Beautiful!! WE LOVE THEM! :)

 

What happened?

Wow. That went by fast. Whirlwind. It's been over a year since I posted ANYTHING! Like what happened? We've been Praying and reading and eating and sleeping and working and running and biking and hiking and not written an iota of a thing down. What is with that? Starting to feel like a hermit. REALLY! I am going to go into our adventures this summer but before that there are some things that I have been thinking about lately.
This year has had a LOT of change. And when I say a LOT, I mean like a whole lot. And you have to ask yourself, why God. What gives?? Like why now, why this? Relationships change, jobs change, families change, people move away. Spirits break and are rebuilt. It's been like that, the breaking and rebuilding. This year has had a lot of opportunities for us and a lot of decisions. When I was younger I knew I was of sound mind (or so I thought) and had a million reasons why I was doing what I was doing and it seemed right and most of the time is probably was the "right" decision. As of late, it has me wondering. How many times did I miss the point? The REAL point?? An opportunity to say an encouraging word to someone? How many times did I say a discouraging one instead. An opportunity came to speak LIFE into a situation and instead said nothing.... or worse.....spoke nothing but negativity? Speaking nothing instead of negativity costs us nothing!!! NOTHING!! So why do we do it? Noticing the me, instead of what could be given to others through me. YUP blew it big time. Miss self righteous strikes again. And this week it really hit home. I stumbled and fell into the big hole. And for this I thank Him for opening my eyes and showing me. Doesn’t feel good to be called out but that is what He will do because He loves us!! Just like I love my son. I’m not going to let him take his dirtbike off a cliff because he can get hurt and cause more damage not to just his bike, but to him and that is what I am most concerned about. Proverbs 3:6 - In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. Through the day I acknowledge Him and know that if I am not listening he will send a messenger to let me know. I just hope the message doesn't come in the form of a pooing bird or a lightning strike that takes out any more electronic devices or air conditioning ( that would be so much cooler and these two things have happened) We need to hold each accountable for our actions or our paths will quickly become kind of wavy and sooner than you think you have sharp dangerous turns with cliffs and you didn't know how they got there. That's when you fall off and you didn't even see the shifts. We need to be on guard. On guard not to forget what we are living for. We are not living for our own glory but God's glory through us. We are here to LOVE. Love for God's Glory. Love for life change. Love with words and without words. Love with actions. Love with hugs. This was m y wake up call today. I love you all and are blessed that you play such an important part in our lives.