Posted in Every Day Blessings

I am just coming in for a quick update

My husband's request to take some time away from the computer is making a HUGE difference in my life right now and God only knew what was going on & what would happen soooo I am soooooo grateful that He spoke to me through my dh.

So a quick run down with what He has been doing in me.........

We decided & FINALLY found someone who would put up a desperately needed block wall around our yard.  Our fence blew down (Spring of 2006!!!!) and the neighbor's weren't too happy.  I wasn't too crazy about their dogs in my yard either & the daily run to look for either my dog or their dog was starting to reeeeealllllly get on my nerves.  WELL -- block wall contracted for beginning of October - HA!  They called the day after I went no mail, to say they had a cancellation and could they start the next morning!!!!!  We have been moving railroad ties, 80 lb cinder blocks and at least 2 loads to the dump all in a 48hr span of time (and NO, this isn't the first we have worked on this yard -- it has been an on going project that feels like it will never be finished)

To say that I am gaining Wonder Women sized biceps and have lost some of my extra padding is an understatement (to keep the price reasonable we agreed to do some of the work ourselves and from past experience we have learned that some things you just have to take care of yourself if you want it done right).  I can't believe what chaos we have be going through with the mad dash to get ready for the wall, then helping move blocks, pour foundation and other various grunt work -- and it ain't over.  AND OH my my my!  The inside of my house is a wreck because we are working so hard on the outside and of course when it rains it pours --- bathtub sprang a leak, dog brought home ticks and stupid things are breaking all over the house.  It is tough living in a construction zone especially when everything seems to be going wrong but I am grateful that some of it is getting done and I know that this too shall pass. 

I laugh because God sooooo knew this would ALL happen: 

He knew that I reeeeealllllly badly needed to loose some weight so I would fit into my clothes (and not have to go buy new ones which was seriously -- I'm not joking -- becoming an issue).  Sitting at the computer wasn't doing it for me and with all the work we have been doing I have dropped enough to fit into the clothes I have (still a bit tight but at least I can button them to wear them and all this work isn't quite done yet LOL) --- I'm extremely sore & tired, but feeling good and I think that my weight was causing some of my depression. 

He sooooo knew that my kiddos "missed me" and have come up to me since going "computer lite" and told me that they "loved me" (even asked if my computer was broke because I wasn't on it any more --- how sad huh?) vs. the "I just wish daddy were here and NOT YOU!" sort of meanness.  That was causing me such grief and boy was the enemy using that against me, thus more depression. 

He soooooo knew that some of the things that would make my life easier (like a freezer just freely given to us out of the clear blue) would now appear in my life, I *feel* because I was obedient to Him and my dh.  Not having a freezer for me was like not having a stove -- ours died 9 months ago and I have been miserable without one!!  That was making Flying really tough.

He soooooo knew that my dh would just all of a sudden give me the attention that I sooooo thought I was lacking because I was "available" again.  Available to cook his favorite foods, listen to all his concerns and just sit and watch a show together.  Most other times I was sitting on the computer while he carried on without me -- well, duh?!  That was making me feel so unloved even though I knew that was the farthest thing from the truth. 

Then I read this from Biblical Woomanhood and it was the icing on the cake:

"Submission is more than obedience; it is resting, learning, trusting, abandoning yourself to another. Submission is more than action; it is an attitude of the will that bends, and willingly so, seeking ways to obey. It is devoid of stubbornness. It begins inside with the will but works outward with purpose. Submission is based upon the confidence that God's way is the best. It acknowledges how awesome and capable God is rather than dwelling on how burdensome your husband is. Submission should not be based on what kind of husband you have but on what kind of God you serve."   Dorothy Kelley Patterson

This time for me was soooo important to see that.  I have gone from being almost "angry" that my dh suggested a Time Out on the computer to seeing God's reasons behind the idea of "surrendering" and accepting the truth.  I'm grateful God is working out sooooo much in my life and fixing so many of the problems I was having just because I am being willing to submit.  It hasn't been easy, nor am I over this hump yet but it is getting there. 

The wall will be done *hopefully sometime next week and we are on a crunch to get the yard put together before it starts to get chilly so I will be "no computer" for a bit longer (I also haven't been given permission to come back either - wink wink).

My challenge for you is to really consider what area(s) that maybe you could be more submissive to your dh in and see if God just doesn't bless you.  I know He has me and it has so changed my outlook!

Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.

                                                                                    Ephesians 5:22