Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this:'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these. Mark 12:30-31
19 November 2012
Different Seasons
I am sure some of you are shocked to see a blog post. Some may be thinking "about time." Others may say "oh she is back to blogging...again." Some may say "I wonder how long she will blog this time." Others may not even notice.
God brings us through different seasons of our life's. We can go through a season of living on the mountain or going through the valley. We can have seasons of walking with Him or falling away from Him. We can have seasons of going back to school or having a career or having children. We can have seasons where our children are now grown and moving to their own homes. We can have seasons of blogging and seasons of not blogging.
During my season of not blogging my family faced many blessings and a few losses. Within a month and a half my hubby lost three members of his family. His dad went to be home with the Lord. We were truly blessed that God allowed us to make it to Indiana before He called his dad home. My hubby then lost his aunt and his guardian that raised him from birth. That month and a half was a tough season. Although it was tough it did bring healing for my husband and other members of his family.
Even though we lost loved ones, God poured His blessings upon us as well
321. Hubby reconnecting with a sister whom he has not spoken to in over eight years
322. My sister-in-law meeting her nephew for the first time
323. Laughter of memories from the past
324. Living close enough to family to be home during difficult times
325. Living close enough to family to spend the holidays
326. Living close enough to family to spend time with and make memories
327. Cameras to capture memories
328. Morning coffee
329. Peppermint mocha coffee creamer
330. Delayed wash setting on the washing machine
331. Hearing others praise my children for their obedience
332. My daughter's faithfulness to Christ impacts those around her
333. My daughter's obedience and love for Jesus
334. My son choosing to listen to the Bible app rather than playing games
335. Crockpots
336. Tithing
337. The blessings completing their chores....without complaining
338. Hubby cooking dinner
339. A fresh cut yard
340. Ikea
341. Hubby taking on the role of Spiritual Leader
342. Hubby leaving Scripture verses for me to find
343. Hubby leaving gifts for me to find
344. Full ride scholarship for me to receive my Bachelor's
345. A clean home
346. CHRISTmas cottage Scentsy
347. Hearing my blessings call out to Jesus when they need His protection, His love, His grace, and His forgiveness
348. Hearing my blessings asking for prayer
349. Watching my blessings pray
350. Watching my blessings walk with God
351. Early morning kisses on the forehead as the hubby leaves for work
352. Morning hugs from my blessings
353. Bonding with my nephew who rarely sees me
354. Bonding with my nephew who hardly knows me
355. Hearing my nephew call for his auntie
356. My sister telling me my nephew asks for me when I am gone
357. Spending a week with one of my sisters
358. Conviction
359. My daughter moving up a level in gymnastics
360. Watching my son participate in his first year of football
361. Our homeschool co-op
362. Home for the holidays
363. Fall
364. Friendships that reach across the nation
365. Redemption
366. The birth of a new niece
367. My brother blessing me with giving his new daughter my middle name
368. Made to Crave by Lysa Terkeurst
369. Healing of hubby's arm from surgery
370. Hubby's retirement orders from the Army
371. The precious birthday gifts from my two blessings
372. Devotional time with the hubby
373. Purchase of our first home
374. Waking up early
375. God taking away my strongholds
376. Big Daddy Weave's song "Redeemed"
377. Pinterest
378. Our Compassion child
379. Receiving letters from our Compassion child
380. Blogging again
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Wow! what an overwhelming list. Thankful for God's graciousness to you and the healing He accomplished through this recent hard time.
ReplyDeleteBlessings!
I had to make up for the months I missed ;)
DeleteYes His grace is enough :)
I had to giggle. Shopping up here is so limited that I so understand why you put 340.
ReplyDeleteI know! Where we live now is in a small town but we are only 20 minutes away from the larger stores...nothing like the 8 hours you all have ;)
DeleteMy husband also lost a family member this summer. His step mother unexpectedly passed away. I think it was one of the hardest phone calls I have ever received. Thankfully, the Red Cross was able to send the four of us back to the states for the funeral. Losing loved ones is very hard for everyone and healing doesn't come easily.
ReplyDeleteAnd welcome back to Blogging. I took a long break as well, then switched blogs and made it only viewable to family members. After a long 1-1/2 years of being absent from the blogging world I'm back and here to stay (hopefully! lol)
I <3 Ikea too ;)
Welcome back to you as well!
DeletePraise God for Red Cross. We have had to fly home when stationed overseas and Red Cross is such a blessing during those difficult times.
Ikea is so awesome :)