ground useless. They just seem to glance off of us right now, and I praise the Lord for it. It also gets me a bit excited. So much effort against us, must mean God's doing something big right now.
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