Giggling at God's Grace

1/5/17

Meanwhile at Armpit…

I woke up feeling particularly excited that I would get to call and ask about Granada today.

Praise God for some good time in the word and a sweet morning to “take a moment to remember.”

Funny enough, on my morning playlist shuffle “Be thou my vision” and “Take a moment” came on one after another. In that order. The exact same order Hunter had played them the night we got engaged.

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Christina called Granada and left a message at around 10am:

Around 10 am, I went outside to call Granada. I prayed honestly and told God that I really did desire to get married here and it would be sweet if that happened but that I trusted him.

During planning period (around 11:40) Christina had gotten a frantic call from a student’s mom asking if she would find out why he was in the guidance counselors office. I sprang into action and checked all of the logical places –my desk, the trashcan, climbed up a tree and peered into a bird’s nest. Jk… but really, I checked a handful of places and no luck. As I was walking through the guidance office, I overheard someone say “Let’s get the vision specialist to come down”. Moments later as I walked by her office, Tania told me that there was a new VI student at Armwood and it was her first day. I walked quickly to my classroom and gave Sheri the 411 and told her they wanted to speak to her.

I checked one last place… Alas! I see Nathan sitting at a table in Deb Seeley’s room. He was on the phone with his mom and I asked if everything was good. No sooner had I gotten the words out of my mouth, the phone rang. I looked down and saw “Granda Lord willing, were getting married here. (I had saved the contact under that name last night.) I answered the phone and scurried outside of the front entrance.

The conversation was easy and natural. She gave me some of the details, I told her how crazy the day had been, she shared that she’s pregnant and also has a head cold from traveling… she had just gotten back from Indiana, no way, that’s where my boyfriend (oops) lives. Things were looking good but then came the moment of truth. I knew I liked the place, but would they be available in July? I asked Crystal if they had any openings in July and she, to my surprise, had openings for every weekend in July. Yippeee! I can’t wait to call Hunter. Oh dang, I need to find Nathan. (Had to die to myself for a moment). Ran back inside, found Nathan and spoke with him for a few minutes, wrote a tardy pass for him, and then ran back outside, calling Hunter before I was even out the door.

“I think we have a venue!”

There wasn’t much time to talk. We prayed. I remember just being so awe-struck but how quickly God had worked out these details. Less than 24 hours ago, we were just discussing the venue options and here we were. As I prayed, the words “I feel like Sarah laughing, not because I’m skeptical, but because you’re so good” (← or something like that) slipped out of my mouth. Seriously, I don’t even remember knowing I was gonna say that until they were coming out of my mouth. Hunter giggled… and giggled… and giggled…

No kidding, he had just read that passage earlier in the morning. Whoa. God you are so involved and love to show up in the big things and even the small things.