i see a the apartment parking lot... strangers and Asian flight students ..coming and going to where ever their lives are taking them, and i wonder where my own life is headed.
I am grateful...
i am grateful for the baby steps we continue to make back towards the path we want to be on... i have felt very misplaced the last 2 years and feel like i have lost my way, my direction and maybe even a little bit of faith.. but Gods tender mercies show, that even when i feel like he is ignoring me, he is there when i really need him! that i might not feel him with me, every hour of every day. sometimes his presence is only felt for a moment, but in that moment my faith has been renewed. and i know as i keep collecting these moments of feeling his love for me in my life, my relationship with him will keep growing. and i will be more sure of his love and awareness of me, and the plan he has laid out for my life.
I am thinking about...
The future, how kids grow up so fast! how resilient their spirits are and how grateful i am for that.i have been thinking of what truly matters to me, and how i can capitalize on these fleeting years of childhood and make each day count. life is too short to be stuck to long in unhappiness and discontent.
From the schoolroom...
i still have no schoolroom .. but... i have a sofa that is great for reading stories all squished together on and a table for experiments, activities and discussions. a library card and a car that can take us on any grand learning adventure we so desire. Life is good. Tho we have been doing a lot of geology stuff to prepare for our trip to Utah in May, when we will go visit Bree and Jacob before they move to Iowa.
From the kitchen...
i have been experimenting with new recipes like this one Janee shared with me...
KIDS LOVED IT!! ( Shawn not so much! )
The Chronicles of Narnia books with my kids.
Shawn got this beautiful compilation of them for Christmas, and it has been well loved!
it has been an amazing journey so far and i love the deep spiritual discussions these books facilitate...we are on The Horse and his Boy right now and have had some amazing conversations about the nature of God, About how he has a plan and is a part of each of our lives if we know it or not. and i just really feel like it adds so much to our morning devotionals.
I am hoping...
that we find a house soon, that our prayers will be answered and wounds will be healed.
I am praying...
to be lead by the Spirit, to understand better when He is talking to me, and to have the faith to act on His promptings.
A few plans for the rest of the week...
to put an offer on a house!! (fingers crossed)
a picture to share...
some dress up fun!
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