Christmas is over and the new year approaches. I find myself tremendously happy and satisfied.
We made sacrifices and worked hard to make our home warm and inviting, we gave generously to our family and poured out our love with food and gifts. Because I am married to a loving, generous man, I am learning from him every year. I choose to be generous, I choose love over worry. I know it is not the amount you spend but the choice to give of yourself, to think of others first.
I am grateful for my many blessings, especially my family, my friends, my home, and my job. I am blessed with a new son-in-law this year and the provision we had to bring our family to Hawaii for the wedding. I am at peace with this year and look forward to the next.
I pray God will touch your life. and you will know it is Him at work and remember to thank Him, not just for His blessings but for His wonderful love.
Grace and Peace,
Sandy
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Friday, December 2, 2011
An Ordinary Woman: Revisited
1 Corinthians 13:1
[ Love Is the Greatest ] If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
I was contemplating my blog and the progression of it. I find myself confronting the ordinary woman vs. the christian woman within me. I took another look at why I was drawn back to the ordinary woman and I realized it is not the term I should use to describe the shift in my move away from the super spiritual.
The desire of my heart is to be relatable. As a relatable woman, I can be transparent, I can struggle, I can have faith, and I can be unrelenting in my pursuit of God's best in my life. I can also laugh with, cry with, and love those in my life who don't yet know Jesus; without compromising my beliefs.
I haven't always known Him and I thank God for the brave souls who shared their faith with me in a way I could receive it. I will forever be blessed by their love.
[ Love Is the Greatest ] If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
I was contemplating my blog and the progression of it. I find myself confronting the ordinary woman vs. the christian woman within me. I took another look at why I was drawn back to the ordinary woman and I realized it is not the term I should use to describe the shift in my move away from the super spiritual.
The desire of my heart is to be relatable. As a relatable woman, I can be transparent, I can struggle, I can have faith, and I can be unrelenting in my pursuit of God's best in my life. I can also laugh with, cry with, and love those in my life who don't yet know Jesus; without compromising my beliefs.
I haven't always known Him and I thank God for the brave souls who shared their faith with me in a way I could receive it. I will forever be blessed by their love.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
God's Heart
God is good
Of this be sure
His ways are just
His motives pure
His love holds fast
Our flailing soul
When it seems
We've lost control
Our heart as gold
Refined by fire
More precious than all
That we desire
And His heart
For us is strong
To lead us all
To heaven our home
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