My Baby's First Day of Kindergarten!

Well, it is official! I am no longer the mother of a preschooler! It's hard for me to believe! I have been the mother of a preschooler for over 10 1/2 years now and can't believe that I have all school age children now! Where have the years gone? It seems like just yesterday that I was bringing Lance home from the hospital! Our sweet little baby boy! And, now here he is all grown up and headed off to school! I keep telling him that he grew up way too fast and he keeps telling me, "No mommy I grew up at just the speed God made me too!" He doesn't understand how fast the years have gone for me! To him, heading off to school has taken an eternity! He's been ready to go since he was 2!

I managed to put him on the bus with all smiles and feeling proud of the grown up boy he has become! But, now as I am writing this, the tears have started flowing for the first time! The reality of that time that is gone is setting in! I know, I am too sentimental and emotional, but he is my baby! I want to keep him that way!

Just wanted to share some pictures of his first day! Hope you enjoy them!

Kissing my baby goodbye!

He's ready!

They're all ready for their first day of school!

Bus stop buddies!

All grown up!

Excited to go!

See ya later!

Kindergarten pals!

His first step on the bus!

I Don't Have to Understand!

The Lord directs our steps, so why try to understand everything along the way? Proverbs 20:24 NLT.

Such a short verse, but exactly what I need to hear! I'm a person that likes to know the plan! The Lord has been showing me that there's a bigger picture. That when we're walking through difficult things, that we're only seeing that part and not all of it! So, I've been learning to accept that and trust that God is in control and will use things for His purposes!

But, I'll be honest, even though I am learning to trust Him through things, all too often I am still trying to figure out the bigger picture. So...... as I was just wrote the previous sentence, it hit me is that really trust??????? Or, is true trust when you don't even have to know how God is going to use what you are walking through until HE is ready to reveal it to you?! It may sometimes be while you are in the middle of it, sometimes it might not be till years later and other times we may never even realize what the purpose was!

So, the challenge that I face is to stop trying to figure it out! I don't need to understand! I just need to walk in obedience, trusting the One who is leading me because He is directing my steps!

Discouraged or Refined?

Last Sunday we were talking about David in our Sunday School class and I was sitting there thinking about all the difficult things David had walked through in his life. God had promised him he was going to be king, but for a long time everything that was happening in his life seemed to be opposite of that! How easy would it have been for David to get discouraged or give up on God's promise! To think Samuel must have heard wrong or that he misunderstood what Samuel was saying!

But, although we see there were times when David was feeling down, he always kept his eyes on God and his faith was strong! David always knew that God had chosen him to be Kind and even though he didn't know when, he knew it was going to happen!

We discussed that man had chosen to have a king and Saul was placed in that position! God chose him but because the people demanded it! Saul was not a bad man when he was chosen. So, what was the difference between Saul and David? David had all those years of struggling to build character and dependence on God! He was refined! God removed the pride and self-reliance from David that Saul eventually struggled with so much!

So, when you really believe that God has promised you something or called you to something and everything in your life seems to be pulling away from that, maybe you are in a time of refinement! Maybe you are walking through things that will better enable you to serve His purpose in the right timing! Hold on to your faith! God is always faithful!