Forever Beloved

Faith, Love & Truth

Happy Birthday Grandma

I wish I could put into words how much I miss this sweet lady.  Sometimes the waves of sadness seem to envelope me and I have to sit down and just let the tears flow.  Her laugh, her sass, her caring heart…I wish for just one day I could make her another onion and lunch meat sandwich right after we watched The Price is Right…love you so much Grandma, happy birthday in Heaven ♥

If life could only bring again, the days I took for granted when 
To hear your voice was just a call away 
Oh what I’d give for just some time, to say the things that slipped my mind 
There’s so much now I’d really like to say 
But I can never go back when we did the things we did back then 
I’ll store those precious memories in my mind 
I’ll take what you’ve instilled in me; I’ll try to be all I can be 
And walk the path that you have left behind 
I sure miss you; life will never be the same with you not here 
Each passing day has brought much pain 
But with God’s grace my strength remains 
I sure miss you, but heaven’s sweeter with you there 
The little things that seemed so small are now gold in a memory vault 
I cherish every one I have of you 
Now I can see and recognize the part you played to shape my life 
I often see you in the things I do 
In God’s design and master plan He saw the hurting hearts of man 
As we would say goodbye to those so dear 
So with our family and friends we’ll be together once again 
We’ll view all heaven’s splendor hand in hand 

{Semi} Wordless Wednesday

Living Life’s Blessings

This past year has been hard. I spent it walking through a season in my life that was just sad. It felt as if the joy had been drained out of my life. I had many sad days that the tears flowed easily.  I was withdrawn and lonely.  As times, it felt as if this season would never end.  During my days of walking through this valley, He was working on this girls heart.  Even though my days were sad, I clung to His promises.

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:
Ecclesiastes 3:1

Then came the spring, whirling it’s sweet smells around me and shining it’s warmth on my face.  Such peace came with each new bud.  Everything was beautiful again, including my heart.  And with that, a new season of life started.

I have spent the past few weeks feeling as if my life is blessed beyond blessed.  Have you ever had that overwhelming feeling that your life is exactly where God wants it to be?  That’s where I am.  Basking in the light of His love.

The past few years of my life have been filled with many valleys and mountaintops.  Surgeries, sickness, hospital stays and an early retirement.  But through it all, He continually gave me blessing after blessing.  He never left me where I was, He met me there and carried me through.

Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.
Proverbs 31: 28-29

My life might be crazy at times, but it’s beautiful just the same.

I have a husband, two kids, two cats, two dogs and eleven chickens. My husband goes to work everyday and I own my business and work from home. My husband has a mens group at church and I teach Sunday School. We are both lovers of music. Our dogs are obnoxious and bark at everything. My chickens are still in a brooder and “chirp” constantly. I have two teenagers in this house as well. Our house is full of laughter daily. Our house is alive and loud with living. My heart loves the sometimes chaotic evidence of God’s goodness and blessing in our home.

When I look around our home, I see things we love. I see reminders of my family, their joy, their memories, their sweet presence in our life. Those things are beautiful to me! I love living surrounded by things I love. I am living in the midst of life’s blessings.  And oh, what a sweet mountaintop this is!


God provides wonderful things in life for our enjoyment!!  The sound of your childrens laughter.  Flowers in the spring.  Your husbands kiss.  So many wonderful things we experience every day!  If it sounds like my life is filled with beauty, it is. It’s filled with beauty and noise every single day! That is mostly because of how I choose to see it. My home and my life aren’t perfect. They aren’t without trails. But God is still good and worthy of praise, even when difficult things happen.