Okay, so the week that I had off for Spring Break, I attempted to cut the grass with our lawn mower. Eric surmised that it probably wouldn’t work and … well, he was right. I tried for a few minutes to the thing, but to no avail.
Later that night, as Becca and I was waiting on Becca to get back, I was hanging out on the porch with Lisa (her daughter Beth was going to help with some babysitting). Our neighbor across the street, Icela, was cutting his grass with his big riding lawnmower. He waved me over as Lisa left, and I went to talk to him.
“Hey,” he said. “Why don’t you take my riding lawn mower and cut your grass?”
While this was majorly sweet, I let him know I’d never driven one before (I know … I’m a wuss). He explained that it was easy and I followed him over to his yard. He quickly showed me how to work it, I drove it across the street, and began to cut the front yard. He helped me get it in the back yard, through the gate, and told me, “Just drive it back over when you’re done. You can use it any time you want. Just come on in the back yard and get it.” What a blessing! He began to walk away and came back. “Actually, Ann [his wife] wanted me to ask you if you would like some bean bag chairs we had for the grandkids but they’re too old for them … they’re like brand new and we were just gonna throw them out.” You’re kidding! I had just been in Wal-mart the other day (or maybe Target) and saw a cheap floor chair like that and wanted it to play ps2 games with … didn’t think it was anywhere close to a “need”, so I forgot about it.
Micah got home and Daddy was cutting the grass on this big tractor. He was in total shock. Micah loves Bob the Builder, Thomas and Friends, and construction equipment in general. Just to let you know, he probably knows more names of construction vehicles than I do … I set him in my lap as we cut the back yard and he rode with me over to the neighbor’s when we were done.
That Friday, we went over to sing some songs to Ann, Icela’s wife. She feels very homebound because she is missing a lung and is on constant oxygen. From meeting her before, I knew she liked old hymns and country gospel stuff, so towards the end of house church on Friday night, we went across the street, in the drizzle (fo shizzle) and visited with Ann and Icela. We sang songs and prayed over both of them. They were both very touched.
Okay, so one last thing. As I said before, I finally bought a new computer, a maxed out Mac Mini. Two things along with that:
First, our old printer didn’t work. We just kinda got over it and talked with Eric about getting on the network and printing from his printer, which he said was fine with him. On Wednesday, some corporate guy came to our school and replaced one of the main printers with a big dog one. I was oblivious to this being in my own little corner. At lunch, one of my coworkers pointed to a like-new laser printer and said, “You want a printer?” Um … yeah. “We were just going to either trash it or give it away.” I told them I would take it if no one else wanted it. No one did.
I have Logic Pro on my new computer, and some other programs that I want to start working on but don’t know a whole lot about. I can learn fairly quickly and can figure some stuff out on my own, but at our local Apple Store at the MoG, you can pay this $99 thing for like a class a week for a year, which is a pretty good deal, I think. Anyway, I was just gonna wait on it until either I could afford it or find the time to do it. Someone in our fellowship got me $99 gift card so that I could get it whenever I was ready. What a blessing.
Now, I want you to understand how spiritual and non-spiritual this all is. These were all things that I wanted but didn’t ask God for. I decided to be content with what I had and He still gave me desires of my heart that I figured weren’t that big of a deal. Not that my life is perfect or struggle free, but it always amazes me how God provides even when I don’t ask.
Peace.