Blessed Be The Name

This morning I woke up with one line from a song going over and over in my head. It wasn't even a song I heard yesterday listening to music in the office! That means I know Who put it in my head for the day!

"Every blessing You pour out I'll turn back to praise!"

Yesterday, again, we saw God's perfect timing at work even though we found ourselves moving towards frustration over getting the logistics to work. We can't get the trenching done on our property until Friday. And Thursday we were supposed to start getting the parking lot cleaned up. The parking lot needs the lousy "dirt" (that turns to a slimmy slippery mess in the rain) pulled out and some pit run put in to start the process toward pavement. But we didn't want the parking lot done until the trenching was done. Friday was "late" for trenching. The only thing to do was postpone the parking lot 'til next week. But next week the framer's to come and we need the parking lot cleaned up before lumber's delivered for the framer to start. Peter called the framer and he will postpone 1 week - and will stay with the job til it is done. The "dirt guys" will come next week instead. And as a bonus, we have more time to get the decking - remember the LARGE pile of decking - stained and out of the building area before the framing starts. As we were fussing over the mixed up timing - God was busy putting the timing in order. "Every blessing You pour out, I'll turn back to praise!"

Bolts, nuts and washers. How much can they cost, really! When the bolts are 1 inch in diameter and 12 inches long they can be expensive. We need them to secure the brackets to the wall framing. Peter got a price from one dealer in Red Deer that was unbelievably high. We even checked with a farm implement dealer in town - thinking they might be more reasonable. In the meantime we received a faxed price back from another fastener place in Red Deer. Almost half the cost! "Every blessing You pour out, I'll turn back to praise!"

Peter got a call back from a fellow we have pricing out our roofing. We have a huge steep roof that we are expecting be expensive, maybe even more so with the construction market as it is today. But we do need shingles - so you pay the price. In talking with this fellow Peter found out this fellow's commitment to remaining fair, no matter what happens around him with fellow roofers. Many are taking advantage of the economy and pushing their prices up needlessly high. What a refreshing thought in today's world! "Every blessing You pour out, I'll turn back to praise!"

When you see these things happening over and over, there is only one thing to say "Every blessing You pour out, I'll turn back to praise!"