Yes, I have taken a break from blogging...I have not really missed it but yet I have so many things to share.

SOOOOO....

I will be coming back soon!  MANY things have happened in the past 2 months and I can't wait to tell you all about it!
Stay tuned...

Thankful...

Two are better than one
Husband who does so much for us
Arrows that have filled a quiver with maybe room to spare
Needing my Savior
Knowing He is ALWAYS there
Finding rest and fufillment in Christ alone
Unmerited favor~ GRACE
Learning who I am in Christ

For these things, I am TRULY thankful!

Hope you have a blessed time with family and remembering all the love that is ours for the taking for those who are in Christ!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Knowing...

...feelings just don't matter sometimes,

God is suffcient

 

...when we feel alone,

we never are

 

...when we feel chewed up and spit out

God cares

 

...this world will suck the life out of you

but God gives life

 

...life's burdens are weighing on us

God wants to carry them for us

 

...we may feel God is silent

but we know He is everpresent

 

...God is working all things together for good

for those who love Him

 

...He is MORE than enough!

 

 

 

 

 

The time change...

The time change is NEVER easy on me! 

I do not recieve the extra hour of sleep than some claim to get!

I ALWAYS lose at least an hour because kids just seem to have that internal clock that does not reset easily! They have all been up rarin' to go by 5 the past two mornings!

Uhg!

 I have realized mine does not reset easily either...

I have gotten more done by 8 this morning than I get done in an entire morning some days!

I get sleepy by 8 so I am considering just keeping my internal clock the same and not changing it! 

I won't need to retrain myself, it is already established!  More prayer time in the morning, and hopefully lots more will get accomplished before anyone gets up...

Now if I can get them to get into a new routine and I don't wear myself out keeping up with their new clocks!

This will be interesting for all of us but somehow it always works out! :)

 



The WORST time of the year!

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil. (Proverbs 8:13)
By Doug Phillips
Our country is in the grip of a fear crisis. The tension because of this fear is almost palpable. There is fear over the election, fear over the economy, and fear over hundreds of other issues ranging from the environment to terrorism.

For more, go HERE...

Does Jesus play 'Words with Friends'?

I got hooked!  It happened quickly and am thankful it was a short lived addiction!  I began playing the game on the internet, "Words With Friends".  I thought I was pretty intelligent until about after 2 turns!  I decided either I was not as smart as I thought I was or I had just gotten really dumb from lack of exposure to anything involved with academics about 6th grade! 

Anyway, I was playing one night and my letters came up...

(For those of you who don't play, they are the letters at the very bottom and they randomly are sent to you)

 

It was close to the final round.  I looked down and saw it right in front of me!  I giggled and was just so amazed at what I saw!  I finished my game and began to retrospect.  (I do that alot!)  I don't believe in coincedence!  I wondered if God was having fun or if He was trying to show me something by something SO obvious!  I decided He was having fun with me and it blessed my heart!  I also, without guilt, decided that I could have been doing something better with my time than playing a game on the internet!  I realized that although it is fun, the few quiet times I have, I could be spending it MUCH more wisely!  If I can find time to sit and play on the computer, I can find time to catch some moments with Jesus!  So I gave it up...I no longer play games on the internet anymore.  It was shortlived...I really did not enjoy it much but it did become something I kept going to. A time stealer!  So many things in this life can become that!   The enemy wants to rob us of our time with God because those are the times we draw strength and get equipped to live in this fallen world!  If I even sit for 3 minutes 10 times a day in the word, that is 30 minutes of my time that can be used in such a mighty way!  (I find it very easy to do that on the internet without a second thought!)

 

Yes, God had fun with me that day playing "Words With Friends" but He also in His sweet, loving spirit, convicted me of how I spend the time He has given me!  Do I use it for Him or do I waste it away?  I am once again remided, that even just a moment at His feet satisfies my soul better than anything this world has to offer me!  Then I am ready to face the world!  So thankful for His parenting skills! :)

 

Foto Friday~ Blue bears and cowboy hats

I LOVE pictures of my kids sleeping!

Maybe because for once they are still and motionless...

I appreciate those times! :)

I would not want it that way ALL the time but...

it can be so sweet!

My four year old got up this morning with his 6 year old brother and thought it was time to get up!

...At 2:45 am!

I sure am glad he had a blue bear and a cowboy hat to meet him when he went back to bed!

 

Enjoy your weekend!

Relax and remember to rest in Jesus!

 

 

I have issues...

  I can have issues with:

• muddy boys
• dirty floors
• potty-training
• not being able to find that one shoe
• matching socks
• staying disciplined
• saying no
• saying yes
• making meals
• shopping on a TIGHT budget
• constant laundry
• understanding activity level of boys
• selfishness
• time management
• following through
• keeping my mouth quiet
• running errands
• keeping up with everyone and everything...
• And MANY more! 

The one thing I have to remember is that even with all of these issues, I have a place to go.  It's a resting place like no other.  No vacation, drug, spa, calgon, "me" time, or a cup of "Joe" or even a Coke, could give me what just a few moments at Jesus feet can give me. 

When my "issues" become a battle for me and my focus changes to what I have to give up, I remember that I need to once again, decide that I can't do this alone.  This job of mothering is hard but I know that Jesus knows what it is like to deal with 12 selfish, greedy, self-centered people!  I must see that I too am teaching "disciples" to go out and live a Godly life and I am the example that Christ was for HIS disciples when He walked this earth. 

My disciples are watching and I hope that when my "issues" become an issue, I turn to the one who was PERFECT at discipiling HIS disciples!!  That means minute by minute, I look to Him.  I will always have "issues" but if I learn where my humanness leaves off and where His grace begins, (at the beginning), I will be equipped to lead my disciples to Him!  What a job, but I am so thankful for it and even glad I have issues because I have learned the answer to resting in my Savior!

Psalm 132:14
“This is my resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.