Nate the Great is no longer eight...

I can't believe my baby boy is Nine... Where did the time go? We had a wonderful time Saturday night for his birthday.. And Sunday we celebrated with donuts for breakfast.. which Nate loved of course..
He is getting so big and so smart I just wish time would slow down a little. I try to be in each moment, it's so hard when life moves so fast. I just love my little boy he is more like his Daddy every day which makes me love him even more..
I thank the Lord for my son !

Finding Comfort..

The other day I was thinking while I was driving .. And it was a long day and I couldn't wait to get home and get into something comfortable.. Now I was in a jean skirt and a sweater nothing really uncomfortable, just wanted to get home and get into my pj's..
I started to think how what I wear everyday has changed. Back when I was in college I dressed up everyday even nylons and make up and shoes with heals the whole thing. And I thought to myself I use to clean in the dinning hall dressed like that. Wow, I can't imagine cleaning in my dress clothes now, but I was comfortable then. I guess I just got use to it.
Then I thought when I lived at home with my mom and dad I had a sweat shirt that was my dad's it was so big 3 of me could fit in it .. it was so comfortable!! As soon as I got home from work I would but in on and a pair of pj pants and do laundry and clean and what ever else.

So then my mind wondered ... In my life living as a Christian is not always the most comfortable way to live. It can be embarrassing to tell people that you know Jesus and you want to share Him with them. And we get up on Sunday's we go to church all day, so during my husbands tax season he only gets Sunday's off and really he doesn't get it off..

Anyway I thought there was a time when I could work in dress clothes, because I got use to wearing them. And I was comfortable in them (even nylons) yikes

So living my life in a robe of righteousness I would get comfortable wearing it, if I wore it all the time and I just got use to wearing it.
Pastor always talks about our rest being in Heaven, it kinda makes me think like we are in our dress clothes here it's time to work.. And when we get to Heaven some day it's time to slip into our pj's and rest.
I'm kinda not feeling well today so I'm probably rambling :D Just wanted to write it down when God gave it to me.

I just wanted to take a moment and thank the Lord for my Maddy Rose..

She is such a joy most of the time.

She has had the flu for the past week and she has really felt bad.

She just followed me around the house and when I would sit down she would climb on my lap and fall asleep. Then when she had a little rest she would still want to just sit and snuggle with her mommy.. She has hardly complained even though I know she was so miserable. And she still smiled and laughed as though nothing was wrong. She was just perfectly happy to be with her mommy and get to spend time with me. I got nothing done this week except I did some power cleaning Saturday for the super bowl.. But most of the time I spend holding her or talking to her. And it was so fun! I'm glad she is starting to feel better, but I will miss our snuggle time's when she goes back to school.. She's a doll, what a blessing it is to be the Mommy of Maddy, Nate and Libby. Thank you Jesus

Oh they grumbled on Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday grumbled on Thursday to

I was reading my bible yesterday in Exodus, the story of the Israelites leaving Egypt. I'm not great at remembering facts an such that I hear, but I remember hearing a preacher once say something about the wilderness should have only taken months not years for them to travel threw.
Anyway, I was reading about how the Egyptians were chasing them and they started to complain that Moses had brought them out there to die and they wanted to go back. Then they were hungry so they complained and God gave them manna. Then I guess they were just bored and built a graven image and danced around.
Well, being the great Christian that I am (saying that facetiously) I thought to my self how very selfish these people are... (1) God brought them out of slavery (2) He provided for their every need (3) He gave them Moses a great man of God (4) He made their clothes grow with them and their shoes (5) He gave them protection (6) He lead them with a cloud and fire (7) He had a wonderful place for them to go at the end of their journey.
What more could they ask for and yet they complained and murmured against God! Wow I thought what ungrateful people.....

Then a very sobering thought hit me with the full force of a speeding train, That's ME!
Me, everything I have just said is me... Now I understand why Paul said he was the chiefest of sinners.. I'm a close second if he is the chief.
I thought to myself God is so very good to me ... (1) He brought me out of the bondage of sin and set my feet on a solid rock (2) He gives me all that I need and most of what I want (3) He has given me several great men of God for me to follow (4) My clothes don't grow with me, (I need to stop growing) but I have MORE than enough (5) I travel so many places with His watchful care on me and on my family (6) He leads me with His word a perfect map for my life. And (7) Heaven is waiting for me, forget milk and honey (sounds sticky) I have a mansion and streets of gold and loved one's waiting for me. And my saviour that gave His life for me..

What a wretch I am! And still I find things to complain about, and I get mad when things don't go the way I think they should. Who am I ?? I'm dirt, I deserve NOTHING! And yet I'm a child of a king and I have more wealth then I can imagine. How can I complain.

Sister Sister

All growing up I wanted a sister, I always felt like I was missing out on something because I didn't have a sister.. I had two Aunts who were so close, and my mother has a bunch of sisters and any of my friends that had sisters just seemed to share such a special something..
But as I have grown and had so many close friends that were girls and each have shared in a special time in my life. I realize I have so many sisters maybe we don't share the same blood or parents but we are sisters just the same.
In recent years I have had need of house hold repairs and such, some kitchen cabinets needed refaced and I need a new floor in my kitchen just little things here and there that my hubby's schedule doesn't allow him to spend much time on.
I then realized wow God always knows what I need.. As I called on one of my brothers for this job or that, they are all good at one thing or another..
So today I praise God for the Sisters of my heart He has given me through the years.
And I thank God for my Brothers they are there when I need them they are protective, ornery and loving .. Father (God) always does know best !

Life is to short.. take it seriously

I have often heard the phrase "life is to short " and "don't take your self to seriously" Life is to short, but we need to be serious ..
We need to seriously love our children, listen when they cry, laugh when they are trying to be funny, be their biggest fan. Praise more than we correct..Love and hold while we can.
We need to seriously follow our husbands and watch for their direction in our lives. Laugh when they are trying to be funny (even if we are tired and it just irritates us) been there?
We need to encourage more than we yell (we all yell just some of us don't raise our voices).
Love them, love them, love them!!!
We need to seriously have a relationship with our parents, we need to spend time with them and encourage our children to love them. They will not be around forever! Our time with our loved one's needs to be so cherished and held dear.
We need to seriously seek souls, there is a real hell and a real devil and he is out to get us, us and our family and our friends he wants to destroy us!
We need to seriously have a walk with God, we need seriously seek him in all we do!
We need to seriously pray and seek God's face.
Life is short, use what God has given us ... Seriously