TIme Capsule

Packing up the Christmas decorations. Every year when I carefully place all those breakable and not-so-breakable items away, I think of the process as making a time capsule to be opened later in the year. I try to imagine what my life will be like when I open the boxes back up, excited to get the decorations out and eager to put up the tree. It is so hard right now to imagine feeling like Christmas!

It is hard to know the future. It is even harder to wait for it through eyes of pre-planned expectations. My life is always full of surprises and I have no idea what is going to happen even each day. That is how God works. He directs us and if we listen and follow, we are better for it. If we try to make it our way, the expectations we put on ourselves will disappoint us. So for now, I will pack my time capsule and trust God that when I open it again I have learned more than I did the year before.

Ecclesiastes 10:13-14

"Fools base their thoughts on foolish assumptions,

so their conclusions will be wicked madness;

they chatter on and on.
No one really knows what is going to happen;

no one can predict the future."

Grandma's House

Every New Year's Day that we can, we go to Brent's Grandmas for Sauerkraut. It is a family tradition and definitely an aquired taste. My boys LOVE it. Brent loves it. I do not nor does Dakota. But that really doens't matter, because we just love being together as a family. There is something wonderful about being at Grandma's house. You know that there is love and time spent on each person that enters. You know that your picture is somewhere on the wall or refridgerator door. You know you are loved and accepted and that will never change.

I know God is holy, omnipresent, and perfect. But, I also know that he can be a soft place to fall when things get tough. He is a safe haven for those that need a place to rest. Sometimes you just need to know that you can go where you are accepted, loved and your picture is up somewhere.

100th Post Happy New Years

How appropriate that my 100th post falls on New Year's Day! I am so thankful that we survived another year. I cannot believe how hard it actually was to stay awake last night and see the new year in. I must be getting old. Praying for a prosperous new year in 2008 where we can find God and serve God in all that we do.

2 Samuel 22:30-32
" In your strength I can crush an army;
with my God I can scale any wall.
“God’s way is perfect.
All the Lord’s promises prove true.
He is a shield for all who look to him for protection.
For who is God except the Lord?
Who but our God is a solid rock?"