A necklace....a gentle reminder of God's faithfulness

I looked up at her today as she was walking back and forth down the hall, preparing to leave the house to run a few errands.  As I glanced up I thought to myself, she looks so pretty. In a simple way, very pretty.  When she came into the room where I was attempting to organize her t-shirts for her, I caught a glimpse of it....the gold sweetheart necklace that glistened around her neck. It is so tiny and dainty, you would never guess that God used this little necklace to show Himself big.   I look at her wondering if she realizes that God loves her so much, that he cares about the small things in her life as well as the big, or the significance of that necklace that she wears almost everyday.

There is a story that goes along with this piece of jewelry.  Savannah received this necklace for being a part of the sweetheart program last January.  Each girl in the program was presented this necklace for their volunteer work with the American Heart Association.  Savannah loved it.  As the months went by she wore it quite often.  But as hurried and crazy as our lives are, she one day went to wear it and could not find it.  I pride myself on being organized, so I knew it had to be in our house somewhere.  We looked and looked and looked but could not find it.  We decided it must have been left at the cabin.  Upon returning to the cabin we searched high and low, but it was not to be found.  We prayed asking God to please help us find this necklace, because of its special meaning to her.  Months go by and still no necklace.  So one day while cleaning out an overnight bag of Savannah's, that I had cleaned out many times before,I tossed up a prayer asking God to show us where that necklace was.  A few seconds later, I ran my hands inside a pocket in the bag and felt a bobby pin. When I pull it out wrapped around the bobby pin was the necklace.  As I said before I had cleaned this bag out many times and I thought I had checked it really well...but I guess not.  Or maybe God knew when I would need my faith boosted.  I love Him.    Seeing that necklace around her neck today is a gentle reminder to me that he is faithful.  He hears our prayers even the small ones.

 That necklace will always serve as a reminder to me of God's faithfulness and that he cares about every detail of our lives...even a young girl's desire to find her small gold chain necklace.

It's A New Year...Welcome 2013

Today is actually January 2nd, 2013.  My clock says 6:13.  I have been awake for 3 hours.  When I first rolled over and checked out the time it was 3:08.  After rolling around in my bed for an hour and half, I decided to make good use of this sleepless early morning so I turned on my computer.  My mind is whirling with thoughts, plans, goals, dreams for this new year.  As I have said before, I love a New Year and all the new possibilities that it brings.  Fresh starts....I love them.  Resolutions....I'm making them. (That will be a whole other post!)

New Years day started off with me being very motivated! That cleaning out bug hit me hard   yesterday, so I decided to tackle the biggest project first....my closet!  I removed over 100 pieces of clothing and over 30 pairs of shoes.  I.FEEL.SO.MUCH.BETTER.  Why do I save certain things?  I will not miss any of it and I LOVE the "lighter feeling" that I now have.  This is just the beginning of the "purging mode" that I intend to continue on with in 2013.

I feel that the 2nd day of January is really the beginning of the year for me.  New Years Day finds me still in holiday frame of mind.  But the 2nd is reality, holidays are over and it is time to return to normal life. Time to start putting into action all my goals and resolutions...I'm excited and I'm motivated.  Maybe that is why I can't sleep, too many thoughts whirling around in my mind!:)

Cheers to a New Year.....Abundantly Blessed!

Lisa