One more challenge

Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
you preserve my life;
you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies,
and your right hand delivers me. (Psalm 138:7 ESV)

As we worked to clean up the mess created by a spilt bottle of laundry detergent, m
oving furniture, moving the washer and dryer, my wife cried out "God why, why?"

As mentioned yesterday, we leave today for vacation and we had a lot of challenges this past week as we prepared. This seem to be the final straw, pushing my wife to question why? An hour and a half later, we chuckled as we looked back at the events of the evening. The intent for our next cleaning project was moving the stove in the kitchen to clean out all that has dropped back there in the last year. Obviously,  we were meant to clean behind and under another appliance first...and sooner rather than later.

So what does this have to do with the bible verse I chose today? Well, troubles come in many shapes and sizes and last night's was an example. In that hour and a half that we spent cleaning, we spent some quality time joking and laughing as we cleaned up the mess. What started as frustration and aggravation ended up with us looking back and saying "oh well, we handled another one with God's help.

So as we head down the road in a few hours, I am sure there will be that moment that we turn to each other and realize once again the gifts God has given each of us, that perfect complement. And of course we will laugh about this when we think back at the week before vacation.

God bless!