Ain't Life Grand? I Think So....

Things have been busy here. During the last several weeks, my wife has had a miscarriage, we have all had colds, the kids have had multiple ear infections with our two-year-old ending up with pneumonia in the hospital, and I found out that I'm being laid off at the end of the year. Add to that that my cardiologist and internist said I had better lose weight or else! Boy, could I use another dull year!

But you know what? I'm really not too worried. I feel like God has supplied everything up to now and He will continue. I keep going back to Jeremiah 29:11 - "'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord. 'Plans to prosper you, not to harm you. Plans for a hope and a future.'"

I have also been re-introduced to another verse from Psalm 37:4 - "Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desire of your heart." Now that may mean I need to "delight" myself in Him a bit more to get my desires inline with His. Isn't life exciting?

You know, it's been awhile since I have just sat back and said, "OK, God. What are you going to do next?" I think God wants us to live with that sense of awe and expectation, that sense that He is always working and that anything is possible, because He is in control. I think I'm going to be moving back to that realization.

And really, that is a great place to be! I don't think my life has ever been more exciting or more content than when I am in that state of mind -- When I just don't know what's going to happen next, but I know something has to, and it has to be God. It is really incredible when you live that way.

So here we are. We give thanks for what we have and depend on God to provide what we need. It seems pretty simple, but it also works. I have also started counting calories and walking another two days per week.

I hope I haven't been preachy. It's just as I have been writing I think God has been working on me. He does that sometimes.

Thanks for reading.