Broken Laptop : (

Last Saturday night I dropped my laptop & broke it! I was walking to my printer to print out some coupons and it slipped out of my hands. It landed opened up, flat on the ground. When I picked it up I saw that the whole screen was shattered & I burst into tears! I was angry at myself for dropping it and afraid that I had lost all of our family pictures & everything else! Randal ran in to see what happened & asked why I was crying. He was so sweet & I could tell he was having immense self-control & patience with me even though I had just destroyed my laptop! He encouraged me that the hard drive was fine & that it was just the screen that had broken. Of course, even if it could turn on, we wouldn't be able to tell because of the shattered screen. I am on Randal's laptop right now. He is taking college classes online at nights so he takes his laptop to work everyday and is on it for school every night. I try to squeeze in a little time in between but school definitely comes before my blogging & couponing! He is sweet and tries to give me a little time everyday.

What is God teaching me through this? That is the very question I have asked myself over the last week. He is teaching me to trust Him, even when I don't understand. He is teaching me to depend on Him, even when I want to do things my way. He is teaching me that sometimes it is better to be undistracted by "good things" for a time! I think I have talked to and thought about God more this week than usual. I have looked into my sweet little girls' eyes while they talk & snuggled with them on my lap more this week than usual. I have cuddled on the couch with my Hubs & felt completely "released" from the "urge" to coupon and find deals online more than usual! So, yes, I miss my little laptop, but......God is good & He has a plan!