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31 Dec 2009
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New Year is almost here

Like many, we are preparing to ring in the New Year, but with close family.
For us, the New Year is a time for a fresh start and a beginning of another road to travel down, sometimes good, sometimes bad, sometimes smooth,sometimes bumpy, but through it all, it is a great way to use as a reminder of what has happen to us, when we come to know our Heavenly Father as our Lord and Saviour:

31 But those who wait on the LORD
      Shall renew their strength;
      They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
      They shall run and not be weary,
      They shall walk and not faint. (Isaiah 40:31, New King James Version)

As we ring in the New Year, let’s also not forget, that beyond time as we measure as human beings, that in and through Jesus Christ, we already have the hope of a new day.

22 Through the LORD’s mercies we are not consumed,
      Because His compassions fail not.
       23 They are new every morning;
      Great is Your faithfulness.
       24 “ The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, 
      “ Therefore I hope in Him!”
       (Lamentations 3:22-24, New King James Version)

If you don’t know Christ or are the fence about becoming Christian, my dear friend, my prayers, and hopes that you will use this New Year to seek Him, to learn about Him and to understand what it means to call Jesus Christ, Your Lord and Saviour and to start this New Year on a firm foundation by becoming a Christian and finding out about a relationship and salvation that no storm can ever overturn.

The blessings, the challenges, the encouragement, it’s all worth this fantastic and exciting journey of knowing our Heavenly Father.

We still faces the challenges of today, but we are strengthened in our joys, our laughter, our disappointments and our tears, through continual hope and promise from our Heavenly Father that:

11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end. (Ecclesiastes 3:11, New King James Version)

God bless you Gentle Readers and it is my prayer and hopes, in this New Year, that our Heavenly Father will bless you and your family; Keep you strong and encouraged and that you are led and challenged and encouraged to seek Him willingly, courageously, with excitement and hunger to read His word, to follow Him in an exciting and challenging journey, to challenge yourself to grow as a Christian and to strive to have a strong and growing relationship with our Heavenly Father.

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29 Dec 2009
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Top 10 Books for 2009

top10readsI’m an avid book reader and a speed reader at that, but still, deep down, in my heart, an avid book reader.

When Amydeanne at “The 160 Acres Wood” posted her 10 ten books for 2009, she has invited other book readers to share their favorite books for the year of 2009.

I say some, because, to show how many books I tend to read, I couldn’t really keep track with all of them, so I’m sure there are books missing from this list or from my GoodReads profile.

So without further adieu, here are some of the books that I have enjoyed reading for the year 2009.

10. The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers by Thomas Fleming

9. 1776-David McCullough

8.Cast of Characters by Max Lucado

7. Paul: A Man of Grace and Grit by Charles Swindoll

6. When Wallflowers Dance by Angela Thomas

5. Sense and Sensibilty by Jane Austen (I re-read it either once or twice a year)

4. Learning to Soar by Matt Willis and Avery Willis

3. How to Become More Than a Good Bible Study Girl by Lysa Terkeursk

2. Color the Sidewalk for Me by Brandilyn Collins

1. Holy Bible (sorry, nothing can ever top it as the number one book to read every year)

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29 Dec 2009
General Musings

Ready for the New Year?

22 Through the LORD’s mercies we are not consumed,
      Because His compassions fail not.
       23 They are new every morning;
      Great is Your faithfulness.
       24 “ The LORD is my portion,” says my soul,

      “ Therefore I hope in Him!”
       (Lamentations 3:22-24, New King James Version)

Are you ready for the New Year?

I am.

My hubby turn to me and asked if I had any New Year resolution and I told him, “Not really”, but I do have “God’s Resolutions” that He has planned for me and that’s good enough.

 I’m just working on His promises that are without boundaries of any other time, and are on His time, not mine or on time that is defined by man and one day, mean nothing in His domain.

