Time to Hope

Hey friends-

Just wanted to pause for a second to remind you all to be thankful for what you have. And even what you don't have. Don't worry about what you cannot control, do not worry with the past because it's done, do not worry with the future because it's coming whether you're ready and wanting or not. Rest calm that all falls from the fingers of our Lord and He knows and guides our steps and walks before us. This winter don't think of things that you're missing, you're lacking, you've lost. Think on things that you do have. Hope for the future and be the answer you ask Him to produce.

Reach out and love all that are around you. Do nothing to cause your brother to stumble, realize that you never know which brother that maybe. Do you really want to know how far your ripples go?

I know it would be nice if we could all just pretend that it's not our problem or fault, and just go about minding our own, but if that was truly the case then the next time you find yourself offended by another then don't ask "why."

Raise your children to be upstanding, sensative and compassionate people. Want better for them than yourself. Engage them in all ways, nothing breaks my heart more than to see moms and dads in their cars on their cell phones while their children dream off into the window or play on some video game. Or be on the phone while they're out with their children. You don't know how blessed you are, and you don't know how many different need and moments you need to connect with your children. If you find yourself requiring more "breaks" than desiring more time with your children, invest in birth control (which is also free if you apply and get medicaide) and stop having them. You don't know when you have an embarrasment of riches and without knowing are flaunting them infront of the hundreds of us that don't have........ripples my friends.

Forgive when ever you can. Let go and move forward. Bind it to God and let it be His work.

Do not look towards man to make the place you live livable. If you seek change then be the change, volunter, get involved. Politicians have a living to make, and like the dirt from which they are created, the truths of man shall crumble and return to the dirt from which it was created. Government, especially ours, is no creation of God, it will not stand, but our hearts and souls and His truth lives and can set the world on fire and make the diffenece you seek. Look not towards what man can do, but what God can do through you. Our government starts in the home anyways, so be as "for me and my house, we shall serve the Lord," and watch the movement.

Love and laugh fully and often. Give give give of yourself and your money. You can't take it with you. And what truly is the value of a sports car to the value of thousands of people who could eat or have clean water for days. What can you answer for if the King came today?

I'm excited for the new year. I know the NPO will be up and running. Please help if you can, we can impact the lives of so many survivors, expecting families and families being affected now. There are thousands here and all over the globe. If you can please give anyway you can.

Here's again a reminder of ripples; one adult donation of blood or plasma saves 12 babies. If you can't give anything else........

Love to you and yours. Enjoy the sparkle in your children's eyes.....you don' t know how blessed you are.

God you are amazing, you are holy. The things you move me to do, the friends you have sent me, the man that I have in my life. I look and there is no where that I do not see your face. I love you so much and rely on you completely. Help me to give over my burdens and worries completly to you and serve you better. Provide us with the joy that Jared and I so desire. We wait on your timing, we ask only that you grant us our sincerest wish for a child soon. We turn over the worry, the wait and the obsession to you. I thank you daily for the amazing love and faithfulness you give me in Jared. Thank you for him and our love. Please continue to watch over us and strengthen our bond. Grant us your Mercy from the ache of our son who lives with you, our ache for the desire of another, our worry over finaces. Grant us peace that you provide and fill us up daily. Thank you for the everyday blessings we forget to thank you for. Guide us to be more receptive to your bidding and desires. Make us better people in your glory.
Through you and by you are all things possible.
We ask these in your Son Christ's holy name.
Amen
Love,
Meghan