But I haaaate minivans!

so we are on a business trip and we did all the right things as far as planning.  Way in advance we made hotel, plane and rental car reservations (as a preferred member no less).  Upon arrival we get to the preferred member board and instead of having our car number there next to my name it says go to preferred desk.  Great, at the desk we are told that they don't have any cars left just minivans!  Wonderful, apparently we are in the minivan capitol of the world!  So we go to our assigned minivan (complaining all the way and complaining loading our luggage while checking for damage ect) and my strong dislike of minivans seems well earned.  As I was loading the minivan it hit me how much complaining I was doing and I said Lord thank you that we don't have to take the bus or the airport shuttle or a taxi or walk I'm going to stop complaining now.  When I got in and started the vehicle the satellite radio came on and we changed it to 128 which is Joel Osteen radio and his topic is complaining!  Wow!  As we backed out of our space we lost the signal (this airport has the rental car lots in a parking garage).  Normally, by which I mean never, I don't activate the sat radio when I reserve the car, I love it and have it on one of our personal cars but for the time I'll be in a rental I just don't think it is worse the money.  However, on this trip not only have I been driving way more than usual but I have been alone most of the time all the while listening to Joel Osteen radio.  The enemy, loves to come after us when we are weakest and for me that is usually when I'm alone.  That's when tries to find an opening for his lies that's when he tries to get to lose my faith on the promises from God that I am believing on that I am praying for.  The enemy tried to ruin our trip by substituting a vehicle I hate but God knew I would need the encouragement from his word to get through this week so he took what the enemy meant for my harm and used it for my good, and he did by turning on the satellite radio.  Come'on Jesus!

Sometimes it really is that simple

While doing payroll today, I was trying to figure out the right way to pay holiday pay for an employee for the day after Thanksgiving.  Normally it would be this employee's day off but not always as she is more than willing to work this day of the week if needed.  As I was sitting at my desk (staring at my cubicle wall but not really seeing anything) and trying to decide whether to just do it or go look-up how I have done it in the past a paper that I had just pinned to the wall this morning suddenly came into focus.  It is a printout of a prayer that my wife had written some time ago and had been buried on my desk for the last month, the line that came into view was "God I plan to keep on giving to others....  Problem solved.