I can not tell you how happy I am to be back home, and have things back to normal around here! The first few days were full of tantrums and craziness from Chase, but I guess we deserved it for being gone so much the last two weeks? We had a great Halloween with our first Fall Festival at Cityview-with NO pics taken, oops! Our family of firefighters would have made a great picture too---maybe one of the neighbors have a pic for me. I do have a picture of Chase though:
He fell asleep on the way TO the festival!
He fell asleep on the way TO the festival!I am really enjoying my study in the Psalms of Ascent, by Beth Moore...but have missed getting to discuss it with my study group!! Week 3, day 3 really spoke to me though. The bliss of being near to God, to know that he has truly delivered you from captivity, is an amazing feeling. It's such a good feeling that we can't wait to feel it again. Having faith that more laughter and joy WILL come is the essence of Psalm 126...even if that joy may look different than you'd hoped---God knows, more than you or I do, just how to give us the most perfect happiness!
"Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. Though one goes along weeping, carrying the bag of seed, he will surely come back with shouts of joy, carrying his sheaves." Our pain is NOTHING compared to our joy in Jesus!
Lord, keep these thoughts in my mind, so that I may deal with today's fear-knowing that you will carry me through it all~!
