“These things are put here to test us,” Agatha Christie’s Superintendent Battle says. Often.
Today, for instance…
Physical therapy first, didn’t dare miss another session. Then up to CVS to buy my anemia pills. It should take about ten minutes to get home from there, but today it took 45. Road construction, accidents, detours, traffic jams–pretty much everywhere you looked.
Next, try to medicate Robbie with pills. That was surely put here to test us. We didn’t pass that one.
Cigar break, then try again. We got some of the medicine into her. Had to crush the pills and put it in water. She resisted strenuously.
We never made it to the store yesterday, so we went out to buy groceries. Had to stop at the bank to pick up some cash. Bank is closed. But–! The drive-up window is open. So we put our check into the cylinder and pressed “Send.” Whoosh, there it goes. But we didn’t get our money. Nobody in the bank but a cleaning woman with her feather duster. She wasn’t about to give us any money.
Question! Why was that drive-up window left open? Who ever heard of such a thing? “Sure, we’ll take your check–but we won’t give you any money!” That was a first; we’ve never run into it before.
At this point, having spectacularly failed the tests, we gave up and went back home.
Lord, give us strength and sanity. We’re running short of both.
Mousekin – I thought the whole ordeal was coming to a close but, it ain’t over :(. Hang in there, baby. Everyone is praying and things will settle down.
I do appreciate that.
Wow, I’m sure sorry to hear this. I have been hearing on the news that these things were
gong to happen, and already had begun. Unreal. They really are trying to beat us down.
Just don’t give in, but leave it in the hands of the Lord- He cares.
My husband and I have frequent similar problems with banking. We deal with banks as little as possible. They are trying to beat us down. I sometimes feel like I’m walking through the “valley of the shadow of death.” We know it all ends with God’s victory.
This was the first time we ever encountered that particular idiocy.