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24 Sep 2008

Thankful Thursday

Come join Iris’s “Thankful Thursdays” every Thursday to share your praises of what God has done for you in your life.

It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; —Psalm 92:1

Homeschooling is working out really great and I’m just very thankful to our heavenly Father that piece by piece things are slowly getting back to normal.

There are many times when we have or see reminders but through it, we are reminded that no matter what. there are no true endings and only new beginnings.

Heavenly Father, I thank You so much for Your love and Your wisdom, for being there when we have needed You and for guiding us in all that is done in Your name and Your name only.

Lord I thank you for the strength and encouragement of my husband, my child, my inlaws, and my friends and just always a reminder that You are always there for us. Lord, pray You forgive me for keeping this short, but as my husband reminds me, short and sweet is often filled with more love, than long and enduring…oh wait, never mind that last part, he was talking about trying to get me to say goodbye and off the phone.
Lord, Thank You for the many men and women, some whose spouses I learn participate in TT, that are out there right now, still giving their all to all of us and doing their part to help rebuild and give hope and encouragement to those still in need right now.

The recovery in this area is long but may it be filled and sown in Your name and word, Lord.

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24 Sep 2008

Word-Filled Wednesday

Word Filled Wednesday

The best part of homeschooling is that it brings a wonderful routine to one’s day, no matter where we maybe. As I write this, home is slowly coming back as home and I’m taking each day as it goes.

There are still plenty of signs that things are not the same and that’s okay as I let myself slip into a routine again.

Photo Credit: Anna Cervova

There are still many parts of town that we either can’t go to yet and there are many parts that we chose not to go to, just out of still coming to terms how much things have changed for everyone.

Through it all though, we are using this to keep ourselves more open to the changes that Our Heavenly Father is wanting for us and finding ourselves pulled into different areas that may actually be for the best of things and not for the worse.

It’s a lesson that there are many things in life that will disappoint us and this is a lesson that there are many things in life that will set us back but God is unfailing and no matter what, He is always there for us.

Something I’m learning is to just let time do it’s part and not feel the need to rush and things slowly go back to normal and sometimes for the better and for the stronger.

There are many things that will never be the same again but there are many things that will be for the better and that is okay as well.

Sometimes….it takes something like a hurricane to remind us that not everything is forever except that of our Heavenly Father and everything else…well…in the long run…is small stuff. He is everlasting, but our fears, our worries, our concerns….they really are just small things compared to the big picture.

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