it's about time

Man, it's been a while. 2011 was a horrendously great year. It was one of the hardest most difficult years of my life, as well as, one of the best and most rewarding.

I went through several job changes this last year. At one point, I had 3 jobs (one of which was becoming a personal trainer, so expect some health and fitness posts from now on), which was great in a sense, but extraordinarily difficult financially. We sold a lot of things in order to pay the bills and some money showed up unexpectedly. We weren't sure how it happened other than realizing that God does provide and that we have more than we really need. It was a major difficulty this year, but it really helped us put some things in perspective. I even got rid of about 150 DVD's...which if you know me was very difficult. I can be somewhat of a hoarder...or you can at least say that I'm bad at sharing. But this enabled me to find a freedom in releasing things this last year. When we sold something or even gave some things away, we felt a release. We truly received a freedom from having less.

We also received a new addition to the family. Jordan Asher Feierbach (2 yrs) is only 6 months younger than his brother Ephraim which made the transition challenging, but has been amazing at the same time. Our family struggled with sleep, money, frustration, adaptation, attachment etc. But we've never celebrated as much as we are now. And we can't imagine life without our amazing boys.

I plan on blogging more this year too. To be honest, I was so exhausted this last year that the last thing I wanted...or even could do was to be creative and write. But I'm starting again. This is the first of many to come. Here's the point...or the reminder...

In the difficult times of life, we look to God. We turn to Him. We hope in Him. It's easy to forget about God when things are good. But when things get tough...when we can't get all that we want...when we can't keep all that we have...when our lives are out of our control...we seek Him. And there's nothing better in life than Him.