Curve Balls

Life throws curve balls at us. Notice that? We can feel like everything is going great, and then suddenly it's not. We can be having the worst day, and then it gets worse. Or we can be having the worst day and then it gets better!

Suddenly life turns on it's end, and even though every situation doesn't change, one does, and it's not as horrible.

That happened to us tonight. Life is stressful. Life is hard. I think that's kind of the point of it though, to be hard. To work hard, to learn how to deal with stress, to learn how to cope with everything that is thrown our way. To make mistakes, grow from them, and not repeat them.

I have been worried about getting Christmas for my kids. I have been stressed about providing enough for them that we still have a roof over our head. I have been putting a lot of my energy into worrying and stressing, and it's really not good. Well, life turned on it's head tonight. Life flipped upside-down for us, even for just a moment.

The doorbell rang, shortly after we walked in the door after running to the store, and by the time I opened it, no one was there. The only thing there was a small golden box. It was really light when I picked it up. I opened it, and all I saw was yellow tissue paper. I pulled out the paper and in the bottom of the box was this note: " Christmas is coming- in fact, it's almost here. Everyone can use some extra cash this time of year. I know it isn't much, but I hope that you will see the heartfelt Christmas wishes to your family from me. Merry Christmas!"

Below that little note were 2 bills. A $100 and a $50. Someone just gave my family $150! The stress is still there, but the Lord is watching out for us. With Faith and Action, we'll be okay!

Sometimes life throws us curve balls, that make life better and easier!