Water

Our water was cut off, I think, for no reason at all. This is the third time this has happened. I got home from the gym, really excited to shower, and then there was no water. And the last couple times this has happened, it took a while to get it turned on again. Then it hit me. I HAVE water. IN MY HOUSE. Mostly clean water, at least for showering and stuff. What a blessing that is. I should be thankful for the water I usually have instead of complaining about the water I don't have for a couple days. Thank you Lord for reminding me that you are good, even when crazy things happen. I am thankful that He reminds us of our blessings!

Soft Hearts

So I was reading today in Exodus 9 about the plagues of the livestock. Moses warned Pharoah that if he would not let them go, only the Egyptian livestock would be sick, not the Israelite livestock. And that's just what happened:

Ex 9:1-7

9:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, 'This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, so that they may worship me." 2 If you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them back, 3 the hand of the LORD will bring a terrible plague on your livestock in the field — on your horses and donkeys and camels and on your cattle and sheep and goats. 4 But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and that of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.'"

5 The LORD set a time and said, "Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land." 6 And the next day the LORD did it: All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died. 7 Pharaoh sent men to investigate and found that not even one of the animals of the Israelites had died. Yet his heart was unyielding and he would not let the people go.

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It amazes me that Pharaoh SENT MEN to investigate, and found that it was true, yet still his heart was unyielding. It made me think: how often is my heart like that. God says He will do something, I see the evidence, and yet I don't open my heart. Well, I might open it for awhile but then the next time the trial comes, I forget that God did exactly what He said He would do! I want a soft heart, a yielding heart. May I fully and completely believe God!

It's a Totally Different World

Just a little funny moment from the day that reminded me these kids I teach are growing up SO differently than I did! Most of my students get picked up by a chauffeur. One of my girls has always had the same chauffeur, but the last week he has not been there. I asked her about it and she launched into a long story about what happened. I won't get into it, but at the end she was like "Miss Seeman, do you want a chauffeur?" I told her that first I want/need a car. She proceeded to tell me "Well we had a black Bentley (pronounced Bentaley :)) but we gave it to my dad's friend. Or else you could have it." Hmmm, I don't think she quite realizes how much that car is worth, or that you don't just give away cars. Haha. I think she didn't know the word for "sold," but even if she did, she has no idea that I could never ever afford that car. But it did give Miss Metzler (pronounced Metzaler by said little girl) a good secret laugh :).

Oh, and on the subject of cars, the kids told me that Santa could bring me one. Unfortunately, one didn't appear beneath the tree :).