confessions from a Sinner!

OK..... confessions are not my favorite.. BUT God wants us to confess our sin, ask for forgiveness and guess what ... WE ARE FORGIVEN!! thankful for that!... I think I blogged a while ago that when I get tired I am GRUMPY... well that is where I am again... TIRED... between my own sickness and the kiddos being sick I have not got adequate sleep for this busy momma!.. NO EXCUSE though!.. SIN.. SIN.. SIN.... it is who we are... yes all of us... the scripture says we are born from our father Adam, and we go back to the garden and he sinned... so if I am from Adam, then I am a sinner... sometime we think the life of a Christian is easy.. ummm NO... I am tempted and as sinful as an unbeliever... BUT if I confess my sins to God, I am assured he will forgive me... I am to put my sinful desires behind me... I feel like Paul ALOT...

 

especially this scripture 

Romans 7:15  For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.

so confession.... I am a SINNER SAVED BY GRACE!!!!

 I have a GREAT SAVIOR...

Do you know Him?

.... ask yourself this question.... What shall I do with this Jesus???  ....

 

  My hope is everyone knows Jesus...

My hope is in HIM!

My hope is knowing He is the only way to eternal life..

All dogs go to...............

as I was up with Andrew last night................

I heard what I hear often at night.... DOGS!!!!

 I love our dogs and our neighbor dogs...

does that sound strange??? my neighbors dogs???

well,  when they hang at your house ALL the time they really become ours...

we love on them, pick ticks off them, and when they are injured we take them to the rightful owners home!...

 At any given time we can have upwards of 9 dogs in our yard!

 We love them... and really do love each one!..

so I say All Dogs go to.......

THE LAWRENCE'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

not connected....

Sometimes when me and the kiddos are sick, sometimes there is no connection... especially with the outside world.. for those who know me I LOVE people!!!, LOVE asking questions and LOVE listening to peoples hearts... so when I am not surrounded by others I sometimes feel a disconnect...

Yesterday was my first Sunday back after being out 2 weeks ... being sick stinks... having sick children stinks worse!!  I walked in the church doors and immediately I felt "not connected" I missed everyone ALOT but there was some disconnect there... same thing when I walked in youth and then the service I felt the same way... I LOVE everyone of my faith family so I was really troubled by this so when the music started God gently reminded me that HE is the only connection I need, His building is where I worship Him ...He is worthy!... although it is VERY important to be with the body!!!!...  so as I reflected on yesterday ....... I am SOOOOO connected with my Lord :)

I see how some who get out of the :"routine" of Sunday mornings can become disconnected... but I say to those people..... go back, get connected with God and He will get you connected with His body!

HE always knows best!

First as I write this entry...... I am sick.. not often I am sick but this cough just won't go away! its nagging and annoying!... blah is what I feel!.. I am always 90 to nothing (by the way, this is not how God intended my life to be)  most of the time I am running on adrenaline and by the time bed time is here I am pooped!... 
 
This week I had MY plans.... well HE had another... we are taking off... and I am thankful he knows what is best for us!.. HE knew I needed to slow down, rest, and Be Still!... I will obey and obey with a thankful heart that HE knows what is best!
Hope you have a BLESSED and THANKFUL Thanksgiving!...  I hope you slow down, rest, and Be Still too!

Psalm 100:4
Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name

Their first year.... AND we have a lot to learn too!

About 2 months ago a young couple approached Doug and I and they were getting married and ask if we would walk with them at least the first year of their marriage....  of course our minds were like "why" us??... well after a couple of brief conversations we said YES!... if you can imagine we started thinking about our own marriage and how we could teach a younger couple because its not always perfect.... BUT one of the things we have learned over the years is that BOTH husband and wife MUST LOVE their heavenly Father and KNOW Him!.. lets face it we are BOTH sinners and you put two people living in the flesh it will not be pretty ..... 

we met for the first time last night and we had already picked out a book to go through that is based SOLELY off SCRIPTURE.... that is IMPORTANT.... if we view it any other way, not good! The book is by John Piper "This Momentary Marriage"  here is a link to a video that is worth watching!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  GET YOUR TISSUES!!!!! 

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=video&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDYQtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvimeo.com%2F38033654&ei=TlCiUOTRPIWS9gSxoYDwBw&usg=AFQjCNGuBVG25y7oe4IeRZI01ZyaeBIDHA



After meeting last night I can assure you we can learn ALOT from them!... I am thankful for this time with them... Life on Life, in the Word, and beautiful fellowship!

Don't leave me with the babies!!!!................

Yesterday , Lori stopped by at lunch and we had a sandwich, although when she called me in the morning to see if it was OK,  I of course was SURE then in the back of my mind I am thinking "Lunch time at our house can be a little chaotic at times"  sooooo I thought lets go for it!... I was planning out the lunch hour in my brain........   so the time comes and already the kiddos had been fussing and fighting, whinny and tired and the POP UP is all they had on the BRAIN!... but the excitement I can handle but the fighting and other nonsense I could do without! so Lori gets here... crisis averted only with a little chaos, when Andrew needed to go to the bathroom and came out nude... won;t tell the rets of the story on here!....so lunch was blessed and we had a great time speaking of things of the Lord and BTW I am grateful! so as lunch was ending I could see the unfolding occurring so Lori said "gotta go back to work!" I walked her to her car and as she was getting in I said "Don't leave me with the babies!"  I remembered that commerical when we had TV... always one of my favorites!... but sometimes as a mom who is with her children 24 hours a day and hardly a break it can be the thoughts that come into my head... if I am being honest! Homeschooling is one of the HARDEST but most REWARDING things and i would not change it for anything (unless the Lord said something different) but we have hard days, long days, loving days, rebellious days,fun days, and  sometimes lazy days!.... I said that yesterday but through HIS grace today, I say "leave me with the babies today!

Lori and I

 

 

 

The "babies"

 

 

Life... If no eternal value... then...

I have so much that I want to sit and type then LIFE gets in the way, well not in the way you think... I am so blessed and thankful that I GET to  homeschool our children, GET to do laundry, GET to clean toilets, GET to drive the kiddos to soccer, GET to go to church, GET to cook dinner, GET to go to Andrews parties at school, GET to sew, GET to teach God's word... all these things I GET to do!

But sometimes there are things that I waste my time on.... um, yes... Facebook, Email, watching no brain shows on Netflix, Pinterest, and blogs that I follow... I think these are the things that get in the way... in the WAY with my Lord, WAY of my kiddos, WAY of my hubby, WAY of memorizing scripture... I'm convicted!.. I am constantly battling if facebook needs a break and JUST when I think I'm gonna take a break, I get an inbox with someone asking me to pray, encourage or love on them... so I think for now I will stay... all the other things I will cut back on!... I ask you pray with me... if it has no Eternal value then I don't want to be a part of it!.. LIFE is to be consumed with Jesus!

BIG one please....

well,  today like EVERY morning,   is one of those mornings that I go to get coffee and look in the cabinet and say ..." ummm which mug??"                                                                                                                                                                                     well they all have a person behind them, the one who gave it to me!.... so this morning I am EXHAUSTED!!!!    so today I pick the biggest one!..  thank you Michele for my "forever 29".. feeling a little older than that this am,  BUT we will keep the age secret!... oh and it is FULL to the brim!