New year, new blog post!
I don’t typically make new year’s resolutions, but I would like to resolve to blog here more often again. I’ve missed it!
Since I last blogged, we’ve had some exciting moments – we had a surprise visit from our Arizona cousins at Halloween (well, a surprise for our kids!), we brought home a one-year-old rescue terrier mix named Summer in November, we found out on Thanksgiving that Alli and Erik are expecting her first child (we’re SOO excited!!), our cousin baby Eleanor celebrated her first year of life (yay Aunt Angie and Uncle Kevin for rocking parenting!!), and we had a wonderful, laid-back Christmas. So even though we didn’t take any of our usual trips or have our usual parties, it was still a wonderful end to a full year!
This was our first Christmas at our new home, and it worked very well. It was especially convenient to have Bubba and Pappy next door, so they could come over in their jammies first thing in the morning. Bubba even bought everyone matching PJ’s!
Now as we enter 2021, with so many unknowns about what school will look like, what trips or visits will or won’t happen, we hold fast to our unchanging God, who knows the end from the beginning.
“My times are in Thy hand;
My God, I wish them there;
My life, my friends, my soul I leave
Entirely to Thy care.
My times are in Thy hand;
Whatever they may be;
Pleasing or painful, dark or bright,
As best may seem to Thee.
My times are in Thy hand;
Why should I doubt or fear?
My Father’s hand will never cause
His child a needless tear.
My times are in Thy hand,
Jesus, the crucified!
Those hands my cruel sins had pierced
Are now my guard and guide.
My times are in Thy hand,
I’ll always trust in Thee;
And, after death, at Thy right hand
I shall forever be.” – William Freeman Lloyd
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