New Seasons

One thing I love about Alabama is, we have seasons. Having lived in Houston and North Florida for so many years I gained an appreciation for seasons.  Admittedly, I'm not a cold weather person but I appreciate it!!! Without the cold season... summer seems VERY long to me.

Yesterday I was blessed to have lunch with some friends. She had the cutest center piece on her table. She told me it was made by a friend. In this moment my heart sunk a little... another friend I've lost touch with. Seasons of change. We had a wonderful lunch, full of stories, food and coffee. Bringing me back to the PRESENT!!!!  Change is ok even when it feels like "the end", it's mostly a beginning.

I came home to a friend sitting on my front porch eating her lunch. It was such a welcome sight to see someone "at home" on our sweet little porch.  We had a special time of interceding for those in our lives right now who are hurting and struggling. We sat underneath an amazing tree in our back yard, it's branches span out across the back yard.  A canopy of shade for summer. Right now it is just beginning to bloom so the sun was shining through and it felt amazing!!!  With the occasional cool breeze, it was the perfect combination. As we were praying, I kept seeing this one little yellow flower. So pretty. Seasons of change. I picked the flower and thanked God for it. Thanking him for His creation and His plan. Trusting in Him! Spring is a season of hope for me. A time of new life springing forth from what seemed to be dead.  Taking a deep breath of blessing and exhaling praise to our Father, we soaked in His presence!

I spent the afternoon baking a cake for a friend's birthday. Another process God always uses in my life. Baking. A combination of so many ingredients, thrown together they make an amazing tasteful treat!!!! We enjoyed an evening of dinner, games, cake and tea. (not sure how I didn't get ONE picture) Seasons of change. Friends God has brought in our life for such a time as this, we are so thankful! All in all, it was a day of reflection even though it was busy.  Change is hard but necessary. It makes us appreciate life. Whatever season you are in, I hope God shows you glimpses of who He is... right where you are!!!! <3

Rainy day musings

So, how's it going??? How are you fair'n lately???  I wish I could sit down with each of my friends and seriously have a long chat, catch up... find out what God is doing in your lives.  Since I can't... I have to settle with writing out my happenings and trying to make sense of my feelings and thoughts. This, is not an easy task for a scattered brain like myself. Imagine we are sitting on the beach with an awesome cup of coffee (I do have a couple of friends who don't drink coffee - God love em - so, y'all pick your drink) and I'm filling your ears with stuff as we listen to the waves crash on the shore....

God's awesome isn't He?!?!?!!!!!  This journey keeps me on my toes and most of the time I love it. The craziness of being a wife/mom is enough to make one color their hair. HA I know a lot of y'all do but I've chosen not to. There are some days when I get a "wild hair" I think "I'll just go color my hair some weird color".  I don't drink... give me a break :)  Take that craziness, throw in relationships, (a faulty attempt at best) working, ministry... etc and like everyone, it can get overwhelming. Here's where I struggle... I feel like all that life offers right now is still in the "normal" range. No major accidents, deaths, hospital stays... it's "simply" life. This is where I find myself challenged. I excuse away the fact that I'm completely and totally on my last thread because "how could I be with all of these blessings???".  Finding a balance of counting my blessings but also realizing when I need a break has always been VERY hard for me. Today... I take a break, not because I want to really but because my body said "nope, not moving".  I've dealt with this for years and it did used to get me so down I would spiral even further down into a physical tunnel of doom. Now, I recognize... stop. breathe. take a bath.  This isn't always possible and there are times when pushing through is necessary but when it's possible... I listen.  This past week end Jeff and I were blessed to take a wonderful get-away to Chattanooga. It was exactly what the doctor ordered. This week has been blessing after blessing so you would think my body would be well rested and ready for battle. Ha, well... I thought so too but nope. It's ok though... here's what I want to tell you... KEEP MOVING FORWARD!!!!  Each day will not always be what you expect (um... most days won't be what you expect). It's ok! Rest in the Father's plan. Today, I've had so much time to pray and seek God in quite a few things happening around me, time to be sassy to my sweet momma <3, time to take a bath... to soak in His presence. Because tomorrow... tomorrow is a new day, tomorrow I'll get up and hopefully my brain and body will agree that it will be upright and functioning BUT if it's not... that's ok too. God knows and sees all, He's in charge!!!!

I'm not fond of one way conversations but this blogging thing isn't a "chat" haha  I look forward to touching base with you and hearing what God has been up to... because you know He's ALWAYS up to something!!!!!!!  <3