How does the time slip away so quickly? I don't mean 'slip away' because we have been strongly planted in the weeks that have passed since my last post, it's just that in a blink of an eye, you have lived 4 weeks (or more!) without telling anyone what's been going on in your lives! Crazy.
I'm so happy with the seasons changing and the holidays approaching! One thing that I used to love in our tiny little house on Louisiana was the holidays. The house was so cozy and felt so full of love that time of year! This year I can feel the transformation beginning in our new home. We've put one of the artificial trees out on the porch in anticipation of this weekend's decoration extravaganza, I can feel the heat moving through the house during the night when things get chilly and that wonderful sense of peace and contentment is settling over me. Sometimes I think this time of year can cure pretty much all that ails you.
I feel like our family is headed in the right direction - MOST of the time. We have attitudes and disobedience and laziness and lying, but we work through it together and somehow manage to end up on the right side of things. MOST of the time.
So as we begin our journey into this holiday season, I am hopeful. Hopeful that our family will bless those around us and each other with kindness and Christ-centered service, that John & I will fall deeper in love with each other and really appreciate each other, that the girls will continue to reach for us & God for guidance and direction and that Nate will continue to grow and learn and be joyful!! Oh yeah - and that Koda will stop drooling and every surface in our house!! Love ya Koda!
This holiday season, bless someone, serve someone, GIVE. Let the love of the season engulf you and change you.
God Bless!
