Holidays

One down, another to go and then it will have been a year. It's been a tough week. My parents being here has helped me to hold it together, also being really busy running everywhere helped as well earlier this week. The family was all split up this year on Thanksgiving Day. Erika's off on her own and is on to a new life, Dave's mom chose to simply stay home this year and do nothing. So we went to friends for Thanksgiving. (Love their property!) So very thankful for wonderful fellowship. There is just something about the holidays that makes it harder, I guess maybe it's because several days were spent together with family time where everything else over the year was just a day here or there.

As I just wrote someone, our Father's plan is perfect, but oh boy is it hard to see that at times. My prayer is that we can simply fall into line with what he has planned. That's where true peace is, true rest is. I need to keep reminding myself that it's a day at a time that pulls us through. Don't focus on the really big picture because that's way to overwhelming.  We're provided with what we NEED not what we WANT!!! With really tight finances it is becoming very clear the line between needs and wants.

But jobs are starting to filter in. It does seem like the small jobs are the ones I'm getting though. Every decent sized job has been a no go. Got to remind myself of my Father's plan each time a job falls through. I guess I can touch more lives if I have to take more smaller jobs! :)  So life goes on in the Mekvold household. And day by day we'll make it through.