My apologies for the dead air around these parts, but let’s be honest, that is nothing new. It has been over two months since my last post on my blog but I think I have a good excuse. Alyssa was place on bed rest shortly after the new year during the last few weeks of her pregnancy and then the Lord blessed us with our first child, a son, Caleb Preston Graham.

Words pretty much fail me when I think about him. As some of you know it was a long, hard road for us to get pregnant and stay pregnant. Six years to be exact. Through much prayer and seeking (and running from) the Lord, he answered our prayers in the affirmative and led us out of our own personal Exodus. To say that this is a paradigm shift is an understatement. Leading up to his birth, I still had this list in the back of my head of things that I felt I deserved, many of them material. Once I held him in my hands, all of those things disappeared. I am sure that this will be a daily struggle against the flesh, but it was nice to lay my desires down and focus them on my son. Because I desire so much for him, but mostly, for him to love the Lord and his Word with all of his heart.

We have an amazing ride ahead of us, and I look forward to all the twists and turns in faith, knowing that the Lord is sovereign, even in the valleys. I know this first hand because of our time in the desert, and it strengthens my faith for those times in the future.

So here is to reboot number 23,234. I hope to pop in a little more for the 2 or 3 readers that are left.