I just had to share this amazing part of a book I'm reading in my Bible Study, "The Reason for God:  Belief in an Age of Skepticism" by Tim Keller. This just hit home about God's amazing selfless love for us:

"It is crucial at this point to remember that the Christian faith has always understood that Jesus Christ is God. God did not, then, inflict pain on someone else, but rather on the cross absorbed the pain, violence and evil of the world into himself...This is a God who becomes human and offers his own lifeblood in order to honor moral justice and merciful love so that someday he can destroy all evil without destroying us...Bonhoeffer repeatedly attested to this, claiming that it was Jesus' forgiveness of him on the cross that gave him such a security in God's love that he could live a life of sacrificial service to others."

I pray that this encourages your day and keeps in perspective what is most important: seeking First His Kingdom and His righteousness.

Hi, everyone! I'm so sorry it's been sooo long since I've posted! I'll just post some pics for now and write more later when I have time. I just don't want to wait another minute to show you some updated pics of our precious little kiddos!

Love playing dressup

Gracie was daddy's date for our friends, Laura and Jed's, wedding.

Our trip last weekend to the mountain in NC!

B, B & G loving being with Mimi

All the grandkids

Love this pic.

The awesome playground we went to every day.

Running at a VA park near our house.

So thankful my mom could come visit last month! We had such a great time. 

GG working hard teaching the crew to paint.

So sweet.

None of them would hold my hand on the walk bc they all wanted to hold GG's hand. (:

I feel so blessed to be my niece's God Mother! She is so precious, and I loved every second of getting to be a part of her baptism time a few weeks ago in Atlanta!

Our girls can wear pig tails! They are getting so big!

On a walk in our neighborhood.

Halloween costumes. They had a blast trick or treating and Christian and I had a blast 

eating the candy. (:

I loved seeing my best friend, Bethany, in Atlanta the other week as well as her precious new baby girl, Caroline! Bethany, Frank and their three kids will be moving to Germany soon since they are stationed there now. I'm so excited for their family to finally be together after being apart from one another with several long deployments!