I love the month of April

I’ve always loved the month of April, one being it my birthday month! Two, always being that home stretch month before school gets out in May. Three, spring time weather arrives, it may bring a few showers but it’s not -33 degrees outside with white stuff covering the ground.

I just can’t believe it’s April already! March came and WENT. I am blessed and blessed, I was able to vacation to our nations capitol for 5 days with Tony and my parents and see as much of Washington D.C. as we possibly could in 6 days without overkill. It was cold. But was it oh so wonderful! There was so much history and so much to see and beautiful blossoms and great family time, and a vacation from work! Of course we didn’t see everything, and we’ve actually started a “next time we’re in D.C.” list, which may be a while with the government shutting down and all. Another thing that made March fly by was visitors. I LOVE VISITORS. It was family and friends that are basically family, and even though we had just a few days to spend with them, every moment was cherished. I realize a lot that community and friendships is a very very important thing.

Speaking of, we have been visiting another small group (or village as we call it). A group of 3 other couples all around our age going through life with the same circumstances, what do we do, no kids, and savings. It’s been really awesome, and so refreshing to getting to know a group of people, especially a group that you know you will come to trust with lifes’ precious and vulnerable moments. I see some tight friendships in the future.

I am going to copy and paste a verse I saw in a friend’s blog that I have been dwelling on.

“Forget the former things;

do not dwell on the past.

See, I am doing a new thing!

Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?

I am making a way in the wilderness

and streams in the wasteland.”

Isaiah 43:18-19

It’s so easy to complain or wish for greener pastures when we don’t see what God has in store for us. I am SO SO very thankful for a job, but I do have moments where I think of what if I could be at this company. I am SO thankful for where I live, but I wish I owned a house. I am SO thankful for the finances we do have to be able to but sometimes I dream of just one more vacation or more nights out to dinner. And I know I’ve listed mostly material things but it can really shape my thought life, and my spiritual life it I let it. And I just need to take the words of the gospel and God’s truth and hide them in my heart and constantly look to it for strength and renewal. God is a BIG God, and though I never doubt it and never will, I must not let the things of this world nor Satan’s persuasion lie over me. At the end of the day, I am just SO thankful that I serve my God, who hears me, who listens, who holds me, who guides me, who cares and loves me SO much.

And there I will end this note Love and be loved! And hopefully I will get back to this before the end of this month, haha.

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