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Wow, this is my first ever blog post! Welcome and I promise that our posts will get better, but I'm exhausted just from setting up.  That took a really long time for me (and our friends help! Thank-you!) to figure out all this blogger language and how to do just about everything from scratch when making a blog.  Things I never knew existed can all be found by Googling "how do I....?"  No wonder people devote their entire blog sites to how to make a blog site! Good job out there! You steered this gal in the right direction!

It's almost like the little white search bar holds the key that unlocks answers to all questions. Powerful little white search bar. If I can just Google, "What is the weather tomorrow?" or "How do I roast a chicken?" then wouldn't it be something if I asked "What is 2013 going to bring my family?"  "Will there be more children?" "How long will that take?" "Where are they and how are we going to meet?"  "Will it rain during our beach vacation?"  Although this is a humorous thought, the desire to know the answers to these questions, both great and small, is implanted in my heart.

I do know something more powerful than typing in the search bar that holds all the answers and even the future. Really?  Oh yeah, and all that is required of me is to trust and obey, have faith and live it out daily, that His will may be fulfilled in my life.  The Lord Jesus Christ will guide and direct me as I put my trust in Him.  I dedicate this blog to Him, and for the building of His Kingdom, and to be an encouragement to others.  I hope that in some way by our family sharing our lives, you will see His power and guidance, His love and acceptance of the everyday, ordinary peoples like us who give their lives to following Him.

(just for fun)
The search bar would look like this:
Godgle 
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and the results would always come up like this:

Read Your Bible-Home
Jeremiah 29:11 
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

I'm resting easy tonight knowing that He knows.

Thanks for reading!  More posts coming soon!






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