It's been a long time!!

Hi to all-

It's been a long while since I have posted anything here. Mostly because we have been gone
and partly because instead of blogging, I have been writing in a journal. For many years, people have been telling me I should write a book. I have given it alot of thought over the years and now that I have so much free time, I have decided to give it a try. My inspiration came from a saying that I found on the wall at Ronald Mcdonald house. Funny thing, it was on the bathroom wall! It said something like this: "If you want to know how much I love and care for you, count the waves." I think the Lord himself gave me that saying and spoke to me and gave me the title of my book. Count the waves. I believe the Lord loves us like the saying says. I can get a mental picture of how much God loves us- infinately, and how much we are called to love one another. It is certainly how I love those in my life. Count the waves is going to be about life experiences and choices in how we choose or choose not to deal with things in our life. I will write from time to time about the book and possibly include passages from it for you to read.

How we deal with what challenges, trials, and joy God gives us is vital. We like others, have certainly had our share. Some would say we have had too much. I say we have exactly what God wants us to have to share, teach, learn, and grow from. I hope I am doing all those things. I want to find joy in the trials too as I am learning and growing. I hope to never grow weary or bitter in doing what God has for me. In times when I am at the end of my rope, I hope that I can find renewed strenght in him and not complain. When I lose what I feel should be happening I hope I can surrender to God's will and not my own. In losing my idea of what should be, may I gain a new perspective of God's perfect love and will for me. May I learn to trust God that he knows exactly what is best for me and that I learn to accept and find peace and happiness in that plan. I hope to praise him no matter what my circumstance, and be thankful for the little things in my life never taking a single day for granted. I hope to teach others to trust God , to have love for one another and to accept their circumstances. Not just to accept them but to embrace them knowing that God chose them on their behalf. Good and bad. Easy and hard. Sorrow and joy. Peace and unrest. All those things and more. May I always say more Lord, give me more of your work to do and less of my own. Less things and more people. May my situation be used to better someone's life. May I willingly learn what you have for me and may I patiently wait when you call me to do so. May I take the most difficult task and complete it as only you would wish me to do. Most of all, let all the things I do glorify you and in the end may I always be proud of the person you made me become and may I always know their is room for improvement. May I always turn to you for guidance and trust in the fact that I can and do hear your voice. May I never live a day of my life without you first.
This is part of the book and I will share more later.....

God bless you all! Know that today is the day the Lord has made....