So once again, God just smacked me in the face tonight.
Everyone has struggles in their lives and everyone has those times when you go through a valley. Then comes the time that you pick yourself up and start to live again. This week has been one of those times for me. For a few days last week, I was having a pity party for myself. For various and sundry reasons, nothing really specific. Then after praying for days for God to take my crappy attitude away then I realized that I needed to get over myself. Life isn't all about me.
So today an old friend and I reconnected even more than we already had through Facebook and God has used her in my life today more than she knows. I picked up "My Utmost for His Highest" to read before I headed to bed as I've been doing lately. Tonight, I knew that God put these words on the page for me.
Oswald Chambers wrote:
"The Overshadowing of God's Personal Deliverance"
"I am with you to deliver you," says the Lord. Jeremiah 1:8
"Wherever God sends us, He will guard our lives. Our personal property and possessions are to be a matter of indifference to us, and out hold on these things should be very loose. If this is not the case, we will have panic, heartache, and distress. Having the proper outlook is evidence of the deeply rooted belief in the overshadowing of God's personal deliverance."
It's been one of those days that I've been consumed with worrying about the things that we "need" or "want." What we don't have rather than what we do have. Wondering what I can change or do in order to have the things that we "need." Reading this made me realize several things. 1) I have everything that I need. I have a family that loves me, my bills are paid and there's food on my table. I have an amazing house. 2) God will guard me and take care of me. He always does. 3) Yes, this is a repeat, I have all of my needs met. Not all of my wants, but everything I need and many things that I want, I have. God reminded me tonight that He never leaves us, even when we can't necessarily see Him working, He is working. He might not provide like we think He's going to, but we can't overlook the times that He does provide for us. Like when someone shows up at church with a can of formula because they can't use it. God is always faithful.
I needed this reminder tonight and as I say, when God smacks me around I have to share it because someone else might need this message too and this is my sharing place for right now.
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Yes.....another video
So tonight was a fun night.
Bill and I lowered the crib so that Isaac wouldn't escape if he got adventurous. After that, Bill and I were sitting on the couch and Bill stood him up and said walk to Mommy and he held his has and walked right across the couch. So we made him do it over and over until we could get the cameras. I can't believe he's growing so fast.
Bill and I lowered the crib so that Isaac wouldn't escape if he got adventurous. After that, Bill and I were sitting on the couch and Bill stood him up and said walk to Mommy and he held his has and walked right across the couch. So we made him do it over and over until we could get the cameras. I can't believe he's growing so fast.
Busy Tuesday
So Tuesdays are our Monday's since Bill has Monday off it's like we have an extra day to the weekend. So we have a busy week ahead. I thought summer was supposed to be a relaxing quiet time. Not so much.
This summer we're doing a program for the kids on Wednesday's. Each week we're trying to do something different in order to give Mom's a break over the summer. Tomorrow we're having a water day. It should be very fun!
But today, I have to go to the store, then to Honk's for .88 cents Tuesdays to see if I can find some garden tools to dig up the weeds outside our house that are slowly but surely taking over. Then we're home to fix lunch and eat with Bill, a VBS meeting at 2:00, then off to the store yet again to get lunch for the kids tomorrow, then home to get some other things done for our water day. Who says being a stay at home Mom isn't a job. All the while caring for my pterodactyl son. Okay so he's on an extinct dinosaur, but he sure sounds like one ;-) He's honing his animal sounds, every day it's a different animal.
Did I mention that we have to lower the crib tonight????? My little boy is getting not so little anymore. He doesn't cry anymore when he wakes up in the morning. Well, he does if I let him lay there too long. But usually that doesn't happen. He makes his animal sound of the day until Mommy wakes up enough to go to his room or deems it time to get up. Yesterday I walked in his room and was surprised to find him on his back and he's a belly sleeper. So now that we're rolling over and when he pushes up on his hands his head pops over the rail, it's time to lower the crib so we don't have any accidents. I'm not sure what we're going to do with the Pack-n-play downstairs yet because we have the same problem, but the only option that we have is to take the bassinet part out but then I'm too short to reach him in the regular crib part. So we will have to see.
Isaac is trying to crawl and he can move if he feels like it. (See the video below) It's quite funny to see how far he can move when he wants to and how he just lays there and laughs at you when he doesn't want to move. The other new thing he does is he learned how to spit. When we tell him "no spitting" he literally laughs at us. I hope this doesn't continue ;-) He's sleeping a lot and eating a lot so I have a feeling we're going through another growth spurt. I noticed his 3-6 month clothes are starting to get hard to button. This time is just going by so fast.
