TA DA!!! Two blogs in less than 2 weeks! Yep, I am on a roll...Part of what I have loved about this Thanksgiving break is mindless TV watching. I am one of  those people who likes to have the TV on for the noise and then somehow get sucked into watching whatever it is on. When the girls were younger it usually culminated in a "Cat/Dog" or "Gulla Gulla Island" marathon. Now that they are grown and Sam is usually in charge of the remote I have been known to watch an ENTIRE golf tournament! Or every NFL football game on that weekend. OK, I use the term "watch" rather loosely...I admit quite a few naps have occurred.
And that is exactly what happened on Saturday as I was STILL recovering from the 13 hour Black Friday Shopping Extravaganza. This time I was completely taken in by "Boy Meets World". I remember watching this when it was on network TV. So obviously I know how the story goes. But when Cory broke Topanga's heart with that Snow Bunny Lauren, I found myself feeling so bad for Topanga. I may or may not have even voiced my aggravation with Cory...at which time daughter #1, being the smart college kid that she is very gently reminded me that they work it out because they end up married!
I find myself doing that with real life to. I know that the struggles of this world are temporary. I find myself doubting if God is really in control of a particular situation. I worry and stress myself out and try to handle things on my own. But the minute I turn to Him I know His peace and assurance. The situation may not look any different on the outside, but I am different because I KNOW HOW THE STORY ENDS!

John 16:33 

³³ I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”

I seem to have a love/hate relationship with change...I LOVE new beginnings but I HATE change. How can this be? I am one of "those" people who actually don't mind Monday mornings. It's a brand new week! I am always full of ideas and plans on Monday...new diet, run a marathon or at least a half, clean house. And now for anyone that knows me very well, you know these things have yet to happen! Although, I did have the honor of being a cheerleader for The Soaring Wings 1/2 Marathon. And what an incredible blessing that was! But I will share that another time. Did I mention that I seem to have trouble staying on task lately? Oh look, pretty flower...OK back to change and new beginnings. Change is hard, it usually means that something we are comfortable with will be no more. I have to remind myself that not all change is bad. It may be painful and scary at first, but the times I have allowed the Lord to guide me and show me what it is that He is accomplishing prove that the "new" is just as beautiful if not more so than the beginning. What if I had somehow frozen time when the girls and Sam and I were so young? Then I would never know the amazing young women that Jana Lee and Jori have become. And I wouldn't know what it is to spend almost half my life with a man that loves more me today than he did the day we married. So, maybe I will work on decreasing the "hate" part of change. :)
HAPPY MONDAY!!!

Lamentations 3:22-24

New Living Translation (NLT)

²² The faithful love of the Lord never ends!^[a]
    His mercies never cease.
²³ Great is his faithfulness;
    his mercies begin afresh each morning.
²⁴ I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance;
    therefore, I will hope in him!”