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When we flounder

There is a time when we stumble. We wander around in the darkness like lost children.

Day 1 – baby cardinal’s life

We lay naked, exposed, fearing the worst.

Day 2 – baby cardinal’s life

We fear what the world holds…that things might not pan out the way we want them to pan out.

Day 3 – baby cardinal’s life

Maybe we curl up underneath the covers scared to face the day. Or maybe we poke our heads out just to see if it’s safe, only to withdraw again under the covers.

But we forget, we are held by a much larger hand.

Day 4 – baby cardinal’s life

One that lovingly picks us up each time we fall. One that picks up our nest, our egg, and even our tiny bodies and places them all back where they belong… safely tucked underneath his wing, in his tree, under his leaves.

Day 5 – baby cardinal’s life

And it’s in that safety and security we begin to blossom into what he has planned for us.

We may look naked, feel naked. We may feel ugly. But He sees us as the beautiful being he has made to be… flying free from this world’s trappings.

We may not look like the beautiful cardinal we will one day become…full of beautiful color, melodious song and wings that fly safely above the earth below.

But we are getting there…

Under the watchful eye of the One who loves us the most.

Photos of the first 5 days of our baby cardinal’s life. Nest rescued from a tree being cut down. Bird, egg and nest picked up off the ground numerous times and placed back in a bush, all under the watchful eye of mama and papa cardinal.

One day at a time.

Since moving to Florida God has been teaching me how to live one day at a time. LITERALLY. There are no old hymn notes playing, no music, just a complete stripping of my peace should I leave today.

I feel there are many decisions to be made that all hinge on where we will be living at the beginning of this coming school year. There are two things of which I am certain after renting in a gated community for 1 year.

The first is: I do not like gated communities and I want land. Living where my kids can not run and play has been horrible.

Second: I will pay for walls. I do not like open floor plans.

We’ve probably all heard the song, “One Day at a Time, Sweet Jesus”. I live that song. Decisions I want to make I can not. So I continually reel myself back into today waiting for what our pastor calls Explosions of Grace in my life. Tiny glimpses of God reminding me that he’s got all the stuff that feels like cobwebs in my brain.

The two weeks were were in SC passed as if it were 3 days. Friends, Food, Yard Work, Dr Appts all kept us busy as beavers.

Now I’m home to taxes (still not done), the last of the school year, and planning for next school year.

It’s a little funny that we live in Fla and vacation in SC now!!! I pray God has great plans for the house we love in SC. And I pray for His blessing here to be more than I could ever imagine.

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Posted: May 24, 2011 by Julie |Category: Our Family, Our Lives | Tags:

A Motley Crew

Well, it’s been a while since I have the time to sit and write. Forever, to be exact.

We just got back from a trip to SC where we spent time with friends and worked in our yard. Our house there has not sold. It’s nice to go and stay for several weeks. However, it is also hard to feel as if we have one foot in one state and one in another.

While I was frantically packing to come back to Florida my lovely friend, Lisa, came to help me pack and our kids got to say their last goodbyes.

Because words escape me as of now I leave you with a hello and a picture of the gang. Each expression is just a perfect representation of who they are!