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My new backyard 🌳

Happy October, Friends!

I don't know about you, but I'm glad for a brand new month, with the possibilities of cooler weather and the promise of holidays around the corner. 

As you might have noticed, I made a few changes to my blog title, as well as the layout for now. Not sure if it will stick, but I'll try it for a few minutes and see how I like it.

In the meantime, David and I are still in the process of moving stuff over from the lake cottage to the new house. Thank goodness it's literally just down the road! We're exhausted! I honestly never want to move again. 

However, from the first night we slept here, we felt like this was meant to be our house all along. That's a great feeling!

A cozy little spot by the fireplace and bookshelf. 

The fireplace won't be used, but it's still a cozy spot. 

 

We still have lots of little things and half a storage shed to empty, so hopefully that will happen this weekend. We're also in the middle of real life, which means work must go on, grand babies, moving David's mom into the house and all the chores of every day life. I'm hanging on for dear life and counting my blessings all at the same time. 😅

I have to share something that my son Ted said, as we were talking recently. We were talking about God's timing and how, when he gives you something, you have to trace all the steps, miles, hours, weeks, years, etc. back to where you are now. Then they make sense. You see, we lived in our little dream farmhouse for 13 years, but we left it behind in 2017, after Hurricane Harvey devastated our area. 

From 2017 until now, we have moved several times, never feeling settled, never feeling like we were in the right place...until we bought this house.

But as Ted so wisely pointed out, when I questioned why God couldn't have just moved us from the farmhouse to this house, instead of taking us around the world, mistake after mistake...this house wouldn't have been available back then. It wasn't available until the previous owners were gone and the house was put up for sale. And that made so much sense to me. 

God's timing is everything, because with his perfect timing, all the pieces start to fit together. That doesn't mean we don't still have questions or things we don't understand. It just means that he truly does work all things together for the good of those who love him. 💚 He's a good, good Father.

If you are questioning God's timing in your life right now, I encourage you to be patient. It's the hardest thing in the world and seems so cruel sometimes. But all of these trials build faith and when that missing piece of the puzzle is put in place, you can (and will) look back and see that God was taking care of everything for you, all along.

As I close out this post for today, I pray that you know Him and that you feel his presence in your life. There's truly nothing like living with Jesus as your savior. Truly nothing. 

Until Next Time...

Blessings!