Meeting Rachael
Thank You for being here with me. I love having company over and spending time with people. This space was created in December 2012. In my first blog I explain exactly how this blog came about. Since then I have entered into a whole new world called the "blogosphere" and met so many amazing people. Even though my words alone do not depict the big picture of my life, I try to share with as much realness and transparency the grace and truth that has transformed my heart and life through my Christian faith. Just as letters connected create words, words shared connect hearts. That has always been my goal with this blog. So again, thank you for being here with me and my heart and my words.
As you can see I am a wife and a mom. I've been married for coming up on 20 years and we have 3 great kids. I live in California, but throughout my life I have also lived in Illinois and have spent large chunks of time in upstate New York. There is something beautiful about each place, and if I had to choose my favorite I honestly couldn't do it. Each had it's place in my life for a season, and I treasure memories made and look forward to each memory making moment in the child- rearing season of my life right now.
I am a Christian and have been for a long time. Jesus and I have been through a lot together. Just like my relationships with people grow through experiences shared and time spent together, so goes my relationship with God. Reading God's Word and praying are daily disciplines for me. Living each day with hands open wide to receive everything, good or bad, as from the Lord is also a discipline. Having the perspective to see God in everything each day can sometimes be a challenge. It is a challenge that gets me out of bed each morning. I long to see Him each day, to hear His voice in His Word, and to be with Him in eternity.
"He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end."
Ecclesiastes 3:11
As you can see I am a wife and a mom. I've been married for coming up on 20 years and we have 3 great kids. I live in California, but throughout my life I have also lived in Illinois and have spent large chunks of time in upstate New York. There is something beautiful about each place, and if I had to choose my favorite I honestly couldn't do it. Each had it's place in my life for a season, and I treasure memories made and look forward to each memory making moment in the child- rearing season of my life right now.
I am a Christian and have been for a long time. Jesus and I have been through a lot together. Just like my relationships with people grow through experiences shared and time spent together, so goes my relationship with God. Reading God's Word and praying are daily disciplines for me. Living each day with hands open wide to receive everything, good or bad, as from the Lord is also a discipline. Having the perspective to see God in everything each day can sometimes be a challenge. It is a challenge that gets me out of bed each morning. I long to see Him each day, to hear His voice in His Word, and to be with Him in eternity.
"He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end."
Ecclesiastes 3:11