God’s Been Good

How so very much can change within 365 days.

 

Last year at this time we were actually in Canada and my sister’s family too, but we were only visiting. Not long after that trip, my friend came to Europe to adventure around with us there for a couple of weeks, as we had our apartment.

Now, only one year later, I’m here in Sask. alone, because Michiel returned to visit HIS family back in Europe and our apartment there will go from being rented out to officially sold to the tenants.

We moved to Canada after lots of paperwork and prayer and we felt that God opened some paperwork/housing/job doors just perfectly to lead us where He wanted.

So after one last visit in Europe from my Mom, (during which we got to witness the Azure Window in Malta, days before its collapse), the apartment and our lives got packed into crates and suitcases, Mike and I left on wonderful trip to South Africa and then we moved into my parent’s basement the spring of 2017.

We not only bought a home in the small ‘Hamlet’ near where I grew up, but Mike majorly renovated it and we finally moved in at the beginning of December! 💕🎉🏡

To go from me having moved to Europe and visiting home for the holidays, to the exact opposite happening for my husband, in only one short year, seems pretty crazy when you boil it down and think about it.

 

I think back years ago to a New Year’s Eve when I was at my best friends house.
We were wearing big comfortable sweaters, chilling with her family and singing the odd entertaining song in the kitchen while the new year came in, not knowing it would be our last spent together.
The year after that I was in Austria, dating my now husband, sadly recalling the last New Year’s Day and looking forward with hopeful excitement.
The following year was my first living in Holland and experiencing the spectacular firework display.
Last year I was home to visit and now this year, Lord willing I’m here to stay for some time.

 

 

Of course we have had our ups and downs, but to quote the song –

*God’s been good in my life
I feel blessed beyond my wildest dreams
When I go to sleep each night
And though I’ve had my share of hard times,
I wouldn’t change them if I could
‘Cause through it all, God’s been good.*

 

 

I have never been one to make New Years resolutions, possibly because I know I never do things habitually, for very long :p

This year though, I would like to STOP doing some things as well as possibly do a few…

I’ll let you know how it goes, if I succeed :p

 

This year I want to be very, very rich…😉

 

Obviously, I gotta drink more water, humans shouldn’t live off coffee alone… supposedly.

Less screen time, more face to face time.

More games, conversations, time being really together.

Enjoying the things we are blessed with instead of always looking for ways to get more.

Practicing gratefulness.

Spend more time reading the bible and drawing closer to its author.

 

Having more patience and eating healthier should be on this list but I can only push myself so much😉

 

 

About the blog for a moment, it’s turned more and more into a little daily journal and though I appreciate the readers and comments, I hope you know I don’t think my life is THAT worth documenting and I mainly do it for the family that isn’t around 😉

If you enjoy reading it, that’s awesome! If not, I’m really not a vain ‘want to be blogger’ who thinks coffee, kittens, sleep and dinner makes for awesome entertainment 😉

Thank you for reading along, buying and showing your support for a thing that I enjoy doing 💕

May the Lord bless and keep you, guiding your steps as this new year begins.

 

Happy New Year 🎉📆💎