Blessed...

Hello Again!! 

Lori & Angela the ladies that the threw me the shower.

Before the Shower

I'm entitling this post blessed because that is exactly what I am. As you know I had a recipe shower put together last night for me from the ladies of MSOP. There was some delicious finger foods, games (which were all about me) and of course I was showered with recipes and a little something from each recipe. I have never heard of a recipe shower before, but I can say this much.. my pantry is full!!! Jake and I were giving all sorts of recipes from chicken casserole to organic brownies!! (which I am looking forward to seeing how those taste :) ) The shower was wonderful but being around those women is just the blessed part of it. Christian, humble and giving women. I look forward to getting to know everyone of them better. 

As you all may know or may not know I am a little kiddish about storms. Well actually I am almost terrified of the thought of tornadoes! But we survived last night. Around 11:00 Jake and I got in the bed and we were both half asleep and I remember having a conversation about me being scared and what I was going to do if a tornado came. I proceeded to tell him we would grab Chubbs, pillows and blankets and hunker down in the bathtub together. Jake being Jake just smiled and said no worries... lets pray. That's what we did. Jake prayed for not only safety but also for an ease in my mind. One of the main reasons I fell for Jake was that he always put me at ease. He is always the optimistic one, the one that looks at the cup half full. Also a reason I am so blessed. 

This morning I was cleaning and I started thinking about the song Heirlooms by Amy Grant and how much this song means to my family and I. Shortly after I start to think about my parents and my sister, how blessed I was to have such a tight knit family. Miles and miles away from them, they are still here with me. I started noticing that all around this apartment there are a little bit of everyone of mine and Jake's family and friends here. Rather it be a dish towel to a kitchen table. I think about how the ones that have passed and how I wouldn't be the person I am today if it wasn't for them. I am blessed again! 

I say all this to get to the whole point of it all. We are all blessed! We are blessed with the gift of forgiveness. The forgiveness we receive from the Lord. I have done countless of things in my life that the Lord could just turn his back on me but he doesn't, he loves me even more.  I heard a man once say, think about your sins being a baseball, think about how far God could throw that baseball BEHIND HIM... and he never looks back to go get it. God forgives and forgets, he never looks back. God blesses those that lives by his commandments... for that I am blessed! 

"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness."

1 John 1:9
"Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart"
Psalm 119:2

Love you all! 
Missy Sutton