T.G.I.F.--Day 154/Day 3/Day 14

I woke up in a good mood.

Thank you, Jesus.

I had a feeling it'd be a good day. I had a feeling the stock market wouldn't have another big fall today. They feeling changed after an early meeting that tired everyone out and after I was told the Dow opened down 800 points. At the end of the day, though, it was only down a little over 100.

I had an enjoyable day at work. I got some things finished and Adam and I shared a few good laughs over some old movies we watched.

I was going to go out to lunch today, but I had already gone out once this week, so I decided not to. I was rather hungry while playing cards. God provided lunch. Within minutes of sitting down, a corporate meeting ended and they brought down their leftovers. There were plenty of Jimmy John subs, chips, pop and large cookies. They were delicious. While I was grabbing mine, I could hear Carl, the joker, and my current euchre partner, say "I love Jimmy Johns. Sure beats this soup." He looks at Jerry. "Sure beats that frozen pizza you got there." He looks at Tom. Sure beats that sub that been in the machine for a month." He looks at me. "Sure beats watching other people eat." I guess you had to be there, the guy is a riot. Seriously.

I made a trade in my fantasy football league that I liked. My team isn't doing that great, but I'm turning it around. Hopefully I get a win this week.

Jim gave me some bible tabs and some bible ribbons for Kim and I. It was quite a kind gesture.

Colton called and asked me on the way home if he could stay the night at his friend, Zach's. The night before, I had let him stay at a friend's house while we went to the bible study, but told him to study the 11 state capitals he needed to know for the test on Friday. I picked him up a few hours later, and asked him if he had studied. To his credit, he was honest and told me no. I went over them with him on the way home and he only knew a few very well. I told him he had to get all 11 right on the test or he'd be grounded. I studied with him the rest of the night repeating "Arkansas" every other state because he seemed to have the most trouble with it. By the time we were done, I was pretty confident he'd do well. Back to the present, after he asked me about staying the night, I told him,"It depends. What's the capital of Arkansas?" "Little Rock", he said, without missing a beat. I went through the rest of them and while he made a couple mistakes, they were both very quick mistakes. As soon as he said the wrong capital, he knew it was wrong and corrected himself. I was proud of him and convinced he had done well. I told him yes.

Gabby then called and asked if she could have a friend over. I told her yes as well. Kim made dinner while I did the running around, then she started playing a game of poker. It's been a long tournament so far (four and half hours right now) and she has done well.

I did the homework for the bible study class while she played. It was a little confusing, but I'll keep going over it throughout the week. I sent the rough draft out to the other women in my study group. I also wrote down the first letter of every word in Proverbs 2 that we're studying. I think I can memorize it. We'll see.

Days like this are good. Days where you wake up feeling the presence of God with you immediately. Days where your heart feels so full of the Lord, it could burst.

GOD IS SO GOOD.