God's Grace in a Locked Garage!

Today I was reminded that no matter how far you feel from God, He is not as far as you think He is. I have been neglecting my Lord... Yup I said it out loud, I have been to busy focusing on how sick that I am that I haven't taken the time to talk to the one who holds the very hand He created. The almighty physician, my Lord, my Savior who has carried me time and time again during the valley of my life...

So today I was feeling a little defeated, asking the Lord for forgiveness for self pity, laziness and my lack of communication with Him. For my lack of Praise for the wonderful blessing He is fashioning and forming in my womb during this time of sickness. Then like always He used a simple situation to show me that He is a God of much Grace!

They are working on the concrete outside our town home today. So we had to move the car out of the garage onto the street this morning. I rarely go out the front door, so I don't even have a house key. So Noah and I exit the front door this afternoon and locked the bottom lock and shut the door. I have my garage opener in the car and we could get in that way when we come home.

So we get home from a blessed lunch with grandma, open the garage and go to open the door into the house from the garage and guess what LOCKED.. We have a lock on top of the door from the inside so Asher doesn't go into the garage and because I didn't go out through the garage today, I didn't realize it was still locked from the morning :( So what do I do, in true hot mess fashion.... I panic.. what are we going to do Noah? I made a few calls with no luck, and just then as usual the lunch decided to come up.. So there we were sitting in the open garage, me crying throwing up in a bucket, Noah crying because he wanted to ride his power wheel and a few Mexican workers wondering what the heck in going on my garage.

As I was throwing up, I was crying out to the Lord, help me please Lord.. A minute later our property manager walked up and asked if I was ok. Now this is a miracle in it self because we rarely see this guy. I asked if he had keys to our place on him. He said no, he came to open the town home next to us to check it out. A simple sorry and he was on his way and I was crying again.. I know who cries that much... Well a pregnant lady ok!!! A minute later he came over and said you aren't going to believe this but " I accidentally brought the keys to your place which is letter "E" instead of the place next to you which is "F".

Then I cried more because I know it was not a coincidence but God's showing His Grace that no matter how far we think we are from God. We sometimes aren't.. A friend said to me today that we are sometimes more disappointed in ourselves than God is sometimes ( thanks Nay!) and you know what it is true. Yes I have been a little neglectful in my reading, my devotion time, in my prayer time and my blogging about God's love but He reminded encouraged me. He reminded me that He is a God of Grace and we also need to extend that to ourselves sometimes and especially to others.

Thank you for hanging in there with me. I want to share this journey with you all.. I am committed again, as a pregnant mom trying to find the balance of Faith, Food and Fitness. I may not be running marathons this year but I will definitely be on one! I appreciate your prayers and encouragement... Love you Guys!

Thanking God for His Grace today...

Mon