Its rAiNiNg,,,Its PoUrInG

Have you ever heard the expression, "when it rains, it pours?" I feel like that has been life the last month - well longer actually, but magnified over the last month.

I just can't handle one more thing go wrong or come up financially. The months of July & August have been crazy: having a baby (and all of the expenses entailed with that - and for me with my complications, much more than the usual), kids start back to school (clothes, school supplies, lunches, pictures already - Really?, etc), Car registration due, A/C Breaks down, and now today we had our washing machine break.

Seriously?!? - What more can be thrown at us? How much more does Heavenly Father want me to handle? I have a few worries about things that I see starting to struggle (our car for instance). We have worked hard on putting things in order financially, but then thing, after thing, after thing comes our way and I wonder where it will stop. I keep asking myself - what are we supposed to be learning right now that I am just not getting yet?!?!?!

I had posted a brief comment on Facebook earlier today and a friend responded and said it sounded like a song she knew. She sent me the words and sure enough many of the lyrics sound just like us (and of course many do not sound like us)...my life has become a song. And I am not so sure it is a good one.

But..."Sounds like life to me"
Darryl Worley

Got a call last night from an old friend’s wife
Said I hate to bother you
Johnny Ray fell off the wagon
He’s been gone all afternoon
I know my buddy so I drove to Skully’s
And found him at the bar
I say hey man, what’s going on
He said I don’t know where to start

Sarah’s old car’s about to fall apart
And the washer quit last week
We had to put momma in the nursing home
And the baby’s cutting teeth
I didn’t get much work this week
And I got bills to pay
I said I know this ain’t what you wanna hear
But it’s what I’m gonna say

(Chorus)
Sounds like life to me it ain’t no fantasy
It’s just a common case of everyday reality
Man I know it’s tough but you gotta suck it up
To hear you talk you’re caught up in some tragedy
It sounds like life to me

Well his face turned red and he shook his head
He said you don’t understand
Three kids and a wife depend on me
And I’m just one man
To top it off I just found out
That Sarah’s 2 months late
I said hey bartender set us up a round
We need to celebrate

(Chorus)
Sounds like life to me plain old destiny
Yeah the only thing for certain is uncertainty
You gotta hold on tight just enjoy the ride
Get used to all this unpredictability
Sounds like life

Man I know its tough but you gotta suck it up
To hear you talk you’re caught up in some tragedy
Sounds like life to me
Sounds like life

Somehow through it all I know we will be taken care of. We do what we are supposed to do, we don't go into any unnecessary debt, we pay our tithes, and we work to do all we can to live within our means. Because of that I know we are entitled to the blessings upon which those commandments are predicated. The hard thing is waiting for the blessings to come within the Lord's time frame. Patience is a virtue and this too shall pass. I just keep reminding myself of these couple of things. I know that we are certainly NOT the only people out there in this situation. I am also NOT complaining, ok maybe just a little I was. Mostly I just needed to get it off my chest and let others around me to know that they aren't the only ones. We all just need to hang tough and, I guess, "Suck it up".