Life is Good and so is God

First off, I want to start by saying that I really stink at this blogging business. I love the idea and I love to read other people's blogs, but when it comes to my own, I can never think of what to write and feel like it's not exciting to read. I guess I need to just get over that, huh?!

Things are staying pretty busy down here in California. The fires have been the biggest news lately. We feel so sorry for all the families that have been effected. Luckily, we don't live close to where the fires are/were, so we didn't have to be breathing in the smoke all the time. It seems that things are starting to slow down and almost all the fires have been put out. We both are enjoying our jobs, which is always good! Jeff was asked to be the engineer in charge of an emergency shut down at the refinery, which will happen between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I am so proud of him! The only bad part is that he will probably have to work 6 days a week 12 hours a day. ROCKHARBOR is going well. I have been making some really good friends and I love being there. I feel like I am being developed a lot and am growing in a lot of different ways.

The thing that has been on my heart the most lately is God's grace and the peace He continually gives to us. As I have been going through trials in my own life and watching many of my close friends go through trials, God has been so gracious. A lot of times it is hard to see the good that comes out of hard times, but in the midst of these events, God is allowing me little glimpses of the way he is working.

Everyday I am in awe of the way God is working in my life and the lives of the people around me. I love that none of us deserve his grace or his mercy or the peace he so freely gives us, but the great thing is that he is holding it out in his hands just waiting for us to accept it. That's all we have to do. It is a daily choice to accept the things he so graciously offers, and I hope that each morning you will remember that and choose each of those things.