Grounded

I get these emails from Back to the Bible most days. And sometimes I read them, most of the time I don't. I see it and say I'll read it in a minute. In a few weeks though, when I go to clean out my inbox, I see them all there, not read. Well, today, I read one! I don't know why, divine intervention I guess. But this is what it says.

Wait! Your Wings Are Not Grown

The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him.

LAMENTATIONS 3:25

BE patient till your wings are grown. I fear very much that you are too vehement and headlong in your wishes and attempts to fly. You see the beauty of spiritual light and good resolutions; you fancy that you have almost attained, and your ardor is redoubled; you rush forward, but in vain, for your Master has chained you to your perch, or else it is that your wings are not grown; and this constant excitement exhausts your strength. You must indeed strive to fly, but gently, without growing eager or restless. You resign yourself, but it is always with a BUT; you want this and that, and you struggle to get it. A simple wish is no hindrance to resignation; but a palpitating heart, a flapping of wings, an agitated will, and endless, quick, restless movements are unquestionably caused by deficient resignation. Do you know what you must do? You must be willing not to fly, since your wings are not yet grown. Do not be so eager with your vain desires, do not even be eager in avoiding eagerness; go on quietly in your path--it is a good path.

ST. FRANCIS DE SALES

The amazing part is that Mike and I have been struggling with not having a home and being unstable. We go back and forth between wanting to travel and wanting a home. Most days, I want to get rid of our home, save the money and be done with it. He feels the opposite, he doesn't want to be homeless. And I'm sure he's right. We have been struggling for answers! Early this week I was so aggravated because there always seems to be a million more questions than answers! And here, God is telling me to wait. It took an email to really understand that. I love what Sales says, "You must be willing not to fly, since your wings are not yet grown. Don't be eager with your vain desires, do not even be eager in avoiding eagerness; go on quietly in your path-- it's a good path."

What a relief to hear that, to hear something that gives me hope. Praise God!

Sunday Fishing

Yesterday Mike and I went fishing with some friends from work. The genius I am didn't bring the camera so I'll just have to tell you the highlights!
We woke up and 5:30 and drove over to our friends house who live here in Tampa. We loaded up the truck and got to the boat ramp around 7:00. I think when we got out of the car the thermometer said it was 38 degrees!
I was so disappointed I didn't bring the camera because the sunrise was so cool. It was all foggy and you could see the sun burning it off. The wind blew it across the water like smoke.
We were fishing for perch (I think crappie are the same thing) and all you do is put your pole out and wait for the bobber to go under the water. It's easy fishing, old man fishing. I was the first person to catch a fish. Mike told me later he was really surprised I got the first one! I was just as surprised!! After that I didn't catch another fish until the end of the day. We got a total of 25 fish but we missed and threw back probably 50 fish!
Mike caught the biggest fish and then Porky and Clyde both got two more big fish. The rest of the fish were nothing spectacular.
The day warmed up some but I was still cold most of the day. It probably got to 70 degrees out.
We went back around four and went back to the house to fry up the fish. While we were out there I got the worse sinus headache and by the time we got home, I could barely walk it hurt so badly. After about an hour and a lot of Advil, it eased up enough for me to function. I can honestly sympathise with people who get migranes (KRey). I couldn't imagine dealing with that all the time. Ugh!
Mike and I got home around 7 and got showers and went to bed. The moment my head hit the pillow, I was out.
It was a fun day, especially nice to get out of the hotel room and do something. Mike told me there is a beach a little ways from where we are staying that we will hopefully go to next weekend. He said it's a small beach but it's nice. It was too cold to go this weekend so hopefully it will be nice enough next weekend.
I found some pictures online of the park that I posted above.

Rain and Cakes

It's a rainy day so what else is there to do but read and cook? I am reading Wuthering Heights and I am really enjoying it. I figure it's partially educational because I have never read it before and it's a classic so I don't feel guilty about reading it during the day.

I was watching TV while we were home on vacation and saw on one of the cooking shows, a cake being cooked in a crock pot. So I got to thinking, 'I bet I could do that!' I tried today and I have to say, it turned out pretty well! I don't have a crock pot in the hotel but I do have pans. I had to make the cake in two batches because it would rise too much and hit the pot's lid. On the show, it took 5 hours on low. It only took about and hour on 2. I just took a regular cake mix and made it up. I took a ring of foil and put it on the bottom of the pan so that the heat wouldn't cook the cake unevenly. I put paper towels on the top (not touching the cake) to catch and condensation from the pan lid. Viola!
I am very happy I know I can do this now because I have been craving cake (probably because that was one of the things I didn't think I would be able to cook) since June. I would buy the slices from Publix but it's so expensive! Anyway, I am very excited about the cake and felt the need to share my success with everyone!