What I didn't share in that post was that the very first day of school while I was sitting on the couch crying, our oldest son messaged me with the news that he was finished with his Masters in Archaeology program and he would be coming home....a few weeks later. A year earlier than planned. He had hoped to stay an additional year but it was not in God's plan. Really...I am ok with this plan given the unrest in the Middle East. I'm just disappointed that he too had a hope deferred. So with the news, we all pulled together and brought him home....the day after our daughter who has been away at a school for 6 months also moved back home. Talking about fruit basket turnover! So much for quiet and rest while trying to get our home in somewhat of an order. All this would explain my lack of post. I guess you all thought I was living it up with NO kids at home during the day?! Ha!
So once again our home is full and our pockets are empty, until they are well into a regular work schedule. Today I am rolling with the punches of life. So very thankful for this life and the children who make it worth living! To see our son's smile and hear his voice in the other room makes this mama's heart full. To witness his spiritual growth is worth every sacrifice that I have had to make. To hear our daughter playing her guitar as she lifts her voice before the Lord, filling our home with the hope that this is all for Him anyways. All the hopes and dreams. Plans. What are plans if Jesus is not the center of it all? If I could step back and take a look at all this past few weeks...years, I would fall to my knees in gratitude of His mercy and love. His provision. His hands that have held our lives close to His heart. I am His! We are His!
I guess I'm telling my age right now? Anyone remember Doris Day and the song she sung that is now stuck in my head?! Lately more than ever!
Here...I'll help you! You can thank me later!
| When I was just a little girl I asked my mother, what will I be Will I be pretty, will I be rich Here's what she said to me. Que Sera, Sera, Whatever will be, will be The future's not ours, to see Que Sera, Sera What will be, will be. When I was young, I fell in love I asked my sweetheart what lies ahead Will we have rainbows, day after day Here's what my sweetheart said. Que Sera, Sera, Whatever will be, will be The future's not ours, to see Que Sera, Sera What will be, will be. Now I have children of my own They ask their mother, what will I be Will I be handsome, will I be rich I tell them tenderly. Que Sera, Sera, Whatever will be, will be The future's not ours, to see Que Sera, Sera What will be, will be. |
| We live in a time when none of us knows what tomorrow will bring. We are at the mercy of a government who cares more about fighting with one another than doing the job that they were elected to do anyways. Somebody has to choose! We all have to choose who we are going to serve....choose wisely. It may mean your future...your eternity! Only God knows our futures...I choose HIM! |
