Toooooooooo Loooooooooong

Wasssupppp all my peeps in bloggerland? It's been awhile since I've keyed my random thoughts in cyber space and I figured I'm due for a good ramble, eh? So lots has changed in my life since my last post. Without going into details...I will say that the Lord has worked in miraculous ways in my life this past year and I am so thankful and amazed!!!! And I am not exaggerating...God's faithfulness is so awesome even in my faithlessness and doubt He has blessed me above and beyond what I thought was possible. Sadly, I still forget to chew on the wonderful things He's done in my life and when I do I'm blown away. It's funny, because we're totally struggling financially right now...but are in a place spiritually as a family that we've never been...in a good way. So there's definitely a parallel in my life right now...worldly struggles and spiritual victories. At times I find myself fretting and worrying and wondering how we'll make it through, but when I pause to reflect I'm like, wait a minute...WE ARE SO BLESSED!! And quite honestly in the ways that matter so much more. I'm in a way different place then I was a year ago. I am finally, after some well needed kick in the butt conviction at the Deeper Still conference, beginning to plug in at The Quarry and am loving it. I know for sure that I need fellowship on a regular basis to really grow in my faith, and I'm thankful to have found a place to do that. Too bad it just took three years of randomly showing up to finally actually get to know people and get connected but hey, what can I say? Better now than never, right? So I'm just battling my way through life like always...enjoying the victories...dwelling too much on the trials...but the moral of the story is...God is faithful and always has been. I constantly remind myself that this life is only a glimpse, a poof, in contrast to eternity and to God's plans. He is sovereign...in times of victory and times of trial. So I pray to have an eternal perspective...which is so much better anyway...a worldly perspective will drive you crazy! Taryn is two!!!! I cannot even fathom how that happened. She's talking more and more everyday and everytime she grasps a new concept or puts a new sentence together I am filled with awe and joy and laughter....well and sometimes internal screams of frustration...but whatever, that's normal, right? She is singing her ABCs and can count to ten on her own so of course she is the most intelligent child to ever be born. :) Well I think we're caught up....and it's time for me to hit the hay...love to all!