We started writing little devotionals at work and this is the one I shared.

“One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple” Psalm 27:4

Often, the Lord will invite me to stop and slow down in my day. (For me that is hard to do).
It is when I stop, I hear him say GAZE, and linger here in my beauty, in my presence. It is amazing how all my stress, all my disappointments, all my sin is changed, is gone when I dwell in HIS house, and HE is all that matters to me. Not the world or anything of it, just HIM.

I pray we have time to stop and gaze upon the beauty of the Lord today, and are changed by HIS presence.

Nate and I had a great Christmas break. First, we had a much needed vacation to Gatlinburg, TN. We made great memories and lots of laughs, and listened to some life changing sermons. Then we headed to Hickory to see my family and Chapel Hill to see Nate's family. Most importantly we celebrated the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ.

This is our new home we moved into in May 2007... We are very blessed God has given us a home. We love it. It is close to school for Nate, and work for me and Nate. Some of our closest friends live a street over, and we have many more friends in the neighborhood too. It has been fun having dinners and parties and watching fireworks from our back deck. Come visit us!