Uncertain

 Happy Sabbath

Ok, so this week is a marvelous week.  This week is the anniversary week of me being baptized. I was baptized back on Sept 1st 2007 and I am thankful to still be in the faith.  

With some minor and major bumps and bruises, but I am still here, praise the Lord.

I am thankful for a five day weekend that I am already in and enjoying with my son.

I am thankful that also announced on the date of my baptism anniversary that my main job gave me a $5k raise in salary.  I had even picked up a third side hustle after talking to my coworker on 8/31 and now I am making more than double what I was making back in 2015 when I first started in this field and even yesterday, I received yet another check from who knows where.  Money keeps coming in from unknown directions.

I had a store card for Sears when they were in business years ago. I opened it because I wanted to get a low price on a winter coat that my little sis put me on to.  Then when my son's father came around, he got a hold of my credit card info and used it without my knowledge. I had to struggle and pay off all the debt racked up on it and because it is a Citibank card and they have ruthless schemes of charging you and really trying to get you stuck with them, I paid that thing off as fast as I could and closed the account.  My son is nearly 9 years old and tell me why they just sent a check to me at my new home.  The paper is flimsy so I do have doubts that it could be real so I am thinking of finding a citibank branch to see if they will cash it out for real money.  There are scams out here man.

I am thankful for my income. I am thankful for my family, for time I can take off and relax, for health.

The title of my post today is called uncertain though.  I have prayed for something and God knows how quickly I forget some things I pray about.  I don't want to come on here and say what it is because it would give the enemy something to work on to deceive me and it would take away the fun and surprise of it all.  I'll just say that I prayed about something and three times, the answer was given.  What I prayed for I will not say. If I am incorrect, I ask for forgiveness.  I asked for the Lord's no to be Namibia and for His yes to Yemen.  I have seen Yemen and heard Yemen three times within the 2-3 weeks I have been waiting for His response on the matter.  Part of me wants to think that because of what is happening over in the middle east may be putting Yemen on the radar.  I have not gone searching for this stuff.  I heard it in a song that was on a comedy show I occasionally watch overnight. That I heard on September 3rd. I heard it again during a talk someone was having and as I said my memory really is trash. If I don't screen shot or put a marker in my memo pad/calendar, I am going to forget straight away.  There was a first time, but it was Yemeni (can't tell you the date or program in relation to it).  I didn't want to accept the first one so I prayed again and of course if the Lord wants you to see something, He will make sure you see it.  

I am going to be praying about this situation for a while.  As soon as I get an answer here, I have more questions.  So I'll work on that with the Lord.

I spent a wonderful time yesterday mowing my lawn.  I really enjoy mowing my lawn.  I enjoy seeing the final result after I diagonally stripe my lawn, edge up the sidewalks, remove weeds from all around the property and do some hedge work. I fixed my curtains to my gazebo, sprayed the bees nest, opened up the umbrella on my patio and relaxed in my gazebo with my feet up and a laptop watching Law n Order.  I partly want to stay home tomorrow and continue enjoying my home but I want to go to the beach.  I went last year and I am still trying to figure out what I will bring, when I will drive out, and which one I should go to.  My car needs gas and the one that has the most benefit is the furthest away.  The last big hurrah before school starts up for my son; he's going to third grade. 

If beaches are still accessible after Labor day, I may just hold off for another weekend to be honest.  I like being home. 

My tooth is still not right and I have an appointment on Tuesday.  When we are sinful, there are consequences and one consequence for me is that I may have to pay over $500 for a root canal to fix this issue.  Right now, my tooth doesn't bother me too much. Depending on how it feels for the next 2 days if it is still somewhat ok, I may ask for another month as I try to heal up.  The damage was back in July.  If things go south, I may lose my tooth.  Nobody wants that.  

I'll just have to pray and see.  

So tomorrow is up in the air. The weather God willing, looks good according to the forecast I reviewed.  I have flipflops, a new bathing suit I HOPE not to lose (I've had 2 others and cannot find them for some reason).  I would need to find/pack the following for our trip if we go: 

a tent, beach blankets/towels, ziplocs, weights to hold the tent down, at least two book bags/totes, change of clothes, need to purchase beach trunks for my son and flip flops, need a charged tablet to function as my gps, snacks for my son, sun screen, cash for boardwalk purchases, need to find my son's nintendo switch, bandaids, sparklers, baby powder, and so much more.  I'll take time to get this stuff together when I'm at work tonight.  I will be at the store so I can shop for anything that is outstanding. 

The beach sounds better than the lake....hmmm....  And then there is ice skating.  I purchased a group on that they changed the dates on for the admission so now the only time I can take my son is on Monday but I don't know if they are closed on Monday.  If I can't take him Monday, he will not be able to go.

Yeah, I have a lot of things to think about for after Sabbath.  

So I will end with God is good.  He has been awesome to me and I do not deserve the great week I have received.  I literally did figures and was thankful for my salary for what it was before to hear later that I am getting a huge boost. Never did I expect it.  God is good man.