do you ever have days (or weeks) when you know that God is speaking to you? this last week/wkend i've alternated between despair, triumph, hope, anger, love and surprise. its amazing how quickly i forget that my Savior loves me. i'm sure you all heard about the hood RIPPING OFF OUR CAR. yea, goin down 131 at 70mph...its wasn't pretty. my first thoughts were pretty negative (as jm can affirm) and i felt so frustrated. we had the money to fix it, but it most likely wouldn't be the same color as the car (yea!) and i could think of hundreds of other ways i'd rather spend our money. my husband is very practical and didn't care in the least about driving a car with a different color hood. needless to say my attitude was lacking in the mature and gracious aspects. inside i felt like a two year old screaming and throwing a fit. that wasn't the only thing i struggled with last week. but i won't get into all of that. friday my husband went to a junk yard and there in the last row of cars was a car exactly like ours. white hood and all. i honestly couldn't believe it when he showed me. in less that 24 hours our car was fixed and the Lord had even given me what i wanted, even though i didn't deserve it. again...grace...what a beautiful word. the Lord answered several of my heart cries last week. He poured His grace and patience out upon me and i'm truly grateful. i'd also like to say thank you to dan g. and jake. g. and jm for the awesome and encouraging conversation friday night/saturday morning. i felt so uplifted and hopeful. we can do amazing things through Christ who strengthens us. and yeah, the book is good. | 
