Wouldn't Want to Miss This

Phillipains 4: 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

A  few days ago I actually told someone that "I cannot wait for this summer to be over." To some, this may seem like a normal statement, but I have NEVER been one who is so afraid of all of the unknown and scary times, that I was willing to give up the journey.

The statement DEEPLY bothered me, because what is life, if not for the journey. So I decided to find some inspiration from my FB friends. (Something that is apparently frowned upon by some - though I do not know why - but I will rant and rave on that another day.) This discussion lead to me being inspired and encouraged that the Lord will indeed provide. I was given wonderful ideas of how I can make a few dollars.

So I did the math, and I figure if I do not win $4000 by June (which is highly unlikely since I hate to gamble) Then I will be able to live on $300 a week, which is 13 hours of either cleaning or tutoring a week....doable!!! :)

Sometimes you just have to take a mountain and look at it one rock at a time. Excited to do this summer now!! It will be amazing to watch how God provides and plan to love the entire journey as he does.

Finally I wanted to list all of the things that I am looking forward to this summer:

• gardening
• travel to see family
• fishing
• swimming
• tutoring my daughter, and hopefully other students
• my new dance room
• the new trampoline
• me and my nephew Reid's awesome bday party
• watching Reid perform at the Civic Center
• Recital week
• State Fair Camp and State Fair
• Pool parties
• BBQ's
• Sharing/mentoring a new ministry with my daughter
• Twister at Bates Park
• MPT meetings
• Library time
• Walks/bike rides at Grays lake or beyond
• sleep overs
• discovering something new about me
• discovering something new about my daughter
• time to cook my favorite meals
• try new recipes
• etc....

Nope, no matter what the trials are, or what I am eagerly awaiting at the end of the summer, I would have to say wishing away all this amazingness would be foolish.... let's do this.