Okay, so I finally remembered how to log in to my blog...and I was getting flack for not writing anything...so here goes...

Short but sweet this time...

I'm not a big Oprah follower but I did hear her once say something like - When God wants to get our attention, he starts by tapping us on the shoulder. If we don't respond, he might hit us a little harder with something of a little more substance. If we still don't listen or get it, we might watch out for the cars coming our way.

I had a "car" a couple weeks ago. Getting sick on vacation, 103+ temperature, tonsillitis and an ear infection that prevented me from enjoying an all you can eat fresh from the sea - seafood buffet and then after my second trip to the ER being grounded - literally. No flying until my ear popped...so I sent Will home with mom and Ryan, laid in bed for three days and then was told by the second doctor - who graciously saw me for free to see if I could fly yet - that I couldn't fly for three more days. So, being a mom away from her son for this long at this distance for the first time, we hopped a bus - 22 hours/3 buses/6 states and so much more I won't even begin to share - I was home. My ear didn't pop until 4 days later so we would have been stuck even longer in a hotel doing nothing but racking up charges.

So, what did I learn from all this.

A) When God wants your attention...He will get it.
B) The first thing that came to my mind when I realized how sick I was, was my church family. Once they were called and I knew they were praying, I knew I could make it.
C) Being the oldest child of 6 and a getter done kind of person, I am all about making sure all the details are done and with no stone unturned. Being this sick, I had to leave who was staying with me and who was going with Will, travel plans for Will, living arrangements for Will, daycare arrangements, work arrangements, hotel, air fare, medicine, food, everything up to someone else...and know that whatever was decided, even if it wasn't what I would have done, it all would still be okay...and it was. In fact, things turned out better than I would have imagined. Since this ordeal, I am learning that if I don't have my hand in something, it's still going to be okay.
D) God is good. I knew that but He reminded me. I heard another saying this past week...there's not a testimony without a test. Hmm...I like that.

So in current St. Paul's Sunday fashion, can I get a hallelujah for all the ways God is good.