a little more than a year has gone by since I started blogging, inspired by one of the new friends I had made after embarking on this journey of Miriam, the single woman...288 posts later , that's crazy, here I am....
proud mother of three wonderful daughters, who have grown up and matured tremendously in the last 12 months... all three of them a daily delight for me...
loving daughter of my wonderful mother, love more freely shared and expressed since almost losing her 3 months ago... forgiveness and full reconciliation .....
connected a lot more to both my brother and my sister... learning more and more about grace and accepting people for who they are...... ( duh... about time... )
thankful to my friends, and to the One who gave them to me....
Director of Hope for Life Pregnancy Care Center, which will be opening it's doors God willing in September 2011... a ministry the Lord had placed on my heart years ago...
strengthened in my faith, refined a bit more... impurities, some of them at least, brought to the surface and skimmed off... shaped and formed a little bit more into His likeness I hope through walking with Him like never before...
still trying to figure out charting the waters of "singlehood" a little scary and very confusing at times... but He will lead me and guide me in this area as well...
looking back coming up with a theme is not very hard.... forgiveness and trust...
forgiving, a daily habit, trusting Him more and more each day when you cannot make out the light at the end of the tunnel and only your faith tells you it is there.... helps very much with the day to day trust in "normal" circumstances...
I knew, believed it, that there would be a time when I would be able to look back and see the good in all the bad and could full heartedly thank God for entrusting me with the hardship....
I know He knew that I could handle it, He allowed it to show me that I could, He allowed it to burn away unnecessary stuff in me... to make me more like Him, to show me just how much I really needed Him, to reveal to me how much He loved me and how trustworthy He really is.... wow....
I didn't enjoy some of the process, but I am thankful for it...
My God reigns... the Creator of the Universe is my refuge and my rock, He leads me to quiet waters to restore my soul, for His name's sake... surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.... better is one day in your courts than thousands elsewhere... and that's just the truth.... #SoliDeoGloria
