I have realized over the years that each and every place I've lived has had something fun and really good I've liked about it. Even though, maybe at the time, I couldn't find one thing I liked about the house while we lived in it, I can find good things now that I look back on it. I sometimes wish I could take all of those fun and good things, roll them all together, and make my 'perfect' house. But that is just a fairytale life. It's funny how I can so easily buy into the fairytale stories that somehow I should have the perfect house and life and live happily ever after. But that is storybook life. Real life is so completely different. Not that it's worse or even better, just different. Because if I think that what I've been blessed with is 'worse' than what I 'should' have with a fairytale life, I become disillusioned, angry, bitter and sad. But if I look at my life and think it's 'better' than a fairytale life, then I become prideful, arrogant and think I'm 'better' or have it all together more than someone else because of all I have. And those are the moments I have taken my eyes off of the Lord, and put them on the fairytale, and things start to go out of whack. So I am trying to keep my eyes on the Lord and know that His story for me is so much better than any fairytale.
So with all that in mind, here are a few pictures we took this morning of some deer out our back window. It is a beautiful sight, and one of the things that we have truly enjoyed at this house. I am blessed that we have been able to live in this kind of area for a while, and experienced these beautiful times. Please enjoy them with me.
I have been in a 'blah' mood lately so I thought instead of typing another one of 'those' types of entries I would type a praise about something the Lord blessed me with recently. I was chatting with a friend of mine yesterday and told her about a recent blessing the Lord gave me, and she really encouraged me to blog about it. I guess I was so 'blah' that I didn't fully see the blessing in it until we were chatting, so here it is.
About 10 years ago I had started wanting a wide margin bible. I am a note taker, and have really wanted to have one. We couldn't afford it at the time, so I never got one. As time went on, I would try different study bibles, but in the back of my mind I've always wanted a wide margin one. Then a couple of months ago I really felt I needed to stop using the study bible that I was using because I was relying on men's words more than God's words. So again, the desire of wanting a wide margin bible was strong. I was now reading a different version that I had been 10 years ago, so I started looking to see if they made the wide margin bible in the version I am using. I found many, but I realized that none were red letter edition (Christ's words in red). And as silly as it might sound, I really didn't want to give up the red letter edition. So as I did some searching in April, I found out that one was in production, my exact version with red letter. But it wouldn't be available until August, remember this was April. And it was priced on sale for $140.00. I just couldn't see paying that much, and we didn't have it anyway. So I left it in God's hands. I would keep looking at it, to see if the price changed, but it hadn't. Then in August my parents gave me $50 for my birthday. Paul asked me what I wanted for my birthday, and I said, "Truthfully, I want that bible." So he said I could buy it. But I still couldn't justify $100 out of our pocket for a bible. He left it up to me. So I told him, if I could find the bible for $100 then I would get it. That would only be $50 out of our pocket. So the search was on, and it was a quick search. I found the exact bible I wanted at Amazon for $107.00. I couldn't believe it. Really, I was shocked. Paul said to order it right away, even though it wouldn't be available to ship until August 20th (it was around the beginning of August when I ordered it). So I waited and waited, kept checking, then all of sudden the delivery date was pushed to the end of October. I thought, well, maybe I'm just not suppose to get it, I mean it was $107 for a bible. As I was chatting with a different friend of mine I told her I would probably cancel the order and get a black letter edition. She said plainly to me, "What, you don't want to be patient?" And she was right, I didn't. Then the Lord worked with me on something else through that conversation, but that's another story. So anyway, I decided , yes, I will be patient. I've waited this long, and it really is the bible I wanted. So I confirmed that I still wanted it, and left it for late October. Then a week ago, around the 24th, I get a email saying my bible had shipped! I couldn't believe it, it shipped on time. I didn't have to wait until October. The Lord wanted me to learn some things through waiting. But, most importantly, He wanted to bless me with something that I truly desired, though I never consciously prayed for it. But it was something I did desire. I am so blessed by His love for me that He would allow me to get something like this, a desire that has lasted years, and for what He has taught me through it all.
So there it is. A praise report for one of the many blessings the Lord has given me. Thank you Lord for my bible.
I am a wife and mother of two. I started this blog to share the things the Lord shows me in my journey as a wife, mother, homeschool mom and His daughter. And in it all to "grow in the grace and knowledge of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."
II Peter 3:18
But it wouldn't be available until August, remember this was April. 
And it was priced on sale for $140.00. 
I just couldn't see paying that much, and we didn't have it anyway. So I left it in God's hands. I would keep looking at it, to see if the price changed, but it hadn't. Then in August my parents gave me $50 for my birthday. Paul asked me what I wanted for my birthday, and I said, "Truthfully, I want that bible." So he said I could buy it. But I still couldn't justify $100 out of our pocket for a bible. He left it up to me. So I told him, if I could find the bible for $100 then I would get it. That would only be $50 out of our pocket. So the search was on, and it was a quick search. I found the exact bible I wanted at Amazon for $107.00. 
I thought, well, maybe I'm just not suppose to get it, I mean it was $107 for a bible. As I was chatting with a different friend of mine I told her I would probably cancel the order and get a black letter edition. She said plainly to me, "What, you don't want to be patient?" And she was right, I didn't. Then the Lord worked with me on something else through that conversation, but that's another story. So anyway, I decided , yes, I will be patient. I've waited this long, and it really is the bible I wanted. So I confirmed that I still wanted it, and left it for late October. Then a week ago, around the 24th, I get a email saying my bible had shipped! 
