//The Time Has Come//

I'm back!

Hello dear Blogdom...

It has been tragically much, much too long {this, I accept full responsibility for.} It's not at all that I've forgotten about you {t'the contr'y, you've been on my mind almost weekly!} 

I'm afraid I allow myself to be far too particular. You see, every time I would consider sending a post to you {which was rather a good amount}, I would almost instantly have to dismiss the idea, because of having convinced myself, "I don't have time." Oh you know how it is...there are a 100 and 1 things you hope to accomplish in a day; multiply this by the seven days in your week; x the 52 weeks in your year ... now, correct my math if it's in error, but that's a staggering 36,765 'things' that are vying for a vacancy in your brain! {and that's on a day of average thinking...just imagine what the numeral is on the days of brain storms!}

But this is all in the past. I am not going to take up an entire post, excusing the beastly way I've treated you. I could have at least dropped you a note, once or twice... 

Sincerely penitent and hopeful for the future,

~Sophia 

Well folks. there it is. I'm back. :) No longer will the excuse {because that's exactly what it is} of, "I don't have time", be given the time of day in my life ... because, as I've been learning just recently, if something genuinely matters to you, you will make time to do it. And this? this matters to me. 

So, it's 2015! How about that. man, Time feels as though it's perpetually speeding up. 

*shakes-head-in-wonderment* 

I love January - the first month of a freshly begun year! What hopes, anticipations, dreams, and delicious unknowns they hold ... and with our Guide who goes before us, and will hold us by the hand ... there's no need to fear! and every reason to launch out in Faith and wonder at - anticipating with JOY - what He is going to do in our lives! 

Happy New Year, my friends!!

Fondly, 

Phia

He's Holding My Hand~

{Happy 2014! I deeply apologize for the lack of posting. :/ But, even if I had posted, I'm not certain if you would've had the time to read it; because, you were most likely just as busy as me and my family have been over Christmas and New Years! ;) I'm back now ... for a little while. So, this is an interruption from the sibling series, because some huge things are happening and I thought I'd try to be a responsible blogger and let y'all know the scoop. ;)}

"I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles."

~Isaiah 42:6

It overwhelms my soul with unutterable peace to know and rest in the truth that my God goes before, behind and alongside of me in every pursuit He leads me. <3

::George: "There she blows. You know what the three most exciting sounds in the world are?

Uncle Billy: "Uh huh. 'Breakfast is served; lunch is served; dinner ...'"

George: "No, no, no, no. 'Anchor chains, plane motors and train whistles.'"::

~It's a Wonderful Life

//"When you see someone putting on his Big Boots, you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen." //

~A.A.Milne~

Friends, my India rubber boots are on, and,

An Adventure is about to take place...

I look forward to telling you all about it next month!

{I realize that's terrible and perfectly unfeeling to make you wait so long - I wish I could tell you now! I really do; but, I'm afraid that's the way things have to be for now. :/ However, I would earnestly desire your prayers for safety and that the Lord Jesus would be greatly glorified in this Adventure He's leading me on!}

For now, I remain incredibly grateful for your friendship and prayers. <3

Cheerio!

Phia

{A rather large Post Script - in the unusual event that you don't already know: JORDAN AND OLIVIA GOT ENGAGED TWO DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS!! Now you know. ;) We are positively exuding with joy and gratefulness for how our sovereign Lord has brought them together and if you want to see some photographs, Evy and Tim got some immensely sweet and beautiful captures!}

[Double Post Script: Photo creds go to my bro, Djoops (aka 'Andrew'). He literally froze in the knee-high white fluffiness, wearing jeans and tennis shoes, to take some pics for me with his camera; because, sadness, Evy wasn't in town to do them. He's the BBBE = Best Big Brother Ever. <3]