Light, Love, Hope

We all search for things in our life. It might be a new home, a new car, a new job or something that is not really a physical item such as kindness, comfort or love. There is a lot of time and energy that can go into your search. What I wonder is if people are really searching for what really matters to them. So I ask you, what do you really want? I am not talking about the superficial things like a car, a house, a job. I am talking about what is truly deep in your heart. What do you REALLY want? It is a hard question that many people overshadow with things they think they want. For me there is only one thing I really want. I know what that is. But after all these years of searching, it still continues to elude me. I may never get what I really want and I am okay with that. But I can always hold it in my heart as a dream for the future.

Pause. This is something that we all should do at various times in our lives. We are all so busy that we get wrapped up in everything going on that we can miss out on a lot. Think about this. If we would just pause for a minute. If we would take a breath for a minute. We might just discover something we would normally have let pass right by. You see we all have things that we want in our lives. They might be right there in front of us but we are wrapped up so much in being busy with everything we just can’t see that a thing that we have always wanted is right there in front of us. So we should pause for a moment or two and take a good look around us and really see what is there. We might be surprised at what we find. We might just find that one thing that we have always wanted. So pause, take a deep breath, look out at the sky at the wonder and beauty of this earth that God gave us. You never know what you may find.

It’s no secret that I am over-the-moon happy after learning that our family will be blessed with another baby in the year 2019.

I am a firm believer in praying over your family and even your future family members.  I think I’ve written in the past about how I prayed for my oldest daughter to find a man that would treat her like a queen.  Long before she ever met him in college, I was praying for their love and future together.  Now, I pray for their union when they do decide to take that step and for the future babies they will have together, if it is God’s plan for their lives.  I pray for their love to stand the test of time; for them to keep their love alive and as a priority when things of this world pull at them.  I pray that no one nor nothing will ever take them away from each other; that they will be like the tall unbending oak tree with deep roots in the ground where nothing shakes them nor uproots their love for each other.

And I pray for their unborn babies.

While I would never push my wishes upon them or anyone else, if they ever should decide to have children in the future, I will be there to spoil them completely rotten!  If they choose not to have children and prefer to only have the four-legged kind, I will spoil them, too!  (And I have … Fancy, their “rescue” pup is a prime example right this very minute!).

I’m even praying for my youngest daughter’s life so that she will find a lasting love as well.  It is my desire for my children to come to know the kind of love I never really had in this life.  If I had it, it was short lived or fleeting; never a constant.  One time I even told my oldest daughter how happy I was that she found the love of her life.  I’ve watched how he treats her so respectfully and noticed the sparkle he gets in his eye when he looks at her.  My heart grows more fond of him with each passing moment.  My husband got a little offended when he heard me say this, but the truth is the truth.  It’s no secret that we’ve had our share of problems in the past, and if everyone is honest, NO ONE out there has the “perfect” marriage.  Problems crop up in every relationship and marriage from time to time.  It’s how you handle it that matters and keeps you together.

Back to the subject at hand.

I’ve prayed for my niece all of these years, and now I take great pleasure in praying for her “bun” she has in the “oven.”

And in all my prayers, I make sure to give thanks and praises to God above for all of the blessings He has given to us!