Thankful Thursday

Linking with Cami at Thankful Thursday

“Faith isn’t the ability to believe long and far into the misty future. It’s simply taking God at His Word and taking the next step.” Joni Erickson Tada

Faith. It's hard to step out when you can't see anything in front of you. 
Faith. When everything looks the opposite of what my heart is telling me......my heart and my gut trumps what I see with my eyes. Faith I don't want to doubt. I want to trust...believe....even when it's scary. This week....am grateful for.....

-My buddy F. He's amazing. He pumps me with faith and pushes me to reach for my dreams.
-While at the prison orientation.....I met another volunteer...a Christian. We promised to pray for each other.
-March Break....love having the kids home all the time and all of us getting together with friends and just taking life easy. 
-Warm sunny days...tulips starting to bud. Totally loving this. 
-Guidance....sometimes I just feel shaky....not real sure of something....and I struggle to trust....and do the right thing. I'm grateful He's always there to listen.....and guide me into making the right and perfect decisions.

Lost and Found

Linking up with Charlotte at Spiritual Sunday and Laura at Brag on Fridays

"One of the advantages of being disorganized is that one is always having surprising discoveries." A.A. Milne

I'm not always organized. I try to be.....but sometimes I put stuff away and then forget about them.  Like when we moved here.....I put a bunch of  coins in a cup and stuck them on a top shelf in the kitchen....then I totally forgot about them until......

The day I was cleaning up and rearranging the shelves. I discovered that cup full of coins.  The discovery made me really happy. 

Another time a lady sent me six books. I didn't have time to read them so I stuck them in the downstairs desk. A few months later I thought about them...but couldn't remember where I put them. I searched all over the house....still nothing. Then one I needed something from that desk. When I went to open the drawer.....Voila....the six books were sitting there. 

Lost and Found.  The emotions of feeling something's lost is crazy. There's a frantic need to find that lost thing. And the feeling of finally finding it.....total joy. 

I remember when I lived lost....I wandered around with this awful feeling in my gut.....

And I remember the day He found me....the overwhelming joy. 

I once was lost but now am found.......