Still here!

Guess I haven't had anything specific to say! Lots of good little things going on. Really enjoying answers to prayer, like my husband going to church with us after 6 years of me going alone : )  And he missed this last weekend because of family stuff and Sunday night while we ate dinner he actually asked me what church was about!

Also enjoying my best friend, again after 6 years of prayer, all of a sudden taking interest in the bible and reading it and discussing it with me! Even called me up laughing one time saying listen to what Jesus said! lol. (Referring to him saying how can you take the splinter out of your brothers eye, when there's a plank sticking out of yours! : )

And just happy Spring is almost here and trying to be mindful and thankful for all the things God has given me. Nothing more precious to me right now than each night gathering around our little candlelit table, music in the background, saying prayers, hearing Gianna say what she's thankful for, and just being together. We started it at the beginning of winter and now its our everyday thing. : )

I am finding more and more how truly powerful giving thanks to God is. Sunday morning I just felt kinda blah. So on the way to church I said to Gianna we are going to thank God all the way to church, just for anything we are thankful for. And for 15 minutes, all the way there, thats what we did. Just said out loud every good thing we are blessed with. And by the time we got there the blah had lifted and we both had sunshine in our soul. And after the awesome service I walked out of there with joy in my heart. God is so good. Can't imagine life without him. Actually I can cause I lived it!

This is kind of unrelated, but its a poem I took comfort in when Jason's dad died. His sister posted it the other day, I googled it just now to copy and paste and its actually a hymn:


God has not promised skies always blue,
Flower-strewn pathways all our lives through;
God has not promised sun without rain,
Joy without sorrow, peace without pain.


But God has promised strength for the day,
Rest for the labor, light for the way,
Grace for the trials, help from above,
Unfailing sympathy, undying love.


So true!