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Time Doesn't Stop

 Well time doesn't stop, in fact as I have gotten older I believe time goes by much faster.  I realized that I have not blogged since the beginning of 2020.  Little did the world know that in a few short months of the start of that year that the world as we knew it was going to come to a fast halt.  I've had so many thoughts and experiences since the last blog post.  I have lost weight then I gained weight, I have to color my hair more often because I have more gray hair, we graduated our oldest child, and now we are almost ready to graduate our baby, I have had some hard days and some good days, I have pages and chapters of my life that I want to hang on to and stay in and others that I wish could be torn out, burned and rewritten. However the Author of my story is the BEST author and has my entire story figured out.  He is the only one that I trust with the pen.  God just keeps writing my story, painting my life picture and working it all out for my ...
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What's Your Word?

Several years ago, I decided to ditch the New Year's resolutions list and pick one word to work on through out the year.  One word that I would work on with God.  Last year I picked the word Courage and some of the things I faced this year took a lot of courage:  not in my own strength but in the courage that the Lord gave me.  Fast forward to a few weeks ago when I was thinking about and praying about my word for this year.  The word I kept getting from God was "Trust".  Hmmmm. . . . . Well when I asked God and He told me "trust" I resisted.  Yes, I am stubborn.  I told God that I didn't want to work on that word because I had already worked on that word. . a couple years ago.  But God in His loving gentle way would have the word "trust" show up in sermons, counseling sessions, songs, Scripture, etc.  It seemed I could not get away from the word "Trust".  So finally I listened and I went to work researching the definition of Trus...
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Real. Raw. Honest. Authentic

Lately I have been posting on Facebook about my journey.  In an attempt to be transparent and real.  I don't know if you are like me but if you look at someone else's life, their kids, their marriage, their jobs, their hair, their clothes, their bodies, their houses, their cars and the list goes on and on and on of the comparisons.  The putting people on pedestals that they can never and should never be on.  We look at their perfect "Facebook" posts and pictures and get jealous, feel less than and try to be someone we are not.  Well I am done with FAKE.  I am done with fake people, fake friends, fake moms, fake bodies, fake food, fake sugar, etc.  I have decided that what others think of me does not determine what God thinks and knows of me.  God has the final say in all things.  If I am doing what He has planned for me and if I am walking with Him and leaning on Him, then I am doing well.  I don't need fake and fickle friends because I ...
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The Best Date

When Ry and I were dating we were at the end of our college days, I was at NWC and he was at Northwest Airlines doing an internship.  My favorite dates with him were comprised of McDonald's Happy Meals (okay I ordered the happy meal and he had something else) and Post Road.  Post Road was a place where cars would park and watch airplanes landing and taking off.  It was so fun, we would watch planes, eat McDonald's, talk and listen to Michael W. Smith.   Its been a long time since we watched a lot of airplanes like that.  We live in a smaller city that doesn't have crazy air traffic.  So we found a place called Founders Field here in Dallas.  Last night we were headed out to Target and also to grab supper before Ryan had to get back to the hotel for a conference call and also to study.  He decided to take me on an airplane date.  We went to Founders Field and stood and watched airplanes landing and taking off.  You could also hear AT...
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Reckless

There is a new song out there that I love.  It is called Reckless Love.  We have sung this song in church a couple times too.  Recently I have heard that there are some who feel that this is not a good song.  That it is maybe disrespectful?  The problem some may have is with the word "Reckless"??  Perhaps they feel that the word Reckless doesn't define who God is?   While I can see their  point, I struggled with this because I like the song so much and I never saw this song in a way that was disrespectful.  So I looked up the definition of reckless and then I had some thoughts after I read them.  Let me define reckless and then I am going to offer my thoughts. . . on Reckless Love. Reckless according to Dictionary.com is 1. utterly unconcerned about the consequences of some action; without caution; careless   (emphasis mine) Reckless according to Merriam-Webster online:  1. marked by lack of proper caution (emphas...
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Tomorrow's Worries

Lets talk about worry again today. I felt that worry bug creep up on me just a little bit ago.  Worry is an area--a big area-- of my life that I need to be pruned.  So what was I so worried about today?  Well here is another confession.  So today it had nothing to do with money, it had to do with worry about being a good mom vs. being a good wife.  Oh that sneaky devil.  He knows that God is working on me to prune out the dead branches in me that are not producing fruit.  One area that I was convicted on was the thought process that I have to choose being a good mom over being a good wife or vice versa.  NO, I don't have to choose that, I can be a good mom and a good wife because I am a child of God.  If I am connected to God (the True Vine) then God can and will create balance in me and He will make me into the wife that He created me to be and the mom that He created me to be. I don't have to be one or the other.  That frees me so much...
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An Early Morning Prayer (Worry filled my heart and mind)

Recently I was chatting with a friend and I was reminded how much I need to be in prayer for all things.  I Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NIV) says, "Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."  Pray continually. . . now that statement hits me hard, convicts me and reassures me all at the same time. I don't know about you but there are times when I do well with going to Jesus in prayer right away and then there are times when I try to figure things out on my own or get advice from other people.  I tend to be self focused and try to figure things out on my own.  That is not what God wants from His Children.  Recently I was worried about money, I woke up around 4 in the morning 2 mornings in a row and I could not go back to sleep.  I laid there worrying about all sorts of things but when I really thought about what it boiled down to it was money and security.  OUCH. . . my security doesn...
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