Do You Believe in Miracles?

Settled on a house this week... and miracle of miracles... came to an agreement with the seller!

All along the way, it's as if God had us in mind with this house. Everything else in our price range (pittance) required major work on our part. But the very last house we saw with the realtor seemed tailor-made with us in mind.

We thought, there's no way we can afford this. It's too good to be real.

Good to be proven wrong, if you know what I mean!

If all goes well with the paper work, we'll be moving in the end of March.

Burdens of Command

Our boss is on paternity leave this month... and it's been a wake-up call.

What if God took a day off? A week? A month?

Would the world continue to run by itself?

I know what's happened where I work without our "fearless leader"... and we're functional... but boy do we miss that guidance.

Thank you, God, for your daily presence in my life.

Consider Yourselves Warned

Snow is coming to southwest Virginia, and my two boys (DH and Sam) are ready.

I teased DH a while back he'd almost guaranteed we would have no snow here when he bought the sled. But winter has finally come to our neck of the forest, and my boys are so excited.

You've been warned... look out for any hill with the right kind of slope... you won't want to be standing in the way when they come flying down on their sled.

Two Years Old!

Sam vs. the Piano 

I can hardly believe you are the same warm bundle I cuddled in the crook of my arm, your entire length taking up no more than the length of my arm. Who is this big boy you have become? Tall, fast and strong already... constantly asking, "Me-mo?" (Elmo) and "Bow-ell?" (ball)... and my personal favorite, "Wayrdigo?" (Where did it go?). Could this possibly be the miracle baby we weren't even supposed to have?

Lord, protect and bless our boy as he grows ever stronger and closer to you.

This Is It!

No turning back. As of Monday, my schedule at work has been adjusted to allow me a morning workout. Take that, fat cells!

Happy Birthday

It's my birthday today.

My spiritual birthday.

It's a time to reflect on the day so many years ago when I dedicated my life to the Lord, and told him he was my personal savior.

It was the unthinking, yet earnest, act of a child at the time. But it has come to mean so much more.

No matter what things are going on, it all boils down to this: God so loved me that he sent his child to die for my sins. Now that I have a son of my own, the verse is fresh. Could I offer up my own, precious Sammy... for the greater good? I doubt it. Yet that's what was done for me!

Words can't describe it, so I'll echo Paul... thanks be to God for his indescribable gift.