God is so good!

It's April now, and I am enjoying the weather, even the rain. I love the way the air smells when all the flowers are blooming. God is so good! I love to admire His creation. Last night, my Pastor preached a great message. It helped me a lot. It also made me realize that I am afraid to commit. God has been asking me a question, and I have not been willing to answer, for fear He may hold me to it. I am hoping that I will soon let go and let God. (A phrase we used to hear in teen group). I say I trust God, yet I am having a hard time with this one thing. I do trust Him. I just need to let go. I know the Lord will never do anything to hurt me. He wants what is best for me. I just need to give Him my heart in this matter. I just know that once I do that, things will start happening. So, I am praying that I am hearing Him right. I am also praying that I give Him an answer, soon. I know that God is so good, all the time. He will help me with this. I know this probably doesn't make sense, but I know what I mean. It helped me to just write this out. Take care!

Spring is on it's way.

I love Spring! It's my favorite time of year. The weather is perfect and flowers grow everywhere. Lately is has been raining, so everything is nice and green. Once the sun peeks out, the flowers open up. The side of the freeways are a blaze of colors. Usually a bright orange or a pretty purple. It makes me thankful to the Lord that I have the ability to see the beauty around me. God is so wonderful and I am so thankful He made such beautiful things for us to see. God is so good!

My nephew is 2 yrs. old today.

Today Erik turns two. Where has the time gone? It doesn't seem that long ago that we got the phone call "The baby is coming early". I remember the 1st time I saw Erik. They were still trying to stabilize this tiny preemie. I could only see the top of his tiny head and his tiny hand through all of the doctors and nurses. But his tiny hand was gripping a wire with all his might. I felt in my heart, at that moment, that Erik would survive. He was a fighter. He came into this world nearly 12 weeks early and weighed a mere 1 lb. 3 oz. and was 12 inches long. It has been 2 yrs. since that day. Erik now weighs 14 lbs. 7 oz. and he is 26 inches long. Erik will always live with difficulties, but he is still our little miracle and we love him very much. God chose us to be his family and I am thankful for that. Happy 2nd birthday Erik!

God loves everyone!

Lately I have been noticing how people tend to think that they are better than everyone else. It really is starting to annoy me. I am guilty of being particular about who I talk to, but I have been working on that. I think I talk to quite a few people. I try my best to be friendly towards everyone. I have not, by any means, perfected that, but I am trying. God loves everyone, right? The answer is yes, He does. So why is it, when I am at church, I see people who are newer and not as "cool" as people seem to think they should be, sitting around alone? I decided to try something, I would see people all alone, and I'd look them in the eye, smile at them and say "Good morning" then I'd continue on my way. The smile on those people's faces were priceless. You never know who you might cheer up just by being friendly. Obviously you don't have to be best friends with everyone, but instead of thinking to yourself "Oh, he/she's weird" or "What a nerd", why don't you think, "Now here is a child of God standing alone. I wonder what I can do to cheer him/her up". "For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think;" Romans 12:3a. Please, if you are a Christian and you are reading this, consider that other people have feelings too.

"This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you." John 15:12