His Perfect Way....not MY way.

Have you ever had just "one of those days". This morning I overslept,  raced out the door (didn't even get Austin out of his pj's) threw the kids in the car (no I did NOT literally throw them) and drove to my Mother-in-laws house to drop off the kids. Just as I was pulling into my salon I see flashing lights behind me....my heart sank.....SPEEDING TICKET.
I had informed my patiently waiting client by phone that I was in the process of recieving a ticket so I would be walking in shortly :( As I dried my tears (in the air conditioner of my car no less) I forced myself to have a positive face for the day, just because my day wasn't great I wasn't about to ruin my beloved clients day as well. As I started to shampoo her hair she stated to me "God has a purpose for everything, wait for him to show you what you can learn from Him." She couldn't see me as I rolled my eyes thinking, "yeah sure, He'll use my 300.00 speeding ticket as a life lesson I'm sooo positive I can learn from this". Little did I know, God was answering my prayer as I recieved this blow to my bank account.
Hubby and I have had the desire in our heart to invest in a larger home. We bought our lovely condo when it was just the 2 of us...needless to say 2 kids later, we're basically maxed out. But even more than that, I've been struggling with the fact that I work (not really work I love what I do)...although I'm only away from my kids 2 or 3 days a week, I just feel guilty about leaving them those days! We really would like a bigger home so that I can build my own salon in it and work from there... less commute, more flexible hours, would only be working for me... the positives are endless. The desire is to be with my children and husband more, the perks of having a larger house with a payment that is about the same as we pay now, is a bonus!
Later in the afternoon, we found out that we basically can only get a loan if we can put down $25,000. I felt like Scarlette O'hara when the Yankees wanted the taxes on Terra "$25,000 might as well be a million".  No way in this earth can I save that much money! But there are other possibilities, I guess I'll just have to........
wait.
You see, on my way to work this day I prayed to the Lord "Please, give me a neon sign...I'll do what you want, if this is what YOU want".
Never would I have thought that the lights of a motorcyle police officer would've been my "neon sign". SLOW DOWN. WAIT.
The Lord knows the desires of my heart, and I LOVE that He has a sense of humor! ( I wish it didn't come in the form of a speeding ticket but hey....I asked for it)
I want to live God's perfect way, not His permissive way. If it is in His perfect way for me to wait and save as much as possible...than that is what we shall do. I love that He knows what to do with my life more than I.

Do you see the little Casita on the right? That's the salon....someday:)