The biggest thing is really continuing what I’m resolving to do which is to pursue Him with an active eagerness to have and live a faith that is active and alive and not subject to “habits” or checkmarks off a list.

Not an easy thing to do sometimes, living in a world that seems to be measured in blocks or lists, compared to our Heavenly Father’s world.

I find myself resolved, to really read His word and not on my favorite books in the bible, or familiar books in the bible, or what I choose at random, but rather, through reading through His entire Word be it in 90 days or through the daily readings that have become a good habit each day.

When I got over the hurdle of reading His word, to “accomplished” a check mark and straightening my thought process to think instead, I need to read His word to grow, to mature and to have a better relationship with Him, I found myself “on fire” to really read and make reading His word a part of my life.

Using the Life Journal and S.O.A.P. method, has been a great help and I’ve been humbled how much I am learning and didn’t know from reading His word.

I found myself having it led on my heart other things that I needed to be humbled and refined of:

  • developing a better and stronger prayer life
  • commiting His word not just short term, but permantely to memory and to heart
  • seek Him on His terms and not mine, I can’t and shouldn’t try to control or define my relationship with Him, by my terms but by His terms and just give it to Him and when I mean give it to Him, not give it to Him and just dwell.

Then there are other things that He really has convicted and laid on my heart, that I have felt convicted by Him to really listen to Him and work on.

Things that I have had shelved and well…He’s telling me…it’s time to start taking things off the shelf, trust Him, go through and work on and then give it to Him once and for all where He will do with it what He knows only and correctly it should be handled.

He knows what He has planned for me already.

11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. (Jeremiah 29:11, New King James Version)

Me? I just need to just trust Him. Whatever I have plan for me, the reality is that I’m not in control, He is and He has something better than I could or would want to try and plan for myself.

Do you have any New Year’s resolutions? Maybe wanting a stronger, better relationship with our Heavenly Father?

Maybe you don’t know Him yet or have a personal relationship with Him?

If you don’t or have been thinking about it, maybe this is the best time and hey, great time, to learn what it means to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

It’s an amazing journey and though not always easy, the love and grace, is worth the time and investment.Do this for no one else but for our Heavenly Father and yourself. Make this an amazing 2010, where you either started or strengthen a fantastic relationship with our Heavenly Father.

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28 Dec 2009
Book Review

Color the Sidewalk for me-Book Review

Color the Sidewalk for Me (BRADLEYVILLE SERIES) (Book 2)

  • Author: Brandilyn Collins
  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Zondervan (March 1, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0310242428

    • A powerful and emotionally charged story,”Color the Sidewalk for Me“,is one of those books that you don’t want to read unless you have a box of tissues nearby.

    By the time you are done with this book, you’ll find yourself in tears and smiling and filling interwined with the characters as if they are flesh and blood.

    Set in the small town of Bradleyville, Kentucky, the main character, Celia Matthews, finds herself returning home to help her father recover from a debilitating stroke, only to discover herself being set on a path of healing herself.

    Centered around the scripture verse,Matthew 11:28-29, you find yourself, by the middle of the book, become so captivated by the characters and so caught up with the estranged relationship between Celia and her mother, that it’s hard not to feeel completely pulled in to the story’s tale of how God’s forgiveness is bigger than all of us.

    The story seamlessly moves from the past to the present and back to the present with strong character development of both the major and minor characters whose lives are interwoven with each other. They (the characters) are everyday people-imperfect, proud, close to Jesus, running from Jesus, filled with regrets and/or guilt, they are the everyday people we maybe friends with, know of or are.

    Ms.Collins perfectly captures the story of what it means to be saved and what it means to not only to be forgiven, but the journey it sometimes takes to learn to forgive ourselves and others. “Color the Sidewalk for me”, provides a strong lesson that there is a story on both side of the pictures and sometimes, we are not the only ones who maybe hurting.

