Patience...Patience...Patience...

As you know I have been praying for patience and remember I told you I get trials when I pray for patience...trials so far...

1) I took the day off Monday so I could spend some time with my sons. I wanted to spend the day with them and just have some fun! Well, my sister in law called and said "I hear you have the day off" which in other words meant "could you watch Payton (my adorable 5 year old great nephew and a bundle of energy)? What was I supposed to say?...so now I think my day is ruined my fun filled day with my boys will not happen. I told you I have no patience...Of course I was wrong we had a great day and a lot of fun..Payton is so funny and get him, Jordan and Logan together and they could have their own sitcom.

2) We went out for pizza and Phil ate the tip of my pizza..you know, the first bite? the little tip? The best part of the pizza when you are really hungry..he ate it! Didn't even ask...ok so yes..this made me grumpy!

Well, maybe I only had 2 trials (that I remember) but it seemed like a lot more and typing this now these moments seem so trivial. But, they each tested my patience, which was good...I think I handled both situations better this week than I would have last week..am I growing? I think so, and with God's blessing I will continue to grow in my faith.

And...a special note...Phil is also growing, he learned that you just don't take the tip of a piece of pizza when a girl is hungry!!

Blessings!!
Andrea

Had a bad day...

OK, I'm not going to go into all the details of what happened today but let me tell you..."it is so difficult working in a department with all women!"

So anyway, I was having an extremely terrible day and I sent a text to Phillip (the hubby)..I wanted to complain (I'm a woman remember) about my day and the fact that I could walk out of my place of employment and never look back. I just wanted him to listen to me complain and say "oh sweetie, you are right and I will rub your tired feet when you get home". Do you think that is what he said? NOPE! This is the text I got back from my wonderful husband "Don't let them steal your joy". What? What Joy?? I have no joy here!

But wait...let's think about this for a minute...I do have joy here...I have the Lord in my heart, I have an amazing Christian friend who prayed me into this place and another friend that I think likes me being here too, I like what I do, my evaluations have always been positive, I have health insurance, a 401K, pretty decent pay...so what's my problem? How do you work in a secular job for 8 hours a day around such cattiness and remain still and wait on the Lord?? How do I maintain my Christian walk in such a difficult place? I know I am where I am for a reason, I know there is something more for me, but I must wait.

Now, any of you who know me know how difficult it is for me to WAIT...I am very impatient...so you say pray for patience...ha...I am dealing with this...I don't like to pray for patience because I get trials. Just the other day I told my dear friend Julie about my dislike of praying for patience and she convinced me to pray for patience and she would pray for me as well...well thank you Julie...I had quite the trial today! OK, that wasn't fair, I should say "thank you Lord for giving me this trial to help me grow in faith." It's just easier to blame Julie. But...

It all goes into perspective when I walk through the door at night to a warm home, a husband and wonderful kids waiting to tell me about their day. I will pull out my bible tonight and look up scripture on patience and I will continue to pray for patience and thank God for all I have at this moment in time. And...I'll throw in a prayer for the girls at work.

Glad to meet you!

Well, this is my first post and to be honest, I'm a bit nervous about it. My oldest daughter Heather encouraged me to create a blog so here I am.

I guess I will just tell you a bit about myself..I am a wife to an amazing man, Phillip, mother of 4 wonderful children, Heather 23, Amanda 19, Jordan 14 and Logan 13..and I have the best son-in-law in the world, Ben, who by the way named my blog. Thanks Ben!!

I work full time, love to sell on ebay (which you can find my link for on my site), I have some amazing friends that I'm sure I will tell you about later (don't worry girls, only good things will be said..I think), I love to take pictures of my family..who wouldn't want to..they are gorgeous!!

I guess my purpose of this blog is really more a sort of therapy. I can come here and tell everyone about my day, what I'm thinking or feeling. And..no one will talk back, well I hope I get some comments on my blog but you know what I mean.

The picture on my site is of me at "The Great Pumpkin Patch" in Arthur, IL..it's just the best place to go to get into the Fall spirit!

Just a warning, I tend to ramble...which is what I was going to name my blog in the first place..something about my rambling words but believe it or not it was taken!

Well, thanks for listening, It's been fun but I have things to do and not much time to do them.
Have a blessed day!