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!

so many things.... but time SLOW down!

Oh my~!~~.... it has been a while since I have "deposited " things from this CRAZY brain and FULL heart... I have been amazed how God has used this blog not only to keep for the kiddos but to really let me get all that He is doing on paper!....  We are coming off one of the busiest times of the year....  Soccer, Family mission trip, and Fox Fever Run...  whoa I am tired just thinking back at all has been happening and I get overwhelmed in this mind! I am thankful for God and His love for me and my family... This road of "life" is not easy... I am the sinner!.. I lay in bed at night thinking of all what seems to be every sin in my day.. again I get overwhelmed................... then after confessing and asking for forgiveness I know for certain that I am forgiven!...

although I feel like Paul so much as written in

Romans 7:19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.

I am the first to admit that I fall short!.. I get to busy, overwhelmed, and just t.i.r.e.d!... I know it is only through His GRACE I go on each day!... I again was reminded today just how fast life goes... Angela S.L.O.W. down He keeps reminding me!.. the handstands in the living room, awana study time, homeschooling, dog begging to come inside, shows, and the list goes ...  I am reminded that these days are numbered... love them where they are and stop being so busy....

I know, I know many of you who read this will think... what?? she is with those kiddos 24/7 HOW could she want to pause all of this....  I know one day...... they will have their own family, we will be secondary.... I want them to know that we LOVE them here!... my prayer is when they leave they want to be back and know that "we" are home :) 

I will blog about all the happenings that have happened since , well.... whenever that was!