I am back!!

Today..it's not much of a post, but I just want to say


I am loved by the KING! And it makes my heart want to SING!!!!

Be back shortly:)

His promises..

I can do all things through Christ!

God will never leave me or forsake me

I am MORE than a conqueror!

I live by Faith, Not by sight!

I am no longer a Slave, But a Daughter!

I am a new creation

I am what I am by the Grace of God

I am fearfully and wonderfully made

If God is for me, Who can be against me?

I have the mind of Christ!

These promises fill the left side mirror of my bathroom. Its my side of the sink, so often I find myself taking up Steve's:) However, every morning I am reminded of WHO I am and WHOSE I am..I love it. Especially on the mornings when I wake up and the "bully" has already started his work in me. Gods promises are true EVERY DAY!!

I hope you find a way to display His promises to you so you are reminded Every morning!!

Saturday June 12

Today...

I love the smell of:

Twilight woods body lotion

I love the sound of:

laughter with great friends..

I love the taste of:

Diet coke from McDonalds

I love the thought of:

spending next week with the love of my life..

I love the feel of:

the cool air on my face.

A little update...

Here is a little photo update on our life..

Dogs, family, friends,Rio Ranchito, school programs, YMCA pirate party, rollerskating, new floors,new kittens, fresh picked dandelions, rides home from school, easter Sunday, baking a cake, building a cross, hanging with uncle Jeffy, Uncle Jeff and Aunt April, Mommy's Day, basketball..

Sunday Night

My heart is heavy.

Families all around us are hurting and for that, I'm sad.
I'm not carrying around thier hurts or holding onto them,
I just have a tremedous amount of compassion.
We have friends hanging onto their marriages for dear life.
Ones who are losing homes. Losing jobs.
Family members who have lost children.
I am thankful for a God who is merciful.
I am thankful for a God who provides.

There is a battle on right now.
We are in the middle of it.
Right now we're seeing what everyone's made of.
Are we going to stand strong? Draw our swords and
be ready to fight? Or will we run...
I myself am righteously ticked off.
The best part of this? Everything the devil
has stolen, Father will make him give back
10 Times...

In the middle of a ranch in Texas, a very wise woman
told me a very beautiful piece of advice.
"Some battles are glorious and some are bloody...
wait for the glory"..
well, right now-its not so glorious.
I can see God in all of it,
but right now, the battle is bloody.
She was right when she said that,
the glory is right around the corner.
His love never fails.
God is still God in all of this.
He is the Alpha and Omega.
The begining and the end.

When I say I am a Christian..

When I say..."I am a Christian"
I'm not shouting "I am saved"
I'm whispering "I get lost!"
"That is why I chose this way."

When I say..."I am a Christian"
I don't speak of this with pride.
I'm confessing that I stumble
and need someone to be my guide.

When I say..."I am a Christian"
I'm not trying to be strong.
I'm professing that I'm weakand pray for strength to carry on.

When I say..."I am a Christian"
I'm not bragging of success.
I'm admitting I have failedand cannot ever pay the debt.

When I say..."I am a Christian"
I'm not claiming to be perfect,
my flaws are too visible
but God believes I'm worth it.

When I say..."I am a Christian"
I still feel the sting of pain
I have my share of heartaches
which is why I seek His name.

When I say..."I am a Christian"
I do not wish to judge.
I have no authority.
I only know I'm loved

WOW..

Life has been crazy.
I'm here. Still alive and still blogging. Just haven't "Posted" any of my posts live
lately. A lot of thoughts running around in my head...have to gather them and
post something soon

Thanks for checking back:)

Tuesday.

He never promised that the cross would not get heavy

and the hill would not be hard to climb,

He never offered victory without fighting,

but He said help would always come in time.

Just remember when you're standding in the valley of decisions

and the adversary says give in, Just hold on, our Lord will show up and

He will take you through the fire again!

Changes

The past month has been a rollercoaster ride to say the least.

A lot of changes happening in my life. Sometimes I think when we

feel the least bit uncomfortable, we run the other way. Right now,

to be honest, I want to run the other way. Back out. Stay right where

I am at. But I'm craving what is ahead of me.

Sometimes being obedient to God isn't comfortable,

but do we ever think

that maybe that's the point?

Well..I'm stepping out. I'm uncomfortable and I'm ready for whatever it is

that He has in store for me. I have NO idea what lies ahead of me in this journey

all I can do is trust in Him!

Just a glimpse

I haven't been very good at posting pictures. So I constructed a little collage from the last 3 months. Birthday pictures, Christmas pictures, Thanksgiving pictures and puppy Pictures!
Enjoy!!!

Good stuff...

• "I serve a God who specializes in impossible" S.Whyte


• "Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase" Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.


• "The gift of Christ gives dimensions to grace and defines our individual value"Ephesians 4:7


• "Never say-Dear God, I have a big problem"but say"Hey problem, I have a BIG GOD!"~TD Jakes on twitter


• "people ruin their lives by their own stupidity, so why does God constantly get blamed?" Proverbs 19:3(message Bible)


• "You are the life to my heart and my soul, you are the life to the darkness around me, you are the hope to the hopeless and broken, you are the only truth and the way." ~No Sweeter Name~Kari Jobe

Tonight

*I am so thankful for my sweet husband. Who was willing to stay home
with the not-feeling-so-well 6 year old because he knew I was so desperate
to worship.

*I cried during worship.

