Captain's Blog

First off, Happy New Year!!! Our family had an amazing Christmas with Kevin's family in Manitoba, and a fun New Years. Our New Years began with playing games with our new friends the Youngs, who just loved on us since we've moved here, and ended with a romantic evening on the couch ringing in the New Year watching Holms on Homes!! Not even a grand ball which I've dreamed of forever would have topped it. One year I'm sure it will be fun to do that too.

So the New New New stands for...

New Day

New Year

New Perspective

I want to encourage you today to be thankful for the New Day and New Year facing us with exciting New Challenges, New Found Friendships (I have a story to share on that one...!) And to seek to gain a New Perspective.

Personally I don't want to walk into this New Year with my old perspective. For example this was my quiet time after reading Matt 7:7-12. (Ask, Seek, Knock)

Lord I ask for patience and self-control. Lord I seek to be the wife and mom you want me to be. Lord I seek to find your heart. I seek you and to do your will. Lord I knock, I bang at your door and ask you to provide our daily bread, I ask that you would open doors of opportunity to teach my children. Lord I ask for opportunities for phileo love, I ask for heaps of phileo love! Lord thank you for this New day, New Year, and New Perspective.

The New Perspective is finally surrendering (or working towards surrendering completely) to God's original design for women. I'm thankful for the people and resources that have brought new light to this.

I want to seek to live my life in Gods will. Now just to be completely honest I'm probably wanting it for selfish reasons. My life is full of inner peace and joy when I follow his will. I WANT THAT!!!!

Matt 7:13-14.

The Narrow and Wide Gates

13"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

Lord I want this life, Help me to choose this road everyday.

So my plan today is to plan my days. To rise early and get things done so that when my family arises I'm ready to greet them and serve them being prep'd and looking good for the day myself.

Lord Help! :)

Alanne.