Finally decided to drop our $60 a month cell phone plan with Verizon and switch to a no-contract phone with Tracfone…We will only be paying about $7 a month for call and voice…We have been with Verizon for over 2 years, yet I didn’t realize the options out there until I started looking into our financial budget…Our plan with Verizon gave us 450 minutes, 500 texts some data…We only used on average 150 minutes and 50 text a month…Boy, were we seriously over paying…We do not even need a data plan…We have no use for the internet while we are out…God, has entrusted us with a specific amount of money each month…It is mine and my husband’s responsibility to make sure we are productive and responsible with what God has gifted us with…I will post on my opinion about Tracfone, as I learn to use it…Thank You God for all that you give to me and my family…
Yeah and hooray…My hubby received a phone call about a job today…He put in an application a few weeks ago…He wants to maybe set up a meeting/interview time on Monday after Easter…I do not know what may come of this…But, I do know this is great news…More than we have heard for my husband’s job search in the past few years…God, You know what my husband needs…I trust in you that you will continue to bless our family as long as we remain faithful, grateful and thankful to you my Heavenly Father…
Onto another topic…I have been meaning to write about this for a week or so but other things just were more important at the time…One afternoon while I was driving home from an appointment, I noticed two cars in front of me had stopped in the middle of the road…No stop sign or red light in sight…Then from out of the side of the car in front, I see a row of geese crossing the street…I quickly smiled and realized the goodness that still exists in our world today…I believe that all people were created by God and were a gift from above…We are all given goodness inside of us…For some of us, it comes easy and natural…For others, it is difficult but we manage…There are some who struggle with the goodness inside of them but are surrounded by others who love them and help them to see and live in the goodness they have… Finally, there is those individuals who had goodness for whatever reason, they lost it, cannot find it, are hurting and blinded by so many other things, they have no one here on earth to turn to sometimes…
These individuals are the ones, God has called us to love, pray for and not give up on…We may not agree or believe in them but we have the mighty power of pray from our Heavenly Father to help them bring out the goodness that God planted inside of their hearts so many years ago, when God decided to create them…
God has called us to love and pray for everyone but it is those that hurt and frustrated us that many times we give up on so easily…It is easy to love when they love us…It is not easy to love when they hurt us…Though, please think about it another way…That goodness that they once had, has been stomped, lied to, beaten, hurt, and so many other things that they have a wall and/or defense that keeps the goodness from shining through…Let your relationship with God be the light they need in their times of sadness, despair and heartache…
Just like the geese crossing the street…Every instance of any animal crossing the street…Every driver I have encountered has always stopped until they crossed the street…These drivers have goodness inside of them…They care about living things…It takes a wonderful, loving, faithful and compassionate person to help these people see, feel and realize the goodness they truly and really do possess inside of their-selves…Instead of judging next time, take 2 seconds and pray for God’s guidance..Sometimes, it is the simplest of things…
Now onto my oldest son…Schoolwork today was not happening for him…He is smart and quick as a tack but sometimes his brain does not function the way he things it should go…I know what he knows but I can see his frustration growing…The beauty of homeschooling is many things but today, I let my son have a day off from finishing his work…If it is causing him to get angry, and feel sadness…It is not worth pushing him…I have learned as a parent, there is a time to push your kids and a time to pull them back…Only my husband and I know what time is for what…No readers, do not fret, I am not pushing my kids literally…It simply means I know how much information they can take and when their little brains are fried for the day…My son’s brain was done…He did what he could do…It is not going to do him or I any good to sit and get angry over finishing a piece of paper of math problems…Tomorrow is another day…But today, I could love, support and encourage him not belittle and make him feel worse than he already feels about himself…Thank You God for the opportunity to simply love my children especially in their lowest moments…
Dinner tonight was take-and-bake pizza…I love this stuff…The kids do too…Who doesn’t love pizza? Leftovers for lunch tomorrow equals less dishes for the day…House is still looking great…Kids having their keychain charts has equally divided the household chores and no one is no longer confused about who does what and when on what day…No more Legos to stab my foot in the middle of the night…Laundry and dishes are caught up when I lay my head down at night…
Hyvää yötä my readers, followers and visitors…Enjoy the day God has given you and rest your night in comfort knowing God has granted you another day to enjoy and breathe in his world…
Gracious and Forgiving God you are always…Chance after Chance you give me to become more like you…I am extremely grateful and overwhelmed that you love and trust me so much…
Proverbs 2:10 NIV says, For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
