+ Choose Joy +

Where the heck has this month gone? October seemed to just creep up on me this year. This month has been busy so free time has been hard to find, I haven't been blogging. Every year Luke's family goes to Sylvan Lake AB to gather for thanksgiving which was a wonderful time. A week later my mom and brother came to visit. So wonderful as I hadn't seen them since the wedding. Also my cousin Hannah got engaged to our good friend Nathan. So exciting! But through this busy time, I have put God aside in my life. I have no excuses, no good reasoning for this. And yes, it has shown that it effects the way I live, the things I say, the things I do. I have not been a good ambassador of Christ. So Jesus, please forgive me for my apathy... I have this desire to know God more, but it's that how question that always goes through my mind. But I know full well it's only my laziness to go open my bible every morning that I do not know God more. Prayer, is so powerful but I've h

Today was probably the coldest day yet of this young fall season. So yes again, waiting for the bus God spoke to me. As I watch my breath hit the cold air and rise I think of the little things, little things that I have been blessed with. A warm jacket, the packed lunch in my bag, a good morning kiss from my loving husband, the fact that I was on my way to a job, and in that moment I realized I have SO much. There are so many that couldn't even afford the Ipod I was listening to let alone the lunch I was carrying. Through out my day God showed me moments of this truth. On the bus, there is a stop every morning at the food bank and I watch troubled people get their small share of groceries for the week. I feel awkward every time, as I listen to my worship music through two hundred dollar headphones, knowing that they couldn't even think of owning what I have. I feel, so... dirty almost, so ungrateful. I try not to look at them in the eyes because of my shame. I know in my hear