Faithful Friday!

Today is Friday!  I do not know about you, but I absolutely LOVE Fridays and this has been a great one.  It started out with sleeping in (how can that be a bad start right?!?).  Then the kids and I went with fabulous friends of ours to a family fun center and spent most of the day.  All of the kids seemed to have such a great time playing arcade games, miniature golf, riding the go karts and bumper boats, and lots of other activities.  It really was an amazing day.  Then after being home awhile, my friend brought me a piece of cake from one of favorite bakeries.  Sounds like a great day, right?  And it gets better.  MY BABY SISTER IS ON HER WAY BACK HOME!  She will be here soon.  I can not tell you how happy that this makes me feel.  She has been away too long, and I am so grateful that she is moving back here.

One thing that I have not covered lately on this blog has been my "faithful Friday".  I really enjoy writing those posts and will get back into the habit.

Our family's journey of faith has been through some ups and downs lately.  A few months back, we left our home church of over five years.  I really do not want to get into reasons on here, other than to say that the Lord put it on our hearts that it was time to find a new spiritual home.  We started this new chapter of our life with a list of multiple churches that we wanted to into and see if they were the right fit for our family.  While we did enjoy several of them, when we attended our new church we just new that we had found our spiritual home.  It was very much the same feeling that we had when we found our church home before.  When we walked in and attended the service, it just felt right.  So, we started the year off right, with our hearts and minds open.

I will be forever grateful for our previous church.  We were saved in that church.  We have loved learning about the Lord, and all the lessons we have taken into our hearts.  We consider the people there our family.  While it was and is a wonderful place, we just new that it was not our home anymore.  That church will always hold a piece of my heart.  It was bittersweet to move on, and taking that first step away was one of the hardest things I have ever done.  I know now that what we did was for the best.  That the Lord has bigger plans for our family, and I do not know those plans.

We continue to follow the Lord's plan for us.  We have not stopped reading His word.  We continue to pray and mediate on all that I have learned.  We are at peace with this decision and there is no anxiety when it comes to this change.  With the move to the new church, our faith is growing.  We are walking in the path of the Lord.  And that is a beautiful thing!

Some of the passages that we have found to be inspiring lately include:

Proverbs 3:5 (NASB)

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And do not lean on your own understanding.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-10 (NASB)  

There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven.  A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.  A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time to build up.  A time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance.  A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones; A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing.  A time to search and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep and a time to throw away.  A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to be silent and a time to speak.  A time to love and a time to hate; A time for war and a time for peace.  What profit is there to the worker from that in which he toils? I have seen the task which God has given the sons of men with which to occupy themselves.


Psalm 32:8 (NASB)

I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you.

 Proverbs 19:21 (NASB)

Many plans are in a man's heart,But the counsel of the Lord will stand.