I apologize for not writing more posts these past couple weeks, it's been crazy around here for us. My sweet Aunt Pam had to have shoulder surgery last week, and had some complications afterwards that resulted in some hospital stay. She is home now and recovering nicely, but if you could say a quick prayer for her body to continue to heal, that would be so sweet!
My sweet baby Levi did a lot of running around with me this past week, in the midst of a cold front, and he ended up getting really sick very fast. However, I found some great homeopathic medicine for his age range and it's been working wonders! (Hyland's Baby - Tiny Cold products)
Also just a few days ago Matthew went to start our truck to head to work for the day, and the truck wouldn't start. Let's just say thank goodness my husband is a mechanic! So he reset some things and finally got it started, and headed to get it scanned to see if he could figure out what was wrong. There were several different things that popped up on the scanner so he decided to just go to work and maybe get it scanned there, because they tend to have more accurate readings sometimes. On one of his breaks he went out to check if the truck would start up and to see if the 'check engine' sign was still popping up, and it just so happened to crank up perfectly with no signs lighting up at all. Praise the Lord!
Needless to say it's been a little chaotic around here, but I've been doing a lot of hard praying and God has been so good to us in the end. I have really been trying to get in the habit of putting all my trust in Him and knowing that He will not give us more than we can handle. Every time something awful emerges in our lives, I just have to keep telling myself it's a test of our faith and trust that God will get us through. Let me just tell you, He is faithful. And I am so thankful.
As Thanksgiving approaches I have really been reflecting on all the wonderful things God has done in my life just over the past few months. As I become a stronger Christian, I'm really seeing how much I've missed over the years if I would've just spent more time with Him. More time loving Him, more time worshiping and in fellowship with other Christians that could've encouraged my walk with Christ. Most importantly though, more time getting to know Him. I recently started to go to a Bible study group about a month or two ago, and it has been life changing for me. I love the women and love how we can talk about any and everything going on in our lives. It has really lifted me up and has become a support system for me, and it helped that my sister, Tosha, was apart of it so I got to be myself right from the start.
God has been doing amazing things with me and for me. Right now, I feel like we couldn't be more blessed with where our lives are going. I just can't even begin to explain the experiences with God that I've had throughout these past months, it's been powerful and spiritual, sanctifying.
So in my life, I am forever thankful that God our Father endured the pain of sending His son to this earth. He had to watch Jesus carry His own cross and undergo torture and literally get nailed to a cross for each one of our lives full of sin. He loved the human beings He created so much that He would go through anything to save us from ourselves, some of us not even willing to accept Him maybe ever, but He did it anyway. I will always be forever thankful. Thank you for your love God. Thank you for your creation of love.
"One of the criminals hanging beside him scoffed, "So you're the Messiah, are you? Prove it by saving yourself-and us, too, while you're at it!" But the other criminal protested, "Don't you fear God even when you have been sentenced to die? We deserve to die for our crimes, but this man hasn't done anything wrong." Then he said, "Jesus remember me when you come into your Kingdom." And Jesus replied, "I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise." -Luke 23:39-43 NLT
As Thanksgiving approaches I have really been reflecting on all the wonderful things God has done in my life just over the past few months. As I become a stronger Christian, I'm really seeing how much I've missed over the years if I would've just spent more time with Him. More time loving Him, more time worshiping and in fellowship with other Christians that could've encouraged my walk with Christ. Most importantly though, more time getting to know Him. I recently started to go to a Bible study group about a month or two ago, and it has been life changing for me. I love the women and love how we can talk about any and everything going on in our lives. It has really lifted me up and has become a support system for me, and it helped that my sister, Tosha, was apart of it so I got to be myself right from the start.
God has been doing amazing things with me and for me. Right now, I feel like we couldn't be more blessed with where our lives are going. I just can't even begin to explain the experiences with God that I've had throughout these past months, it's been powerful and spiritual, sanctifying.
So in my life, I am forever thankful that God our Father endured the pain of sending His son to this earth. He had to watch Jesus carry His own cross and undergo torture and literally get nailed to a cross for each one of our lives full of sin. He loved the human beings He created so much that He would go through anything to save us from ourselves, some of us not even willing to accept Him maybe ever, but He did it anyway. I will always be forever thankful. Thank you for your love God. Thank you for your creation of love.
"One of the criminals hanging beside him scoffed, "So you're the Messiah, are you? Prove it by saving yourself-and us, too, while you're at it!" But the other criminal protested, "Don't you fear God even when you have been sentenced to die? We deserve to die for our crimes, but this man hasn't done anything wrong." Then he said, "Jesus remember me when you come into your Kingdom." And Jesus replied, "I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise." -Luke 23:39-43 NLT
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