It has definitely been awhile. It has been a busy month for sure, or should I say month and a half. It is such a mad dash from November to January, but I love the Holiday season. I do know that I need to be more prepared for next year. I want to enjoy the Christmas season without having to rush around everywhere, trying to find everything. We usually start shopping Thanksgiving Day, and then are usually done by the first of December. We were NOT at all that organized this year. I would love to start my shopping in October, and be DONE!!! by Thanksgiving. We will see how that goes...LOL.
Anyway, we had a wonderful white Christmas, and it was such a blessing. Since I was a child, I have never stayed in one place at Christmas, and when I had kids they have always been hauled around everywhere. To take some of the burden of Christmas Day off of us, we go to my Dad's house Christmas Eve. We have a nice dinner, and just spend time together as a family. We usually wake up Christmas Morning, and open presents with just the 4 of us. After the presents, by lunch time we have company come over or we go to hubby's family's house for Christmas. After that, we go to have Christmas with my sisters. Since our mother passed away in 2001, we still get together, and eat sausage balls, open gifts, and just spend time together.
A lot of things are changing in the Gibson household. I have registered to go back to school this semester, after 8 years of being out. I have my Associates in Nursing, but I am pursuing my Bachelor's degree and my hopes are to go onto to Nurse Practitioner School. I have found that a lot of times while serving the Lord, that when you pray to follow his will and way for your life, he gives nudges in the direction you are to go. Ministry is defined as reaching ones for Christ, no matter what profession. I love being a nurse, and I love the puzzle of medicine. I cannot wait to be able to see patients, and help them manage their health. I have definitely been given the gift of compassion, and no greater way to use it, than to serve people.
I am still holding onto a promise the Lord has given to me regarding a special prayer I have had, regarding our children. I am not at liberty to divulge just yet, but I surely will when it is time. I will be shouting from the rooftops. I know that God's hand is in this, and I have to hang onto his promise. There are times that my flesh wants to push it aside, but I have been given confirmation after confirmation. I am just ready to see the physical manifestation of the promise. I have faith that it will all work out, and I know God would never lie to us....God never leads us, to drop us. As, I was praying regarding this matter....and thanked God for thinking of us...etc. That still small voice spoke so frankly.."It is not because of you, I am doing this, this has been my plan all along."..Wow, whew what a way to humble a person...LOL. I did not take it that way at all. What the Lord meant was I cannot prevent this from happening, that if something was set motion before there was time...It CANNOT BE STOPPED...I have absolutely nothing to do with it, and that his Grace is sufficient or his unearned favor is enough....that is what it means. What a mighty God I serve that even through my imperfections, and my mess ups...He will still carry on with his plan as it blesses our family. It leaves me speechless..(if you know me, that is very uncharacteristic). My mind cannot fathom the magnitude of how this is going to change the dynamics of our family. I was in deep prayer concerning this "secret". I began thanking the Lord for his promises, and I was just in awe of his faithfulness. The Lord let me know that because I have chosen him and have chosen to obey him (even when it was near impossible to do so), that my seed will be abundantly blessed. There have been times in our lives that I have come to crossroads of decision, and they were very critical ones. I have done my very best to do what God has told me to do, and he began to show me that every time I choose obedience, it is taking me one step closer to his promises and blessings. It isn't that I am earning them with each step, but they have been and are there all along. My obedience is the key that unlocks the promise because obedience is better than sacrifice. It pleases God to see a heart that loves him and strives to be in the center of his will. I am not trying to be self righteous at all because it is a daily task to stay on path. If someone asked me what my number one prayer would be concerning my life, it would be that my son and daughter would be so richly blessed of the Lord in everything they do, and that they would become a mighty man and woman of greatness for him. That is my heart's desire!!!! I know that God is faithful, and I cannot wait to be able to share this testimony with you!!!
