RaVae EricksonWe had plans to build valves with B last night, but God had other plans….
We usually start around 6:30, and last night was to be no different. Then the rain started, the hail came, and the tornado sirens blared…
I ran home to get different clothes to build valves in and proceeded to make cookies because I was hungry for one! Hubbin went to his haircut appointment across the street from the hospital (all of two and a half blocks away). Then Hubbin called and asked me to bring a check for Rhonda (the hair cutter) as he didn’t have any cash. I drove over there and Mom called me on the way. I decided to sit in my car and talk to her since I knew Hubbin wouldn’t be done for awhile. Then B texted to say she was sitting under the awning at a gas station on the way to the shop. I proceeded to tell her not to worry about it because we were still in Greeley. Then the hail came…I was stuck in my car for fifteen minutes (eating cookies and reading a book, lol) while I waited for the hail to at least slow down a bit so I could make it inside. When it finally did slow down I booked it for the door and spent the next few minutes talking to Joel and Rhonda. We decided it was a BAD night to go get valves from the PDC yard. Which forced a decision, invite B over or send her home? We opted to invite her over for dinner so she could wait out the storm before driving back to Longmont. I called her and she suggested bringing someone else with…D! I didn’t quite know what to say to that, but in the end I agreed to it.
When I got off the phone with B and told Hubbin who she was bringing he wasn’t too excited (and neither was I) because we knew the conversation we were going to have with D sometime during the evening. I immediately got butterflies in my stomach and started praying for the conversation. I washed a few dishes and then turned the radio on only to immediately hear: “Don’t know where to begin, Its like my world’s caving in, And I try but I can’t control my fear, Where do I go from here?…” Let the Waters Rise” by Mikeschair. I am bound and determined to devote an entire post to how God has used this specific song in my life, but for last night, as soon as I heard the song I was instantly filled with PEACE, the kind of peace that comes from only one place.
They got to our house as I was still washing dishes and Hubbin was making ground beef for tacos (too much information? lol). I have to admit, it was weird and awkward at first, but we all pushed past it and started talking. We had a nice dinner and played a card game that got violent at times (it was kind of like slapjack).
As they were literally walking out the door at 10:15 Hubbin stopped them by saying we needed to discuss something that we were not ready to let be shoved under the rug. We proceeded to hash out with D the reason for his absence in our lives the last three months. I think the conversation went well. Hubbin and I said nearly everything we wanted to say to D, and it is my hope he was able to do the same. I think we effectively left the ball in D’s court-if he wants to be friends he has to take the next step. It is my hope that B benefited from hearing the conversation we had. We then proceeded to talk until nearly 1:00AM just like old times.
Oh how GOOD the evening was for my heart. If you think of it, please pray for the situation as I know we have a long road ahead of us with those two.