    By the middle of the book, I found myself, having to stop long enough to get tissues , because of the tears that were welling up and feeling that longing pang in my heart as I found myself caught up with both the pain and the love of the characters of,”Color the Sidewalk for Me“.

    The feel of a small town and more than anything, the intimacy of the characters, makes it so easy to quickly become attached and caught up in their lives and feeling that they could be anyone you know in real life.

    Throughout the time I was reading the book, I couldn’t help but think of how much it is a reminder that we could try to run from the hurts in our lives, but eventually, there comes a time when we need to learn to give it to our Heavenly Father and allow Him to enter our lives and heal us and part of that is, as He has forgiven us, so we need to forgive others and ourselves.

    By the time I was finished, I couldn’t stop crying.

    “Color the Sidewalk for Me” just captured the essence of Matthew 11:28-29 and more than anything was the subtle but powerful punch that Ms. Collins characters delivered God’s message of forgiveness and there is nothing too big for Him to handle.

    “Color the Sidewalk for Me” just reminds the reader throughout that eventually we have to face our hurts and through His forgiveness, forgive others and ourselves, all to His Glory.

    It is a heart-wrenching read because it is just such a powerful reminder how much God does understand our hurts and how as much as we want to try to think we are in control, we’re not, He has bigger and better plans for us, and sometimes, it is through others that He helps us heal.

    This is a book that I would recommend with a box of tissues to anyone who may have feel like that there is nothing our Heavenly Father can forgive, or may have found themselves, wounded either large or small and thinking there is no hope at the end of the tunnel.

    “Color the Sidewalk for Me” is a reminder that there is always hope in and through Jesus Christ.

    This is the first time I have read anything by Brandilyn Collins, and it had me wanting to read more in the series, though when I do, I definetely will have to make sure I have a box of tissues nearby so I could try to work on finish reading if the tears didn’t get in the way first.

    This is just one of those books that I had check out of the library to read and now, I think I just need to just go and buy the whole series to have at home to re-read again and again or be able to loan to someone who I pray and hope could benefit from the story of healing and forgiveness in and through Jesus Christ that “Color the Sidewalk for me”  provides.

    The only drawback I could think of owning this book is that it will be worn out from re-reading and tear stained from me crying while reading it.

    Be forewarn.

    You will smile.

    You will be haunted by the powerful story of “Color the Sidewalk for me”.

    You will cry (oh you will cry so I highly recommend the box of tissues) and it is promised that you will smile and cry when you are done, but more than anything, “Color the Sidewalk for Me” will have you turning to God and just saying to Him,”I am Yours, Lord”.

    This is definitely worth checking out of the library (though hold at arm’s length to keep it from being stained by tears, buy for yourself, give as a gift to someone who loves to read, maybe someone you know who is dealing with past (or present) hurts and need to know that God does love them and not only has forgiven them, but also wants them to learn from His forgiveness to forgive others too.

    “Color the Sidewalk for Me” is part of the Bradlyeville Series and if the rest is anything like “Color the Sidewalk for Me“, I’m going to need a lot of tissues.

    This is a book that I want to add to my bookshelf and just pull out to re-read again and again.

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    28 Dec 2009
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    Learning to Soar-Book Review

    Learning to Soar: How to Grow Through Transitions and Trials

  • Author(s): Avery T Willis Jr. and Matt Willis
  • Hardcover: 192 pages
  • Publisher: NavPress (September 4, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1600066976

    • Written for encouragement in a weary world,“Learning to Soar”, is a strong encouragement for new, mature and just world-weary Christians who find themselves struggling in a morally and spiritual challenged world.

    Avery T. Willis Jr. and Matt Willis are unique in the fact that Avery is the grandson of Matt Willis, and together they have written a book, that the press release for this book,“Learning to Soar” has captured so eloquently:

    “ Are you going through tough times? Discover how God uses challenging circumstances to bestow abundant blessings. Showing you how to use your hardships to teach and serve others, Avery and Matt Willis encourage you to risk trusting God, leave your comfort zone, and be light and salt to a hurting world.”

