I was so encouraged meeting with all of you girls the other night! It is an answer to prayer to have you all join me on this journey of joy and reading through Sally Clarkson's book, 'Dancing with my Father.' Denise, great idea about setting up this blog as a way of encouragement to each other (and it wasn't that hard to figure out either). I am already encouraged by you all and I'm excited to see where the Lord leads us.
I think we agreed to use this blog as a way to write a little note describing the joy we find in our days. I think that joy was definitely found this afternoon while doing a little Easter craft with my 3 year old daughter Paisley. We were making lambs out of her handprints and gluing cotton balls onto the lambs. Well, a 3 year old can only do so many cards before she gets distracted and silly. She was pulling apart the cotton balls and the fuzz from them was sticking all over her hands (this is a child who usually doesn't like to have her hands dirty). She pretended to toss the cotton balls at me and I pretended to duck from them knowing that they were just going to stick to her hands. Somehow, she thought it was the funniest thing and was just laughing and giggling so hard. More than when I tickle her:) And I thought to myself, 'now this is what makes the craft fun! Hearing her laugh like that and just being the cute silly girl she is!' It warmed my heart!
"Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth. Serve the Lord with gladness; come before Him with joyful singing. Know that the Lord himself is God; it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people and the sheep of His pasture." Psalm 100: 1-3
