A Year in Review

I pray you all have a wonderful New Year in 2009! I've seen a few people already list their 2008 highlights... it seems like a great idea to review the year, so here we go!

• Hubby begins grad school
• We realize this means we are both now in grad school
• Beloved Grandma Ruth went to be with the Lord
• We had snow in Kentucky on our trip there, it was lovely
• I started blogging... what a new world and great new friends
• still working at the church- hours increased and so has my stress
• took trip to Corpus to play on the beach
• Kathryn got her first pet... a fish
• Kathryn buried her first pet... a fish
• Kathryn begins preschool and LOVES it
• I become a soccer mom and don't really love it
• We grew carrots in our flower pot
• Facebook became my homepage and I reconnected with so many old friends
• I had car wreck in July and I am still dealing with the insurance company
• We took the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University and it changed our financial life

I am sure there is so much more to add, but these are some of the things that come to mind. It has been a year for sure. Kelly and I both agree we are glad there is only one more year of grad school until completion. We are praying things slow down and are truly trying to make that a priority. We want to enjoy our family and not be tied to responsibilities that hurt family time more than bring us together.

Spend a little time this week thinking over the past year. What would you change if you could? How are you going to live differently in the new year? I'm going to make Loving and Worshipping my Lord a priority. It fell short this year along the way of business and work. I want to love and cherish my family even more and be the Godly wife and mother I know God has planned for me to be.

At the Cross

It is so easy to get wrapped up in our everyday craziness. I am glad to stop this morning and remember that it is at the cross I bow and remember the greatest love.

I know for many of us we have had lost years. For me they were lost in the sense that I lost my way to the foot of the cross. I lost hope for a better tomorrow, but so many prayed for me through a very bad marriage. When I thought all hope was gone...He was there, my God ready to pick me up, hold me, surround me with love and most of all hope for a new and better tomorrow.

Even though every day is not perfect, He never promised perfection, My Lord just says, "I will be with you to make it through all your days, good and bad"

I know that to be so true.

Go to Amy's for some inspiration today...

I AM

My dear friend Liz introduced me to this song Wednesday night. I have not been able to get it out of my head. As women, our lives take such a journey. Child, daughter, teenager, wife, mother...

This song so beautifully speaks of each stage and how our need for our Loving Creator changes as we grow. It is "I AM" by Nichole Nordeman. Her music is like poetry.



For more musical inspiration, go see Amy at Signs, Miracles and Wonders.