Tomorrow we close the door on this chapter of our life - it was one neither of us want to repeat!!
Yet, in so many ways we have grown - closer to each other, closer to Abba Father. Our faith has been stretched beyond what we thought was bearable. We have learned to laugh at both situations and ourselves. God has allowed us to experience deep pain - just as Jesus did on the cross.
Our prayer is God will use our experience to encourage others - to let them know you can make it through as long as you keep your eyes on the throne.
We are so excited to see where God is leading us, the adventures we will have serving Him. We are so blessed. God is good.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Countdown
The countdown is on - we are six days away from being in our new home. In some ways there is SOOO much to do - and in others, we are under control.
Brian and David don't know it yet, but we are eating on paper plates for the next few days - it will get rid of the enormous number of paper plates we have and it allowed me to pack the dishes!! All the silverware and cooking untilsils are in boxes on the counter. Only the food remains to be packed. Monday night I am going through the fridge and freezer to toss out expired or funny looking things. And, we are eating some stuff I wonder why we bought.....
I am so blessed to have a husband who is so handy - he has fixed a couple of things that broke around here, he has the move all organized so I will have minimal moving to do, in fact, I will be working Thursday and Friday while Brian, David and JT are loading the truck.
David has been such a helper - it was cool to spend the day with him yesterday, looking for a bed for him and a chair for Brian - we found both. God is doing great things in him.
We are blessed to have friends who will help, family who laugh with us and a Savior to walk through life with. God is good.
Brian and David don't know it yet, but we are eating on paper plates for the next few days - it will get rid of the enormous number of paper plates we have and it allowed me to pack the dishes!! All the silverware and cooking untilsils are in boxes on the counter. Only the food remains to be packed. Monday night I am going through the fridge and freezer to toss out expired or funny looking things. And, we are eating some stuff I wonder why we bought.....
I am so blessed to have a husband who is so handy - he has fixed a couple of things that broke around here, he has the move all organized so I will have minimal moving to do, in fact, I will be working Thursday and Friday while Brian, David and JT are loading the truck.
David has been such a helper - it was cool to spend the day with him yesterday, looking for a bed for him and a chair for Brian - we found both. God is doing great things in him.
We are blessed to have friends who will help, family who laugh with us and a Savior to walk through life with. God is good.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Random Thoughts
Kind of crazy to think in two weeks we will be in our new home. Seems like there is so much to do, but there isn't really. The garage sale was a huge success. Everything except four boxes of stuff sold - the boxes got dropped at Goodwill on the way to church. It feels good to be downsizing.
What is left to be packed is stuff that we use regularly enough that I will wait until next week. Besides, I am a little leary of the tape gun since it attacked my foot. Quite honestly - I didn't know blood could spurt like that. All is healing nicely.
It has been cool to see some of the miracles in our life over the past few days. Tank got really sick - became incontinent, throwing up blood, couldn't bark. We truly believed we were going to have to put him down. Shared with our Small Group on Friday our challenges - on Saturday, he was back to being Tank.... Think there were some amazing prayers being said.
Then this morning I was out shoveling granite in the front yard (yes, I could have left it for the landlord to do.....), David was changing his tires when the car fell off the jack. It was scary. He was trying so hard to get another jack underneath (and Mom wasn't being much help!) when a guy from down the street came down to ask what days garbage was collected - he ended up helping David get the entire thing done. Pretty sure we entertained an angel.
God is so good to us. He continues to bless our marriage and our family. Can't wait to see what happens when we are in our new home. The blessings are going to be flooding in. God is good.
What is left to be packed is stuff that we use regularly enough that I will wait until next week. Besides, I am a little leary of the tape gun since it attacked my foot. Quite honestly - I didn't know blood could spurt like that. All is healing nicely.
It has been cool to see some of the miracles in our life over the past few days. Tank got really sick - became incontinent, throwing up blood, couldn't bark. We truly believed we were going to have to put him down. Shared with our Small Group on Friday our challenges - on Saturday, he was back to being Tank.... Think there were some amazing prayers being said.
Then this morning I was out shoveling granite in the front yard (yes, I could have left it for the landlord to do.....), David was changing his tires when the car fell off the jack. It was scary. He was trying so hard to get another jack underneath (and Mom wasn't being much help!) when a guy from down the street came down to ask what days garbage was collected - he ended up helping David get the entire thing done. Pretty sure we entertained an angel.
God is so good to us. He continues to bless our marriage and our family. Can't wait to see what happens when we are in our new home. The blessings are going to be flooding in. God is good.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Hurt/Hope
Okay this is David on the blog.
