I'm beginning to think I should change the title of this blog...

To "My battle with worry"! y'all seriously. God moves, and gets things working on our lives with mom and taking care of her. I'm all joyful and happy. Then the ball I drop bounces, I catch it and we make it through that- worried a for about 3 hours, but fought it off.

And then. The "great water feature" in the front yard. Seriously? Really? But I didn't worry. Why you say, because have a home warranty still and homeowners insurance. I wasn't worried.

Yeah go me...or so I thought. Contact the home warranty place. No sorry, if its outside in the yard, not covered. Ok, well no biggie still...until husband calls homeowners...and you guessed it not covered.

I'm the planner, the worrier and the researcher. So the whole time he's been on the phone with the two companies...I was googling. I figured out real quick that its not a repair we should take on ourselves. Ok. So I google some more. Find a range of costs for the potential reasons for the water feature...and I don't like what I'm seeing. Old me would assume that it would be the worst, and immediately go into crisis mode with how the heck will we come up with that $$$$.

But I didn't. Instead, I took a deep breath. I asked God for strength. I prayed for him to move. I prayed for him to keep me from worrying. Then I told the devil, its not going to work this TIME. God has this. He can make the United States Congress pass a bill just when I need it to make early onset Alzheimer's a fast track disability claim, he can handle THIS. So back off.

I got in the car and went to the post office and grocery. Guess what song was playing on KLOVE? Casting Crowns: My Saviour Loves, My Saviour Lives...and at this point in the lyric:

My Savior loves, My Savior lives
My Savior’s always there for me
My God: He was, my God; He is
My God is always gonna be

At the point in the song where it just repeats this for 3 or 4 x I think. Wow. Your right. Thanks for that Father, I needed it.

So I'm not worried. Hubby even noticed..."hey, you are handling this much better than you normally do". Yeah. It aint me. Its God.

Will I worry tomorrow? Maybe. But if I do, I hope I remember today.

“Do not be anxious [do not worry] about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” Phillipians 4:6