Chasing Rabbits...

Do you ever feel like you are chasing rabbits?!  Cause I do!  My mind is constantly going a million miles a minute and half the time I feel like I never stop long enough to finish a complete thought.  There is always something running through my brain...always a step ahead of myself...always thinking of what I could, should, ought to be doing.

And you know what, I wouldn't change my life for anything!  I love being a mommy.  I absolutely, positively love it.

Yes, there are days when my hair looks like a bird's nest, the laundry is piled up waiting to be folded, groceries need to be bought, emails need to be sent, errands need to be run, the house needs to be cleaned and mail needs to be sorted.  Yes, there are days when I want to pull my hair out.  Yes, there are days I can't think straight.  Yes, there are days when the "home-cooked meal" is nothing more than spaghetti.  Yes, there are those days.  We all have them.

And yet, I say again...I wouldn't change my life for anything!  I love being a mommy.  I absolutely, positively love it.

So maybe, just because I am being honest and dealing with this juggling thing on a daily basis, here's what I am TRYING to learn.

My house is a home.  The Lord blessed us with it to share with our family and others.  It is not meant to be perfect.  It is not meant to be spotless.  And let's be honest...even when you do spend all day cleaning, it takes all of five seconds for the toys to fly and the dust to land!

Furthermore, my sweet girls are only small for what seems like the blink of an eye.  So the rest of the hoopla the world sees as "put together," is simply going to have to wait! I'd rather have a less than "perfect" house and happy babies than miss out on one minute of the sweet love and joy that radiates from their pores.

So when, like me, you get overwhelmed and feel a little like you are drowning in your laundry list (no pun intended) of things to do, just remember this...nap time is only so long :)  And it's never long enough to conquer the list!

So do what you do to the glory of the Lord and all else will fall into place.  Praise the Lord for that!



P.S. Soph is at school and L is napping, so I guess this Momma is about to go try and catch a couple of those rabbits :)

A Wow Moment!

No not a wow moment ~ a GOD moment!  I don't often share certain truly personal aspects of my life on this blog ~ perhaps not to offend, most likely because I don't like to cause anyone to have reason to feel uncomfortable.  But this is my blog and the Lord is going to use it ~ so here it goes!

Not many of you know that I had some tests run recently just because I have been feeling "off".  I do have the results and no I won't share those.  Not because I don't want you to know, but simply because I haven't officially talked to my doctor yet.  It's not anything overly serious so please don't freak out ~ if you were that is ;)

Anyway, that kind of thing, the feeling "off" thing scares me.  I have been so worried...which obviously isn't helping!  However, I kept talking to the Lord.  And sometimes I don't believe my prayers are getting past the ceiling.  But you know what, the Lord hears EVERY WORD and EVERY THOUGHT!  And tonight I had that "are you even HEARING me" mindset?  And then...then...the Lord revealed Himself to me.  I talked to Him for a good half hour about every thing I could think of and then I claimed the truth that He knows even those thoughts I couldn't even think to speak.  And you know what?  The LORD loves ME!  His word is TRUTH!  My fears are rooted in the devil and the devil lost a heck of a long time ago.  So you know what, my life is for the Lord!  My life is for the Lord!!!  For those of you I have ever led astray, I AM SO SORRY!  Please forgive me.  This is my heart.  He is real.  He died for all of us.  And He LOVES us.  Really, really loves us.

He has blessed me ~ with a wonderful husband, amazing daughter, a dear family, and friends I cherish beyond words.  But more importantly me, He has blessed me with the gift of love and salvation.  So thank you Lord for loving ME and forgiving me!  You are amazing, holy and perfect!  To God be the Glory!!!

Josh Wilson is one of my very favorite artists!  And I turned to his songs to offer praise this evening.  Enjoy and I hope you have been blessed in some way by the words of my heart :)  I love you all so very much :)

"I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace.  In the world you will have trouble: but take heart!  I have overcome the world." ~ John 16:33

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

"I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are Your works and that my soul knows right well." Psalm 139:14 American KJV

Our Family at Parent-Child Commitment

October 17, 2010 ~ Second Baptist Church - South Campus

Uncle James, Aunt Jaime, Sophie, Mommy and Daddy

James and Jaime, 

I wish I could put into words how grateful we are to the two of you for agreeing to be Sophie's Godparents.

When we found out we were expecting our sweet girl, there were a lot of things that went through our heads.  A lot of things we weren't sure of.  A lot of things we were nervous about.  A lot of things we couldn't decide on.  But the one thing we agreed on immediately, if the two of you were willing, there was no one else we would rather leave our sweet Sophia with should the Lord call us home.  We knew without a doubt that the two of you would raise her with the same morals, the same goals, the same Christian beliefs.  That you would always remind her about her Mommy and Daddy and how very much we loved her.  And most importantly, that you would love her as unconditionally as we do.

So while words will never be sufficient, please know that it truly does mean the world to us.  It truly is an honor to have you as our best friends, and while you will always hold that title, you are way more than that ~ you are family.  Thank you for sharing in this amazing day with us!

We love you very, very much!
Kevin, Heather & Sophie

Psalm 139:13-16

"For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them." ~ Psalm 139:13-16

This verse literally brings tears to my eyes.  It is such an amazing, perfect truth from the Word.  To think that sometimes I believe that I have known Sophie longer than anyone else...  I held her in my womb.  I felt her first movements.  Spoke with her and loved her as only a mother can.  But, the TRUTH is, that is a lie.  I wasn't the first one to know her.  HE was!  And thank you Lord for that.  Thank you for giving us this wonderful blessing.  For allowing me to be her mother.  For trusting her life to us.  To raise her and show her Your love.  Thank you, thank you, thank you!

And Sunday, as we commit her back to You in front of our church congregation, I pray that You will remind us daily how truly blessed we are.  Give us strength to raise her in the midst of this crazy world, to give her a foundation in You that she can stand on no matter the trials she may face.  Love us Lord as only You can.  And Lord, I pray that You will knock on the door of her heart at a young age and that she will know You and love You all of her days.  She in Your hands Lord and there is no better place than that.  We love You and commit our sweet girl to You.  In Your name I pray these words, Amen!

While distance will keep our loved ones from sharing in this special occasion with us, please keep us in your prayers this coming Sunday.  Commit with us to raise our Sweet Sophie under the ways of the Lord and know that we love you all, and are so grateful to have so many people cherish our precious baby with all their hearts.  It is an honor to share our greatest blessing with each of you.

Parent Child Commitment:

Pastor: Do you commit your child to God?

Parents: We do

Pastor: As parents, do you promise to bring up

your child in the nurture and admonition of the

Lord?

Parents: We do

Pastor: Do you promise to the best of your ability

to provide a Christian home, teaching your

child the Bible both by precept and example,

and praying for the day when this precious gift

from God will trust Jesus as Savior and Lord

and come into the fellowship and service of the

church?

Parents: We do

Pastor to the Congregation:

Do you, the gathered congregation, join me

in recognizing that the Christian nurture of

children is a privilege of both the home and the

church and do you promise to pray for these

parents and provide an atmosphere in which

these children may grow to Christian maturity?

Congregation: We do

"Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. For where two or more are gathered together in My Name, I am there in the midst of them." ~ Matthew 18:19-20