when it rains it pours, pt. 1

"may the name of the LORD be praised."

Job 1:20b

now i am not nearly the servant of the LORD Job was,

but the last week or two of our life has been trying.

it is always interesting when the LORD uses object lessons when we are studying in His word.

i find it humorous at the time after the fact,

when i realize what has been going on.

so let me begin.

for the past two months our lives have been crazy.

the type of crazy where you feel lucky to sleep in until 8am,

and you are lucky when you get to bed before 1am.

also crazy because it was the only 31 days Scottie had off of school.

we crammed everything in we could think of and still missed SO much.

as you all know in those times all routines go out the window.

your life resembles nothing close to norm,

and eventually you begin to feel the effects of this.

we began to feel them about three weeks ago.

we hadn't been in the word,

we hadn't been able to fellowship,

and we hadn't been hitting on all cylinders in our relationship.

it began when Mr. Scottie misplaced his wedding ring.

he traced it back to the move from our old apartment & that is all.

let me tell you i had a minor major identity crisis.

how are girls going to know my gorgeous husband is married?

what if they just hit on him?

what if people see us kissing in public & they think we aren't married?

what will people say when they see him without his ring?

and as you can imagine,

the list went on.

after much assurance from him i realized it was just an object & our love won't change,

it was just a symbol of our union.

i was able to breathe.......

for a little while.

then two sundays ago,

i thought my world was going to come crashing down around me.