It’s so interesting how life is so fickle. I had a wonderful day at school yesterday. God really blessed and I could see that my students were progressing. I also got caught up on EVERYTHING. Papers were graded, lesson plans set to go for the week, classroom reorganized and neat…everything was going great and I was praising God. Israel stopped by school on the way home from work at around 5pm and then we drove home to eat dinner. At 6:30pm we had a hospital tour scheduled. We had already missed our last scheduled appointment the previous week so we were both carefully watching the clock to make sure that we left on-time so we’d get there early. At 5:50pm, Israel was ready to go and kept sarcastically telling me that if we were late this time, I couldn’t blame it on him. I laughed. I quickly finished dinner by stuffing the remaining tater-tots into my mouth and got my coat and bag and ran out the door. While walking down the porch steps, Israel asks me if I know where the car keys are. I replied with a, “Yeah, they’re in the ignition…you turned the car on!” Then it hit me, he had locked the keys in the car! I started laughing because he had done the same thing just last week…thanks to the brilliant people who thought of the idea to make cars lock automatically when you change gears. Anyway, we both went back into the house and began looking for the spare key. We couldn’t find it anywhere. It was now 6:15pm and we had to be at the hospital by 6:30 or else they would start the tour and we’d miss it again. We were supposed to pick up our friends from the airport at 7pm, and we had a Bible study at 8pm. Israel called AAA and they said it would take them an hour to come by. I was so frustrated that I just grabbed the keys and said that I’d go by myself. I sped off to UM hospital and made it 2 minutes late, but in time before the actual tour of the maternity ward began. All of the other couples looked at me with pity because they didn’t see a ring on my finger and I was all alone. After all, the tour was more meant for the spouse…where to pull in the car, where to park, where to take their laboring wife upon arrival etc. And there was me, just soaking in all of the information on how I should admit myself into the hospital when I’m ready to deliver. After the tour was over, I snuck out as quickly as I could and drove home upset. I couldn’t believe I had to go through the humiliation of going on the tour by myself. Israel ended up waiting an hour for AAA to arrive and he was 40 minutes late to pick up our friends from the airport. On top of that, we missed the Bible study. We both came home within 10 minutes of each other. How such a perfect morning/afternoon had turned into a stressful, upsetting evening! Before we went to sleep, I began reflecting on my life. Satan is always there to make life a little more gloomy, a little more stressful, a little more discouraging. It’s so easy for me to think about the countless women who don’t have to work during their pregnancy, who have a husband who has time to help clean around the house, who don’t support a zoo at home (particularly the Jack Russell Terrier species), who don’t suffer from a mild case of OCD…and the list goes on. But at the end of the day, the Christian will look at one’s life and by faith admit that if we could see the end from the beginning we would have it no other way. If God is for us, who can be against us? I want to live believing and trusting that God is leading each step of the way. He will take care of us!
PS: With that said, pray for me as Israel travels to New Zealand, New York, and Australia this upcoming month!
be encouraged Judy! I wish I could be there to help clean up the house :)after events like GYC it’s always difficult to go back into the secular worldwell, each person has his own struggles and the grass always seems greener, right?I hope the rest of your days this week go much more wonderfully all the way through~and even when things go wrong, that’s what makes life interesting, yeah?otherwise life would get too boring and blah 😉
tell israel that he better call me when he comes to ny!!!! i wish you could be here toobut don’t worry i’m going to be visiting jensa sometime soon hopefully and i’ll have to see you and the babe then 🙂
miss you!!!! and i’m praying for you and fam 🙂
what a day Judy~! But also remember, God is not going to give you anything you are not able to handle. And Judy, this too shall pass! Before you know it, you are going to have the most beautiful baby in your arms and you are not even going to remember all this. you are gonna tell me “Sarah, it was all worth it!” =) Kinda like how we are looking forward to heaven huh? when we all say “Heaven is cheap enough!” see, you get to taste a little bit of heavn already ^^ And as it has been my motto ever before me, yes! If God be FOR us, WHO can dare to be against us?!Remember Judy, you are lifted up many many many times a day by many many friends who love you dearly and care about you and your family!luv
I would bet a nickel – or maybe a doggie bone – that someday you fine people will tell your kid(s) about how Judy was an unwed mother, abandoned by her baby daddy, having to endure the pitying looks of strangers as she got the hospital tour by herself. Proverbs 31 tells us that the godly woman “shall rejoice in time to come.” I believe that she can only do this by knowing how to laugh at the time that passes. Blessings!
amen …. pray all is well…ill be definately praying for you and Israel as he travels
hey guess what? no classes MLK day. keke. no, really. and I’m not just saying that I’m taking the day off. so hungry. sorry about your single mom experience. but if I would have gone with you I’m sure you would have gotten even weirder looks. 😉 hope you are well, and I am praying for you. and you. and little you.
Judy, I’m sorry about your horrible evening. But Jen is right, it might have been worse if she accompanied you to the tour–it might have been more amusing, though. And regarding Israel’s travels in the near future…I really think he needs to re-arrange some of those travel dates–namely the one that he’s returning on. That’s just too close. But I’ll pray regardless. 🙂
I think that by reading these comments I’m being affected in a wierd way! After reading comments like like jeannie, sarah, and Jen I feel like maybe I should have a baby. ok maybe not but they are encouraging…i’ll say that. So yes, Judy, be encouraged. Baby Ramos will be your greatest blessing!
hey judy, just wanted to say you’ve been such a good sport with this whole pregnancy and tending to farm ramose. just wanted to share something my boss told me the other day, “ya know what Freud would say, there’s no such things as mistakes,” in reference to being late to a school meeting we were unsure about why we were attending. I know Israel will pull thru when it really counts! i’ll keep you all in my prayers.
Thanks so much guys! You are all so encouraging– you should all come and live with us to give me a pep-talks. Jen, you’ll be receiving a phone call soon regarding this weekend. Or perhaps you can just call me…
My hat’s off to you. The last comments you made… they were so simple, yet so profound. I feel your heart, lady. Men – you can’t live with ’em, can’t live without ’em.