What happened to January?

Wow!  I didn't blog once in January.  January was a good month for me!  I was so glad to shut the door on 2010.  It was a crazy year, so I was glad to say hello to 2011 and a new start.  I got serious about exercising and managed to go to the gym four times a week every week in January!  I ate way too much good food through the holidays and I really didn't want to go buy new clothes in a bigger size, so I knew it was time for the gym and I to become reacquainted.  I feel so much better now that I'm working out on a regular basis and have learned a good lesson - if we have to move again, one of the very first things we should do is get a gym membership and not wait five months. I've also started doing two new Bible studies at church, so it has forced me to become more disciplined with my time (stay off the computer/facebook) so that I can get all my work done each week.  In addition to that, our entire church is reading through the Chronological Bible.  So far the church has sold over 6000 Chronological Bibles.  Isn't that exciting?  Because we are reading the same thing each day, Jason and I have had some good discussion about what we're reading!  Also, in January, I feel like Memphis finally started to become home for us.  I think a huge part of this is because of a group of moms my age from our church who have gone out of there way to reach out to me and befriend me.  They've included me in playdates, invited our family over for meals in their homes, sent me texts to say they're thinking about me and praying for me, and invested time in building friendships.  I can't tell you how good it is on Sunday mornings to look down the row and know that the whole row is filled with people who call me friend.  I remember driving down the road and realizing that it was ok to be happy here.  That I'm not replacing my friends from Nashville, just gaining more friends.  Last week when leaving Bible study, this verse came to mind: Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, Ephesians 3:20.  That is what life here has become for me: immeasurably more than I could ask or imagine!  That isn't to say that I don't feel homesick for Nashville sometimes - I do, but thankfully those moments are less intense.  Now to see if February will go by as quickly.