**my favorite activities on vacation were going on a bike ride with A and a friend through the shore and around the villages. the other favorite was renting the atv and cruising the town with it. it was so much fun and A was so good at holding on the back and soaking everything in. toward the middle of the atv ride, A pulls on my shirt and says, "mom, you're really good at this." ha ha... i laughed so hard. it was a great vacation. thanks mom and dad P for christmas money so we could enjoy our vacation.**
this year is going to be a good year. not just a feeling, i sense the Lord is going to do some pretty cool things this year, in me, through me and around me. i'm every excited about this year. it's also a major milestone year for me as i will be turning 30... woo hoo... and although i am excited to enter into the world of 30's, i know when the day comes, i may be a little sad to leave my 20's. ha ha... today i realized that in less than a month A is going to turn 4. i couldn't believe it. time sure is flying by fast. two years ago, P and i, actually more me, but we planned a pretty cool picnic party with A's neighborhood friends. it was quite fun. so i can't believe two years have already passed since then.
2010... is going to be pretty darn good.
i've been reading this book that MP, my bro-in-law, sent me. i really am enjoying it. it's called "forgotten God" and it's about the holy spirit. it's been challenging me in many ways, but i wanted to share one thing that i have felt many a times. the author talks about this...
the holy spirit is such a real thing... Jesus leaves so He could send us the Spirit. how come we live so much of our lives without HIM?
the one reason He gave that i feel totally describes me is that we are scared of what HE will ask us to do, so we just go about life without HIM and don't ask too many questions of what HE wants from us. i am totally on that boat. i know that if i ask, then He will ask me to do the impossible, so i'd rather not... i've also learned how much more joy it is to do the impossible, because really everything is possible through Christ who gives us strength.
so in 2010, i want to live more with the spirit's leading. i think i've been saying so much of how i want more of Jesus and less of me... but if i want that to happen in my life... i really need to be connect to the spirit... even if it means doing the hard things in life. for after all, our lives are for Christ... not ourselves.
2010 here i come...
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praises...
* had a great christmas and new years with people we love.
* had a wonderful neighborhood christmas movie party.
* had a great vacation with friends. made awesome memories.
* continually seeing God's hand at work in our lives.
please pray for us...
* there are some decisions that need to be made. pray for wisdom and the Lord's leading in all things.
* P and i had been trying for about a year and a half to have another child before he died... i can't say that longing is gone... so when i see babies, hold them or see pregnant women, it's hard at times. my heart aches from the longing, which stirs up a lot of other emotions. please pray for me as the Lord speaks to me in those deep longings i have.
* A starts school on Monday after 2 1/2 weeks of vacation. pray for smooth transitions.
* continual health and safety here.
