Good Morning Blog Friends~
It is Friday~woo hoo! We are settled but are still changing ~ rearranging and splashing some paint around to make our new home us.
I so enjoyed my visit with my kids in Washington last week. We have been lucky that both girl's husbands have been stationed in the same place for the past year. That will be changing the first of the year~ so we will be traveling back out to spend Thanksgiving while they are all in one location.
This momma's heart would like to fret but instead I am just trusting that God has it all under control~ sure He does.
I had so much fun with these two~ they are growing so fast!
Ashley and Alex will be moving to Texas the first part of the year~ a little closer.
Hannah and Jacob will be staying in Washington~still so far away.
Caleb and I are finishing his senior year ~just a couple months left.
I am trying to get back into the groove of blogging but life seems to have gotten away from me again. Dog-gone-it ~ I just hate it when that happens.
From these pictures it looks like all is wonderful and peaceful maybe even perfect. Now don't get me wrong~ I am so blessed~life is great.
BUT~ We all have struggles, troubles and trials ~ now don't we? In fact I have a couple that are weighing on my heart as I peg away at these keys. One that keeps me awake at night and has made a knot in the pit of my stomach. I know you know what I am talking about.
I woke up this morning and opened the Word of God and read this~
Psalm 23:1-3
23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Sometimes we educate ourselves into forgetting the simple truths of God's Word. When our inner being is full of knots we can run to the lap of our Heavenly Father and lie down in pastures of peace. I needed to remember the power of quietness this morning. I needed to take time with the One who can restore my soul. As I sipped a cute little mug of hazelnut coffee this morning~ I allowed the presence of God to enter into my soul and the burdens begin to drift away. Direction came ~ peace returned and joy filled my soul. I just needed to power down and take some time turning the cares of the day over to Him.
It is so amazing to me that my Heavenly Father loves me so much that He will exchange my burdens for peace and my knots for joy.
Now that is something to celebrate on this Fabulous Friday.
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