    Immediately the first chapter captures both the heart and soul with references to Deuteronomy 32:11 and Isaiah 40:31 being the point of focus and working outward from those scriptural verses, they provide scriptural resassurance in a difficult world where sometimes morality seems non-existant.

    The way,“Learning to Soar”, is designed, the first 142 pages are given for the actual book itself, while the rest  is devoted with chapter by chapter questions, in the event that the reader is felt led to use this for a small study group.

    It was enjoyable and uplifting to read and a highly recommended book to share with others, particularly as a reminder of God’s providence in our lives and a reminder that He is in control. Reading, “Learning to Soar”, the book challenges the reader to leave life beyond the nominal and instead show how each of the reader can strive to the maxiumn in their lives, in and through our Heavenly Father and by taking up our cross and following Him, to better understand what the Christian journey is about.

    Avery Willis, the co-author, provides ancedotes throughout the book, that helps bring home, on a more personal level, each chapter’s theme and for the reader, an ability to see how our Father works in our lives on an intimate level. Each chapter itself ends with personal reflection questions, that encourages the reader to reflect on how our Father in Heaven is working in our lives and what are ways that we can allow Him more control or introspection of what He can do for us.

    “Learning to Soar”, makes a wonderful gift, if you are in the mood for just an encouraging book about the Christian journey or if you are looking for that next  bible study to do with friends or your church and is sure by the end of the study to give the reader more encouragement on what our Father in Heaven can do in our lives.

    With delightful ancedotes throughout each chapter, Learning to Soar, provides an intimate look at how our Father seeks to challenge and encourages us to take up our crosses and follow Him and in the process grow in our personal relationships with Him.

    Learning to Soar brings understanding that the circumstances that are thrown our way, are not to cause us to stumble or stop us, but is His way of growing us, refining and reshaping us and bringing us closer to Him. Using timeless principles and biblical based encouragment, Learning to Soar has something for everyone.

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    27 Dec 2009
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    Blessed Christmas

    Prayers that you have had a blessed and Merry Christmas, Gentle Readers!

    It’s hard to believe that the year is almost over with and Christmas, it was both wonderful and humbling as we spent it with loved ones.

    It was much simplier than previous Christmases before, but that was the blessing in itself, as it seemed that our Heavenly Father, has really used this year and this Christmas to lay His hand upon our hearts, and remind us of what was really important in our lives.

    Surrounded by those that we love, the laughter, the food and remembering in the center of it all, it’s about Christ, first and foremost, not us-That’s where the true memories were made.

    Not to say, it hasn’t before, but this year, seem a little more quieter and subtle and just more about Him, like it should be then I think we really have allowed ourselves to be.

    Wonder why is that?

    Is it because with the economy being a little tighter, that with less distractions that we are able to focus more like we should?

    Is it just because as we grow in our relationship with our Heavenly Father, we began to realize more and more, it’s not about the world, or what the world wants, but it’s about Him first and foremost?

    Right now, we’re still on vacation, and yes, I sneak in here and there, to post a book review or check email and to be able to say a “virtual hi” to friends I know and friends I have yet to know and pray I will know soon.

    How has our Heavenly Father bless you this year? Has it been a little more different for you and your family?

    As we take a deep breath and wind down from Christmas, look what lurks behind the corner now…New Year. It’s with prayer and hopes, that as we become new through and in Jesus Christ, that we use the New Year, to start off on a fresh foot with a firm foundation in and through our Heavenly Father.

    The greatest gift I think I got for Christmas? Constant reminder and humbling that no matter what HE IS in control.

    God bless you, Gentle Readers!

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    26 Dec 2009
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    "The Sweet By and By" Book Review

    The Sweet By and ByAuthor: Sara Evans and Rachel Hauck

    Published: Thomas Nelson Publishers

    ISBN:1595544895

    Details: Hardcover, 272 pages


    “The Sweet By and By”  is a contemporary Christian fiction/romance by Sara Evans and Rachel Hauck, which is set in a fictional, rural Tennessee  town called Whisper Hollow.

