I have to be honest, the past couple of months have been hard. While Kevin and I felt so blessed that God would give us a larger home, it has been incredibly daunting to try and get this home ready to be lived in. We had planned for scraping wallpaper, painting, and sprucing up a kitchen, but with one decision to renovate a bathroom, the entire house is in shambles.....and I … [Read more...]
A Girl’s Weekend
This past weekend, Kevin and I (along with my grandmother and Savannah) travelled up to Baltimore for the weekend. I went up a few days early with my grandmother and Savannah and he joined us on Friday, so that he could watch Savannah while the ladies in my family (my mom, sister, aunt, and grandmother) went to hear Beth Moore speak downtown. Since the Friday session would go … [Read more...]
Your Hands
This morning a young lady at church sang a beautiful song that I just had to share with you all. Quite a few of the blogs I follow have music that plays in the background and I recognized this song from one of those blogs as soon as the music started this morning. Thanks for sharing your beautiful voice and the wonderful message in this song, Emily. "Your Hands" I … [Read more...]
You Alone
While riding home from a nice dinner with my family tonight (a belated birthday meal for my grandmother), I decided to pop in one of my old worship CD's. Listening to it immediately brought me back to my college days when I used to listen to it repeatedly. When I looked at the back of the CD, the date said 1998. Wow - that was a long time ago! As I drove home, I listened to the song "You Alone" … [Read more...]
Struggling to Believe
The title of this post pretty much sums up where I'm at right now. Life has gotten back to its new "normal" and while overall we're doing really well, I'm finding myself struggling to believe. Don't get me wrong, I still believe in God and I'm still clinging to Him with all that I have, but I am struggling to believe some of God's promises to me. I still struggle very much with why the Lord took … [Read more...]
