Unexpected Blessings

Our cookout went so well that I can't thank God enough. I woke up to a very rainy Saturday morning and I was so disappointed. I was stressed that my vision for the sunny day I had in mind was ruined. Everyone would now have to be inside my house and the kids would be bored and the adults would be crammed. So the rain continued and we prepared accordingly . . . albeit, I was begrudgingly (I'm just being honest) going about my duties. And then to top it off, we had a little refrigerator disaster. Uhhh, hello . . . . were we inviting Satan to our cookout? I don't think so!!! Not today!! Well, God prevailed . . . as He always does when we give Him the glory! The refrigerator was not broken as much as we thought . . . . I'd like to believe God repaired it for us. It really was looking bleak because I had to remove everything from the freezer at 10:00 a.m. The rain stopped completely by 5:00 p.m. and the SUN CAME OUT!!!

The cookout began at 6:00 p.m. and everyone was outside having a good time.

Thank you, God, for friends, fun and fellowship. I know He didn't have to stop the rain for us to have a good time. He could have chosen to show me that we could have a good time inside my house . . . . but I'm glad he chose to SHINE the sun :-)

An extra blessing that happened to me is that I had a piano friend/mentor call me over the weekend and invite me to attend a piano workshop with her and we are going tomorrow! This was all completely last minute and I was even able to arrange childcare. This never happens to me. So I know God arranged everything for me to be able to go. I am so excited. It's one of those unexpected blessings.