For this season in our lives...

Hello all,

I've realized that it's time to close down our blog for a while.  During this season in our lives, as we are going through lots of changes,  I am finding that my plate is too full.  I need to unload a little before something falls off!  ;o)

Someone once said that the tricky thing about keeping a blog is that it's easy to run out of things to say.  ...Well, that definitely isn't the case here!  I still have tons of things I want to say... I just don't have time to say them right now. 

I'll still occasionally check in on the blogs I know, and if you'd like to send any thoughts or conversation, we'd love to have you email us at   snkrier at live dot com .

As I leave, I'd like to challenge you, as well as myself, with the question that has been the theme of my learning for the last 7 years...
I have this on a little piece of paper stuck to my fridge. 
This is the question...

"Is God your source of
       security,
       significance  and
       satisfaction?"

Every time I feel overwhelmed, burned-out, frustrated, full of anxiety, envious, angry (you get the picture), I look at my little piece of paper with that question... and within a moment or two I can see that I've gotten my priorities skewed - in one or more of these areas.  Those three "S - words" remind me that God really is everything I need.  He wants me to know that and live it.  He has shown me time and time again that when I confess my wanderings and look to him for my security or my significance or my satisfaction, he is right there, ready be much more than what the world can offer. 
A full, abundant life.   And it's only found in him... although I so easily turn away and look to other things. 

For me, right now, it's remembering that my sense of security should not be found in selling our house for a good price and finding the perfect home in the perfect part of town when we move.

It's remembering that my real significance is not found in making sure I have the right clothes or in being popular or affirmed by lots of people (even in the blog world!)

It's even about remembering that I can be perfectly satisfied in my life without chocolate (gasp!) ;o)  (How come the simple ones are so hard to embrace sometimes?!) Hehe.

My prayer for all of us is that we will not look to find our security, significance or satisfaction in things that will pass away.  Something much greater is waiting for us...



So, thank you all for the time you've spent here.  We've been honored by your presence.
Blessings to each of you!
At some point, we hope to be "back"!  :o)
~S. and Company