Prayer Needed!!!!

I want to start this wednesday post by asking for a prayer for my 4 year old niece. I got an email from my stepmom this morning telling me that she was admitted to the hospital. Her tonsils are inflamed and she was constantly throwing up, so they thought it best to keep her. It's not the first time she's been in the hospital and I just pray that they can come up with a solution so that she will not need to continue having problems and being admitted. So I ask for a prayer for her please, just pray that God watch over her and that he give the doctors the wisdom and insight they need to resolve this.

This is the one thing about being so far from the family, that really gets to me. It's extremely frustrating to not be able to be there, to give her a hug, to offer support to my brother and sister in law. I know that God is watching over all of them, and again I need to just put it in his hands and trust that he will take care of her. I swear this has been one of the toughest lessons I've had to get through.

You all know the struggle it's been for me to hand things over to him and I feel like at least once a week I'm faced with a problem or worry that I need to put in his hands. I guess he's going to keep doing this until I finally learn to do it with no questions asked and no resistance on my part.

It's a funny thing to try, because as humans it's our nature to give it to him but then keep messing with it and picking at it, trying to get that control back. It's ridiculous to think that we would have to show Him HOW to deal with the problem....it's downright ludicrous. Who am I to think that I can tell Him how to do it???

Casting our cares is a choice. It means consciously handing over our anxiety to Christ and allowing Him to carry the weight of our problems. At times this is the most difficult part of trusting God. We don't like turning over the responsibility for our problems.

That's me to a tee!!! I've never been a quitter though, and I don't intend to stop trying now. I know that this will continue to be a big issue for me, but I am determined to continue trying until that day that I can just say "Lord, here is my problem, take it please", then walk away and NOT think about it again. THAT is what I look forward to and the day it happens, boy I'm throwing a huge party.

But anyway, moving on. We're expecting thunderstorms today so taking the kids to park is out of the question, we might go over to Veronica's house this afternoon for them to play, depends on how they are feeling, as of right now, they both seem to be a bit quiet which usually means they are not feeling too good. Must be something going around, I'm not feeling that great myself.

I was so happy yesterday, I went to get the mail and had an ARC (advanced readers copy) waiting for me. Lori Foster had sent me one of Murphy's Law, which doesn't come out until the end of August. I picked up the book, read the first page and was hooked, didn't put it down for the rest of the day. LOVED it, Lori Foster is just an amazingly talented writer and this book more than met my expectations. So if you love steamy romance books, be sure to get this one when it's released, or any of her other books, they're all wonderful.

And with that I'm out of here. Want to go refill my coffee cup and then go read all the WFMW participants before I have to head out for some errands :)
I hope you all have a beautiful wednesday!!!!