Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Those Days...
Ever had one of those days when you wish you could start over or that it would just end? Well, it is only 3 pm here so I think I would rather it already be bed time! :) It started off this morning by receiving an email with news I wasn't expecting. We owed more for our plane tickets than was originally quoted and it was a bit of a shock. After sending a few emails we got it all taken care of but not without a little panic in the process. I am so thankful for great people who are encouraging and reminding me to take it easy through it all :) But after all of that was finished we headed into town to renew our visas and it just wasn't as easy as I had wished. The part where I almost lost it was when I was told to fill out this form in Chinese and I couldn't remember all of the characters and the lady wouldn't help me fill it out. With tears streaming down my face I heard the boss say, just let her do it in English and the other lady said, no she needs to write Chinese. So I just wrote it in English and handed it back to her. It was a moment when I had to take a deep breath and remember things that I had read from the Word that morning. Life is not easy here, many days I just want to throw the towel in. I am tired and weak. But Father is so good, merciful and gracious on days like today when I have one of "those days". I debated in writing this today, I had all of these fun things that I wanted to share. But Father impressed on my heart that I needed to be transparent with you all and let you know that "those days" can also be used for His Glory. He has given me over an hour to myself this afternoon as my family is sleeping and I am listening to some new music off of i-tunes and I will rejoice for He is good...even when I am having one of those days.....
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so sorry that you had to go through one of "those days", sweet friend. thanks for sharing it with us and know i'm sending up a big internet hug and some pryrs too. love you!
Carrie
Aww, Larlar, thanks for letting us in on the bad days too. We all go through those. I hope and pray that you get a good nights rest and find new JOY in the morning!
So sorry you had one of those days! I understand.
Thanks for reminding us of the struggles of being in a foreign country though. It's easy for us to imagine that the world happens in English! I try to imagine what it must feel like to live in the States and not know English 100% yet. As you well know, even when you are *trying* to do everything by the books and to learn culture, language, etc., it takes time. May we extend courtesies to those in our country trying to learn the language just as the boss in the office wanted to do to you. It seems the only humane thing to do...Hope tomorrow is better!
Laura--if I have the timing right, I think you might still be up, but probably the kids are in bed.
Anyway...I wanted to let you know that John slept all night last night--he has never done that. Thanks for your prayers, friend!! Because he slept all night, I was able to wake up early for quiet time and exercise before the rest of the house woke up. It makes such a difference in my day.
I hope you have a good night's sleep, friend!
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