I know I have been bad about keeping up with my thankful post...I just hit another bloggers lull. Not that I didn't have things to write about, but just not taking the time to write them. But this one got me wanting to blog again. I have a few others to post and might be out of order...so bare with me.
The other day Chris and I were taking a trip down memory lane. About where we started out when we got married and where we are now. We talked about the rented "house" on Copeland street in Knoxville. I put house in parenthesis because this house should have been condemned. It was falling apart and every morning I was always greeting by those HORRIBLE spider crickets. If you have never seen ones of these be thankful for that. They are big in size and jump everywhere. It gives me the willies to think about them. This house was what we could afford at the time and when we moved in it wasn't in the best shape but it went down hill quickly. So we soon realized we needed to move and ventured out to buying our first home. I remember how beyond happy I was to be getting a brand new home. No bugs greeting me in the morning! Life was great!. From here on out, with ALL of our moves God has always provided us with the ability to buy a home, one that would give security and safety to our family.
As Chris and were on this trip down memory lane I realized just how blessed we are. There are some kids that live in house like the first one we lived in. I couldn't imagine having our girls live there but if it meant they had a roof over them and it was what we could afford then we would. By no means do I think we are too good to live in that situation....it just truly humbles me to think of where we started off at and where we are now and how God has so faithfully provided for us. It makes me appreciate the comforts that I have, the beautiful home I have, my girls can sleep peacefully each night in security and safety.
Thank God for this gift too wonderful for words! (2 Corinthians 9:15 NLT)
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