my life as amelia bedelia

So it's funny, it really is, how life happens sometime. So far 2008 seems like a string of random, unanticipated events that make for good stories - after the fact. I already wrote about our house being broken into and my car getting hit the same week, but did I mention I thought a robber stole a ring of mine, so I claimed it, got the check . . . and found the ring in my gym bag? That was a classic Amelia moment right there. This past weekend I added two new mishaps - first, the losing of my debit card (I prefer to think I was pick-pocketed since I have no idea how I misplaced it and someone tried to use it right away at an ATM outside the Bobcats game I was attending). The following day, I attempted to fly to Cincinnati despite reports of a snow storm. "Attempted" because I only got as far as Baltimore, then gave up and was rerouted to Atlanta before heading back to Charlotte. I walked back in the door exactly 12 hours after I had left. Erin and Megan appropriately adapted this summer's welcome sign to my situation. :)


To be honest, some of this has been hard to take, and at times I've felt worn down. The situation at work has been difficult. Life seems to be moving fast enough without these inconveniences. But such joy, to come before the Lord, frustrated and spent, and to be renewed and encouraged! It was truly the 'peace that surpasses all understanding' that I sought and found on a flight from Baltimore to Atlanta, sandwiched in the middle seat. The Lord faithfully uses these 'moments' to draw me closer to Him!