I must mention that I have such a good baby yet again. Even though he's only been up for 2 hours and we've gone through 2 sets of clothes, four diapers, a bath, a bottle and a jar of fruit, he's already back asleep for his morning nap. I'm not sure what I'm going to do when he finally gives that morning nap up. Hopefully that won't be for a while.
Here are a few pictures from the last week and from Father's Day. Bill says he had a great first Father's Day. We got him a shirt with football helmet's that says #1 Dad. He was so proud he wore it to church on Sunday morning.
We were working in the yard and he couldn't figure out where that noise was coming from.
Hanging out while Mom pulls weeds.
Hey that's my Daddy!
There he is again!
Oh I love these toes.
The girls at the party wore me out, I'm so tired.
Oh shoes! I love shoes cause they have toes inside and I can see my toes move inside these shoes!
Father's Day!
Oh Mom, open this cereal, it's the best.
Okay, if you won't open it, I'll eat the box.
I'm gonna try and crawl.
I'm gonna eat the cereal.
This summer we're doing a program for the kids on Wednesday's. Each week we're trying to do something different in order to give Mom's a break over the summer. Tomorrow we're having a water day. It should be very fun!
But today, I have to go to the store, then to Honk's for .88 cents Tuesdays to see if I can find some garden tools to dig up the weeds outside our house that are slowly but surely taking over. Then we're home to fix lunch and eat with Bill, a VBS meeting at 2:00, then off to the store yet again to get lunch for the kids tomorrow, then home to get some other things done for our water day. Who says being a stay at home Mom isn't a job. All the while caring for my pterodactyl son. Okay so he's on an extinct dinosaur, but he sure sounds like one ;-) He's honing his animal sounds, every day it's a different animal.
Did I mention that we have to lower the crib tonight????? My little boy is getting not so little anymore. He doesn't cry anymore when he wakes up in the morning. Well, he does if I let him lay there too long. But usually that doesn't happen. He makes his animal sound of the day until Mommy wakes up enough to go to his room or deems it time to get up. Yesterday I walked in his room and was surprised to find him on his back and he's a belly sleeper. So now that we're rolling over and when he pushes up on his hands his head pops over the rail, it's time to lower the crib so we don't have any accidents. I'm not sure what we're going to do with the Pack-n-play downstairs yet because we have the same problem, but the only option that we have is to take the bassinet part out but then I'm too short to reach him in the regular crib part. So we will have to see.
Isaac is trying to crawl and he can move if he feels like it. (See the video below) It's quite funny to see how far he can move when he wants to and how he just lays there and laughs at you when he doesn't want to move. The other new thing he does is he learned how to spit. When we tell him "no spitting" he literally laughs at us. I hope this doesn't continue ;-) He's sleeping a lot and eating a lot so I have a feeling we're going through another growth spurt. I noticed his 3-6 month clothes are starting to get hard to button. This time is just going by so fast.
I must mention that I have such a good baby yet again. Even though he's only been up for 2 hours and we've gone through 2 sets of clothes, four diapers, a bath, a bottle and a jar of fruit, he's already back asleep for his morning nap. I'm not sure what I'm going to do when he finally gives that morning nap up. Hopefully that won't be for a while.
Here are a few pictures from the last week and from Father's Day. Bill says he had a great first Father's Day. We got him a shirt with football helmet's that says #1 Dad. He was so proud he wore it to church on Sunday morning.
We were working in the yard and he couldn't figure out where that noise was coming from.
Hanging out while Mom pulls weeds.
Hey that's my Daddy!
There he is again!
Oh I love these toes.
The girls at the party wore me out, I'm so tired.
Oh shoes! I love shoes cause they have toes inside and I can see my toes move inside these shoes!
Father's Day!
Oh Mom, open this cereal, it's the best.
Okay, if you won't open it, I'll eat the box.
I'm gonna try and crawl.
I'm gonna eat the cereal.
June 16, 2009
Lots of pictures to post from camp and bath time. At the bottom, you'll see pictures of his new bath tub. Well it's really not new, I got it before he was born, but he's sitting up now so he can use it. He loves it. However I had to take him out because he kept trying to pull up on the side of the bath tub. He got his feet underneath him and was trying to stand up that little stinker. So instead of letting him try to pull himself up I just took him out. I can't let him grow up too much.
Camp Pinewood - EBC Family Camp
At home, playing with Mom's Oreo wrapper.
After by bath
My new bath tub
Camp Pinewood - EBC Family Camp
At home, playing with Mom's Oreo wrapper.
