Filled with You.

I've had the song, Great is Thy Faithfulness stuck in my head for most of this week.  I think God is reminding me that his faithfulness to me is so great in a time when I need it the most.  Because, really, isn't that the way our God works?

The boys are having a really hard time lately.  I'd like to blame it on the move and the adjustment process, but really, it's been 6 weeks, and that is starting to sound more like an excuse than a justification at this point.  Kaleb is struggling at school with the very idea that it does indeed take an effort to behave all day and make good grades.  Jaylan, however, has quite the opposite problem.  He pretty much shuts down the effort train when he walks in the front door.  That makes for a long day whether you are their teacher or their mother.  And if you are both?  Well, it makes for a long day!

In Hebrews I'm reminded, as the kids are reminded as well, that training is hard, and often painful. But that discipline leads to righteousness and peace.  (Hebrews 12:11)  So we begin yet another chapter of training here at home.  Training in responsibility.  Responsibility that ultimately leads to the ability to care for yourself and even others, in peace.

I'm so thankful that God is faithful to provide me the scripture that I need to help show my kids that these demands are not only those of faithful parents, but those of a faithful God.  I went searching for some scripture in Hebrews about perseverance.  (I'm not sure if I was searching for them or for  myself.)  But instead of finding exactly what I was looking for, I found exactly what I needed.  Because, really, isn't that the way our God works?  Yes, yes it is!

Let's play catch up.

I have a full twenty minutes before I have to leave to pick the boys from school, but I need to catch up!

I just read a draft of a post I tried to make, I'm not even exactly sure when.  It was titled football, football, football,.....clearly written in the throws of our last football season.  It had one line.  And that line ended with, "I'm just tired."  So that pretty much sums up the last 4-5 months.  Exhausting.

Football, the fourth one, where Jaylan played his last season of flag and Kaleb played his third season in tackled.  Both kid's teams made the playoffs, and Jaylan's team won their first playoff game.  It was a fantastically fun season, and we will miss terribly the friends and program we left behind in San Antonio.  Jaylan had a fantastic season, scoring touchdowns, catching passes, pulling flags, and getting to be on a really great team.  Kaleb's team wasn't as successful, but they were good enough to make playoffs, so better than most the teams in the area.  He started the season on the offensive line, earning his way to starting as a defensive end.  Which thrilled him beyond measure.  He quickly developed into quite the little defensive lineman.  We were very proud of them both.

We finally sold our house in mid December and moved to Frisco, Texas just days after Christmas.  We made the rounds to Ozona, then moved, then went back to San Antonio to close on the house, then made it to Houston to see Grammy.  We did more travelling in two weeks than we'd done in the last year, I'd say.  No rest for the weary.

The boys started a new school and they are really liking it.  We live in a fantastic little neighborhood filled with kids, and basketball goals galore.  Oh and we doubled the square footage of our home, so if you are in town, or near, please stop by, you have a place to stay!!  We've definitely got room for guests!

We've found a church we like, FBC as luck would have it is just down the road about 3 miles.  We've had our first snow, which was very exciting for the kids.  We've had visits from old friends, and new friends, and we have two invites to Super Bowl parties this weekend.  So, we are making along nicely. Frisco is wonderful, and unbelievably friendly.  The population here is only about 130,000 so it really is much more like a small town, and everyone is very community oriented.  We are looking forward to the time we will spend here.  I'm anxious to get the boys involved in football here, as much as they are looking forward to it.  This is Dallas, so there is no shortage of football and kids gung ho to play!

Well my twenty minutes is about up.  Off to the races!