Praise Him

Some of you reading this might have already seen my post yesterday on facebook.  But this has been weighing on my heart ever since.  Yesterday morning I was doing some housework and had a Christian radio station playing in the living room.  I hadn't been in there for awhile and as I turned the corner, I saw Trinity dancing.  Now, those who know Trinity know that this is nothing new.  But this time, I actually stopped in my tracks.  Her dancing was something new...something pure.  She was dancing TO her Lord.  Now, I'm sure a lot of people are thinking, "She's 4.  She didn't know what she was doing.  She was just dancing like all kids do"  But if you would have seen her, you would have no doubt she did know what she was doing.  She was listening to the words of the song (At one point, it mentioned bowing to the Lord, and she bowed down) and I could just see her connection to the moment.  Now, of course, this was very precious to me.  What mom wouldn't be touched?  But it was more that that.

All day long I felt the pull on my heart.  At 4 years old, Trinity's relationship with her God is very basic.  She knows that Jesus died on the cross, but doesn't truely understand what that means for her.  Her only understanding is that God loves her more than anything else.  And that's it.  And that's enough.  That was enough to cause her to want to dance her praises to Him.  And I beleive that's what God's been asking me all day.  Why aren't I dancing?  How much more do I understand what God has done for me?  His daily blessings, his ultimate sacrifice.  Yet, when's the last time I danced for Him?

So that's what this post is about.  A reminder to me.  And maybe a reminder to you.  Dance your praises to God today.  Or sing.  Or just speak.  However you do it, remember to praise Him...constantly.  For His blessings are abundant.  "And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work." 2 Corinthians 9:8

I will extol the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.  Psalm 34:1

Fightin’ Eagle Fini-Flight

So while I've missed a million things going on in our lives and there's no way I could ever catch up, if I'm going to blog, this is one of those things that I just can't skip over. So I figure this is a good place to pick back up.

On December 7, Matt had his final flight as part of the 27th Fighter Squadron at Langley AFB. What a bitter-sweet day for us. The kids and I absolutely love any chance we can get to go watch Matt fly. But of course, it also meant that we were leaving this amazing squadron family that we have grown to love so much.

Matt taxiing in after his last flight as a Fightin’ Eagle

 

Getting ready to hose Daddy down

They were thrilled to be able to be the ones with the water and took the job very seriously.

Get him!!

Notice Trinity.  She was NOT happy one bit that in the process of spraying Daddy, she also got wet.

It didn’t take much for him to overpower us and take the extinguisher away,

and Chance took the brunt of his wrath.

Trinity was still mad about getting wet.

So mad that she buried her face in my neck and refused to look at the camera (or anyone else) for quite some time.

We finally had to bribe her with ice cream so she would look at the camera so we could get a family picture.

We have several special memories of our time in Virginia and I can't imagine anything better than topping off the last 3 years like this.  (Well, Trinity might beg to differ, but 4 out of 5 isn't bad.)

(A special thank you to Schlem for taking the pictures for us!!)

Barely Blogging

I'm thinking this should be the new name for my blog.  Barely Blogging.  Yup, my last post...last March.  It's almost been a year.  I had decided that I was just going to delete it, but there's a part of me that really wants me to do it.  It's just too bad that part of me isn't more demanding.  My other part is obviously running things.  So, it's a new year.  One last shot.  If I don't do it this time, I'm throwing in the towel & that part of me is just going to have to deal with it.  Here goes nothing (only I hope it's not nothing, that would be nothing new!)  :O)