It’s another cold rainy week here. Missy told me that we had rain 25 days of March–and this weather trend is carrying over into April–I guess we’ll have a very green spring! Yesterday I was doing our taxes and was bummed to see that we owe. It’s interesting how all kinds of financial payments have fallen in April–the rent is due, taxes are due, we’ve received the hospital bill from having little Tyler, both registrations on our cars are due this month (both are required to be be smogged) and we needed diapers. Just when I thought there wasn’t anything else that could possibly empty our wallets the garbage disposal broke yesterday and after all my do-it-yourself attempts failed I just decided to call someone to fix it. When it rains it pours, right?

I promise this won’t be an entirely dreary entry…because of course, the Lord is good. Bobby’s mom and dad came up to visit this Friday and Saturday. It was such a blessing to see them coming to the door with a huge box of Huggies in hand! The Lord is faithful. He knows our every need and meets each according to His means and time.

We’re thankful that sweet little Tyler is healthy and turning two months old next week! Last week he peaked out of a fussy cranky phase he’s been going through for a couple of weeks. He was usually a very content and happy baby, but he got all squirmy, whiny and even learned how to scream. This only popped up on and off throughout the day and didn’t carry too much into the night. Although, one night he was fussing around so much that I got up and picked him up and was surprised to see his eyes still closed. Right when I picked him up he let out a sigh and was sound asleep again–my goodness! This week has been totally opposite; he’s sweet all the time. He’ll sit for long stretches of time enthralled by his little mobile or having some tummy time on his little play gym. It is so fun having this little guy around!

I’m reminded of Paul who said that he had learned to be content in whatever state he was in. Contentment is not about having enough to be comfortable; it’s about the Lord being all that I need. There is a new Matt Redman song called “You Never Let Go”(you can hear it on the Passion ‘06 album). I’ve been very encouraged as I’ve listened to it today as Redman sings from Psalm 27:1, “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life, of whom shall I be afraid?”

I think the Lord is giving me opportunity to choose the Truth over the man-centered lies we so easily believe like I wrote about in my last entry. I could think that somehow I deserve comfort, or worry that the Lord will not provide for our needs and take care of us, but I’m not going to. I’m singing praise to the Lord along with Matt Redman–