Lazy Saturday

These two are great. I get such a kick out of their conversations. I thought you might like to laugh too so here is one of the many hilarious conversations I am privy to daily!
Kylee to Jude: You wanna go in Daddy's car but you're not. You're going in the regulee car. (regulee meaning regular which would be the Explorer rather than the Jetta. The Explorer is their usual mode of transportation thereby making a ride in the Jetta a special treat.)
Jude: Car. Yeah.
Kylee: You wanna be me but your not.
Jude: Bigger?
You see Kylee was getting ready to go on a date with Daddy and they were taking the Jetta. Jude and I were going to be taking the Explorer on our date. Apparently Kylee was getting the better end of the deal. ;) I love it!

Hope

Psalm 33:20 We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.

My aunt, who is only 49 has been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in her lungs and her brain. A little girl, only 11, with an aggressive bone cancer, is fighting for her life. Friends and friends of friends have lost their sweet precious babies before they had a chance to watch them grow. My 90 year old grandpa passed away after a car accident. A grandma who was here one day and gone the next. A dear sweet woman I love suffered a stroke. A teen boy tried to take his own life. This is the last 6 and half months.

Life is full of heartache. Pain. Suffering. Loss. And for what? Why? I don't know the answer to that. Not really. I know that we live in a fallen world. I know one day we will be restored and whole. Psalm 23:3 he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. All that we do, all that we experience, can bring glory to God if we let it.

So we wait in hope for the Lord to see the beauty that comes out of it all.

Kylee noticed snow falling from the sky this morning. She said, "Mama, I think God likes to pour down sugar on us." Rather profound for a 3 year old...though she doesn't know yet the truth of that statement. God pours sweetness into our lives every day. His beauty surrounds us. If only we would recognize it.