Blessed by...

I AM BLESSED! I am so thankful for the many, many blessings I receive constantly. In my human nature, sometimes it's easy to forget how blessed I actually am. I have a Savior that LOVES me, wonderful family, a warm home, a great job, amazing friends and church family, food to eat, clothes to wear, freedom to openly profess my Christianity...the list goes on and on. I could obviously NEVER list them all. But I would like to focus on the people God put in my life that have blessed me.

I am going to try every week (or two?) here on my blog to just acknowledge someone who has blessed me. It may be something huge they did, or something they never even knew blessed me. I am so excited about this!! :)

For my first "Blessed by..." entry, I'm going to go for the obvious....my husband, Justin. The man who has to put up with me and all my imperfections all the time. :) I am so very blessed by him. He is a very sweet man. Most importantly, He loves the Lord and seeks Him daily! He genuinely desires to follow God in all areas of life. That is so important! There is no doubt in my mind that God sent him to me.

He is one of the most thoughtful people I know. He sends me sweet text messages throughout the day to let me know he loves me. He lets me pick chick-flicks on movie nights. I get to pick restaurants on nights we eat out. I even get to control the radio station in the car! :) Not that it's always rainbows and sunshine by any means, but WOW is he a thoughtful guy! I definitely don't question whether or not I am loved....he loves me!! :)

Not only has he blessed me as a husband, he has blessed me by the role he plays in Drue's life. He is so good to her. I've gotten to see several sides of him through his interaction with Drue. First, the side that loves to be a kid and play. And man, do they ever love to PLAY! They're always horsing around, teasing each other, poking each other, etc. My favorite is when they try to get me involved by telling on the other one...haha!

Then, there's the side that can sit down and teach her or help her with things. He has helped her with math homework, class projects, softball, guitar, awana verses, etc. The list really does go on and on. He is so caring. He really wants her to learn and succeed in the things he helps her with.

There's also the slightly more serious side when we all sit down to do her devotional or have prayer time. These are precious moments. We have a little book of devotionals that we do with her at night. It has been so much fun for us to go through this book with her. We all enjoy that time together learning a little something about God's Word. As for prayer time, we take turns praying to bless the food at dinner each night...one night I pray, one night Justin prays, one night Drue prays. But at bedtime....ooooh it's one of my favorite times! We all go in Drue's room and we all three pray. I love love love this time with them. I think it's so important for us to all pray together. She needs to hear us pray daily! So special!

Anyway, the point is....I am blessed by Justin Berg!! :) He's such a great husband and step-dad. He has a great heart! He's a very kind, loving man. I could never put into words how much he actually blesses me daily, and this was probably a poor attempt...haha! But I appreciate him so much! And love him! Thank you, Lord, for bringing Justin to us!

Hannah Montana Shades! :)

Taking a silly pic together...