Ahhh!!

Have you ever had a week that left you feeling like this??

That yelling is courtesy of an overtired Lainey and Carson. 

I considered joining them but decided it was kind of hilarious and recorded it instead.

Thankfully, our drive was only 2 miles and double yelling is quite unusual.  

I had been planning to do a post about Advent season as our pastor is doing an

excellent series of sermons called "Finding Our Way To Christmas."

This week I haven't been thinking much about Christmas. 

I've been walking around in a cloud.  I actually spent 3-4 minutes today looking for my 

keys when they were already in my hands.  Haha!

 Two people I love dearly have been dealt really difficult cards recently. 

It's overwhelming and scary.  Sometimes, living in this broken 

world it is so easy to get discouraged and lose hope.  

Feeling like this I thought there was no point in talking about the series

at church.  But I decided it was actually quite appropriate because the first sermon was

a reminder to have faith, even when others doubt and it seems impossible.

My cousin Julie told me I need to "pick a verse" for the moments when life seems "shafty".  

So,  I am stealing this from my cousin Terri's blog...

Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God's work from beginning to end.

Ecclesiastes 3:11 

So, I am going to trust that even when the situation seems less than desirable that God knows what He is doing and will make it "beautiful" in the end.  

Lets take those crappy cards and run it!

*I am being specifically vague to protect the privacy of my two loved ones, so you will not hear much more about these situations but please know we appreciate your thoughts and prayers.*