You Lift Me Up

Yesterday started out with Savannah saying, "Every outside is gray. And muddy. Even the sky looks muddy." Just my day: It was raining. *SIIIGH*
But actually, though so many things that would make a bad day for me yesterday...well...DIDN'T. Funny, huh?
Me and savannah tried watching some of her superman show on her laptop, but the thing kept lying and saying there was a damaged area to skip over! NOT. So it kept skipping ever three mins, so we didn't get to watch the whole thing. We did watch the last part today, though! :)
Well, the thing I remember after that is writing down in my notepad about what a cold and wet day it was, since it was almost lunch time, and it was still raining. I was out of options for writing yesterday, so I wanted to write up a post--but it didn't work that way.
Lunch time came, and peanut started barking. There was no one at the door, so I ignored him. But then, just a minute later, my mom came downstairs with t he phone, talking about disconnection with my dad. The next thing I knew, I saw a blue and white truck pulled up to our house! o.0 and then there was some scratching on the wall outside and....and...then the lights went out! AH!
"So much for my fabled blogpost," I said within myself,"and typing up that story!"
But I wasn't worried. The other kids were excited, because they didn't understand and thought it was an adventure, and the boys must have been scared out of their witts. But I couldn't my sister. Why wasn't I worried? Heck, this has happened more than once, and God took great care of us. He is with us! I kept reminding myself that. And if the electricity didn't come back on ever again, and then the water and then eviction, I knew he would take care of us. And he did.  Mommy called Daddy back on one of the cell phones, and though he cursed, he came back, not a smudge of anger or panic on his face. I don't know what happened, but the electricity was back on in about four or five hours.
But let's not go that far yet! While we were waiting for our dad, me and all the girls got together in my room for a a read-aloud party with "At the Back of the North Wind." I was cold, and watched the snow fall down on us. Yes, with what had started out as a drippy day, ended in cold and bitter snow. Wait--what am I saying! There is nothing more beautiful than falling snow. It snowed the entire time the power was out--almost like a comfort in the times of worry. It stopped almost exactly when Daddy got home.
Now I laugh at myself for how depressed and angry I have been lately. I should have known God was there! *slaps myself upside the head* now I am smiling to myself, my heart light.
Before bed, we had family devotions time, and read the part in Job after Job had been lamenting, humbled by what had happened to him. And his friend encouraged him: Eliphaz.
And last night, before bed, I prayed for every one I could think of. Family, friends, neighbors, strangers and enemies. And I asked that they all knew that the Lord was there for them, like I do now. I love you God, and thank you for always there. Thank you for receiving this tar-colored heart, and taking to make it into something entirely new. When I let go, and step off of the edge of this rooftop of the world, thank you for flying around to catch me. Praise you, Oh God!