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The Blessings That Came in 2020


 

Proverbs 31:21

She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household [are] clothed with scarlet.

Twenty-twenty caught many off guard. We had many expectations for this year but the Lord allowed other plans. I expected to see my last homeschooler take part in "rite of passage" events for her senior year. It looked much different than we expected. We didn't expect Noah to have to come back home two days after flying to school. Then driving in April to pack up his things and haul it all back home. That was awful. But we did it. We got through it. We didn't expect to have to buy a new car in the middle of a pandemic because our very old and faithful car gave up the ghost. I could literally go on and on. I'm not gonna lie, 2020 stunk BIG. It really was just one thing after another this year.

We didn't expect many things that happened this year, but we were ready. We were ready because of the trials that we had been through already. Those trials prepared us for 2020. I'm sorry but 2020 was not my worst year, not by a long shot. Many of you know our story and how we came to Christ and the testing we went through our first year as Christians.

Many of you know, or hopefully have read, about what I went through with my foot and how near death I came, twice!

You know about the heartbreak we experienced when our firstborn left home.

This year we actually experienced a lot of blessings. The kids all did very well in school this year. Lily got all As as a college freshman. We went zip lining in WV and had a great vacation in the Poconos. Mike is managing his anxiety without meds and his tremors didn't come back this summer!!! He continued to work during the pandemic and has made more this year than any other year previous. We didn't know if he would be employed through the pandemic let alone make more, which provided for another year of college for two kids now. We caught and recovered (praise God) from C19. And, I got to see snow this year. 

That's only a small part of what God did this year. I must admit, before writing this I had to really think about the good things of this year but once I started looking back, it came easily. Because so many challenging things were upstaging the good. If you think really hard, you can come up with a few things I'm sure:)

So no, 2020 did not catch us off guard. We were ready and faced it all head-on. Like the woman in Proverbs 31,  we were prepared because the Lord himself made it so. Was it easy? Of course not! But here we are and here you are at the end of 2020. Maybe 2020 was your worst year ever. I'm truly sorry for that. I know what it's like to have a year that you feel you may never recover from. We are battered and bruised but we are not out, not yet anyway. 

So, if you still have breath in your lungs, praise Him! He has allowed us, by his grace and strength, to get through 2020. A little beat up, yes, but we made it! Well done everyone. Well done.

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