Now what day is it?

I've had a pretty rough week. One of those weeks that you have to think back and rememeber what day of the week it is. Rylie has had the Flu and Zack had bronchitis. Payton's just got a cold. I've had to miss work and was covered up to my eyeballs with paper work. So, its been a doozy!
The days have been really pretty and even though the boys were sick and running fever they wanted so bad to go outside. Course I wanted to also. Now that we are all better and the weekend is approaching here comes the rain. Yep-they say 90% rain on Sat. Oh. I needed a little sun - we all do. This being sick stuff has taken a toll on my poor mind. I need some sunshine and a breath of fresh air!
But ya know, where there is rain there is always sun to follow. Thats really the way life goes. Reading in my "Daily Message" a book my wonderful mentor gave to her little mentee, its a book that transpires from the Bible. It has a daily lesson to read about each day for the whole year. I love it! I have been reading ACTS And it tells about the struggles Paul went through in life. I mean this man was beaten, put in jail, riddiculed and still he preached the Lords Praise. Even sang hymnals and Gods Gospel while in jail. Never did he loose sight that he would one day spend an eternity of sunny days with the Lord.
So, I think about how sometimes when it "rains" in our lives how easy it is to be frustrated and feel gloomy and sorry for ourselves. This is only because in order to have a ray of Sun shine we have to wade through the deep waters sometimes. Each rainy day brings us closer to God and stronger individuals. With out these storms you would never find your rainbow. He wants us to use him as umbrellas of hope. So, if it rains this weekend thats okay-the sun will shine soon.
Oh I wanted to share that Mark (my worhsip leader) has asked me to write about my testimony of faith in the News letter they send out to everyone each month called the "Compass". Just a short stroy of how I became a memember of FBC and what it has done for me and my family. I will copy it here and share what they wrote when it comes out in March. I was honored they would think to put my story in this. Pretty cool.