Ferngully and Popcorn

Today started out with a groggy call before my alarm went off. My mother's truck which she purchased less than a year ago from a cousin had broken down again. She had worked all night and was stuck at the bank. So I got up and began the process of finding someone with a car to pick her up from the garage she had been towed to. I learned something very important. Not everyone sleeps with their ringer turned up at night. So here I was stuck at home calling my mom to tell her I had no way of getting her home. I could hear the pain and weariness in her voice. She has painful bone problems and a whole night on her feet leaves her in great need of rest each day.

I found myself with no other option but to pray everything was taken care of. Not 2 minutes after praying for an answer my phone rang. It was mom telling me a lady had been kind enough to offer her a ride home. The truck has been fixed. 100 dollars later for 10 dollars worth of gas to be added to her tank. apparently she was out of gas and her brand new fuel sending unit which was telling her she had a 1/4 of a tank lied to her. She cried. We just do not have that kind of money to be shelling out for no reason.

So now we are back to the days of keeping a tally of the miles she has driven and the amount of gas she has paid for to determine when she must get gas.

However even in this there is joy. Today my mom learned something she has been struggling with for ages. Even if she hasn't realized it yet. SHE CAN DO IT. Since my father died my mom has tried her best to keep a man in her life even if that man wasn't worth the trash I run to the dump, because she didn't believe she could do it herself. God truly does answer prayers.

So now I am sitting with Layla the little girl I take care of and watching ferngully. She has never seen it and I am blessed in seeing the joy on her face as she experiences this for the first time. And I am enjoying my tasty mini bag of popcorn.

So I leave you all with this. and I pray it blesses you today.

Proverbs 3:5-6 (King James Version)

⁵Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

⁶In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths