God Speaks through fortune cookies?

So yeah, it's me.  I know....it's a shock.  I am still unemployed, and haven't had much to say.  I am pretty depressed about the no job thing.  And it is hard to feel God is here when day in and day out you go with no word about a job.  I keep praying and praying and praying.... no answers.  It is so hard not to get depressed and totally down.  Why isn't something happening?  So Saturday we treated ourselves to Chinese for lunch.  As we were getting our fortune cookies, I jokingly said to Ron..."Maybe God will send me a message through this fortune cookie...He hasn't been talking to me much anywhere else..." chuckle, chuckle.  Here's what the cookie said.....  "Just because you don't hear anything, doesn't mean you aren't headed in the right direction"  Freaky, right?

So what do you think?  Does God speak through fortune cookies, or was it just a crazy coincidence?

peace....

Twas the day before Christmas and.....

Okay, no way am I going to even attempt a rhyming post.  Isn't enough that I am posting after 5 months of inactivity?  Ahhh, where to begin?  Let's talk about what's going on, shall we?

Well....about two weeks before Thanksgiving, Ron (my hubby) saw the writing on the wall and took a voluntary buyout of his contract at work.  This is a fancy way of saying that he got laid off.  He got a good severance package that will pay him through March, and actually has a job offer from the Federal Government pending a security clearance that has been in process....IF the security clearance comes through.  IF. 

So, since he was laid off and I had vacation, we took off for a delightful week with his family in Michigan over Thanksgiving.  We had a blast.  Very relaxing and nice which was good because....

The day I got back....  I got laid off.  Two weeks notice.  No severance.  I have subsequently been able to negotiate some part time work from my company, however, it is at a greatly reduced rate....but it is better than unemployment.

So we have been looking for jobs.  To say this is a bad time to look is an understatement.  The economy is bad.  The time of year is bad.  Everything. 

Then....yesterday....my Mom had heart bypass surgery after doctors discovered a 99% blocked artery....  It went very well, and she is doing very well.

So.  That's my story.  Tonight is the Christmas Eve program at the church.  We will be running to the hospital, then back to the church to sing. 

I hope that somehow I can feel and remember the true meaning of Christmas this year, and not get lost in the running back and forth to the hospital, the presents that we couldnt buy because we didn't have jobs, and just the stress of not knowing what tomorrow holds.  I just pray that God will somehow break in through all of the craziness and hold us in His arms and remind us of His gift.  I know that it will happen when we least expect it....

Hallelujah the King is here
Given for all men
For today the Holy Son of God
is Born in Bethlehem

peace....