Yes i know i titled it hurt for a reason. Through my 18 years of life i have learned a lot from stupid things and i have also done my share, yet through it all i look at it as a learning experience. Couple months ago my sister Kara and I were talking about how painful it is to have to watch our siblings and family go through everything we have. Of all my siblings i must say that Kara and I are the closest because she hasn't hurt me, well at least not intentionally. If you have been following my moms blog over the last year you know that we have had quite the journey! I will never forget the day I came back from Young Life camp (the best week of my life) and was told to sit down and had to hear what my father had decided to do. But the bottom line is even though that hurt, i forgave him. Haven't fully forgotten though. But i do believe we are rebuilding the bond, that of which a father and son share. Which brings me to my next point, some relationships just reallly hurt whether its family or friends, physical or emotional. Few days ago my brother Jay had called me, and my response to him was "Jay there are a lot of people that are willing to help you get your life back together but the bottom line is the change starts with you, you gotta make that change in your heart, rid yourself of the moral filth of the world". He was like i know it just sucks that the one i hurt most physically is giving me this advice, and i told him "Jay I'm over the fact you hurt me physically, the pain you have caused me now is in my heart because i know your better than that, you can do it i am wlling to help you like everyone else but like i said you need to have a change of heart first and next is apologizes, with sincerity." Bottom line is that sometimes we get hurt by the ones who are closest to us, but how do we react? are we angry? bitter? hopeful? the answer is all of them, but yet when we hurt Jesus how does He feel? Keep in mind the hurt Jesus went through for you and i just to be here, He did it ot of love and because He has hope for a future with Him. To any and all that i have hurt in the last year, i am sorry. I love you all, thanks for taking the time to listen to my heart!
David Wuerfel
Yes i know i titled it hurt for a reason. Through my 18 years of life i have learned a lot from stupid things and i have also done my share, yet through it all i look at it as a learning experience. Couple months ago my sister Kara and I were talking about how painful it is to have to watch our siblings and family go through everything we have. Of all my siblings i must say that Kara and I are the closest because she hasn't hurt me, well at least not intentionally. If you have been following my moms blog over the last year you know that we have had quite the journey! I will never forget the day I came back from Young Life camp (the best week of my life) and was told to sit down and had to hear what my father had decided to do. But the bottom line is even though that hurt, i forgave him. Haven't fully forgotten though. But i do believe we are rebuilding the bond, that of which a father and son share. Which brings me to my next point, some relationships just reallly hurt whether its family or friends, physical or emotional. Few days ago my brother Jay had called me, and my response to him was "Jay there are a lot of people that are willing to help you get your life back together but the bottom line is the change starts with you, you gotta make that change in your heart, rid yourself of the moral filth of the world". He was like i know it just sucks that the one i hurt most physically is giving me this advice, and i told him "Jay I'm over the fact you hurt me physically, the pain you have caused me now is in my heart because i know your better than that, you can do it i am wlling to help you like everyone else but like i said you need to have a change of heart first and next is apologizes, with sincerity." Bottom line is that sometimes we get hurt by the ones who are closest to us, but how do we react? are we angry? bitter? hopeful? the answer is all of them, but yet when we hurt Jesus how does He feel? Keep in mind the hurt Jesus went through for you and i just to be here, He did it ot of love and because He has hope for a future with Him. To any and all that i have hurt in the last year, i am sorry. I love you all, thanks for taking the time to listen to my heart!
David Wuerfel
Blessed
Sometimes I am amazed at how blessed we are.
God has walked with us through some pretty major storms - and we have come out stronger and closer to Him.
Materially I look around and see how much "stuff" we have.
Our children, at least two of them, are making good life decisions. The others, we claim God's promise that we have trained them in His ways - and they will return to Him.
Most of all - we have each other. So it doesn't really matter what goes on around us. Since we are walking with our Lord - we are the majority.
God is doing great and mighty things. God is so good.
God has walked with us through some pretty major storms - and we have come out stronger and closer to Him.
Materially I look around and see how much "stuff" we have.
Our children, at least two of them, are making good life decisions. The others, we claim God's promise that we have trained them in His ways - and they will return to Him.
Most of all - we have each other. So it doesn't really matter what goes on around us. Since we are walking with our Lord - we are the majority.
God is doing great and mighty things. God is so good.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Chaos
It is official - we are living in chaos. Just when I think I know where the boxes are - they move. The good thing - many of them are now full. They are stacked across the living room walls.
The unsettledness of moving is not comfortable. But, I don't think we are supposed to be too comfortable in this world. Praying this will be our last move for a LONG time. If it isn't - part of God's plan.
The other thought I keep having - why do we have all this stuff? Therefore, not only are we downsizing - we are clearing out. Though we said we would never have another garage sale, we are.
Before too long we will be in our new home - can't wait.
God is good.
The unsettledness of moving is not comfortable. But, I don't think we are supposed to be too comfortable in this world. Praying this will be our last move for a LONG time. If it isn't - part of God's plan.
The other thought I keep having - why do we have all this stuff? Therefore, not only are we downsizing - we are clearing out. Though we said we would never have another garage sale, we are.
Before too long we will be in our new home - can't wait.
God is good.
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