We are at the beginning of our journey into our new home.  I am so excited.  I have many boxes to pack and reseal, but this isn't dampening my joy.  I am really looking forward to turning a house into a home for my family.  We are truly thankful for the house that we have been renting for the last year.  The Lord brought us to a beautiful spot for rest and rejuvenation.  I have really loved being near a lake and the views are inspirational.  I believe that we were brought here for a time of healing.   I am also really thankful for our new house and the opportunity to have a home again.  My children have continued to grow and blossom wherever the Lord has planted us and I'm so thankful for their joy and health and resilience.  I'm just so thankful that the Lord has finally seen fit to plant us in a more permanent earthly home.  This is an amazing opportunity for us and I want to shout my thanks to the heavens above.  My heart if overflowing right now with joy and gratitude and excitement.  Not just because of the house, but because I know and trust with every fiber of my being that God is love and is awesome and that HE is with me and my children always.  Even when I have been of crushed spirit, HE has never left me.  Even when I felt the sting of rejection from family and friends, HE has never left me.  Even when others have found me unworthy of their love, HE has always loved me.  HE says that the righteous shall never beg for bread, and for our family, this has remained true.  Even when we were looking homelessness head on, HE showed us HIS way and HE provided us with a home to rest in.  These last years have been filled with great uncertainty and hardship, but my Abba Father has been there and I am overflowing because of HIS continual presence in my life.  

Yes, dear friends, HE may tell us no.  HE may allow for us to face hardships and pain.  HE will never forsake us.  HE will gather our tears and transform us through the pain.  We may never have all the answers we seek, but we can trust HIM, even when we are walking through the Valley of the Shadow of Death.   Rejoice, and again I say rejoice.

The kids are scurrying around upstairs after lunch.  They have been well behaved today and a joy to be around.  It is quite cold outside and so we are staying in and staying warm.  We are going to pack some boxes this afternoon and do some more school stuff.  They are working on their penmanship and reading skills.  Keren is learning about purifying the spoils of war and obeying God and not stealing.  She is telling me about it right now.  She is giving me EVERY detail.  At least I know that she is understanding what she is reading.  And while I listen to her, the other children are running up to me so I can hear the Pop Rocks popping in their mouths.  Very funny.

Have a blessed day. 

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Posted by Draper

You're a dazzling mom. I'm sure you rejoiced in the kids sharing of pop rocks...as you listened intently to your daughter's heavy thoughts...and pondered the move to your new home. With grace and love and patience in your heart...YOU GO GIRL! love, me

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