It's been a while...

I am so far behind on the daily posts that I am going to go back to the plain old regular posts. Then I won't feel guilty for being behind!


It's a Monday, and I think it would be good just to share a few things I am thankful for:

1. Our new pastor and his family. The teaching from the Word we have received, and the times of fellowship have been so refreshing. So thankful to God for His perfect plan to bring them to UBC.
2. Grand View is having their first week of camp this week! Thankful for God's protection from the fire.
3. Daniel is super fun right now. Tonight we went for a walk on the dikes overlooking the lake. He looked up in the sky and pointed out a "boat-shaped" cloud that had gone up out of the water into the sky. What an imagination.
4. Thankful for a friend who has been my workout buddy this summer.
5. A benevolent boss who gave me the morning off. Lots of housework completed and great time in the Word.
6. My wonderful husband. He is so patient, kind and loving with his often impatient, impulsive wife :).
7. Most of all for the gracious kindness of my Heavenly Father. Recently I have been overwhelmed with just how sinful I really am, and just about how much the sacrifice of Christ was for my sin. What Grace!
There are more...but I will stop for now!

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Praying for the staff at Grand View... they are packing up at the Alpine camp to go to the new property because of the wild fire that is headed their way. I think of the power of our Lord ... even the winds and the waves obey Him. Praying that He will do His will and glorify His name, even through this change in plans!

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Watching the imagination develop in Daniel is so much fun. This morning he took a shower in the living room, turning on the water, scrubbing from head to toe, turning off the water and drying off with his blanket. This is a fun stage!

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Memorial Day

We enjoyed a day together as a family! It started with a trip to the pool with our good friends, the Bundricks. A nap followed, and then a trip to Greenville to have dinner at Chipotle and shop at Trader Joe's. Woodruff Road was so quiet ... I think everyone was on the lake. Perhaps it will be our new tradition to hit Woodruff Road on Memorial Day!

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Lots to catch up on, but just one thought for now. This morning Daniel woke up at 4:00 a.m. This used to be the way it was when he was first born, but he has mastered sleeping through the night. I must confess I was a bit irritated. However, during the sleeplesness that occured from 4:00 a.m. until about 5:30 a.m. God brought things to mind to pray for. One of those was in relation to a friend of a friend who had been missing since Tuesday. I found out today that he was found, safely around 4:00 a.m. this morning. May I learn to see the "interruptions" in life as part of God's plan. He is working in bigger ways that I can imagine!