Christmas Bliss III

I know. Last one. I promise.

BTW, these kittens have got to go. If you know anyone who wants a Bengal trouble-maker, let me know. I'll make them a great deal. Half Price!

Anyway, back to Christmas fun and revelations...

Isaac started crawling on Christmas. And here 5 days later, he is awfully speedy. Yea! Yeah.... ;-) Just kidding. Each day is a new step with babies! And now we've entered this step. Next week, he'll be standing up. Oh... I hope not....

Another thing I forgot to mention was something I heard long ago, and the Duggar book reinforced it. I don't remember exactly how the statement went, but it was something like this: "Credit removes God's opportunities for blessing and provision."
It struck me at the time, and has ever since. Reading 20 & Counting, I was blessed by the miracles of provision they'd seen God work in their lives. Early on, they chose to live debt free, honoring God with their financial responsiblity. From cheap sod to amazingly cheap property, plus selling things for more than the purchase price after they'd used it... and the examples of what happened when they moved forward on something without praying about it, and seeing it fail... (This is all stuff I already knew, but it still served to build my faith.) In our lives, I am encouraged to pray for His Will about the things I'd like for our family... like cheap piano lessons for Melia. A backyard. A replacement van, when and if this one bites the dust. The parable in Matthew 25 also corresponds with these lessons- "you have been faithful with a few things, now I will make you ruler over much..." I am encouraged to honor God with the many blessings we do have, and pray about which directions to take in the future. The direction right now? Get that truck paid off! (But I must say, I also feel led to pray that someone would seek to purchase it from us if it is not something we are supposed to have...)

Anyway- that was just another rabbit trail lesson my mind had been taking lately that I wanted to share. :-)