......A year and a half later.

I am so glad that I included in my first blog (almost two years ago now, yikes!) that I trust in Proverbs 16:9 that says "A man's heart devises his way: but the Lord directs his steps." I guess 22 months ago wasn't the Lord's timing for me to start my blogging adventure. Who knows how far this will go and how frequent my sharing will become but lately I have had the desire to share some thoughts. Short, simple thoughts, but thoughts none the less. I have posted a couple of things on facebook but somehow, since I don't post there very often what I wanted to say seemed to be too, as my daughter would say, 'random'. Even for facebook. That actually reminded me that I had started this blog so maybe I would come here to share. It all seems so exciting when I am working around our home thinking about it but as I sit here trying to start I get a bit overwhelmed looking at the behind the scenes of blogging. So I am going to start out very simply and go from here. I don't even know who, if any one, really sees this. Actually, I hope not too many do until I get the hang of it but....here goes!
The first thing I would like to do is praise the Lord for His love for my family and me. He has been so good to us. One of the situations I mentioned earlier about wanting to share a thought happened a couple of nights ago. I had climbed into my nice warm bed, sandwiched between the pile of blankets and a mattress set just right for me (do I sound like goldilocks yet?) I had Twila Paris singing her Bedtime Prayers in the cd player next to me - so relaxing. My next thought was how blessed and priviledged my family is. Even though we have been going through hard times and there are many people that have more than we do, there are so many more people that have not even one tenth of what we have!!! We have a warm place to sleep with a pile of blankets, fresh, healthy food to eat and the best guide to life a family can have - Jesus Christ! My prayer is that I remember that thought at other times when, perhaps, the moment is not quite so cozy and maybe things aren't going so well. I want to be a (wo)man, stable in all my ways, trusting in the Lord and His perfect plan all of my days. Until tomorrow(I hope) or the next time I come by....May the Lord bless you and keep you and cause His face to shine upon you!