Another sleepless night...

Ever have an "aha!" moment and a "duh..." moment at the same time?!?  It seems to happen to me a lot.  Especially at 2 in the morning on sleepless nights like tonight. 

Life has been stressful the past couple weeks, to say the least.  (Which is why I am once again sitting upstairs at 2 in the morning holding my Bible and a giant bag of Ruffles)  It's almost become a routine.  Tonight, as usual, my thoughts have been centered mostly on stresses that come from being involved in ministry.  Christian politics...how much I hate them, but how one can never get away from them.  You can run, but you can't hide.

My "aha!" and "duh..." moment came when I had the sudden thought that all the crap that's been going on lately really boils down to Satan.  (As opposed to the stupid people I've been blaming it on, who ARE indeed BEING stupid, but in reality aren't any stupider than me.  Yes, I said stupider.)
Spiritual warfare is behind most of what goes on in Christian politics.  So why would they be so hard at work in certain places lately?  Because of the POTENTIAL these ministries have to reach people for Christ!!!  Duh, Becky.

There are several ministries on my heart right now, not just one.  But for every situation, I'm feeling the same thing...I firmly believe that each one has great potential to be used of God.  And I think that Satan wants to distract from that by causing drama.  And frankly, a lot of people are cooperating.  Sounds harsh, I know, but I think it's true.

Don't flame me for saying this...but sometimes you just gotta hand it to Satan.  He puts forth a valient effort.  

But guess what.

My God's bigger! :0)

So there.

Now maybe I can get some sleep...

P.S.
I've missed you xanga.  It's good to be home...  

Homeowners! Yes, siree bob...

Well, it's official!  We signed our lives away this afternoon, and joined the ranks of American homeowners.  It was a little scary, but a lot exciting, and mostly just a huge relief!

Tomorrow is the big moving day...yikes!  Right now I feel like I could just fall into bed and sleep for a week.  But hopefully by tomorrow night all my stuff will be in our new home and we can begin to get settled in. 

I'd be super excited if I weren't so stinkin' tired...

Happy Valentines Day...BLEEECH (NOT for the faint of stomach, or to be read while eating)

No, that is not the sound of me hating Valentines Day.  While it definitely is not my favorite holiday, I do enjoy sugar.  A lot.  And therefore, I enjoy having an excuse to buy and consume much more sugar than any human should eat in a day.

But before you start thinking that the above mentioned sound is the sound of my body expelling gargantuan amounts of sugar, let me stop you.  For that is not...entirely the case.

The story goes a little something like this...
Aaron, Hope, Ben & I decided it would be super fun to stay home and prepare ourselves a fancy seafood feast.  Which it was!  Super fun, and super delicious, all rolled into one.  We ate what averaged out to about a pound and a half of king crab per person...(and that is, of course, on top of the shrimp cocktail, baked potatoes, etc...)  I am from Seattle.  I know my seafood.  My real seafood.  And this was good!

But alas, (yeah, you saw this one coming) that delicious feast and my digestive system were not meant to be.  Up until this point in life I was convinced that orange juice and spaghetti were the worst combination to ever go the wrong way up that one way street.  But I stand corrected.  And so the love story (as all good ones do), ends in tragedy.

"Beeeeeeeeennnnn....would you please rinse out this trash can while I crawl to bed?"

"Oh, and honey?"

"Happy Valentines Day"

Woohoo!

We got the house!!!

I'm super excited!  Not so much looking forward to moving in this weather...but oh well.  We've done it before.  The end result of finally being in a home that is OURS will make it all worthwhile.  We've just got to get the final inspection and closing stuff taken care of...but we don't anticipate any problems.  If all goes well, we should be in our home by March 15th!  Yikes, I better get busy...

I've missed you, Xanga!

Does anyone read these anymore?  Well, I'm gonna write on it anyway.

So the most exciting news in my bubble as of late is that Ben & I have found a house we both really, really like.  We actually made an offer on it, and then proceeded to Steak 'n' Shake, where we spent an hour or so wallowing in our milkshakes wondering what on earth we had done.  Don't get me wrong, it's a great house, and I hope we get it!  But signing that much of your life away is an incredibly SCARY ordeal. 

In other news, I became a consultant for a scrapbooking/stamping company called Close To My Heart.  For this oh-so business saavy mind of mine, it will be a challenge, to say the least.  I'm still figuring things out as I go.  But hey, I'm getting paid to do something I LOVE doing, so you can't beat that!

Goodnight :0)