I have been thinking lately I took God's gifts for granted in the past, and have learned from loss how delicate life really is and examing how much I have that could be gone so quickly. We all have gone through these kinds of times and have learned, and grown from those experinces. They are all hard, some more than others. God has opened my eyes to what my Dad losing his job, bill collectors call at all hours of the day, things being cut off because we couldn't pay them, our house almost going to foreclosure...these and many more things my family has faced in the past three years. As awful as those sound, and they are awful...we had so many blessings that God gave us!

*Beetle Girl was born

*We got to stay together as a family

*We kept our house against all odds, and only by the grace of God and the love of others.

*Mom got pregnant, and is now expecting in Jan. 2010.

*We learned to trust God with everything

*We learned to be grateful with even the small things.

*God drew us closer together as a family

*We found out how so many dear friends loved us, and cared for us. We thank Jesus for them :)

....these and some many, many more I could list that God gave us, and strengthen us. God has taken us on an amazing journey that countinues every single day, we see things growing that seemed dead before.

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My walk as a Christian has been greatly tested in this time. I saw day-to-day my parents struggle but say everyday with their voice, actions, and spirt "We will trust in you Father". I have no words for how that strengthened me, encouraged me, comforted me. Yes there would be many struggles in their heart I could see and feel but I knew above all and no matter how hard it got, they were going to trust God.

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One day God answered a prayer; my Dad got a job by the sweet grace of Jesus. I praise you Father for it! Now things are still not 100% by any means, but there is hope! Things may be very tight for a long time, but I have faith...and I know that even if this had not happened-God loves me, very much.

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I know many of you are struggling in your lives, but I pray my message will be encouraging and uplifting to you. If nothing else, hope...hope that tomorrow will be a new day. Hope that the future will be bright. I love you dear sister or brother, and much more so God does...He is not finished with you yet!

now "Gods_Little_Ladybug". I have changed my name here on xanga for the reasons of that I want it to reflect some of who I am. ^_^ Why Ladybug? In loving connection to my amazing Mom who calls me "Ladybug", she and my father are two of the greatest reasons why I am, a devoted follower of the one who made me, Jesus Christ. I thank God for my family, I am so blessed to have such a wonderful family!

~God's Little Ladybug formally ~*~Pearl0709~*~

I don't know when I am going to learn to READ THE FINE PRINT! I have just found out that the place I have my new blog is WAY to expense for me to pay for a year subscription without ads, and more photo space, etc. So I will be moving back here even though I don't like Xanga in many ways I still want to blog, but that will not be until I have saved up for the premium. I will annouce when that happens, until then I will be using wordpress. Which I do recommend because it is really a great blogger site but too pricey for me and nobody can subscribe if they wanted to! So...I will be editing what I can here and redesigning it to my taste, so there will be many changes in the weeks, months to come. Thanks all for bearing with me, I hope to back here asap!

Love to all,

~God's Little Ladybug