Christ in the Clouds

Source: inherheart.blogspot.com via Ann on Pinterest   I love looking over all my pics from the past year.  Sharing some of my favorites   HERE (Don't forget to turn your sound on.) Wishing you all a Happy New Year's Eve! God bless you all! We'll see you in 2013. Linking over at these blog parties:   Fresh Brewed Sunday(My Freshly Brewed Life) Jumping Tandem(The Sunday Community) Better Mom Mondays(The Better Mom)  Sharing His Beauty (Beauty In His Grip) God-Bumps & God-Incidences(Getting Down With Jesus)

Just a few more days of 2012 left! I don't know if it's because I'm getting older or that I appreciate more than ever each and every day I have on this earth, but I feel like life keeps whizzing by, each and every year that passes. I actually looked at one of the last posts of 2011 and interestingly, I wrote a similar paragraph to what I just wrote above, so it appears I feel that way every year, during the last few days. I also wrote a few goals I had for 2012. Reading over them reminded me that I was able to complete some of my goals, while others did not get done. But I also realized that there have been many little events that kept me sidetracked or other big events that prevented me from completing them. Now, I'm not making excuses. I realize that some of my goals weren't done out of my own laziness or lack of motivation. That's pretty normal for any of us, at times. But, all in all, 2012 was pretty momentous for me and my family. 1. We completed the

Just when you think you have the holidays all planned out... when you anticipate time at home, with family, doing all the traditional things you do each year.... Just when Christmas surprises and exciting events are finally in place... Everything changes....plans, hopes, anticipations, excitement, and joy... They turn,  turn into crushed dreams,  dread, confusion, and sadness. This past weekend was, to say the least, a difficult one for the victims, families, and residents of Newtown, Connecticut. I actually can imagine the heartache they are feeling and will experience at Christmas, since 16 years ago on Dec. 26, my stepson was tragically killed in a car accident. Christmas should be a time of joy and family time, but that year it was full of sadness and loss. The death of a child is horrific, no matter how it happens.  There have been so many prayers that have gone up for these families and we continue to lift them up. -=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=--==-= This Christmas is goin

  It seems like every year, Christmas gets here way too fast. One minute, we are planning the Thanksgiving meal and the next minute, the decorations are going up. Every year, I tell myself that I'm gonna be more prepared for the Christmas season, so I can truly enjoy it's full meaning.   Time just seems to speed up during the month of December. This year, our family is enjoying the holiday in our new home on a lake. I wasn't sure how I would adjust to celebrating the birth of Christ in our new, much smaller home. It's an older house and, even though we have already done some remodeling, it still needs some TLC before we have it completed to our liking.  I'm reminded of how Jesus and his parents celebrated his birth in a unfamiliar town, in a very primitive surrounding. Yet, they found so much joy and gratitude for God's leading them there and His protection. Others came to celebrate the event, as well. But nobody seemed upset or dissatisfied with wher