What a week

This week has been "one of those weeks." Ya know the ones? The ones that never seem to go away and constantly toss us a few curve balls.

The girls enjoyed spending Monday with their daddy. He was off work and came to my rescue so that I could work and have lunch with my friend Tammy. Ellie and Mollie thought it was great fun. Tuesday it was back to school and to reality. On Wednesday, Ellie finally went for her 5 year check up with Dr. Feelbetter (aka Dr. Ledbetter). Ellie is 3' 9" tall and weighs 51.4 pounds. I have no idea how she could weigh 51 pounds. She is tall and lean. Dr. Ledbetter always seems to get a kick out of Ellie. She was shy with him at first but managed to answer all of his questions. A few of her answers were with hand motions. A few she was able to draw in her journal and show him. He managed to get her to smile and to laugh and to show off her great skill of standing and even jumping on one foot. He told me that Ellie is on track to be at least 5' 8". I have to admit I can't imagine being that tall! We shared with him the challenges that Ellie has had this year, and he said that she is doing great. She is a perfectly normal 5 year old! That is always great to hear! After our visit with Dr. Feelbetter, we were off down the hall to do her vision and hearing screenings. She passed both with flying colors. However, I wish you all could have listened to her answers to her vision test. When the tech pointed to the birthday cake, she said, "That's a cake. It has 3 candles, and it's for a little girl." Every answer was embellished and illustrated her great imagination! It was so funny. I thought the tech was going to die - she desperately wanted to laugh.

Be Still and Know that I am God

Then, Wednesday afternoon I received my lesson.....Tuesday morning after my mama finished teaching her Bible study, she stopped by my office to say hi. She showed me a gift she had been given by one of the ladies in her class. It was a framed Scripture - the word she had received from the Lord for the year. Each year, mama is given a word from the Lord...it's what she says God gives her to pray over our family for the year. I teased her about the year the she prayed for "Our year of plenty." I wasn't trying to be mean but the Lord quickly let me know that it wasn't funny. You see the word that the Lord gave mama this year is "Be Still and Know that I am God." Be still......after Ellie's check up Brian called worried about the future of his job and what was on the horizon for us. He was fearful that we would have to make a decision very soon about whether or not we would be willing to move. Move? Me? After all the struggles to get Ellie settled into school move her? After a discussion with Brian and a discussion with the Lord, I heard him say to me, "Be Still, Rachel. I am God. Be Still." I will never again make light (or at least desperately try to never) of any word that is given to anyone from the Lord.

So tonight, I share with you....Be Still....


Update: Mollie's Tooth
On the lighter side of life, I took Mollie back to see Dr. Friend today about the tooth she hurt in the little accident with Ellie in November. He took one look at it and said that it looks great! It has definitely reattached itself and should be good to go! We go back in 6 months so that he can clean her teeth, check the tooth and get her into the routine for going to the dentist! We are so very excited and thankful.