As you can see by the picture of my son's new bed that isn't finished- not even close. You see it all started by my son repeatedly asking if he could have a big boy's bed. Now he is almost five so we figured that it was really past due (we've been busy...). On Monday, I decided it was time to shop around. I can hardly describe my excitement when I found the perfect bed on CLEARANCE! This was the same bed I had been eyeing for him for almost 5 years. Now you need to understand that I come from a Dutch family, raised with Dutch values and one of those defining values is being thrifty; I feel the need to explain that we are not cheap, rather we are just very good stewards of our money (OK, go ahead and laugh). I dragged my husband to the furniture store to look at this perfect loft bed with a slide and a hideout underneath. He then had the poor sense to say "I'm not really excited about it, how about this much more expensive one". OK, he didn't really say much more expensive but that is what the other bed was! I was stunned. I've always been cursed with a very readable face and I'm sure the emotions of horror, confusion, and shock were written all over my face. Those of you who also understand the thrill of finding the perfect thing on sale will understand what I was going through. Well after some discussion, we did decide to go with the perfect (well priced) bed. It was to be delivered yesterday. I was told that I had to be home for the entire day with not even a four hour window of delivery time (yeah, I thought it was a little extreme too). About 10:30 the customer service called me (at home) and informed me I was not at home. Huh? Apparently the delivery men were in front of my house and I wasn't there. Huh? Well, about 20 minutes later they did show up- at the right house. About 45 minutes after that, I was asked to come upstairs. They explained that it doesn't normally take 45 minutes to screw together 6 pieces of wood together but something was wrong. They concluded that the screws would not line up and I needed two new railings. They then took the railings away and left everything else from the bed in my son's room. I knew this was going to devastate my son because he had really been looking forward to the new bed. He was disappointed, but I came up with a compromise. You see, the delivery men had left everything else including the tent, tower and hideout pieces. Me being, well, me, I decided to put together these accessories. I accomplished the task and was able to set the tent part up over his new mattress on the floor. I realized that even though things looked a mess and my son was extremely disappointed, he could still get a vague idea of what his bed would look like. (The fact that he woke up in the middle of the night because he was stuck in his tent is another blog all together.) Sometimes (in reality, a lot of times) it looks like our life is a mess, and things are well beyond our control. It is really hard to see any plan that God may have for us. These are the times that faith is so important. I read this morning in the Bible that it is IMPOSSIBLE to please God without faith. To be honest, that is not what I waned to read- but truth is truth. I will pray for you today, and hope you will pray for me, that we all have the faith we need when our lives look a mess. He will put our lives together even if he has to leave the pieces unscrewed for just a little while.
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