Bags are packed!

I have a home. I am moving tomorrow. 

I will be in the exact neighborhood that I have been praying & wanting to live in. 

It is a better situation than I could have planned. 

I have trips planned every month till the end of the year. 

I am getting licensed to do hair! 

My daughter will start school next week and I will be 29 next month. 

Crazy.

And I remember what the Lord has allowed in my life in order to get me to this place. 

Not at all thinking that life will never again be as hard as it was, but, knowing that 

when I go through another battle, the Lord is faithful.

He provides. 

 He is gracious.

He loves with an ardent love.

 He is up to so much good.

He allows crazy things in our lives for the story that He is writing.

He is a master storyteller and a much better writer than I will ever be.

*P.S. If you have my blog link on your blog then you have to change the address to: brelthomas.blogspot.com or else folks can't click on it :) Thanks!

我珍贵的战士

I don't even know where to begin.

First off...

This.man.is.MINE!!

For those of you who know how desperately I have wanted an Asian baby-No. I did not adopt him. 

 I cashed in my 'Buy an Asian baby' account today. 

The past years of knowing this man and the past few months of dating him have been unbelievable. 

He is the most sacrificial, kind, sincere, considerate, patient, 

gorgeous, gentle, forgiving, loving person don't be deceived, he could kick some serious ass if need be.

He looks like Jesus minus the little slanty eyes & jet black hair.

His affections are for me.

His heart is pure & his love is a crazy biblical sort of love.

Every time I look at his face, I am reminded of how much the Lord loves me.

I do not deserve this type of love.

 Not at all.

This is not what I signed up for.

This is grace.

This is redemption.

This is my life & this is what the Lord is about. 

I really know not much

I hope you all had a great 4th of July weekend. I had a great time as I was at a BBQ at the home of a fabulous chef. 

You better believe I asked as many questions as I could about food. I learned about:

onions, pasta water, olives, bourbon, grilling, ranges, orzo, pans and tomatos. 

He loved to share his insight with me and I had such a great time learning about those things. 

There is so much to learn in this little life. 

I feel that the deeper you go in any area of life, you quickly come to the realization that you really didn't know much in the first place. I love how on time and gentle the LORD is with that reminder. 

I have so much to learn. 

So thankful for HIS grace in this day.