July Full Moon

So tonight is/was a beautiful full moon. I took my puppy, Buster outside to try out his new collar light (It's this little twist-able light that you hook onto their collar and it's amazing! Specially since he is as black as night itself.)

But I wanted to take a photo of the moon and I wasn't sure if my Finepix camera would do the job so I tried it out anyways! I'm in love with what it did. I know they aren't perfectly clear, but considering how far away the moon is, I think it did a pretty good job!

You can buy the collar lights from Academy Sports & Outdoors.

PetLit LED

The good thing is they are cheap and you can change the batteries inside.

Test Me in This.

Ok, so this one is a little personal. 

Lately we have been struggling a little bit, wondering where some money will come from and it doesn't help that I'm PMSing so I'm crying a little bit extra. But I was talking to my wonderful momma and she reminded me that God wants not only our first but our all. I know that, but it's just hard when you don't have anything extra after bills, food and gas.

So I was laying in bed and got this urge to get out a new journal, kinda make it my struggle journal. If I'm struggling with something and I don't want to talk about, I can write it down, say what I want and what I mean without anyone saying something. My first page is what it feels like to be broke. In short...It sucks! And with that I wanted to look up verses to go along with financial problems.

(This week Derick and decided to tithe the first 10% of our checks, it's not much but it's what we've got. I used to tithe when I was single, but that was also when I didn't have bills and I lived with my parents.)

Well the site I chose has verses that were talking about what I needed and the one I've known all my life hit me so hard!

Malachi 3:10

"Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the Lord Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it." 

Did you see that? He said to TEST him. 

It was like he brought out the three snap 'z' formation thing with a little attitude.

I cried when I read that because I'm struggling to give that little bit of tithe but I know that's what he asks for and He is not going to ask me to struggle. He is asking me to trust him, to obey Him. In retrospect He isn't asking for much, but to us it's horrifying even knowing He will protect us. He doesn't want to see me fail, and I know in God we won't fail.

It's hard typing this because I don't want people to think we struggle, but it's the truth in our nations economy now. Almost everyone struggles and I know I'm not alone.

But I will keep praying because God answers prayers and we have to have faith. Cause without faith, what do we have?

                                                                                             STSL