Life is a Journey
As I sit and reflect on the past year, I can’t help but giggle at the following words I wrote in our blog as 2009 began….
“I pray that in the whirlwind you all had time to sit at our Father's feet and spend time basking in His glorious presence! I pray that the rush rush of the "season" was not able to distract you from the wonderful purpose of our celebration. The birth of our amazing savior!! And I pray that 2009 finds all of us walking humbly at His side, ready and willing to go wherever He takes us this year!! What amazing journeys He has planned for each and every one of us...” I didn’t fully know the journeys He had in store for my own family through 2009. The Lord has taken us to new and amazing places this year, both physically and spiritually, and we’ve learned that
a willing heart is a blessed heart!Our journey…. Back to school for Adam as he works toward his MBA, another year of homeschooling, football, water polo, many good books, the third of our children baptized, new kids, new home, new church, new friends, walking with the Lord… We are blessed beyond measure!
This year our journey also took us to Ethiopia and back, bringing home two incredible blessings! Teddy (Tedrowos) and Endy (Endrias) joined our family through the gift of adoption! We now understand a little better, a part of Our Heavenly Father’s love… Just as our love for our adopted boys has grown in our hearts and they have become a part of us, so our Heavenly Father loves all of us!
“For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love He predestined us to be adopted as His sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will- to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the One He loves.” ~Ephesians 1:4-6 “How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! …” ~1 John 3:1This year’s journey has also brought us to a new home in Texas…unexpectedly.
“Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” ~Proverbs 19:21 We have seen His purposes unfolding and we are so grateful! His purposes are always for our
spiritual growth and
spiritual prosperity.
“From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. God did this so that men would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.” ~Acts 17:26 & 27 We are also learning more and more the
joy and
peace that is found in a life surrendered, out of
trust, to
His will, and we are learning to surrender fully and walk in His love..
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” ~Romans 15:13 “And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.” ~Romans 5:5As we move into 2010 with our family full of boys, ages 5, 6, 11, 12, and 15, we are looking forward with eager anticipation to see where He will lead us.
And we pray also for each of you… that in life’s whirlwinds, you will make time to sit at the Father’s feet and bask in His glorious presence, that the rush rush of the season was not able to distract you from the wonderful purpose of our celebration; The birth of our amazing savior!! And we pray that 2010 finds ALL of us walking humbly at His side, ready and willing to go WHEREVER He takes us this year!! What amazing journeys He has planned for each and every one of us…
May God bless you with His presence, and may you find joy and peace as you trust in Him, in 2010 and always! With much love,
The Pelzl Family; Adam, Stacy, Kaleb, Nate, Nick, Teddy and Endy
