looking back over this year, here are some things I'm grateful for:
- God's still small voice...I have paid more attention to His promptings this year than ever before. And in turn I have become more aware of just how often He speaks to me but I don't listen. I'm in awe that the God of our amazing universe would bother speaking to me at all, and I pray that He'll give me the grace to listen and obey every time
- the beautiful relationship I have with Aaron...he is such a wonderful man. I admire him so much, and pray to be the kind of woman God wants me to be for him. He has blessed me so much this year, taking care of us all and helping/listening to me when everything seemed so overwhelming. There's nothing quite like that shared smile as we rejoice over a milestone one of the children has reached, or something cute they've done.
- the lessons I'm learning from my children...I hope I'm not the only one that has discovered some ugly stuff in themselves as they deal with their children! I once said to a couple of friends that I never yelled at my children...well, I can't say that anymore :( God is holding a lot of tears of mine that I've cried because of my reactions to my children over this year. But the most important thing is that I'm learning, and God is changing me. So I try to extend grace to both my children, and myself
I'm going to post more, probably over a few days. I figure I'd better go get the washing in since there might be a storm this afternoon.
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