A Very Post Christmas

IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME!!

Christmas is my all-time favorite season throughout the whole year. I start getting Christmas decorations out late September and they stay up until I'm forced to take them down. I love all things warm, cozy, and pretty. I love twinkly lights and I love snow. I love giving gifts. I like to think of gifts that aren't really on their wish list. I pride myself in being able to really see someone's heart, so I try to put that into the gift I give away.

This is our first Christmas in our new house, in our new season of life, and we're so excited! The presents are piling up. The cats are climbing the tree. Hot chocolate is being made on a regular basis. We are creating new normals and new traditions for our family, as well as bringing back a few old traditions. Here's a little looksy into my heart and into my home. 

Our main Christmas tree. We've had so much fun with this one!

In our home, we love birds and old postcards. Wha-la!

This is a key holder made from an old wooden Coca-Cola box and has been donned in sassy white owls and pretty greenery. Love. 

Found this at Junkstock this past October. I don't know if it's a reindeer or just a deer. Oops.

This is our gingerbread tree. It's full of fun, happiness, and candy. We've done this tree for as long as I can remember!

Again; birds, gifts, happiness. 

We even treated ourselves to new stockings this year. Hooray!

We found this nativity in Ohio this past summer. We had been looking at nativities for years and could just never find the right one. But alas, in a giant year-round Christmas store, this became ours. 

Thanks for reading folks. Hope you enjoyed!

xoxo,
gp

psalm 46, healing, & God's sense of humor

Hey friends! I haven't posted in a while so i figured I should probably catch everyone up on what's been going on.

Life has been CRAZY busy! Seriously, like holy buckets.
And I have been letting every second of it eat away at me.
Anything from trying to get all the addresses I need to send our Christmas cards (mind you, I've had them since before thanksgiving and haven't sent them all out yet), to making sure I have warm enough socks on for the day (I usually wear up to 4 pairs to stay warm enough). Maybe it's just the Holiday hustle and bustle getting to me, but boy, it's exhausting.

Last night I was having a hard time getting to sleep, so I resorted to one of my favorite things. I made myself some tea, sat down in front of my book shelf, pulled out a random book and turned to a random page. And last night's result was nothing short of awesome. I flipped the page and BAM. There it was. From the book of Psalms, chapter 46 verse 10: "Be still and know that I am God."
UHM HEY GOD. Way to hit me right in the feels.
After pulling myself together, I couldn't help but laugh. God is so funny sometimes. I have been so stinkin' busy with trying to get all of my gifts wrapped, getting myself to the gym, to work, having a social life- ALL of it, that I didn't have time to sit myself down and just listen for God's voice. It took me not being able to sleep for me to finally quiet myself enough to basically hear the Lord say, "Graish, stop being being so high strung. That's dumb."
Prettty neat, eh?

In other news, My mum and I leave next week for OHIO. We're going to spend a week out there with my uncle Vern. SO EXCITE.

and OH GOOD GOLLY HOW COULD I FORGET. Health. Guys, get ready for this. I've been trying to wrap my head around this for a month or so now. It's too cool.

After nearly 10 years of being sick, I now have never felt better. I keep pinching myself and asking, "jeez, is this what normal people feel like?"
I FEEL SO GOOD AND I NEVER WANT TO GO BACK.
I mean, other than the fact that my immune system is seriously compromised from being sick so long, therefore I catch absolutely every cold or flu bug that I come in contact with..but eh. That's whatever.

With that being said, can we take a minute to marvel over the fact that after almost a decade of pain, suffering, and just plain hell, that the Lord still provides?! I just cannot wrap my mind around it. My heart is so overwhelmed! I guess I've always believed that Jesus is the Ultimate Healer, and I've always prayed that if it be His will, that He heal me. But after about 10 years, I kind of just figured that I was supposed to be sick, ya know?
But what a plot twist, right? Jesus is so, so good to me!
My heart is forever grateful for His providence.

Okay, I think that catches everyone up for the most part.

Coming soon: a photo album of Christmas in the Post household! and lots of fun ohio pictures.

xoxo,
gp