Oh Maryland, my sweet home. Maryland means to me clouds, gray skies, rain...Oh how I miss the southwest sunshine. It is truly a test of will and a test of who I look to for my happiness and contentment. Because right now, I am neither. Let's just lay it all out there. And the body threatening to rekindle old aches and pains is fierce. I am in a fight for life right now. What do we do when this fight rages? We preach to our souls. We preach truth to our hearts. We stand on the grace of the Gospel...that all we have is what Christ did for us. That we are depraved human beings with no hope outside of the saving grace of Jesus. And we give thanks for it. This is all we have. Gratitude to the one who gives us all graces in our lives. This can be ever so hard when our flesh only wants to see the negatives in life. But God gives us so much....daily. If we look, we will see it. I am doing just that....the hunt for all things beautiful in this gray world I am finding myself in. Looking ahead to promise and holding on for dear life. I feel my little family is in the same fight, and I so want to show them that God IS great and His love IS good; that there are 10,000 reasons to give thanks and then 10,000 more and 10,000 more. Showing them that from the time we wake up until the time we lay our heads down to sleep, God IS GOOD. I went and found our list and saw that little hands have been counting...looking to God's grace today, our list continues....
#282 Music (KK)
#283 Cookies (Grace)
#284 Phone (KK)
#285 Cooking (Grace)
#286 Fun with big friends (Grace)
#287 Big girl making cake pops
#288 Pot of homemade soup
#289 Christmas Morning
#290 Bright happy faces
#291 Christmas (KK)
#292 Starbucks (KK)
#293 Recess & School (Grace)
#294 Cookies & Pets (Grace)
#295 Home & TV (Grace)
#296 P.E. (Grace)
#297 Mom & Dad (Grace)
#298 My little watching Sound of Music for the first time
#299 Boy sleepovers
#300 Girl turing 13
#301 Rays of sun through the fog
#302 Gentle reminders-preach the Gospel to my kids
#303 Naps
#304 Mall & Friday Finale (Grace)
