Grab your bags and a picture of where we met

Picture: My family circa 1992(?) Because I miss them and I'm glad that over the years they've grown to be four of my best friends. Since we live far away, me and my sisters don't share clothes anymore - we just all buy the same clothes and look like triplets. It's true. We have an alarming amount of matching clothes.

It was yet another laundry-on-Friday-night week. YES! I slept in on Saturday...way too late, unfortunately. You can sleep in and feel refreshed, or sleep in and feel gross. It was 9:35 by the time I rolled out of the covers. Sick. I was cranky all morning. Saturday night, instead of going out with the whole Schu clan, me and Dan went to get Mexican food. It was a delightful 'lil date, and we both got pop! Treat galore!

It's Dan's birthday month! Yesterday he said to me, "Birthdays don't seem like that big of a deal anymore." Me, being the most obnoxious birthday celebrator ever, responded, "Why?" He said, "You know...worrying about everything else...saving money, when I'm going to get a job...birthdays just don't seem that significant anymore." It made me want to cry for him. Poor guy. The weight of the world is resting pretty heavily on his shoulders. When I can't take it away, all I can do is pray that the Lord does. Anyway...on a lighter note...Dan's birthday month!

Consequently, his birthday month means only 27 days until I see mi familia!!! Officially less than a month. Mama mia, am I excited! I'm already slightly planning what I'll bring, what I'll wear for the flight, what it will be like leaving early on Sunday morn. (Sad that we'll miss palm Sunday though!) The weather in Poulso will be sheer delight compared to this Michigan late winter/early spring...when the weather is still deciding if it wants to be slightly acceptable or mercilessly cold. Warm enough for Chacos? Eh? Eh?

The Olympic have been a welcome distraction from the ho-hum, but I won't lie, I'm ready to get back to normal "good t.v." on Thursday night. (Side note - me and Dan DVR'd Marriage Ref last night. Anyone else see it? I wasn't disappointed. I did my fair share of laughing.)

I finished Fearless and, to my delight, there are study questions in the back! Just when I thought it couldn't get any better! YEY-AH! So I'm working my way through those. With Bible Study, journal and reading Grace & Power, it might be slow going though. Speaking of which, Grace & Power is a surprisingly easy read. (Small, thick books with small writing intimidate me from the get-go.) I'm learning lots of interesting things - specifically about Jackie. Her relationship with Joe, Sr. intrigues me. It's so odd that she didn't get along with the Kennedy's because of their competitive nature...but it all originated from Joe. I feel for her though...I would NOT want an m.i.l. like Rose Kennedy. Nooooo thank you.

Anyway, since I'm out of Fearless quotes, these are two excerpts from my devotions (Streams In The Desert) from the last two days:

"He is remembering all the time; and not one step will He make you take beyond what your foot is able to endure. Never mind if you think it will not be able for the step that seems to come next; either He will so strengthen it that it shall be able, or He will call a sudden halt, and you shall not have to take it at all."
-Frances Ridley Havergal

"When there is a matter that requires definite prayer, pray till you believe God, until with unfeigned lips you can thank Him for the answer. If the answer still tarries outwardly, do not pray for it in such a way that it is evident that you are not definitely believing for it. Such a prayer in place of being a help will be a hindrance; and when you are finished praying, you will find that your faith has weakened or has entirely gone. The urgency that you felt to offer this kind of prayer is clearly from self and Satan. It may not be wrong to mention the matter in question to the Lord again, if He is keeping you waiting, but be sure you do so in such a way that it implies faith. DO NOT PRAY YOURSELF OUT OF FAITH. You may tell Him that you are waiting and that you are still believing Him and therefore praise Him for the answer. There is nothing that so fully clinches faith as to be so sure of the answer that you can thank God for it."
-C.H.P.

"The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith."
-George Mueller

"You will never learn faith in comfortable surroundings. God gives us the promises in a quiet hour; God seals our covenants with great and gracious words, then He steps back and waits to see how much we believe; then He lets the tempter come, and the test seems to contradict all that He has spoken. It is then that faith wins its crown."