and so I haven't written on here in a little while...last week I survived a grueling 3 day garage sale at a sweet friends' house...they are my 2nd family and I love them deeply, their friendship means so much to me.  They are a constant presence in a shifting life, an earthly picture of God's neverchanging presence in my life.

     I have been overawed lately at God's great faithfulness in my life....from His saving me to His shaping of me over the last 15 years.  And the impact, both good and bad according to how I have reacted to His touch in my life over that time. 

And mostly I am awed over the fact that even when my reaction has been bad, He has remained faithful to me throughout...gently leading me to repentance time and again....what sweetness, what love, what enduring grace...

and I am thankful.