Blessings

I'm just pondering the daily blessings God sees fit to give me.  I am so not worthy.  Aren't you glad we don't have to earn God's love?  I know I am.  I look around and see so many others facing such monumental obstacles, and I am overwhelmed with gratitude.   

So, I've decided on a tattoo.  I have no idea when I will ever get one, but I know what I want now.  I am absolutely in love with the white ink tattoos.  The phrase I've chosen?  "...for when I am weak, then am I strong."  Now the search is on for the perfect font. 

My latest addiction is most definitely Pinterest.  I love how you can find an endless supply of new ideas and inspiration for just about any area of your life.  It also incorporates that strange community feeling of social networking.  I'm in a perpetual search for things to "pin" and share.  And so with that in mind, I am attaching a photo I took of the gorgeous sunset that God chose to paint across the sky, just outside my front door last Wednesday.  I wish I had taken it with my camera, but I just grabbed up my phone and snapped it.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.  Count your blessings, folks! 

The Ever-Changing Tides of Life....

Change.  When you hear that word, what is your gut reaction to it?  I would venture to say that most of us are resistant to change.  Our lives, whether blissful or not, are comfortably normal.  Everyone has a different kind of normal.  My normal would most certainly be someone else's boring.  Your normal might be strangely foreign to me.  Yet there is comfort within our own normal, good or bad. 

I believe most of us desire change in some area of our lives, though.  Whether it be your finances, your relationships, your weight, your material possessions; we are always in search of something more, something different.  The bottom line is that nothing changes if nothing changes.  Therefore, we should be embracing change, while resting in a place of contentment. 

So, my resolution or theme for this year is contentment through change.  I have a host of things I would like to improve upon this year.  None of those aspirations will be realized if I do not embrace change.  And none of those aspirations will have value without contentment in this moment. 

I hope to share this journey on my blog.  Will it be a daily blog, weekly blog, monthly blog?  I don't know.  I just know that I need a place to put my thoughts out into the unknown from time to time.  I will continute to share recipes, products, and songs I love.  I welcome your comments. 

I will start by sharing a link to my brother's book, depicting his story of overcoming adversity through his faith in God.