Joy

It was so ironic that Keith spoke about Joy today. "Joy is a fruit that we enjoy when we choose to trust God no matter our circumstances". In our house, that is what we've been talking about for the last month.

When we first dedicated Connor to God, we noticed the extreme JOY he always has, and how he seems to spread that contagiously. And we pray that will continue to his adulthood, and he brings people to Jesus as a result.

And now this thing with Connor's head. We continue to praise God for everything he is and everything he has done. And for making this as stressfree as possible. And even though these are NOT the circumstances we would have chosen, we choose to trust God with the outcome of this, and trust him to be with Connor, and to be with us. So, no matter what, God is here with us.

And for this Christmas season, we are so THANKFUL that God brought us Connor this year, and that he gave us an option to make this as easy as possible for him with the endoscopic approach. And we are SO excited to tell the twins about Jesus this year, as they are finally able to understand, and we'll tell them how God will be with Connor and the boo boo on his head. And it'll be a bit of a bummer to miss out on celebrating with family this year, but we are going to spend a quiet day celebrating the one true Savior, and thankful for the family that he's given us.

So, at our house, we are thanking God right now for being with us no matter our circumstances, as we are EXCITED about Christmas, and have so much JOY at what God has given us. JOY is something that no one can take away from you, since you have it even when life isn't perfect..

THANKS JESUS!

Also, we appreciate everyone praying for us at church this Sunday! It really meant a lot to us (although we were a little shocked about being called up). :) But we are continually amazed by our wonderful church family, and everyone's sincere hearts and generosity! We love you guys!