Overcoming Murphy's Law

-- Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.

My daughter Hannah called me up early this morning and she said that she prayed for everyone's safety and then some truck blew a tire and almost crashed into her. It may be a good thing she prayed for everyone's else safety because in that instance -- she reaped what she sowed.

My friend Scott and I were headed to Monroe Lake to host a single's group when they rented a Pontoon boat with my two wave runners before we went we prayed. One thing I've experienced in boating is people can get hurt and either mechanical failures of the wave runners or the trailer wheels.  Out of the corner of my eye when the highway merge to go to Bloomington, Indiana, I saw a woman who was not yielding when I had the right of way.  She could have ran into the back of the wave runners.

I know that many times we live our lives on automatic pilot, but I've learned more and more to pray the Lord's prayer. "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one." Luke 11:4

God make me more aware of my surroundings and other people's mistakes. This is especially true with people who have ran red lights.

My husband I were amazed at times on those home improvement projects that we thought were going to be a piece of cake and then some unforeseen circumstance that makes them 1-2 hours longer than expected.

It's good to lead out in prayer in life to frame your morning. As a married woman, I prayed for my husband for his job --- God help him not to bid too high or too low as an estimator. It was a high-pressure job. I also asked God's grace on our marriage and for God's wisdom on how to love and minister to my husband.

Those are building blocks I plan to take into my next relationship.

It says a wise woman builds her house. It's the same with children as far as my counsel to my daughters and building up their self-esteem in life. Women tend to have a low self-esteem and they focus too much on their looks (outward beauty).  Then if they don't feel good/pretty - they tend to put themselves down. I can't speak for men, but I was always trying to build up my husband's self-esteem also. It seemed to be related to how well he did on his job.

The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down. Proverbs 14:1