gifts from Daddy God

been keeping a list of gifts from Daddy God - thought I'd share

4/2010
tea cups (cheap) for Women's Tea a church
dish drainer $2 /Organizer $2 at Goodwill - JUST what I needed (& cheap)
nuturtion class FREE
my salon agreed to a discounted mini-pedi price I can afford
reduced price MRI ($450 vs thousands)

8/2010
Insurance says we met $10,000 out of pocket (? not sure how) - back surgery covered at 100% - PTL
Update= surgery cost insurance company over $250,000 = Us / Nada !!!!

1/2011
My back is doing great - surgery worked
Husband received new contract job assignment just hours before he found out his current assignment was unexpectedly ending - PTL

3/2011
free meal at IHOP
given nice red sofa & beautiful framed picture
$500 gift card to Omaha steak
tons of almost new clothes for me from a friend

4/2011
Husband just atarted a new contract assignment with a great company (only 6 weeks on unemployment)
Wet carpet NOT from plumbing problem & found out we DO have water leakage coverage IF we had had that problem

Kaput coffeemaker - Facebook friend giving us one

A new year - Like a new Big Chief Tablet

Welcome to 2011. WOW, don't we all like a fresh start.

I remember in grade school how much I loved getting a new Big Chief Tablet. All that fresh paper to write on. I always wanted to just write on one side. I hated it when the teacher wanted us to turn the page over and write on the back of the page. It was never as much fun.

Now that I think about it, God must feel the same way that I did as a child. He says His mercies are new every morning. No crumpled, smudged marks from the past to write over. He wants me to write the story of my life with Him on a fresh, clean page every day. Why then do I drag my past along with me into a new day?? I have no idea - but now that I realize what I've been doing, I think I'll just follow my Pastor's advice and just - STOP IT!

Yep, I'm going to focus in 2011 on writing on just ONE side of the page - clean, fresh, and able to be anything He and I desire.