A change of pace.

One thing I have learned from blogging is that life is full of seasons. The reason I started blogging was to keep an online journal of my daily walk with God and my life as a mother, wife and woman. My recent season has been a drought!

Life has changed again though. We are now in a new season. Colin used to work back shift but has now changed to days. This means I no longer have the car for transporting Jacob to and from school. Not a bad thing at all as I need the exercise. I am in the middle of applying for a place on the school bus for bringing Jacob home from school.

The other big change is that Emma has started nursery for 2 and a half hours a day. Today will be her third day. Emma is a very clingy girl so I have been very apprehensive about how she would do. The first day she let me leave her for the last 45 mins and the second day for the last 2 hours. There were tears but I was assured after them she was fine.

So today we have another afternoon at nursery. I don't know how she will be after the weekend. I am praying that she will be settled after a short while.

So that is the latest! Life has become hectic but I am trying to find God in the wee moments of peacefulness. Walking with Jacob to school was lovely this morning as we spotted birds and he said he loved the sounds of nature!! We walk by a main road so I am surprised he heard them!

I will post on how Emma gets on in the next few days!

Thankful Thursday

Well it has been too long since I have taken part in Thankful Thursday!!! I am thrilled to be able to do this again today. If you wish to be involved then please join us and Sonya at Truth 4 the Journey.

• Firstly I am thankful for Hope. As a Christian I have a great hope for the future. That death is not the end and in some ways is only the beginning of an eternal life with Jesus.

• God is moving in my Church and community and I am thankful for this. There have been several Baptisms over the last year, professions of faith over the last few months, and the return of people to the Church who have been away for a long time.

• Isn't the Bible something to be truly thankful for? I am grateful that I am able to turn to my Bible or an online one if I need words of encouragement, hope, comfort, discipline or just need to read something good.

• I love that God has placed me in a Church within which I feel very much part of the family and totally at home. I am so thankful for my Church family and the support we receive and give each other.

• Finally I am thankful that God loves me. A sinner such as me. I will never fathom why at times. I am so imperfect and fail daily.

So what do you have to be thankful to God for today?