Thanksgiving Blessings

We have many things to be thankful for this year! First and foremost that we serve a mighty God and know we have eternity to spend with Him - and if you can't be thankful about that, what can you be thankful for? In thinking back over the events of this past year, there have been some highs and some lows. From the passing of my Grandpa to the birth of our first child, we have seen sadness in the ending of life and the joy that new beginnings bring through life's full cycle. My baby brother grew up himself, marrying his sweet wife and then traipsing to Georgia to begin their life as a couple ministering to college kids. My baby sister decided that traipsing across the US was not enough, and instead chose to transplant herself in Senegal, West Africa for at least a year, maybe two, to minister in a missionary school to 2nd graders. My older brother's wife started her own business via coupons and it has blown up! She is now holding seminars and has many, many followers on her site causing Jeff to think about quitting his job and just help manage Liza's work instead, haha!

Christian and I are both healthy and blessed beyond measure with our new addition. Micah brings us such joy and daily helps us die to our self. We have discussed many times how marriage can make you less selfish, as you now have a spouse in your life to appreciate and support and love. Having a child brings dying to yourself to a whole new level. Everything you do now is for your child. You have to put your desires and wishes on the back burner in order to make sure your child is well cared for. I find myself saying all the time, "What is best for Micah?" We have also learned about love. We both know it on a much deeper level than we did before. I did not think it were possible to love a little human being as much as we do - and I can not imagine giving that same amount of love to another child. Parents assure me, though, that it is possible. And the Lord willing, we will be able to experience that as well. We have been able to understand a little more of God the Father - seeing that we are now parents ourselves - and it has been such an enlightening experience.

With so many things to be grateful for, I pray that we always remember the sacrifice God gave of giving His son to die for our sins and our salvation. What an amazing gift we were given - that of eternity if we so choose to accept Christ as our Savior.

And with that, below is our Thanksgiving blessing in the life of Micah. He finally, FINALLY, figured out how to roll over from belly to back, therefore opening up a whole new world of movement. And he seems to be so close to begin the crawling stage as well. This video is after about 15-20 minutes of continuous activity, so he was starting to get tired, but you can still see him trying out his new piece of knowledge and we now realize that "baby-proofing" is not too far behind, haha!