New Beginnings
I've created a new blog because my old account had been hacked, so I'm making a new blog - I will not remove the other blog until next month however, so feel free to catch up on what's been happening in my life on that blog. But I guess I will go ahead and put an entry here...
Welcome
First of all I'd like to re-iterate myself in saying:
I am thankful for my blessings, for without God's eternal mercy and grace I would not be where I am or who I am today.
God has done so much in my life. Giving me a man who is hardworking, loving and God-fearing. Giving me a son whom I adore and love with all my heart. I love both of these amazing blessings with all I am. God has never forsaken me even when I felt he had, instead he was just preparing me for the future I could not see.
God hasn't brought me and my husband this far, just to forsake us in our time of need. Something I've learned about how God works - is that He brings us right where we need to be at the time we need to be there. Because He knows it will bring us closer to Him and build us up and make us stronger in our faith.
Les and I have already had several struggles in the beginning of our relationship. We have dealt with people who abused our kindness and generosity, put us down, tried to split us up, even those who would speak ill of us to others. We have come through it together and with God leading the way!
We still have our spats, our disagreements and our arguments, but this just makes us stronger, because we learn about each other more and more through our disagreements. We still do not go to bed angry, we come together and forgive each other. We remember that God is the one who brought us together, He is the one who opened doors for us to be where we are now. So all we can do is trust that He is going to help us make it through the trials and troubles we face.
Recently, my parents were God's answer to our prayers. We were doing well on our own, however, we had our moment where we had to ask for help. The experience was humbling and difficult. Because we had been doing well on our own, we had not needed to ask for help, until then. My parents were God's answer to our need.
Thank you God for answering our prayers and knowing our needs!
My father is also an amazingly intelligent and wise man, of whom I am growing more and more closer too with each passing day. My father wasn't always there for me during childhood, he was cruel at first with words that cut deeper than any physical harm or physical knife could do. But as I grew up, I became stronger, through those cruel years of my life, my skin became thick and my head became stronger. My father's words became my strength to withstand the outside world. For the world outside was crueler and harsher than anything I could have ever known. If it had not been for my father creating a thick skin for me, I would have crumbled and been devoured by it. So, yes, at the time it was cruel - and wrong - of my father to say things like he did, but looking back I am grateful for it. I am grateful to my father for teaching me to handle cruelty and for teaching me to withstand it.
Recently, he and my mother had come to visit. My dad was willing to fix Les' bike up for Les so he could ride to and from work instead of always having to walk. He put a new chain on it and then fixed it up as best he could with what he had on him. Then as we talked, he gave some excellent advice - of which I discussed with Les and we decided to take it to heart together...
See my Dad knew we were trying to save some money. Our car was draining us, it was always breaking down, so my dad suggested that we get rid of it, but that left us with another dilemma: Transportation. My father then offered to give me and Les some help in that matter as well - by looking for us some decent bikes! That made me so stunned, I was speechless at first. He also suggested we get rid of our cable companies bundling stuff and get something cheaper.
All of this we took to heart. In fact, we loved the idea! Les and I talked it over - over the week, trying to decide what would be best for us, and my father's idea stood out and above any idea we had. So we acted on it. We are going to cancel our cable and phone with our cable company, but keep the internet - as it's currently cheaper than going with anyone else, plus it's faster for the price. We then purchased a NETTALK DUO device that will allow us home phone service for 1 yr for no more than $30/yr! Yep, that's $30 a YEAR! No monthly bill! Great huh? Anyway, we are waiting for the device before we cancel our current phone service and cable. Then, we will be saving quite a bit!
See, God knew we needed to save money, he knew that somewhere down the line we would need it for something important.
We are also going to take my father's advice on the car/transportation issue. We have already returned the vehicle we had before, and now we are waiting for the bikes. But we are going to save our money up (the money we WOULD have paid for the car payment had we still had it) and get a new car (new not used) in about 2 months from now! Yep, only 2 months from now - with the Lord's blessing that is...
See, God has blessed me and Les generously!
We have a wonderful little boy - growing like a weed!
We have a roof over our head!
We have our bills able to be paid on time!
We are blessed!
God has done so much!
THANK YOU LORD FOR YOUR BLESSINGS AND YOUR MERCIES EACH AND EVERY DAY!
Well, God bless!
