Ah, here we are again...New Year's Eve. Time keeps passing and the world keeps spinning faster and faster these days. Or so it seems. Oh, sorry...am thinking I just addressed the swift passage of time not too many blog posts ago.
2015 was in some ways a booger of a year around here. Sicknesses seemed to abound. A non-heart attack event, an intestinal obstruction, kidney stones, cervical spine surgery, and now as of yesterday, a broken finger. Yes, my left hand's smallest digit will have to remain splinted for six weeks. I smashed it which will be another story for another day. It doesn't really go with this post except to show you a picture because I am certain now you are curious. And yes, it hurt then and still hurts on occasion. (It's the bandaged one, not the arthritic crooked one.)
I can honestly say, though, that with the list of sicknesses, the Lord has been faithful and helped. He is forever the very best! Praying friends help and praying friends abounded in 2015. Still do. And God answered prayers too numerous to count. Here's a picture as a reminder of only one of those many answered prayers:
Prayers for salvation are the best answered prayers!
Spring 2015 saw the final seasonal visit to see the Gibbs flowers with The Mother. Such beauty of God's creation!
I had obviously not visited the beauty hair salon as The Mother had done.
There was the big wonderful announcement for our family that The Husband and I would become The Papa and The Gramma in spring of 2016! More prayers answered.
Then there was the announcement that The Grandchild is a girl!
There was a vacation to Alaska that will be long remembered...
Sunday School showed the promotion of one class and the new additions of younger two year olds.
Jesus still had a birthday and the little class still had a party because the reason for the season stays the same!
as does the church children and their Christmas concert!
There was strawberry pickin' in the VERY hot weather....
..resident deer in our yard...
...and growth.
Easter was special as always (hallelujah, Christ arose!) but also was an array of the color aqua blue!
And I have to mention that 2015 was the year of the big decade birthday for me and many of my friends....my old friends, that is!
2015 also had fun gifts that were sure to please...I quilted for my sister a quilt top hand sewn by our Mema.
I could write on and on and on and never relate to you how life, even through hard challenging times, is always in the palm of the hand of my very big God! I continue daily to learn and sometimes even find it hard to grasp in faith, then the Lord sends me that comfort that "He's got this!" And thankfully, He ALWAYS will!
Many blessings to you in 2016!
2015 was in some ways a booger of a year around here. Sicknesses seemed to abound. A non-heart attack event, an intestinal obstruction, kidney stones, cervical spine surgery, and now as of yesterday, a broken finger. Yes, my left hand's smallest digit will have to remain splinted for six weeks. I smashed it which will be another story for another day. It doesn't really go with this post except to show you a picture because I am certain now you are curious. And yes, it hurt then and still hurts on occasion. (It's the bandaged one, not the arthritic crooked one.)
I can honestly say, though, that with the list of sicknesses, the Lord has been faithful and helped. He is forever the very best! Praying friends help and praying friends abounded in 2015. Still do. And God answered prayers too numerous to count. Here's a picture as a reminder of only one of those many answered prayers:
Prayers for salvation are the best answered prayers!
Spring 2015 saw the final seasonal visit to see the Gibbs flowers with The Mother. Such beauty of God's creation!
I had obviously not visited the beauty hair salon as The Mother had done.
There was the big wonderful announcement for our family that The Husband and I would become The Papa and The Gramma in spring of 2016! More prayers answered.
Then there was the announcement that The Grandchild is a girl!
There was a vacation to Alaska that will be long remembered...
Sunday School showed the promotion of one class and the new additions of younger two year olds.
Jesus still had a birthday and the little class still had a party because the reason for the season stays the same!
There was strawberry pickin' in the VERY hot weather....
..resident deer in our yard...
...and growth.
Easter was special as always (hallelujah, Christ arose!) but also was an array of the color aqua blue!
And I have to mention that 2015 was the year of the big decade birthday for me and many of my friends....my old friends, that is!
2015 also had fun gifts that were sure to please...I quilted for my sister a quilt top hand sewn by our Mema.
I could write on and on and on and never relate to you how life, even through hard challenging times, is always in the palm of the hand of my very big God! I continue daily to learn and sometimes even find it hard to grasp in faith, then the Lord sends me that comfort that "He's got this!" And thankfully, He ALWAYS will!
Many blessings to you in 2016!
