What a beautiful day! I’m loving this cool weather in August! Hoping it holds over for the wedding tomorrow!!
So here’s my joy for today…being able to enjoy a cup of coffee outside in a Darma station mug while doing my devotions.
What’s your small thing joy today?
Almost two years ago, we moved back in with my family. I’m so grateful for the graciousness of my parents in letting us do so. Just the money savings alone has been huge.
Recently though, we’ve been super blessed in the relationships with my siblings. We’ve had so many conversations about spiritual growth and life with them. It’s been an awesome time for me in the transition from “my siblings” to “my friends.” It’s been such a fun summer with them too! Going to different events and going on vacation. I can’t wait to see what the next few years (or however long we’re here) hold!
Last night, we went to Bengie’s Drive-In with my youngest brother. We got a nice spot close to the exit, brought a TON of blankets and pillows, got great snacks in the snack bar (popcorn dipped in nacho cheese! YUM!) and had a really awesome time.
As the last movie was drawing to a close, we started packing up. As the credits started to roll, we got in to leave. Turned the key…..dead battery. Thankfully, Bengies has employees equipped with jump batteries fully charged. All you have to do is pop the hood and they’ll give you a jump. So we pop the hood and wait our turn. The folks next to us stopped to give us a jump….got it all set up….nothin’. Let it charge a few minutes….nothin’. Another guy stopped by and helped us out….still nothin’. We ended up calling a tow truck and then chatting with the guy for a few hours. For no other reason than being a nice guy, he hung around waiting with us. Even the manager stopped by a few times to check on us. Around 2:15/2:30, Bret had a sense to try again….a little hesitation and we have a running engine! We stopped by the manager’s office and give him the update.
Shout out here to the manager…..he was so kind to us. We felt bad for keeping him out so late, but he was incredibly gracious. Guys, seriously, you HAVE to go to this drive-in! Let alone the fact that it’s the only one around in Maryland….it’s a great experience and really affordable! ~$10 for 2-3 movies? Come on!
Anyways, I tell this story for the sole purpose of the fresh reminder of God’s goodness to us and how much he has been making us more and more like Christ. A few years back, heck a few months back, we would have been a lot less at peace with the whole situation. Oh, did I mention that MY car was in the shop at this moment as well?? But, here we were, with a broken down truck…that may be in need of serious work….or retirement. We had visions of “oh well, I guess we can’t do this or that now!” But the words from our lips were things like….”praise God it wasn’t my sister driving!”…”Thank God it happened THIS night and not tomorrow night.” (Bret starts training for his teaching job tomorrow)…”Thank God we’re in a safe location.”
After we gave the manager the update, we stopped, prayed and thanked God for such love and care for us. The truck made the whole drive home. Today, we were able to drive it to the shop where it’s getting a check up now. What a great reminder that God loves us so much to care for us in such detail!
I’ll leave you with a totally applicable verse from my devotions this morning!
Only fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you. 1 Samuel 12:24
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After 5 years of school, substitute teaching and a whole lot of side jobs, I am SOOOO proud to say Bret signed a contract yesterday to be a permanent physical education teacher at an elementary school! Praise God!
It was so surreal looking over the benefits packet….knowing that we’ll have things like life insurance, DENTAL insurance and the option for 457b an account! WHAT?
It has been a tough (but VERY fruitful) few years and we are just blown away by the grace God has shown us over the years and this HUGE blessing on us.
Look at how cute he is in his teacher get up! 🙂 *not my picture, taken by a school provided photographer.
I recently started reading The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss (* Amazon Affiliate link – this means if you buy the book or something else on Amazon, we’ll get a tiny percentage of your purchase, at no additional cost to you. As a very strict rule, I only share affiliate links to something I’ve used or read personally – I did finish this book and it changed my life). I’m not sure why I waited so long to read it. Maybe I had an idea of what it was going to be and didn’t think it was for me. As I started reading, I realized it was SO for me and in many ways, I’m already living my life like this.
The quote that grabbed me first was this:
“Let’s define ‘laziness’ anew – to endure a non-ideal existence, to let circumstance or others decide life for you, or to amass a fortune while passing through life like a spectator from an office window. The size of your bank account doesn’t change this, nor does the number of hours you log in handling unimportant e-mail or minutiae.”
I’m about 3 chapters in as of right now, but the whole idea of the book (basically, make your life like you want it…and don’t buy the societal myths of job security and using the best years of your life at a job you hate so you can have a comfortable retirement) resonates with me on so many levels.
I’ve made it no secret that we aren’t swimmin’ in the cash and livin’ the high life (financially). Truth be told, I’m making far less than I did at a 9-5 job….and some days, I’m like, sheesh, this sucks, people must think A, B, C….but after reading such a small part of this book, I’m not thinking like that at any more. Sure, I’m making less….but I’m living a MUCH fuller life!
It’s not about what’s in my bank account, I measure my life by the moments that are possible because of my work.
Have you read this book? What are your thoughts?
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