Jan 24

Last Sunday morning we had a wonderful Praise & Worship service at Church. I had gone down front myself to be prayed for and I kind of got selfish in demanding that I get my blessing that I felt I deserved. Now let me backtrack a little in saying I had decided that I was going to start tithing on a more regular basis than what I had in the past. And of course once I made the decision and actually took some action with it the devil came in to change my mind. I will admit that I didn't think I was going to tithe at all last Sunday but the Holy Spirit told me to look in my purse and I found a dollar bill and I new exactly where it was going. No it wasn't my 10% but I still believe God saw favor on me.

So now if we fast forward a little bit, I was at the altar being prayed for of course my prayer request sounded selfish in that I wanted to get my blessing, but what I wanted to say was that I wanted someone to help pray strength for me to continue to do what I had made my mind up to do and in doing so I knew that God would bless me and my decision.

Well then if we fast forward a little more, lets say to the evening Daniel called me on his way home from work to tell me that his parents had called him and wanted to know when we would be home that the had something for us. When I found out that they were coming from KC I thought miracle of miracles they had spent the day at the casinos, won lots of money and was coming to share. Daniel not being as strong of a dreamer or believer as myself said I doubt it, mostly the part about them winning at the casino, no doubt they would share if they had enough.

But any ways I get home from church ask Daniel what they gave us and he told me another pork loin from his mom's friend Kathy, my first reaction was we don't even know what to do with the last one. Upon asking where it was, I looked in the fridge and there laying on the top shelf is the huge tube of pork loin. I would say it was several feet long. I kind of felt like Moses in the desert when God turned his staff into a snake, I wanted to run from it.(Exd 4:3-4) Daniel said that he had already talked to his dad about cutting it up into pork chops and maybe a couple of roasts. Ok that I can handle but this thing was huge and kind of scary to a beginner cook as myself. (ok I have been cooking for 7 years but I still don't know much).

I will admit that it wasn't the blessing I was looking for but it is a blessing all the same and I will thank God everytime I eat it.

Today's Reading:
Exodus 4-5
Matthew 24-26