But TODAY.....

Two years ago today ...life as I knew it once again shattered..into pieces that could NEVER be explained or reasoned away. Two years ago today....I sat and trembled at the implications that the TRUTH being revealed was bringing not just into MY life, but into the life of my son, the most precious person in my world. Two years ago today.... I sat in such mind-numbing shock that the thoughts could not even begin to be processed in my mind, much less my heart. Two years ago today...I laid all night praying, but having NO words to even cry out to my Father as I trembled so hard the entire bed rocked. Two years ago today I began the task of trying to figure out a way to explain to my son, the unexplainable.

BUT TODAY.....

TODAY..... I rejoiced in the day and the future that the Lord has blessed me and my son with! TODAY..... I sing HIS praises for removing the things in our lives that SO did not need to be there! TODAY.... I PRAISE GOD that HE revealed the truth is HIS time, in HIS way! TODAY....I KNOW beyond a shadow of a doubt (John 8:32) that when you know the TRUTH, the TRUTH shall set you free! TODAY..... I count all my blessings, including the ones that STRIPPED away ALL the things in life that did not belong! TODAY ....I face the night with gladness having the Peace that only HE can bring! Today..... I glorify HIM in all HE has brought us through! TODAY....I thank HIM for blessing us with all the wonderful people who have stood beside us and weathered the storm! TODAY.... I MARVEL at all the people that HE has allowed to intersect in mine and my son's life, to fill any voids that needed filling! TODAY..... I look forward to tomorrow with a smile, as I KNOW and cling to Romans 8:28-that all things work together for good, for those who LOVE God and are called according to is purpose!

TODAY......I PRAISE GOD for that day... two years ago!

LOOOONNNNG time- no see!

Yep- it has been forever! did not even know if I still knew how to get on it has been so long! hopefully God will help me realize that this IS important and I need to stick with it!!! :)

Well- since I do not know WHERE to start- how do you cover a year of growth, heartache, trepidation, joy etc.. etc... in a post... well... you don't! You start HERE! and if God prompts.. I will go back... because there are some things that need to be HIGHLIGHTED!

But tonight... as I look at other blogs, other people and places that God is using... I sit and wonder... WHAT about ME??? WHAT do YOU want ME to do God???

Do you ever just have a feeling that SOMETHING/ SOMEONE/ SOMEWHERE is just around the corner ( or around the world)- just waiting for you to put your big girl panties on and get ON with it?? I know that there is SOMETHING God is holding for me.... something with my name on it... something that will GROW me into places that I can only imagine... something... something....

Maybe that something is still me?? I KNOW that is have come along way! and praise God for that! He has been ever so faithful and patient with this blundering child! But maybe there is still great work to be done in me before I am ready for this next journey ( across little ole' Athens- or across this great big world???) Maybe I still have some more work to do in my Jonah journey- ... yep I am on the road to Nineveh... but Tarshis is still looking mighty fine in my rear view mirror!

I have GOT to focus on what HE wants me to do... in me... and then I KNOW He will show me what is around the corner!!

Keep pushing God- don't give up on your girl! She SO wants out of the belly of the beast... and she so wants to be a delight in your heart!