I think it is 2007...

So, thought I would check back in on blogger. Have started using my space, but I keep us with the blog on it like I do this one.

Precious and I still move at a pretty fast pace, 8th grade is going by so fast, she is growing up, and I pray alot! Knowing when to step in and when to let her work through issues is a tough call at this age. Following what I've known from past experiences and watching other families, listening to kids and their wants and needs, watching what failed and what worked, and knowing that each instance has it's own set of choices and circumstances that are different from what we walk through, and then asking God for his guidance through it all gets quite interesting. The biggest thing I work thru is, Have I done a good enough job raising her, did she hear and take to heart the wisdom that has been imparted to her the past 14 years? That is where faith and trust come into play, and we all know where my trust issues lie. There are points my flesh wants to jump in and take over, but my spirit says stay back, let her grow, let her learn. Hard, Yep! Has she always made the right choices, no, but ya know neither do I. As I am learning each and every day. Yes, I would love to have all the answers, but I never will. Then there are those times Precious is so insightful for a girl at 14, it is in those moments I stand in awe of how life works, that she does hear, she does watch, she has learned. But the biggest thing is she continues to learn, to grow not just physically, and spiritually, but that her soul and her being grow. That she sees the world around her not as a hinderace or a place to fear in her walk with Jesus, but that she see the world as He does, a place in need of His awesome mercy and grace, for His blood to cleanse those things around her as she makes the journey though it all.

Still a journey of time to live, to listen, to learn, to grow. I am so thankful that God is faithful, that He hears our cries, knows our hearts and lets His mercy and grace be our comfort in all things. I am thankful that God's word does not return void, but goes out and does what it sets out to do. Without Him we are as nothing,,, with Him we have the potential to be everything that our hearts desire.