ARE YOU WALKING ON TURBULENT WATERS.

"When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet."    Proverbs 3:24

Hola friends!.  May God bless each and every one of you, that is my most sincere wish.

Today I am so thankful for Gods mercies and His tender loving care for HIS children.  I write to you today from Mukilteo, Washington.  What a beautiful place.  Our room is right on the water!  Yes that's right, the waves are lapping right under our window and the sea gulls are announcing their presence with plenty of gusto!  LOL

You know, God knows our needs so much better than we do.  I was a bit hesitant to leave my home.  For some reason I thought the world as I know it would come to a complete stop.  All the "what if's" assailed my thoughts.  My mind ran through every possible scenario and caused me to drag my feet about being excited for this trip.  Praise God that my husband paid for the airline tickets and booked the hotel before I could utter all of my doubts and reasons for which I could not possibly leave.  The business, the new blog, the kiddos, my princesses.  How could I leave all of that for a week?  What if . . .  resounded loud and clear in my head. 

So I prayed, and I prayed.  I longed to be with my honey.  I love to see his smiling eyes, to walk hand in hand with him.  But more than anything thing, I wanted him to know that after GOD, he is my number one priority.  I wanted him to know that I love him more each and every day of our lives together.  Yes, somehow that is possible, to love your husband more and more each and every day.  And so I prayed.  Except that this time, while I prayed on the plane, listing all of my concerns to my FATHER.  HIS answer was.  I'VE got this, you rest.  I giggled a bit and said "yes SIR!".

As I watched the waves from our windows, I sat there, thinking and marveling at God's creation.  The sky turned cloudy and overcast and the calm and peaceful waters began to turn "choppy".  I couldn't help but watch the water and wonder what did it look like when Christ told Peter "Come!" What would I have done if I were in Peters shoes.  What would you do? I wondered how easily we let the choppy waters of our lives deter us from doing what God wants us to do.  In my case, spend some much needed quality time with my husband, my Tangi!  I call him my Tangi, because Eric is my tangible gift from God.  I can feel him and touch him and I know without a shadow of a doubt that my FATHER in Heaven loves me and blessed me with my hubby. Without God intervening, we would have never met.  I am so glad that God knows and orders our steps for HE knows us, and our needs, better that we ourselves do.

When I lay my head down to sleep now, this verse in Proverbs comes to mind, as if GOD was speaking directly to me.  And HE says, rest my child and let your sleep be sweet!  IT HAS BEEN! ;)

Trust HIM and let your sleep be sweet! 

Father, let us always rest in you.  Let our comfort and confidence emanate from you Father.  Let us walk each day trusting fully in you and let us pillow our head knowing that because we belong to you, our sleep will be sweet. Amen and Amen!