+ 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...