CoffeeCat

Here's my test blog!

My grandma's dying. She's been allowed to come home to do it. My grandpa is upset, and to hide that, he's acting out.... but we love him and we know he's just trying to cope. We're all trying to cope. But the whole family's coming at this from different perspectives. My mother is my grandma's daughter, as are mom's siblings.... so this is her mother who she's known and loved for over 50 years. Other younger family members know and love grandma too, but see her only once every month and a half, or ...

today, I am thanking God for....

- a new year full of possibilities
- deliverance from old snares: this will be the first year in my life I'll be free from the biggest of them!
- the chance to serve God in two wonderful, new ways... both of which I only found out about a couple days ago! I am thrilled.
- the many friends I've made over the last while, both here in my program and right here on the board!
- the ability to forgive. Tonight, with God's help and ...

I want this to be my message for tonight: I've been overwhelmed by our beautiful God. Even though the end of 2008 was a sad struggle for me as I said goodbye to an engagement that wasn't meant to be.... the whole entire time, God was pulling me closer. He reminded me of the many, many blessings I have: a wonderful family, sweet friends, and even the blessing of a new half-brother I'm just getting to know now!

The Lord is my strength and my song. Truly. I can honestly say that despite ...