Good morning friends. I know it's been a little while since an update... so sorry. Last weekend I went down to Georgia to be with family. It was the best of times under the worst of circumstances. Words can truly not express how grateful I am for my precious family.

Being away from my normal routine presents itself with problems. I tried to make healthy decisions about food throughout. Unfortunately, I have not had the time as of late to exercise like I want to. I'm hoping to settle back in to my routine (with a few additions taking up some time ;)) and continue exercising. I have either lost a total of 6 1/2 or 10 lbs. My scale does not know which is true. I've just decided to wait until next week to weigh again, and maybe we'll have a more definitive answer.

The Lord continues to teach me patience over and over again through this. It seems that that is something that He will always teach me. I have the perfect example of patience in Him. I think I might have mentioned before that my church is walking through Deuteronomy this year. It seems a daunting task, but our leadership is wise and knows what we need. This past week we talked about trusting the Lord (of course), and how we respond when God says no to something we want. The example was Moses not going to the Promised Land. And Moses responds with understanding and obedience. He knows that God's good plan is greater that himself. I know these truths and I think most believers do, but it's much more difficult to live out that trust in everyday life. God has a beautiful wonderful plan for my life (my dad always tells me this) and anything I can imagine will not measure up to what He has for me. It may not be what I think is best and it may seem horrible at the time, but in the end it is always what is best for me.

All of that to say that I am continually blown away by God's grace. He has given me so many blessings- family, friends, church, job, and Jesus! I hope that we can all take time to thank him for his many gifts and reflect upon on good God is.