Monday, June 4, 2007
when it rains......it gets wet
I was sitting at a dinner table the other night in Tyler, Texas talking with a friend about the phenomenon that I have labled the 2x4. this experience is one that Sarah and I have experienced a few times since we have been married. when we were engaged I believe that cloud nine was my favorite residence. I spent a lot of time there spacing out. I just knew that everything would be fine and things would work themselves out. cloud nine is what I sometimes call faith in a sarcastic sort of way. I have faith that everything will be okay. fast forward to being married. puppy love and adoration is beautiful. the bliss of marriage and happiness still new and totally out of nowhere a 2x4 hits me in the face and knocks me off of cloud nine. now i am still hanging on from the bottom starring at the puffy cloud and wondering what happened? well this 2x4 is called life. unexpected things that stress me out. the first experience was back in november of last year. we were living in old house in nashville and we hadn't turned the gas on yet because of the deposit to turn it on. well we got an early freeze. we woke up to ice on the inside of our bedroom window. it was cold. really cold. we used some store credit to buy a spce heater. we would cuddle and read books in the front room and an hour before bedtime i would run the space heater into the bedroom shut the door and lock in the heat. well there was no deposit needed and it became a fun story. well the 2x4 struck again. tires. we both need new tires. the ac on sarah's car went out and well we live in the hot sticky muggy summertime of the south. no ac= long hot drives and a lot of sweat. so i decided to try and be a good husband and go get the car fixed. i was gonna surprise sarah with ac for the ride home. i go to the shop and they tell me after about 15 minutes of tinkering that our car is on the old 112 freon. they don't have that. i need r134. so i need to go to the dealership and get it converted. and they try to charge 20 bucks to tell me that. haha! sooooo hot car. well the i get home and the tail lights won't go out. they are stuck on. i never turned the lights on. i don't get it. so the lights caused the battery to die. and i'm reminded of thanksgiving when I hit a deer on the way to arkansas in sarah's car. and fought the insurance company to get half of what the car was worth. add the deductible and well you see what i mean by 2x4..........2000 for a 1991......2x4. oh lord teach us how to deal....
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Lots of things that happen to us seem like 2x4's or even train wrecks but I don't think we learn to trust the Lord with out those difficult times.My daddy told me to always take care of my health and save a few bucks for the future and also to give more than you think you can. He died without money but was a rich man because he had many friends, a family that loved him and the best thing of all he accepted the free gift of eternal life with Jesus.
Yes, you are so right it does get wet when it rains but without the rain there would not be any rainbows!!! JuJu loves you so much!!!
Lots of things happen to us seem like 2X4's or train wrecks. I don't think we learn to trust the Lord without the difficult times.
Afer all with out the rain there would be no rainbows!
I am praying for both of you and hope that you are having some quiet times with Jesus. Satan is that roaring lion out there after us. The WORD will stop him.
LUV JuJu
After being married for almost 9 years and 3 children later you learn so much about 2x4's or as i say "it's pouring on us again". Marraige is wonderful, life is wonderful but sometimes the mixture is toxic. Too much stress, too much responsiblity, too many commentments and not enough time or money for any of the above.
My husband used to say "remember when we were dating or when we first got married and how we went when we wanted with no kids to pack for and no waiting on anyone but us." "Yes I remember I would say but vaguely", because our life was just not that perfect. Yes we went when we wanted but our commentments were still at home when we returned, and the time we spent doing what we wanted took away from what needed to be done, and well we had to have money to do those things which was usaul a phone call to my mom and dad.
My dad always told me that the Lors would never give us more than we could handle and that if you always had faith he would always be there to help. I so beleive that. Maybe we don't have money for lots of trips or the latest gadget but we are always supplied somehow by the grace of god with food, bill money, things the kids need and sometimes want, and extra like the tires and such. Life will not always be picture perfect, but I do believe that what you and Sara Beth have is pretty close to it. Your life will be blessed in ways you never imagined. Love to you both.
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