My family

The best thing in life is family and I have been blessed with so much! My family means the world to me and I love them with all my heart. The memories we share together are worth more than any riches. God is so good!

My Family

To be humble

I struggle every day. Humbleness. I'm saturated with pride. I'm constantly asking Him to scrape everything out of my heart because nothing in there is clean. Every day I'm in need of a whole new tune up. I get so frustrated with myself for the constant need to rise above everyone around me and prove my worth. And for what I ask?? Who am I? Who is this me I'm so ready to present to the world? No one. No one at all. When it all comes down to it I know I'm a failure. I know that I'm weak and completely insignificant. And yet, I am called daughter. I am loved. I am loved by a very big person. He is King. THE King. The king of ALL.
When I think about humbleness in this light, it makes it a little easier to be humble. God could crush me IF He wanted to and yet He doesn't. If He, the King of all there is and ever was can be so humble and full of love to even recognize someone like me, then how can I hold on to pride? I can't.

Prayer

Prayer is the most important thing we as humans can do. It is our lifeline to the Spiritual power that makes us who we are. God will give us all the strength we need, but we need to ask. And not only for ourselves. It is essential to ask the Lord to stay connected to the needs of all our loved ones. We as a people are starving. Only God can feed us the living food we need. This blog is about many things but prayer is the main focus. I want to know the needs of everyone so I can pray for each of you. I believe in the power of prayer.
Not only do I want to hear your needs, I also want to hear answers to prayers. It is so important for all of us to see how God blesses His people. If you send a request, follow up when it gets answered. Because it will. Remember though, it may not be answered in the way you think it should. God knows what is best for all of us. Romans 8:28 says "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose." Trust Him. We must always pray that His will be done.

To be humble

Humility: I have found that this is truly a moment by moment process. Pride is consuming. In this day and age, pride is something we admire. We see it as strength, prosperity, greatness and believe it is a virtue. But it isn't. Pride is satanic. It is what started the first great fall in Heaven and continues to rage it's horrible war here on earth.
Jesus says that He is "lowly in heart" (Matt 11:28-30). If we are to have His character then pride simply cannot exist. Very easy to write. Impossible to do, at least on our own.

"I can do everything through Him who gives me strength." Philippians 4:13

Forgiveness

Forgiveness. What is it? How does it work? How do we get to the place where forgiveness can even happen? This is a road that I have walked, strayed from and came back to. This time however, I do not walk alone. I walk with my Savior and He leads the way. Though many times I stubbornly stand in the middle of the road, "thumb in my mouth," childishly glaring at Him. I do not want to give up my pain; I refuse to forgive. Instead I want to nurse them and bask in all the filth that unforgiveness brings. Why in the world do I do this when I know that forgiveness would bring me joy, freedom and peace?

My oldest

Allie is my oldest. She
is my take charge, go getter.
She is so full of life and is so
much fun. We have the
best time together!

My little sweetie.

Riley is my little sweetie. She is 21 months old now. So alive her cup spills over with love and joy.