Exodus!

You guessed it - I finished Exodus. It has taken forever. Well, actually it didn't take that long until I got to the Tabernacle instructions and then it became an act of faithfulness. This guy, Phillip Martin, has all this cute Biblical clip art. That's where I got this (and yes it's free). Anyway, I like Moses, so these Moments with Moses make me happy. Especially the one with the burning bush- it always reminds of God saying "I AM that I AM" - which always gives me shivers. What an awesome God we serve. We're so blessed! 

So what else is new you ask??? A LOT of random events, both good and bad, but you can always tell by your response how well you are allowing God to work in your life... 

Random Event #1: I was completely and totally betrayed, in a particularly horrible way by someone who has tried to gain my trust. I decided to be slow to anger and sleep on it. Well, I didn't sleep much and I woke up with a migraine. Luckily, I work at a nice place that let me have part of the morning off to just feel sick. By the time the person finally tried to "fix" the situation- I was over it. I was so Hakuna Matata, thanks to Jesus, that I was able to grant some serious grace, or should I say I was able to keep my mouth shut while Jesus granted some Grace!!! Thanks Lord!

Random Event #2: I finally won over someone I have trying to be friends with for 3 years - and she's the bees' knees! Actually, again, Jesus must have won her over because I've been doing the same thing for all 3 years!!! 

Random Event #3: This one is SO weird -- I was in Wal-Mart shopping for groceries after I left the gym the other day. It was sort of late, but still really crowded. I came out of an aisle and went to make a left to go through the main aisle and I stopped dead in my tracks... there was a man who looked very military and very much like a blue-eyed Army boy I adore... we were sort of blocked in the main aisle by some women talking (and I didn't think he noticed me) but he turned to the side and I noticed his arm was in a sling and appeared to be badly injured. ((Disclaimer: I am not very emotional, I rarely cry, I NEVER cry in public, and generally just don't want to know about feelings - I want people to have them, talking about them and expressing them just isn't my thing)) I didn't realize I was starring when I felt a rush of tears fill my eyes. I was brought back to reality when he said "you can go by if you need to, I can move my cart". I was mostly embarrassed because I wasn't sure if he thought I was about to cry over being blocked in or that I was just a weirdo. So you know what's better than letting people think you're weird, CONFIRMING IT!!! =) So I say, "oh no I'm sorry I was starring at your arm" (why would I say THAT?!?!?!) and he looks down (and I feel like a heel) and I say, "oh no, I didn't mean anything by it, it's just you look very military and there's someone I worry about... I uh... I'm just... I'm sorry!" and yes I shouted the sorry part, as I probably should have. He just looked up with those big blue eyes (again tears started to well) and he said, "well, whoever he is is a VERY lucky man, miss. I'm sure he'll be fine and you're right I am a military man, good guess. Does he know you love him?" OH YEAH, YOU READ THAT RIGHT -- and do you know what I did??? If you're guess was A) cry more B) laugh like a hyaena or C) all of the above the answer is C!!! I did that laugh where you're little belly shakes and tears roll down your cheeks and I said, "oh my gosh NO! I wouldn't say that" Let me tell you, I have never seen a grown man laugh that hard. So we just stood there laughing and laughing and laughing, and finally he said, "Well ma'am, you may not be in love with him, but you do love him, and you should tell him". I just smiled, winked (which I'm terrible at) and said "thanks, I'll consider that, ONE DAY" -- isn't that so random??? God does funny stuff!!! He makes me laugh =)