My goodness! The time has flown by. My last post was in Feb. of this year and now it is already November......time passes too quickly.
So let's see, when I last left off I had posted about our snowfall. Since then we have been through spring, summer and now we are pretty deep into fall. The time changed this week, making it feel even more like fall with the dark evenings. Oh, how I wish I was better at keeping up with my blog. It would be so great to have a daily or even weekly post with pictures to remember the days of our lives with. But alas, an update every once in awhile is better than no update at all.
The lapsed seasons were full of blessings. The Lord is so faithful and good to us. He is daily with us, guiding us in the ways which we should go. I will try not to let a day go by where I do not take the time to express my gratitude to my Saviour. We have been memorizing the scripture from Ephesians, "for it is by grace you have been saved, through faith and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-not by works, so that no one can boast." Eph 2:8-9
There is not one thing I can do to earn my God's love, forgiveness, and favor. It is only through God's amazing grace that I can be loved by Him, forgiven by Him and favored in His eyes.
During this season of "thanksgiving" let me all the more turn my thanks to the One who loves me.
Our California trip this summer was so dear to me because the Lord, in His sweetness, chose to bless us. I am so grateful that my eyes were open to the nearness of the Lord. He put a rainbow in the sky for Jonah and I to admire as we looked out the airplane window. Jonah was quick to recognize it as a reminder from the Lord that He was watching out for us on our trip. California was an amazing adventure full of energy and excursions as well as highways and hotels. Three weeks were spent there visiting San Francisco, Sacramento, Lake Tahoe and Yosemite. We took in all the sights and truly enjoyed our time exploring California as a family. On our return trip the Lord placed another rainbow in the sky, a big, beautiful, full, double rainbow put there as if to say, "Welcome home, I was with you at the beginning, in the middle and here am I with you at the end of your adventure." I know others could see the rainbow, but I am pretty sure that one was meant just for me :-)
So here we are, about to wind down another year. In the beginning of the year and throughout the year His abundant blessings have flowed. May my eyes be attentive to the blessings surrounding me as we walk through the upcoming holiday season!
