I had a fabulous birthday. Girls from work took me out to lunch. My husband brought me New York Giants cupcakes. It was sweet but confusing since I'm not even much of a professional football fan and certainly not the Giants. He explained he had a very limited selection consisting of Tron and Dora. Dora apparently was a close second. We had a birthday celebration with the family at Jason's Deli with great gifts and a homemade cake by Mom. The other funniest girl I know, besides me, gave me a fabulous print she made with a verse we had noticed in church one day. Another good buddy gave me homemade cookies this past Sunday. I love a birthday and stretching it out for as long as possible. I've done pretty well this year. I'm not sure I'm going to let it be over yet. We'll see.
So back to that print that other funniest girl made me. The verse is Exodus 14:14, "The Lord will fight for you, you need only to be still." It has been sitting in my living room since she gave it to me. The 6th grader passes it every day. After 4 days of passing by it, he stopped, stared at it a while, looked confused (not necessarily uncommon for him ie 6th grader) and said, "OHHH! I thought it said The Lord will fight you!" Wow. Now doesn't that change the whole meaning of the verse? Take one word out, and it is a whole new ballgame. After a couple of weeks of having some conflict with random people which is highly, highly unusual since I try to avoid conflict at all costs (ok to be honest, with everyone but my hubby), I am really glad the verse didn't leave out the "for". I fully recognize if I'd "be still" and let the Lord work it out, He always does a much, much better job than me. Go figure. I think I'll be leaving my print out for quite a while. I need a lot of reminding.
So this made me happy tonight. The 1st Grader has been super lovey, dovey of late. Lots and lots of, "Know who I love? My mommy!" and just sitting with me lots. After church tonight, he brought me this card. I needed a little help translating the bottom. It says, "O, yea and thank for the wafles". Since I'm pretty convinced my love language is words of affirmation, this made my day. And I thought the "yea" was quite Biblical. I really could squeeze him and by "really could" I mean I squeeze him. He's a sweetie.
So in closing, I'll finish with Exodus 14:14, "The Lord will fight for you, you need on to be still." My prayer for me tonight is to learn to be still. I've never been good at it. I want to fix situations or talk to other people about the situations instead of going to the One who is waiting to fight for me, not fight me. Oh thank Heavens there's a for! Now maybe I'll work on reading with the 6th grader.
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