Today is Good Friday, the day we remember our Lord Jesus dying on a cross for the sins of the world.  Because He loves us.  He took the pain for us.  We are not worthy.  Yet, still, He loves us. 

Today, I received a very small but very important miracle.  I found my checkbook!!  Praise the Lord!  In my last post, I mentioned that I had lost my checkbook and thought I'd last seen in in the house.  Wrong!  I spent the week looking and looking, getting more and more depressed and discouraged.  Today, my dh sent me out to find a dress for Easter (bless him!)  I took our Prius and drove to a store in town.  Before I got out, I decided to check between and under the seats of the car, just in case.  Looked in the back on the floor, wasn't there.  Checked down the side of the passenger seat (where I usually sit as my dh drives the Prius more than I do.)  Bingo!  There it was!  I started crying and Praising God.  I couldn't believe how He lead me right to it.  Duh!  I've been praying all week, why am I so surprised when God answers my prayer?  Now, it gets funny ... I looked in my purse for my cell phone so I could call my dh at home and tell him the good news.  Uh, no cell phone.  O.k.  Must have left it at home.  So, I went shopping in the store and, of course, I had to share my good news with SOMEONE so I told the store clerk who was helping me.  Bless her heart, she did a good job of listening and being happy for me!  I left that store, got back in the car and there, on the seat of the car, was my cell phone!  I'm telling you, I'm hopeless!  So I called my dh and told him the good news about finding my check book.  Then I went to the grocery store.  After shopping, I went to check out and pulled out my newly-found check book.  Guess what ... no checks left, just deposit slips!  Sigh.  It's a good thing Jesus loves us - some days it's SO hard to love ourselves.