a standard of grace

Well, I'm definitely not going to finish my 12 trials goal for this month, but I have chosen not to. It's not that I wanted to and couldn't finish, I just decided that it was too negative for me to dwell on the trials I've had. Yes I have learned a great deal from them, but it's not good to focus on the bad things.

So I'm choosing to end this month's grateful category and begin anew! My sister-in-law sent me an email with this poster she found on someone else's blog. I really tried to find the source of this poster because I would love to have it in my house! It describes exactly what I am trying to achieve this year:

I'm not trying to be perfect, just graceful. I think I'm doing pretty well so far!

I have so much to be grateful for. Travis just started a new job yesterday!! We will finally have health insurance starting soon. It is more money, and will help us get on our feet again. Not quite enough to have me stay home full time, but it is a great step in the right direction and we feel really good about it. Travis will be closer to home and won't have to commute up to Draper anymore, so we will be saving on gas.

Finally, a permanent job! No more temporary contracts. This is a huge blessing for us, and we could not be more grateful. :)

So, moving forward, I'm going to focus on all the good. Get ready, because it's gonna be awesome.