Praise God for Air conditioning and more

This picture is Brendan being a Dinosaur/Dragon the day before the A/C stopped cooling
And then some random pictures of Annaliese (she was smiling and I was trying get a picture-better keep trying-and don't mind the bottle of Pledge that looks like it's sticking out of her head in the last picture)

This week was off to a hot start! Our house was 81 degrees the last two days. With Craig not having a job we didn't want to pay the emergency fee for the A/C guy to come out on Sunday. So Mr. David our A/C guy came out yesterday and all we can say is Praise God for A/C!! You do not realize how miserable it gets. We were letting Brendan run around in his HULK underpants (which is really no different than usual) and let the kids eat ice cream in the middle of the day.

When you don't have a job things like this can freak you out...first Princey has the hip issue and the vet wants to do surgery on both knees and hips (and of course we feel horrible that we can't afford it and that she is in pain). Then our A/C goes out. Then my Medicaid is over in 30 days and Craig is trying to get COBRA at the reduced government rates. But we have to pay $1,000 by July in order to cover the past three months and this month and next month. And of course there is the mortgage. We pay about $1000/month just for the house and we are about to run out of funds to do that. And then Monday I went for my 6week checkup with my OB and he tells me I have another health issue which will definitely require surgery by the time I am 40 to correct (a hysterectomy and some other major fixing). Craig just feels defeated on those days. Before he lost his job he was already struggling with not having a purpose and knowing what God created him for. Now he is feeling like a failure because he can't provide for our family. Some days these emotions really get a grip and then other days he really sees God working. Right now we are just wondering what in the world are we supposed to do. And we see all our blessings and know God will answer and is listening. But the devil sure wants to take your eyes off God and His blessings.

Today Oswald Chambers talked about how Christians are the most judgemental group of people there are and that it is not our place to judge. Only the Holy Spirit can judge fairly and give the verdict in love and not with sword. This really spoke to me because I have been on both sides-I have been the judged (now) and the judger (depends on the day). Being in this situation not only stretches your faith but really humbles. I praise God for the humbling and stretching I just hope he answers soon. I read a few quotes today about adversity that I will tape up somewhere to remind me of God's hand in these circumstances. I'll post them on a separate post. Until then I have a little boy that says he's gonna be a race car ( believe he means race car driver) when he grows up so maybe he will take care of us! Ha!