Monday, November 24, 2008
Old & New
We've updated our "link" to our family website so it brings you here now. Click here to view the old site if you wish to peruse older posts. That blog is no longer functional (it stopped working at the end of September and upgrading to the newer version was something the computer king said we didn't want to do). Hope to begin blogging again soon.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Today
Everyday is it's own, a unique day, unlike though perhaps similar to the days before and the days to come. Some days are busier, some slower, but all of them given to us by God. Twenty-four hours, each and every day. Our family is one of faith - some, like my sister would call us "religious." Not sure what most people would call us but it doesn't really matter 'cause it's about us and our relationship with God. We think of ourselves as many things; among them as sinners, chosen by God not because of anything we've done but because of His grace, redeemed by Jesus' blood, and forever set apart to follow Him wherever He might lead us.
It's a life of faith - faith in a big God, who loves us, and who we really don't understand or know as well as we'd like to. He's a God (the only God) who has the power to solve our problems, or simply help us through them, or not, as He deems best. He's looking out for us, but it doesn't always look or feel it. We have to rely on Him and learn to trust Him, and that's what faith is about. Through it, day by day, "in the dailies" as I've heard or read it stated somewhere, He grows us. He shows us grace, He gives us what we really need (which isn't always what we think we need) and helps us to keep trusting, to keep on going, for another day.
So here we are, another day. Another opportunity to learn about who God is, what He's done, and who we are. And here's our new blog, to share in this process a little more publicly, though to what degree we haven't yet decided. Hopefully there will be musings, pictures, tidbits for the extended family to enjoy, and more. But mostly, it's just a place to talk about "today" whatever that might bring, whatever might be on our minds, whatever might tickle our fancy, and about whatever God might be teaching us about Him and His amazing grace.
It's a life of faith - faith in a big God, who loves us, and who we really don't understand or know as well as we'd like to. He's a God (the only God) who has the power to solve our problems, or simply help us through them, or not, as He deems best. He's looking out for us, but it doesn't always look or feel it. We have to rely on Him and learn to trust Him, and that's what faith is about. Through it, day by day, "in the dailies" as I've heard or read it stated somewhere, He grows us. He shows us grace, He gives us what we really need (which isn't always what we think we need) and helps us to keep trusting, to keep on going, for another day.
So here we are, another day. Another opportunity to learn about who God is, what He's done, and who we are. And here's our new blog, to share in this process a little more publicly, though to what degree we haven't yet decided. Hopefully there will be musings, pictures, tidbits for the extended family to enjoy, and more. But mostly, it's just a place to talk about "today" whatever that might bring, whatever might be on our minds, whatever might tickle our fancy, and about whatever God might be teaching us about Him and His amazing grace.
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