how?

people ask us how we do it. how we make it day to day. .. how have we lived in this place of uncertainity for so long..

let me tell you..

it is by the grace of God that we are still standing day in and day out. 

seriously. 

everyday, it is step. by. step. 

by His strength and His strength alone. 

honestly, when i think about it, i love that we are so reliant on god's strength. on His sustenance because at home..it isn't so easy to live step by step because things are easy. and even the hard days aren't hard like they are here because at home..we have power {everyday. alldaylong.}, air conditioning in cars, maids appliances that make life easier, drive thrus, carseats, clean water, hot water, traffic that moves...and many more things that make life easier..

please don't get me wrong, those days at home are still hard. and when i was living them, they were very hard. but without all the conveniences that we are used to at home, the hard seems harder to handle here. harder to bare.  

with everyday, new challenges come but with that come more ways for God to reveal himself. to show that with all that happen, He has just the right thing in mind. we are living day to day, waiting for big things to happen. expecting miraculous things to happen..and in a way i love it. i don't want to live a life where i am so comfortable that i miss out on expecting big things to happen every single day. i want to wake everyday thinking, "okay lord...what is it today??! what are you going to show me?? shock me with today??" i want my littles to realize because of our attitudes that even though our days most often don't look like the way we expected, they are still sweet and full of moments that the Lord has planned. 

this is the day the Lord hath made.