Counting Our Blessings

  So it’s been a few days and so much has happened in the world that is just so heart breaking and makes you want to hold the ones you love closer and tighter than ever.  My heart breaks for the victims of these shootings that happened in the last week.  Both in Portland and in Newton people were killed and it seems like there was no point to these killings.

 It makes my heart ache for the families of the victims because I can’t even begin to imagine the pain they must be in or how confused they must be.   I know they are in my prayers and will continue to be in my prayers every single day because this is a pain that only the King of Kings can heal and the only peace will come from the Prince of Peace! I have never been through anything that hard but I do know that in every struggle or hard time I have been through when I walked through it with Christ it hurt less.  So please pray for the families that they would not only find peace in Christ but that God will start to heal their hearts!

  This past weekend was a pretty good one in my life because I got to spend most of the weekend with my family and it was a lot of fun! Saturday I took the kids and my sister to grab some lunch and we had a picnic at the park! Then the kids played for about an hour and I played with them and just enjoyed being with them. 

  My sister has 3 kids and they are seriously such a blessing in my life and I love being able to spend time with them.  Then Saturday night my sister and her husband and the kids and I all went to look at Christmas lights together and it was so much fun! We stopped by this little place in Richardson called Santa’s village and went into some of the little houses and played tag under the “magic tree”.  Sunday was also a day full of fun with the whole family, we all got up and went to church together then we all went to my grandparent’s apartment complex which is kind of like an assisted living place.  As a family we walked around and did some Christmas caroling and it was so awesome to see the smiles on the faces of the residence and especially my grandparent’s.  After that we all went to have some lunch together and went to the Christmas program at church.  So overall it was a weekend full of family fun and just enjoying the small things in life. 

  Sometimes I let myself get stressed about how much money I am making or paying my bills or heart breaks.  But then I have to just remind myself that nothing good ever comes from stress and that I am beyond blessed.  I have a wonderful family that are all still with me and friends that have become my family! I serve a powerful God who can calm any storm and heal any hurt a God who loves me all the time even when I don’t deserve it.

  Every day is a blessing so let’s start really appreciating the little things and spending more time with the people we love and letting them know how much we love them!