The Key and The Cross (and a little weight lost)

So, got a ham cookin' in the oven. Going to have a nice dinner with the family tonight before I head out to Haiti and their should be enough meat for Octavio and the girls to live off of for a week.

As far as my weigh in goes, I weighed in this morning at 206.2. Not much but at least I am finally heading in the right direction.

A cool story, then I am off to finish getting ready for my trip -

Right before Easter I headed up to Michigan with my family to celebrate the life of Gigi, my great grandpa, the girls' great-great grandpa.

Included in my luggage was my favorite earrings, beautiful little dangly keys given to me by a dear, dear friend. When I returned from Michigan and unpacked, it seemed that I had left one of the earrings somewhere in Michigan, as I could only find one in my little box of jewelry.

Fast-forward to this morning...

I decided to go through my big jewelry box and pick out special items to give to women I meet in Haiti. My plan was to lay them out on my bed and pray over them before I packed them up.

Before I even opened my jewelry box I thought of the beautiful little white gold cross and chain my husband gave to me for Christmas in 2004.

Immediately I knew I was supposed find it, take it and give it away. For some reason in my mind I was having a hard time. I sat there with my hand on the door to my jewelry box arguing why I didn't have to give THAT necklace away.

First, kind of selfishly, I thought of the verse that says, "Give and it WILL come back to you." This is a promise. God says give and it WILL come back to you. Not "may" or "might" or "possibly".

Then I thought of Ephesians 5:1-2

"Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God."

Christ gave His LIFE. I can sacrafice a necklace.

So, I carefully pulled the necklace off its hanger and wouldn't you know it...

my long lost earring was hanging right next to the cross.

That is how quick My God works and just a small taste of how much He loves me.

More awesome stories to come upon my return.

Love you all!