What a week!

This has been a crazy week.  I think I'm ready for a new one!  I was already super tired from working last weekend.  Then Tuesday I had to work the 3-11 shift at work & it was BUSY!  I was so tired by the time I got off.  Then Wednesday I was off but was dragging the whole day because of working the night before.  Oh, and I dropped my phone in the toilet & it quit working :(  Then this morning my dad had a heart attack.  It's one of those times that I hate living so far away.  I have a conspiracy to get all my family to live in Texas! (preferably West Texas since that's where we're at!)  Really that's as far as the conspiracy goes...just saying I want them all to live here.
With weeks like this it's easy to get focused on what's going wrong.  Thankfully, no matter how crazy life can get, God is still God.  Sometimes that is the only thing that gets me through...knowing that whatever happens, he'll be there through it.  I was at a ladies group on Thursday & the topic was Joy, which is my middle name by the way :)  I can definitely use more joy.  It's easy to get distracted & focused on the wrong things.  So, in trying to be focused on the right things, here are some good things that have happened this week:  Since I worked the evening shift, that means I get paid more, I was able to get another phone for pretty cheap, my dad had minimal damage to his heart, Kiley is starting to laugh a lot especially when we dance (which I'm sure is pretty hilarious to watch!), I got to see a couple of good friends that I don't see nearly enough even though we all live close, I got some Baskin Robbins ice cream with a coupon I had for donating blood :)  There are more, but that's a pretty good list. 
Another thing I've been thinking about is how when something bad happens, people say "Oh, it was meant to be" or "it happened for a reason".  Sorry if you're one of those people that says that--I know the intentions are good--but it drives me nuts!  I guess I never thought about it much till I heard it after losing our first pregnancy.  For me, that was the last thing that I wanted to hear.  And if "it" (whatever "it" is) happens for a reason...then what is it!?!?!  I came across a verse while I was pregnant with Kiley.  It's one I've known pretty much all my life, but when I read it that time it was different.  "Trust in the Lord with all of your heart & lean not on your own understanding."  Prov. 3:5.  I realized that I will not always understand why things happen.  But that's okay.  I don't have to.  I just have to trust God.  God is faithful & he can make good come out of even the worst situations.  Even crazy weeks like this one!