*I found a great price for my flight to Texas in March.

*I was once again reminded that I am a highly favored daughter of the King.

*I watched a little TV.

*I made mini-burgers for dinner and they were YUMM-O!

*I am praying for good friends. Ones that want to sell thier homes, create new life
and ones that are having other struggles.

*I am thankful for an awesome God(one that loves me even though I crashed on day 13 of my fast)

*at church, someone came up to me and said "today you really popped into my head, God just put you on my heart and I think it was something about a house"..(I hope so! and WOW)

*PCM really knocked it out of the park with the "Hard Questions".. you can hear it at www.getreslife.org

*Kari Jobe is playing through my Blackberry and I am LOVING her music. My favorite is "sweep me away" and "I'm singing"...if you have never heard of her-search her out! her music is AMAZING..

I am off to bed. To hopefully sleep all night. I'm praying my sweet boy- who is really having a hard time, gets to sleep a little bit tonight.
Be blessed!

Right now..

*The dryer is running with the 4th load of the day.

*Clean towels are folded on my couch with hopes that they'll take
care of themselves..

*A pork loin is in the crockpot and smelling DE-licious.

*My little boy is cuddled up in a blankie in the chair with
a scratchy throat, cough, and runny nose.

*Scooby-Doo is playing on the TV. Something about Scooby-Doo
shows to make a little boy feel better!

*I'm sleepy. I really wish the 6 year old would take a nap!

*the puppies are wrestling in the living room. We are SO desperately
in need of a bigger house.

*The mail just arrived. All bills. Yippee...

*I'm thinking about making brownies for dessert.

*Algebra homework is getting harder and harder.

I'm having a little bit of girl time away this weekend and loving every minute of it.
We've been doing some chatting, eating, shopping, movie watching and even a little scrapping!

Here are a few layouts I've done today. Here are a few glimpses of what a table looks like when there are 3 girls scrapbooking!

This is a picture of two of my favorite people

(we're missing one!). I adore both of these women

and am extremely blessed to have them as my

friends(dont'cha know)...

Right Now...

*I'm watching Juno. I love this movie for many reasons.
I love her sense of humor and the funky music. But mainly
I love that she chose life!


*The smell of my birthday carrot cake is filling the house.
I can't wait to have a bite of the yummy-ness.
I have a great husband..


*Daniel is playing quietly in his room with his Playmobil
collection. Its funny to listen to him as he plays police-man,
and knights and pirates with these special toys. I love his
imagination.


*I have a chocolate and a black puppy sleeping on both
sides of me. Snoring. Drooling. And I? love it!


*I'm thinking of all I need to get done to prep for painting
next week. Excited for the final renovation projects. Ready
to be done COMPLETELY with our house!

*The song "moving forward" is playing in the background.
I love this song.

*all of my Christmas decorations have been taken down and
stored away for next year. This makes me happy. This Christmas
was pretty rough on me. I welcomed January with open arms.

*I am excited for the promises this year is going to bring.
Very excited to see where we end up.

*I have been reading through Genesis and a daily Proverb.
Through this I am getting some amazing words from Father.

*I am thinking that cake has to be almost done......

The Big 32.

Happy Birthday to me!
Thank you to all my friends for
all the great birthday wishes.

Its been a low-key day for me.
lunch with a great friend(thanks Ruth)
and then dinner with my fellas.
Tomorrow my husband promises to make
my favorite dessert-carrot cake!.

I'm counting the days for this weekend.
Excited to spend a few days hanging out with the girls.
Looking forward to a couple days
of scrapping, nap-taking, movie watching,
snack eating and "warm chatter"
So good for the soul.

My right-now-favorite blog is A year of slow cooking.
I have tried several of these recipes and LOVE
them! Check out the blog and I'm sure you will fall in love!
Tomorrow night I am trying crock-pot lasagna.
Ive never tried lasagna in a crock-pot and I'm anxious
to see what the Italian in my sweet husband has to
say about it.

Day 2.

Our church each year has a 21 day fast.
A great way to start the year out
and this year, for the first time-I am participating.
I am fasting a few things.
Nothing big and most people would laugh because they seem small.
But they are big things.
Things that are in the way.
In the way of God in my life.
In the way of my time with Him.
He's funny about that.
He's a gentleman, but when He wants our attention,
we need to really give it to Him!

Right now He is doing some "house-cleaning" in me.
And at times I love it. I jump up and down in tears
and I'm so excited to share it with someone.
Then, at other times..it hurts.
and He takes me places I really don't want to be.
Places I was fine pushing down and leaving alone.
Places that I didn't realize were so desperately in need of healing.
And honestly, its NO fun.
But I am trusting in Him.
I know that my "awesomeness" is right around the corner.
I can feel it.
He will lead me.
I just have to make sure that as I follow,
nothing gets in my way.

This fast that I'm doing.
Instead of reaching for the few things I'm fasting,
I read my Bible.
The past few days I've been lead to read Genesis
in addition to the other reading I do.
He's taking me to the beginning.
Sometimes He does that in various ways.
Takes us back to the beginning.
Back to basics.
I'm loving it.

Another chance.

January 1, 2010. Happy New Year!
I believe this is going to be a big year.
A big year for myself as an individual,
as well as other areas of my life.

One of my commitments to this year is
to go back to blogging more often than
every 3 months!

Welcome to A few more bits and pieces.
I'm excited to share with you how amazing
2010 is going to be!
Be blessed..