Gatherings

What’s happening in my home…We’re having one of those winters when it’s cold but fresh snow is rare. It’s very sad!! I haven’t gotten snowed in very often at all!! But God is good and I am thankful.

In my kitchen…I finally went GROCERY SHOPPING!! I tell ya, my kids were pretty desperate for a snack food or something!! I can easily procrastinate grocery shopping cause it’s not my favorite thing. But it is nice to have food in the house again!! My husband is on a low sodium diet so we’ll be moving further from packaged foods…that’s a good thing! After much label reading, I have discovered that organic packaged food can actually have MORE salt in it!!

With our marriage…There’s at least two sinners in the house…and they are the parents!! Don’t worry, your house is full of sinners too!! We continue to learn, love, laugh, struggle, mourn and rejoice. But as long as we’re in it together, I figure we’re good!

With the children…I’ve upped the homeschool challenges to the kids. We are working hard and I am accelerating…. Tyler is filling out paperwork for a summer missions trip with OnGoal, a soccer outreach. Christian is starting drum lessons next week!! God has answered my 2 year prayer for a Christian drum teacher and he is right in my church!! Praise the Lord!! Rachel is looking for some fun exercise so we’re praying on that. She’s thinking she might like private dance lessons. We’ll see what God will do.

In my “Inner Man”…I have been studying “trust” in my private times with God. While studying, old issues and angers have surfaced and I am trying to deal with it all based on God’s truth with a heart bent on repentance. It’s not easy, don’t be fooled by the easy words! I always battle myself and the way it’s so easy to use busyness to avoid what God wants to do in my heart. He and time with Him HAS to be my priority. Someone remarked as though I have it all together since I put Scripture in my Facebook status. I reminded them that the desperate, needy heart is the one that runs to God’s Truth!!! I know those verses because I NEED THEM! I am blessed in life, but I don’t have to hunt for trials…they hunt for me!! But I praise God! If I am clinging to Him, I am just fine and need not fear bad news. Bad news is a part of life but with Jesus I don’t have to be afraid. He’ll walk me through every valley.