Family Time!

Today was just an awesome day! As a result of the class I am taking on Tuesday nights, I called my family and asked everyone to go over to my parents house for dinner. What a nice time it was!

My family has been pretty preoccupied with my Dad's hospital visit and of course the cancer treatment, etc. It was so nice to just have a dinner where we can just get together and talk about nothing. Our conversation ranged from cable tv to my nephews school to corvettes to football games. I really have not gotten to just be with my family for a good while. God, thank you so much for putting the idea in my head.

This is why God gives us families! People that we can just spend time with, that are supportive of us, that are there for us!

Leaving my Parents house tonight was a little bit of a downer. But on the way home I reconnected with a good friend of mine that now lives in Georgia. She and I had this fabulous weekend in Hilton Head over last MLK Birthday weekend. The weather was perfect, the beach was beautiful, and above all the price was right! We got reminiscing about that weekend and decided to make plans for the repeat! So MLK weekend once again we will be chilling out in Hilton Head!

After all of that I got to settle down a little and have my ten minutes of silence. Tonight, I lit some candles, turned on some music, took some long breaths and relaxed. Ten minutes was a lot easier tonight. I think I went over! Hehe. I know God was here. I felt less distraction. I heard less noise. I felt more at peace. I'm glad that God gave me another day.

I'm singing:

I WILL ENTER HIS GATES
I will enter His gates with thanksgiving in my
Heart
I will enter His courts with praise
I will say this is the day that the Lord has made
I will rejoice for He has made me glad

He has made me glad
He has made me glad
I will rejoice for He has made me glad
He has made me glad
He has made me glad
I will rejoice for He has made me glad

Lord,

Thanks you for such an uplifting day. You have put a song in my heart, a smile on my face and peace in my heart. You're an awesome God! Thank you for giving such good people in my life and holding me tight as I learn to listen to you.

Brie!