This weekend we had a house full of guest. It really seemed as though people were coming and going. By Sunday evening it was pretty quiet around the house (well when the girls stopped crying for Nonna & Paw Paw)...OK really when they finally fell asleep.
Monday morning I woke up and was feeling a little homesick. Not to the point I wanted to move home, just a little home-people-sick (I know that is not a word). It was nice being busy with people other than my girls. Now don't get me wrong, I LOVE my girls, I just needed some major adult interaction. All I know to do in T-town is eat (I am trying to lose weight) and shop (I am trying to save money). So by Monday Evening, Rusty got home from church and I got the car (we only have the one right now). I drove down to Publix (we did not have one of those in St. Joseph). I was really feeling pretty lonely. Normally, I just always stop by the store with my mother. This time no mom, no Rusty, no girls and a lot of unfamiliar faces. This town is so large I did not even recognize anyone (that has never happened at Wal-Mart in Florence). I am taking my time walking through the store talking to God about family, friends (old & new), the youth from St. Joseph and from here, my parents. Just about the time I my eyes started to tear up. I came upon a display of cheese straws (my mother loves cheese straws). I got to paying attention and these particular straws were Mook Mill's (a little shout out). Mook Mill's are made in my hometown area. I reached to grab a bag turned the bag around to read where it say...Made in The Shoals. That is when I felt the arms of God wrap around me, not the arms of Father God but of Daddy God. I smiled knowing that God is so amazing and faithful in the small stuff.
I love it when Rusty and I are in a crowd and when he sees me mingling and winks at me across the room. It is as though Rusty is saying "I love you". As I turned to put the cheese straws back on the shelf (remember I am trying to lose weight), it was as I felt God wink at me and telling me "I love you".
I find myself amazed once again at the small stuff God does. Only God could have known that I could find comfort in a bag of cheese straws, without eating them. Thank You, Daddy God! I needed that.
