My energy level is low, low, low today. It's only 2:00 and I've already had to take three quick naps just to make it through the normal daily activities. This isn't a big surprise. Every time I step out in the direction I feel God is leading me, I'm immediately attacked, often in my physical body. Yesterday I made big strides to further God's kingdom and today I'm fighting the enemy. Oh well.
Yesterday I had an appointment with the director of operations at the Proverbs 31 Ministry. The meeting had been planned for quite some time and I had been praying about it. On my way there I voiced to God two requests that had been stirring in my spirit. They were pretty big things and I'm not sure I even truly believed He would grant them. What I didn't know was at that moment a phone call was taking place concerning those very things. When I walked in the office I'd barely said hello before God dished up my answers on a silver platter. When He does supernatural things like that, which are beyond anything I could ever mastermind, I'm in awe and totally humbled. All I could say was, "Where's your Kleenex?"
God is so good. You see, He knew what attack would come today. It's no coincidence that this low energy day is sandwiched between two very full days. Not to mention, I've been employing my new word "proactive" that my friend Marybeth gave me so I'm caught up on a lot of things and don't have such a heavy burden of things to do hanging over me. It's rainy, cool, and I can actually take this day just to stay home and rest. God provided before I even knew what I needed!
He even took care of every little detail. This morning my son told me he needed a couple of supplies for his Biology experiments. My first thought was, "Ugh! I don't want to have to go out in this cold rain." As it turns out he needed Jello and fresh pineapple. The likelihood of both of those items being in my house at the same time is slim to none. I almost never buy Jello and I only get fresh pineapple when it's at a rock bottom price. But, guess what! I had them both on hand. God even knew what we needed for science and provided that too!
Last night my son had a baseball game, but it was too cold for us girls so I dug up some squirrel money and treated my daughter to dinner at the restaurant of her choice. Thankfully, she chose one that's close by and always has good food. It was fun to go out impromtu just the two of us and enjoy fellowship and delicious chef salads. I thank God for that little celebration of the day's events.
This morning I also had an extremely encouraging email waiting in my box. And just now I thought that I'd like to eat some soup, but I knew we didn't have any kind that I like in the pantry. Then I remembered that on a whim the other day I bought some cream of broccoli which I've been craving. Voila' Soup of the day.
I know some of these things seem ridiculously simple, but if we can't praise God in the small things I doubt we'll praise Him for the big ones. It's sort of like tithing. If you can't tithe on a dollar you won't tithe if your million comes in. Personally, I'm going to praise Him for the dollar.
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