Sometimes...

...you just have to walk through it!

I have a favorite children's book that

often applies to my life~this last week was no exception.

It's called, Going on a Bear Hunt.

You've no doubt heard the story, too.

The family encounters all sorts 

of 'obstacles' we'll call them, 

as they go on a hunt for a bear.

Remember some of the lines?

"Mud, thick oozy mud.

Can't go over it;

can't go under it;

Uh oh, we'll have to go through it!"

That seemed to be the MANTRA for me this week~

"Uh oh, we'll have to go through it!"

The refrigerator broke, the alternator went out

on the car, and we're still without 

affordable snow removal for the winter

on our mile long road~

Is it me, or do 'bad things' usually come in threes?

Of course all these things will work out.

But how will I choose to walk through them?

Am I keeping a cheerful attitude?

Am I trusting in God?

Am I doing my part to be frugal, or find things

to sell, and saying 'no' to the extras?

Yes, I need some work;

actually I need a lot of work!

Thank goodness God's grace is there each day for me to take hold of~