This happened a number of years ago, but I came across one of my old journals while cleaning . ......and yes the cleaning stopped as I reminisced!
Some things just don't change, though. Whenever we plan well, we have interesting little "adventures" along the way!!!!
This is what a romantic weekend looked like for us!
In Feb. of 2000 (for valentines) Bill and I were desperate for some needed rest and refreshment for our bodies and souls. I asked some friends (some very brave friends) if they would watch our children........don't worry, I divided them up....and everyone said YES!!!! Hallelujah!!!
I dropped everyone Friday evening and we were a couple instead of fifteen and three quarters...( I was pregnant with our fourteenth).
We decided to stay home but go out for dinner, sooooooooo we went out, came home, and had an early night and RESTED!!!! On Saturday morning we planned to relax and we woke up on our own! Priceless!!!! However, when we got downstairs we received a phone call from the business next door telling Bill the shop door was unlocked and his alarm was going off, so off we went to the shop....puzzling but everything seemed okay.
When we got home we discovered Justin's TWO pet Iguanas had made a jail break. ICK!!
We looked and could not find them and the last time one escaped I told Justin, that"God says in the book of Genesis that He has given us dominion over all the animals , so here's what you do...say Iguana in the name of Jesus I command you to get in front of me". Having said that I walked away and trusted Justin to do just that -he forgot- the Iguana....... didn't!!
I went to bed and woke up to hear a rustling sound so I jumped up and the Iguana jumped on my very high bed on my pillow RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME!!!!!! Just like I told Justin!!! ARGH!
I knew there was power in Jesus name, and truth in the authority that Jesus gave to us ...so, this time with the two Iguanas missing I commanded them to not to go near our bed and to show themselves to Bill !!!
We went about our day and had the opportunity to talk about the Lord with three different people...the conversation just naturally turned to God.
We went window shopping for furniture...boy do I have good taste!
We were going to go to a nice restaurant for dinner ,but we decided to go to a prayer meeting...it didn't get out til later so we were too late to eat...... bummer, but we did get "soul" food!
We just went home and went to sleep until....Bill got a call first thing in the morning saying Bill's shop was on fire! We raced to the shop and yes indeed there was a fire, but Praise God!!! The fire was contained to the front of the shop...Josh's four wheeler was there, a 40,000 corvette, two suburbans, a dump truck, and all the paints, thinners and solvents. This could have been a major explosion!
God is so good! It was a light outside on the top of the roof and one of Bill's old employees spotted the fire and the fire station is only a block away and they quickly extinguished it!
Needless to say our quiet romantic weekend was interrupted by alarms, Iguanas, and fire.......and then the brakes went out on our car as we were driving!
The beauty of this whole weekend was ...We did have rest...and we spent time together, so it was good!
When we got home Bill went to use the restroom and I heard him scream! This still makes me laugh because there in front of him came the two missing Iguanas!!!!
Isn't it great that we are constantly being stretched which causes our trust to grow as we hang on to our daily faith dangle???!!!
Genesis 50 :19-20 says "Fear not; for am I in the place of God? As for you (satan) you thought evil against me , but God meant it for good"!!!!
I look back on this fondly now, because these are memories that can never be taken and nobody could make something this weird up!!!!!!
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