Quiet Thoughts

I have been out of commission in writing for a while with just so many things going on but I decided that I had a plan to be able to do this. I am just so excited for this Christmas season and I am just so glad to be able to share it with my family and friends. To think that this year is over and that we are headed for another exciting year in Christ I am just looking forward to it. I know that this next year is going to be different than I have had in a long time, if ever. God has plans for 2008. Last night I got to go and do something that I haven’t ever been able to do with people that I love. I got to go and enjoy Disneyland with them and just to watch the kids play and enjoy each other was such a treat for me. I know that God is showing me and teaching me more and more how to take in every moment and not to miss out on anything. To watch kids grow and change is showing me how precious each second is, even in the midst of a hard time. I sit here and smile at the thought that if I feel this way about children who are not my own how much more does the Father love me and desire the same thing from us. He must have such joy when we change more into who he honestly created us to be. I love it and I am just so grateful that God in all His infinite wisdom loves us even in the pit. I am just so glad that through it all God is changing me. Thanks Lord for your Love for us.

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