Thankful Thursday

Wow! It's thankful Thursday again. Time sometimes really flies.

Well, today I'm thankful for the fact that I live so close to my family. I had to make a visit to the doctors office today and its so nice to have someone close to watch my little buddy.(thanks Grandma) It's also nice for my son to have cousins to play with almost on a daily basis.

I'm thankful that my family gets along so well. When there are so many families that live far from each other or don't speak to each other, I really appreciate this. It does take work and understanding and forgiveness and... I could go on but I'm sure you understand.

So whether you have a large family that you hold dear or family you wish you could sometimes trade in on a new one, cherish them and thank God for them!!!

Spring

Today is so beautiful outside. I think spring has sprung. I love the fact that we have four seasons to enjoy. I think we all enjoy the change. God is so wise and knows exactly what we need.

Just like in real life, we have different seasons to enjoy. So enjoy today. The season of the year and the season of life that you happen to be in!!!

Thankful Thursday

Several of the blogs that I read on a regular basis have a "Thankful Thursday" entry each Thursday.

So I thought that was a really good idea. I've decided to also post a "Thankful Thursday" entry each week. I don't think we can ever be to thankful for all of God's blessings.

So I'd like to start with how thankful I am for the season of life that I'm in right now.

I'm thankful that I can be a stay-at-home mom. I'm thankful for the time I get to spend teaching and guiding my son. I don't want to leave that job up to anyone else.

I'm thankful for my husband's job that enables me to be home. We have made sacrifices in order to make that happen, but it's soooooooo worth it!!

I'm thankful that ED(my husband) and I are the most influencial people in our son's life. These are the most informative years of his life and I'm so glad we're here to influence him. I pray that we are being the Godly influence that he needs and that God wants us to be.

I'm thankful that I have the time to take our son to his little music class or to the park when the weather is nicer.

I guess when it comes down to it I'm thankful for TIME!! It's the most valuable thing I have and I'm grateful to be able to give it to my precious family!!!

I love Surprises

I had such a fun day yesterday that I wanted to share.For those of you who don't know me very well I am privileged to live very close to most of my family. My sister is next door,my brother next to her and my parents next to him. I usually refer to it as the family estate. My niece just recently turned 16yrs. old(my brother's daughter)and we all know what that means...DRIVING!!! This past week I found out that a couple in my church was interested in selling a car at a very reasonable price. I called my brother to see if he was interested and he was. He purchased the car for my niece. Now the surprise!! We hide the car in my garage, put a nice bow and gift tag on it and some of the family hide out in the garage Til she arrived. I called her to come over and told her to go through the garage. When she opened the door we all yelled SURPRISE! She was so surprised she said "Surprise what" we all pointed at the car and she immediately started to cry. She made me cry too. It was such a precious moment(I did catch it on video). She is such a sweet girl and very responsible.I was so blessed to be a part of the whole thing!!!!

The Church

I was recently visiting with a group of women who I don't know very well and they attend a different church than I do and they were discussing how the church had to let their youth pastor go because of financial difficulties. They said the only way to keep him was if everyone could give more. They agreed that this wasn't an option because things now a days are so expensive, like children's sports and activities. I was saddened by this to think that their children's social activites were more important than God's work. Please don't misunderstand ,I believe children need to be social but I feel the work of God should be a priority in our lives. So often we put our pleasure or our families pleasures and wants ahead of God and church. I pray that I can keep my priorities straight and give God the proper place: First place in my life!!!

Title

I thought I would take a few moments to expalin how I came up with my title. First of all let me say that I love to decorate and fuss to make things look nice. I was thinking about how everyones life is so different. Some of us are married and parents while others are single and looking( boy I'm glad I'm done looking). All of us have made different choices and have had different experiences and they make up the "decorations " of our life. I pray that the "decorations " of my life will reflect Jesus and how much I love Him and want to please Him.

New

This is my first time to blog. I have read many blogs and find them to be interesting and encouraging, so I decide to do one for myself. I pray my entries will be an encouragement to those who may read them.