DAY 225 -- The Other Shoe

When we first got married, we lived in an upstairs apartment on a two level apartment complex.  I remember, after living there for about six months, talking to those who lived below us.  I can't remember their name, but I do remember this conversation.

Brother whatever-his-name-was said that every night as they get ready for bed, they heard us upstairs.  He said that he heard me take off one of my shoes and throw it into the closet.  Then about five to ten seconds later, he hears the other shoe drop onto the floor of the closet.  He said it became a ritual as they both listened to my two shoes being thrown into our closet.  They knew it was coming and counted on it.

Then he said one night he heard me throw my first shoe into the closet and knew the second was on it's way.  However, as the two of them waited and waited, I never did throw the second shoe into the closet for him to hear.  He said they spent a sleepless night waiting for the second shoe to drop, and it never did.  He said he knew he would be awakened in the middle of the night with the second shoe.  But it never came.

Of course I had no idea what was going on below us.  I didn't know that I had an audience listening to my nightly shoe concert, hitting the floor of our closet, ringing in harmony in their ears one floor below us.

Why do I bring this up?  Well, I mentioned yesterday that our bishop promised us in a blessing that our money problems were behind us and we would indeed be serving a mission in coming months.  I felt comfort and peaceful as I again deposited that information into my mind and heart.  No money problems.  I don't need to wait for any more miracles to resolve my money problems.  We are on a schedule to pay off our debt and all will be well.

However....  I feel as our below-our-apartment dwellers.  Though all is well with our finances, and though Bonnie received a blessing that all is well with our money situation, I still get this feeling that there is another shoe to drop.  I feel that something is not right in that avenue. No I am not discounting that beautiful blessing.  It does give comfort and peace.  But I feel there is something else that will motivate me to pursue earning additional income to provide for us when we return.  I don't know when the shoe will drop.  Don't know when and what it will be, but I feel that one more shoe has to drop.  I feel that Father will inspire me to pursue one more dream and one more "small and simple thing" to bring to pass His will. 

If you keep reading this blog, I will be recording the second shoe when it drops and let you know when, what it was when it comes.  There is one more shoe coming, I am sure of it.