In God We Trust...

God sure has turned my week upside-down. The week was supposed to be a simple, quiet birthday week. However, God decided that I didn’t have enough excitement in my life or things to worry about apparently. Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday all produced frantic running around with the whole canning process (see In a Pickle...). Also Tuesday evening, we went out and bought a new-to-us couch which was a process in itself. You know how much fun moving furniture is. I can’t complain too much because we got a great deal, and we absolutely love our new sectional!

Wednesday was full of hours talking on the phone about how awesome I am, because it was my birthday and all. I had the outlet shopping trip (see In the Zone...), and then Justin and I went out to eat for dinner. Thursday was spent being angry and searching for ways to fix the government plane/magnet conspiracy that knocked out my internet and Wii (see In My Shoes...). And, now, there’s today…

Justin’s dad went into the hospital this morning for what was supposed to be a simple exploratory day surgery. The surgery was indeed simple; however, the news we got was not. Justin’s dad has 7 blockages in his heart. We seem to be looking at 4 or 5 bypass heart surgery next week. The good news is that finding this was sort of a miracle. Justin’s dad worked for the Deepwater Horizon before it exploded in the Gulf. He found out about his heart problems due to a physical that needed to be passed so that he could go to work on another rig. Because heart problems run in his family, we are quite lucky that we found this early. Several family members were not so fortunate to find it in time for surgery. So, I guess we’ll all wait patiently as we trust God to get us to next week and take care of us all.

Sometimes, when you just glance at a situation, you only see the bad. But, sometimes if you look a little harder, you’ll see what God meant for you to see. I think it’s sort of like a sandwich. If you just glance at it, it’s a sandwich. But if you look harder, you’ll realize that it’s a freshly shaved honey turkey with red-rind cheddar cheese, slices of fresh garden tomatoes, leafs of crisp lettuce, and a couple dollops of Miracle Whip on a 7-grain whole wheat roll accompanied by a recently canned dill pickle on the side.

If you feel so inclined, prayers would be much appreciated…