Weekend's On It's Way

Lovely-Having a weekend coming up that is free of commitments and full of possibilities (and my two favorite people in the world!).

Not so lovely-Working today without my para. It wasn't horrible, but it was SO HARD! The bed is calling my name already!

Lovely-The feeling of fall in the air.

Not so lovely-Lots of thoughts of Brother Scott lately, making me very sad and very homesick for Heaven.

Lovely-Tomorrow is Friday!

Not so lovely-The adversary is after me in ways unlike anything I have ever seen before.

Lovely-This adversity is drawing me into God's Word and into His arms more than ever before! I am reading His Word like a love song, and it's a beautiful thing.

Happy Weekend!

Jesus, Take Me Away

I miss my friend Scott. Really, really badly. It's been 8 months since he passed, but as I watched a video of his family today, the grief covered me like a blanket. My heart aches for his family who is left behind, for the world that is lacking without his presence. For myself, and all of the reasons why his passing hurt me so badly. It doesn't help that I have been going through so many things lately. I love my job. I love my church. I love my family. I love my life. But, not having a job for so long has wreaked havoc on our finances, and we can't seem to get things back on track. At church, we have been given the responsibility of being the music minister, on top of everything else we do. That's not a problem-except the old saying goes-new level, new devil. That's the situation with that. He has even attacked my marriage lately, which really makes me mad!

All of this just makes me want to raise my arms up and say "Jesus, take me away!". My redemption, or something else really big, must be drawing nigh!! I am trusting in God to be in control of everything that is going on in my life. To know that he is charge of my past, present, and future. And that He knows what He is doing and will work all of this out for my good! It just really, really hurts.

Labor Day

Labor Day....

Laying in bed with my babies.
Watching cartoons with little tiny.
Having breakfast with little tiny while Daddy sleeps in.
Dressing Hannah in her cute overalls (three bucks at consignment shop) that I forgot we had. I had time to LOOK through her closet today!!
Having lunch.....with my babies (sensing a pattern?).
Heading to Wal Mart for milk and produce, and looking at twenty random things in the process. (And buying some cute stuff for Hannah).
Time for Facebook, time for blogging.
Time to shower and actually take my time!
Grillin' out with family this evening.
All this family time.

I love today! :)

I Ask Myself These Questions

How can someone not understand what is wrong with selling your body? (I am not kidding, this was said by a woman in a magazine I was reading!)
How can someone I go to church with "like" MTV's 16 and Pregnant on their Facebook page?
How can people who call themselves leaders not come to prayer meetings?
How can someone think that being artificially insemanated by a gay man and allowing her child to take his "life partner's name" will not bring MAJOR issues into their child's life? (also in a magazine I read).

And then I realize....these are all signs of the times. People are blind, bound, broken, sick....and they don't even know it! It just makes our job as ambassadors for Christ that much more important. We are running out of time, and people are more deceived than ever. Let us pray!!!