God's Grace

With Christmas just around the corner I cannot help but to feel overwhelmed by God's grace and love. I cannot say that this past year has turned out exactly like Shaun and I expected it to, but I can say that God has put us right where we needed to be. Shaun is always quick to remind me not to confuse God's plan with our own. And that it is our job to remain patient and faithful as we wait for it to unfold. Remaining faithful is the easy part, it is the patient part that will get to you every time.

Over the past 13 months Shaun and I have really been able to see God's hand in our lives-guiding us, comforting us, pushing us in a different direction. He has led Shaun to new job, and we know that it is a place that Shaun can grow professionally and best serve Christ. God has been so good to guard both mine and Shaun's hearts as we have desperately tried to have another baby. He has seen us through some of our darkest moments as husband and wife, and brought us to a place of peace that I didn't know could exists. We are so humbled by His love.

As 2009 comes to end I can't say that I am sad to see it go- Shaun and I joke that 2010 is going to be "our year". But I am so grateful for the trials that God has seen us through over the past 13 months. They have forced Shaun and I to dig deeper into each other, and deeper in to our relationship with Christ. How grateful I am to be able to celebrate His birth this Christmas, and to teach my daughter just what this holiday means.

"The steadfast of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning..." Lamentations 3:22-23