    Centering around Jade Fitzgerald, who finds herself confronting a difficult and conflicted past as she prepares for her upcoming wedding to Max Benson. Jade struggles to come to terms with her past and a mother haunted by her own personal choices.

    “The Sweet By and By”  shows promise as it follows Jade and her attempts to come to terms with her past and the choices she had made, but there were times when the story felt either too forced or too rushed. Reading ““The Sweet By and By”  felt like reading a  contemporary fiction or romance novel.

    This was disappointing because the main protaganist, Jade Fitzgerald is a strong character .There was huge potential to show how God loves the broken and seeks to offer hope and redemption through His redeeming Grace, but it didn’t feel like this was reached, but instead skirted the issue.

    The Sweet By and By” , really feels more appropiate for the general contemporary market than a Christian fiction market. For the discerning reader of Christian fiction, I would advise that there are adult situations in the book that, although are not discussed, are implied enough to understand what is being shared and for  readers who normally don’t read secular romances could make them uncomfortable.

    In addition, there seems to be uncertainty on how the book wants to handle the overall message of salvation and redemption.  Max, Jade’s fiance’, arguing with a pastor during a premarital counseling, wanting on one hand “a religious ceremony with God present”, but on the other hand being upset about the pastor asking Jade about her salvation presents salvation as a non-necessity and something that the pastor didn’t have a right to ask.

    Unfortunately, The Sweet By and By“ does not take the opportunity to explore  redemption through our Heavenly Father. Instead seems to treat redemption as an afterthought.

     This is an unfortunate miss on capturing how even the most broken can be redeemed through our Heavenly Father, but for a more casual reader, The Sweet By and By“, does serve as a good escape for the casual contemporary reader.

    Overall, the book does manage to draw the reader in, to feeling like they are with Jade and experiencing the town of  Whisper Hollow with her, drawing in readers with a very casual and conversational style and for a light read.

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    25 Dec 2009
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    Christ Born of Mary-Luke 2:1-20

     1 And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. 3 So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city.
    4 Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, 5 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. 6 So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. 7 And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.   

    8 Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid.

    10 Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. 11 For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 12 And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.”

    13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:
           14 “ Glory to God in the highest,
          And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”

    15 So it was, when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, “Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.” 16 And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger. 17 Now when they had seen Him, they made widely known the saying which was told them concerning this Child.

    18 And all those who heard it marveled at those things which were told them by the shepherds. 19 But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart. 20 Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them. (Luke 2:1-20, New King James Version)

    God bless you and your family this Christmas season!

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    25 Dec 2009
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    12 Pearls of Christmas-What Really Matters

    What Really Matters
    by Dawn Meehan

    In the hustle and bustle and commercialism of Christmas, take time to remember the real reason why we celebrate – the birth of Christ, our Lord and Saviour. May you all have a blessed Christmas!

    I had a VERY long day with the kids doing little but fighting. By the time we left for church, we were all short tempered, snapping at each other, and not at all in the Christmas spirit. Thankfully, once at church, we calmed down. Things were put in perspective for us. We sang Christmas songs and began to smile at one another again. The kids didn’t fight once while we were there. Well, they did use their battery operated candles as light sabers for a minute, but we’ll forget about that part.

    I never sent out cards (sorry to all my family and friends). It just didn’t happen this year. I don’t think I ever completely finished my shopping, but it’s a little late now. Several items I ordered online have been back ordered. I just realized that the kids have eaten all the cookies I’ve made and there are none to put out for Santa now. I encouraged them to leave him a glass of wine instead. And I failed to read the Christmas story to the kids before they went to bed.