After by bath
My new bath tub
June 11, 2009
What a day
Well it has been a busy two days for us. We left for Church Camp yesterday. Let's just say Isaac needs a lot for two days. WOW.... a lot. But we will move on. We drove up to Church Camp yesterday without any problems. Isaac slept most of the way. He had a dirty diaper on the way. Try changing one of those in the car going 70 mile and hour. We got here and got moved into our little cabin and got unpacked. Now for most of you this little cabin would not be "roughing it.' It is a very nice little cabin and we have our own bathroom which I love. But, you must remember that I am a city girl. I have never camped in my life. This is as close to it will ever get to me camping. It's hard to have one this little staying in a place that's practically empty. But it's nice. We've had some wonderful fun and fellowship already.
Isaac decided that he was not going to take a nap yesterday so he woke up around 2 in the afternoon and didn't go back to "sleep" until about 11. This is huge for him. He's usually only up abut 3 hours at a time. Once we laid him down he screamed and cried for almost an hour and half. We did everything we knew to do, walked the floors, rocked him, laid him in the crib, changed the diaper, fed him, still yet screaming. Finally around 11 he went to "sleep." I put quotes because it wasn't really sleep. Let me start here and say I've always been thankful for having a baby that slept. I didn't realize until last night how much. He was up about every 15 minutes crying. When he was asleep he just kind of moaned in his sleep. I think Bill and I got an hour or 2 or sleep. I think Isaac was just telling us he wasn't happy that he was not at home. He got up this morning though happy as a lark. Laughing and playing. I fed him his cereal and fruit and gave him is bottle. Thank goodness he can hold it now. I went to get ready but turned back around just to check on him. The bottle was almost empty? What I just gave it to him, I know he's not that hungry. I hadn't had enough sleep and after I used some formula to put in his cereal I evidentally forgot to put the lid on the bottle. So Isaac, the floor and his chair are all covered in milk. On two hours of sleep, not what I was looking for. So cleaned everything up, he finished his bottle while we got ready. I sent Bill on to breakfast with Isaac while I finished up getting ready.
This morning was good, however we are both exhausted. Bill taught the children's lesson and I taught the ladies. A very daunting task when you haven't spoken in front of people for a while and you have some amazing women of God sitting there listening to you. I told Denise this morning that God must want to say something because Satan is doing everything he can to distract me, but God is getting me through. God did have something to say through me and I count it such a privilege that He, the creator of all things, decided to speak to me and through me to these ladies. God is so good.
All in all the morning has gone well, just a little overwhelming. Isaac is now taking a nap and Mommy thinks she might too, even though she's supposed to be making a boat for the race on Saturday. Please pray with us that God moves during camp this week. I have a feeling that he is going to do some amazing things this week.
I am so thankful for His love, His grace and ultimately His patience and forgiveness.
Isaac decided that he was not going to take a nap yesterday so he woke up around 2 in the afternoon and didn't go back to "sleep" until about 11. This is huge for him. He's usually only up abut 3 hours at a time. Once we laid him down he screamed and cried for almost an hour and half. We did everything we knew to do, walked the floors, rocked him, laid him in the crib, changed the diaper, fed him, still yet screaming. Finally around 11 he went to "sleep." I put quotes because it wasn't really sleep. Let me start here and say I've always been thankful for having a baby that slept. I didn't realize until last night how much. He was up about every 15 minutes crying. When he was asleep he just kind of moaned in his sleep. I think Bill and I got an hour or 2 or sleep. I think Isaac was just telling us he wasn't happy that he was not at home. He got up this morning though happy as a lark. Laughing and playing. I fed him his cereal and fruit and gave him is bottle. Thank goodness he can hold it now. I went to get ready but turned back around just to check on him. The bottle was almost empty? What I just gave it to him, I know he's not that hungry. I hadn't had enough sleep and after I used some formula to put in his cereal I evidentally forgot to put the lid on the bottle. So Isaac, the floor and his chair are all covered in milk. On two hours of sleep, not what I was looking for. So cleaned everything up, he finished his bottle while we got ready. I sent Bill on to breakfast with Isaac while I finished up getting ready.
This morning was good, however we are both exhausted. Bill taught the children's lesson and I taught the ladies. A very daunting task when you haven't spoken in front of people for a while and you have some amazing women of God sitting there listening to you. I told Denise this morning that God must want to say something because Satan is doing everything he can to distract me, but God is getting me through. God did have something to say through me and I count it such a privilege that He, the creator of all things, decided to speak to me and through me to these ladies. God is so good.
All in all the morning has gone well, just a little overwhelming. Isaac is now taking a nap and Mommy thinks she might too, even though she's supposed to be making a boat for the race on Saturday. Please pray with us that God moves during camp this week. I have a feeling that he is going to do some amazing things this week.
I am so thankful for His love, His grace and ultimately His patience and forgiveness.
June 8, 2009
Pictures from the park
On Sunday we took the 5th and 6th graders to the park to celebrate summer and the end of Club 56 for the summer. Isaac got to swing for the first time and slide down the slide. Here are some pictures.
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