just a little note…nothing more
Aahhh….. alas. I am finally beginning to settle myself into summer. Whew! I was fretting there for a moment. I mean… we had been on vacation for SOOO long. I picked Will up from school the day that we left and when we returned Summer was here! I ain’t gonna lie… this week has NOT been pretty… then again.. I suppose being that it is only Monday, I should say last week wasn’t pretty. (My days and nights are running together… the only reason that I know it’s Monday is because we all ate at Moe’s Tonight…you know… kids eat free… well Monday is the kids night…) Anyway…. I was stressing… what am I going to do with my children ALL DAY… in the HEAT!!! Well, today my very sweet neighbor..Shout out to Gina!!!…. invited us to our neighborhood pool… oh… sweet summer bring it on!!! I had the best time and the kids were WIPED! (which is ALWAYS a good thing… yes, you deal with the routine meltdowns around dinner time… but for the most part you essentially feed them and escort them straight to their bed.. they are practically snoozing before you shut the door…beautiful!) I discovered Bible studies start up next week… so we are on our way to some kind of “life” outside of our home.
I can’t believe that we are coming up on our YEAR anniversary of being in Birmingham…I was thinking how last summer was so difficult. We didn’t know anyone… the children had no friends here….mostly I was sitting in church and was remembering how for at least the first month we started visiting our church I cried every Sunday at some point during the service because I missed our old church. It’s so nice to worship now with a sense of feeling like you have found a home. I never thought it would be possible. I loved watching my boys run up and embrace their friends at the pool today. Iwas even more excited that God has given me such a sweet friend in my neighbor… what a kindred spirit! So today I’ve been sort of basking in God’s goodness and provision. I’m thankful for all that he has given us over the course of this year… the good along with the hard times. Even amidst the difficult days… we were more than blessed. I don’t know who is reading this tonight… I don’t know if anyone is… but I just feel like I need to say that life is simply a rotation in and out of seasons….. some stressful… some blissful… some painful… some joyful… some even uneventful…. but they are seasons. Whatever God has called you to… wherever God has asked you go… He will go there with you. I know… I’ve seen it. I would have never let on to ANYONE how terrified I was of moving so far away, pregnant… with such young children…. but somehow the Lord gave me such a peace that I KNEW He was going to be with us the entire way. So that’s all I really have to say tonight…. nothing really great… sort of boring I suppose… then again… testifying to the amazingness and awesomeness of our God is NEVER boring… embrace Him my sweet friends…He is CONSTANTLY leading you somewhere…. even if that somewhere is into a place of stillness and rest in Him… but He’s constantly moving us toward HIS direction. The journey may be exciting… may be scary… may be overwhelming.. .but He wouldn’t call you to something that you CAN’T do or there is no greater purpose involved….there is NOTHING you can’t do with the aid of our Lord. Tonight I will leave this parting verse…. and may God bless each and every one of you tonight…
“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. “ Isaiah 41:10