    But you know what? None of that matters. It really doesn’t. Christmas is here! Christ is born! And He doesn’t care if we sent out Christmas cards. He doesn’t care if we ate all the cookies we baked. He doesn’t even care if we never got around to baking a single cookie at all! He loves us no matter how much we screw up.

    Now that’s worth celebrating!

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    Dawn Meehan (aka mom2my6pack) grew up in Chicagoland where she began her writing career at the age of 5 with her widely praised, The Lucky Leprechaun, an epic tale of a leprechaun who is- yes, you guessed it, lucky.

    Dawn has six children, basically because she didn’t want seven. She is the author of Because I Said So and spends her days blogging at BecauseISaidSo.com, changing diapers, cleaning pudding off her ceiling, tackling insurmountable piles of laundry, and explaining to her kids why they can’t have a pet squirrel or an indoor slip-n-slide.

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    24 Dec 2009
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    12 Pearls of Christmas-All Decked Out For Christmas

    All Decked Out For Christmas
    by Maureen Lang

    One of the reasons so many of us love the holiday season is that it’s just so…pretty! Twinkling lights, shiny ornaments, packages that glisten with bows and fancy wrapping. Our houses are trimmed with wreaths and glowing trees, and the neighborhood lights up the night with strands of icicles and glimmering reindeer.

    Even we get decked out for the holidays! Chances are most of us will attend at least one party this season, and if we don’t usually don clothing or jewelry with a bit of sparkle, now’s the time to take a chance with something that reflects the holiday.

    Smiles are another reason this season is such a popular one. They accompany that familiar greeting-Merry Christmas! Smiles go with the gifts we give and with the gifts we receive. Smiles go with the old Christmas carols and classic movies we watch every year.

    The holiday season is a time when everything can seem amplified. But what if we’re all decked out on the outside, from the sparkling clothing to our best effort at a smile, and on the inside we’re anything but happy? If life isn’t what we expected it to be, the gap between reality and our happy, hopeful expectations seem wider when everyone around us is laughing through the season.

    I know there are as many reasons to be unhappy as there are to be happy, and I wouldn’t begin to have the answer to make this season bearable for everyone. But I do know a few things that have worked for me:

    Slow down. What? During the busiest time of the year? Yep. I know when I feel completely overwhelmed it’s because I’m pressuring myself to do too much. So I try to plan ahead, settle for less than perfection, do my best without driving myself and everyone around me crazy. Choose what’s really important and let go of the other things. And I’ve adopted my aunt’s favorite saying: “However it turns out, that’s how we like it.” Works wonders on attitude!

    Pray. As my pastor reminded me this weekend from Psalm 34:18: the Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. God may not deliver us from our troubles, but He promises to stay beside us-in fact, closer than when everything seems hunky-dory.

    Find a moment to give thanks for what you do have (without looking around at those who have more).

    This last point deserves a moment of reflection, and is something I’m still learning to do. I have a child severely handicapped by Fragile X Syndrome, a genetic form of mental retardation. For years I thought I’d accepted his condition. I obediently said to God, “thank you even for this,” since it taught me many things about adjusting to the life I’ve been given rather than the one I might have chosen.

    But as my son gets older, I see new forms of acceptance making that feeling of gratitude more genuine. I think I’m finally letting go of some of the hopes and dreams I had for him, my oldest son. I can no longer imagine him any other way than the way he is, even though I’d be first in line if a cure is ever found.

    I still think it’s a good thing to give thanks in all things, even if it begins out of obedience rather than tender gratitude for whatever thorn we live with. But realizing it’s okay to grow into that gratitude was a blessing to me.

    Maybe some of the bruises on our spirit seem tender during the holiday season, a reminder that all the glitter on the outside might not light us up on the inside. My prayer is trust Psalm 34:18. Let’s lean on Him this season-He’s right here beside us!

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    Maureen Lang grew up loving to tell stories, and God has blessed her immeasurably to be able to tell them to a wider audience these days. For the latest goings-on, please check her blog!

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