A Mish Mosh of Everything!!!

Well, we have had our little Max for a week and 2 days, and he is so smart. We are making progress in our house training, but it takes the patience of JOB to get this done. We are crate training, and at night he has decided he would rather sleep than whine. BIG accomplishment. I can't wait for the day when he is trained so we can enjoy him without worrying if he is sniffing to sniff or sniffing to use the bathroom. We have to put him in his crate when we are unable to give him one on one attention, and I want him to have free roam, but he has to earn it.

Life is going well in the Gibson Household. We are busy busy busy though. Trenton continues in baseball, and is doing okay. He has struggled a little bit through this season. He is in a definate slump, and I am praying the Lord gives him strength to endure it. I don't want him to lose heart in the midst of adversity because he loves the game. Sarah is doing good through her first season of ever playing softball. I have made some really neat friends through this season, for which I am thankful. I look at my life and I am so very thankful for God's amazing grace, and I do not take it for granted.

I look at where I was 6 months ago, and I have come full circle. Is my life the way I imagined it would be? In some circumstances, NO. I had always imagined I would have 3 kids and that was the end of it. I am seeing a new place in my life. I am content with life as it is right now....A little crazy, but I am content. I am learning to use up every spare minute I have to be productive. We are going to be the Gibson 4, plus a dog...lol. I am truly truly okay with that. I am able to pour into the 2 that I have. The Lord really dealt with me about how I was perceiving things. He laid it on my heart to be joyous in what I have and not seek what was dead. Dead, meaning....a dream that I had from within myself, but God has given a definite NO!!! It is not meant for us to have more children, I truly believe that. Am I feeling that way out of fear? NOPE, I just know that I am to obey the Lord's commands. It takes sacrifice, and if this is what I have to sacrifice unto the LORD, then I am giving it all to him.

Things are moving rather swiftly in my spiritual life. The Lord is absolutely removing every crutch that I have depended on, and it is pruning time. Although, it hurts, I am willing to go through it. I want my fruit to be ripe before the LORD. I want to bear ripe, righteous fruit. I want to be a sweet smelling savor in the nostrils of my heavenly Father. My hand is in his, and I am walking and following after his every command. I trust him more now than I ever have, and I will continue to do so. I look forward to the doors that are soon to be open for Lloyd and I. I know I must be obedient in order to achieve what he has for us.....Painful at times, but necessary.