After the madness of the last couple of weeks, the constant going, going, going since Tuesday, the being with lots of people on Christmas Eve, Christmas and then the HUGE shrimp fest party for my birthday boy yesterday, today I'm EXHAUSTED. I don't want to see anyone, I don't want to talk to anyone, I don't want to have to use up my energy sources for a thing. Today I am taking care of myself so I can in turn continue to minister to my family and others around me because right now I have nothing left. It has been great holiday, I love my family, I love my friends, I just need to refuel...
I love music. I am not the best communicator and I get so frustrated sometimes when I'm trying to get something across and my lack of words, emphasis, inflection,... something does not allow me to do it affectively. Music on the other hand. I hear a song and it is THAT exactly what I want to get across. Like someone took it from my head and put it so eloquently to music. The funny thing is, my husband is the complete opposite. He is an incredible communicator. He is smart, witty, quick and has an entire dictionary in his head which allows him to communicate quite affectively. But music to him is really just a lot of noise that he has troubles deciphering unless I give him the lyrics to follow along with. With our incredible differences we do communicate pretty good. Mostly he is just a VERY patient man as a I ramble for hours to try and let him know what I'm thinking and he eventually figures it out. Or else I find the perfect song and I hand him the lyrics.
Here is one of those Perfect songs from an incredibly gifted lady~Enjoy!
Psalm 131 A song of ascents. Of David. 1 My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me.
2 But I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
3 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD both now and forevermore.
The wayward blogger has returned, well sort of. I don't make any promises to be very regular on here. I like writing occasionally but only when stuff starts rattling in the brain, which really isn't very often. No snide comments please.
It has been a rough go for awhile. The failing economy has definately been felt in my household. I have gone from being peaceful, to being angry, to railing, to giving the cold shoulder, back to knowing who holds everything and gives all perfect and good gifts. I can't even say that I'm done with this cycle because honestly I'm a work in progress and that would mean that I have perfected something and I haven't. The one thing that I keep coming across to me over and over again is I am to be thankful in EVERYTHING. (Rabbit Trail: Does anyone know how many times that is said in the Bible? I was curious because I think I've been led to them all) WOW! That means when my husband is out or work and the bank calls me 20 times a day wanting to know if we can pay the mortgage now that I'm to be thankful. That means when Ive had a not so good day, I'm grouchy, and everyone else is grouchy because it is 7 o'clock at night and I haven't got dinner on the table and I shatter an entire full bottle of red coloring I'm to be thankful. I'm not sure, because I am a work in progress, that I am to be thankful that I have a kitchen that looked someone had been slaughtered in or just to be thankful that someone in reality hadn't been slaughtered in it, because really the sly comments coming my direction they were all on the edge. The thought that has come to me is it doesn't matter what situation I am I would find it tragic if it didn't bring God glory because in the end that is what I want my life to look like. I want people to see that in my life no matter the situation in plenty or in want, in sickness or in health, I want my life to reflect the GLORY of GOD. I am thankful, I am thankful for all that God has chosen to give me. He is a good God and I will continually praise him.
I love this song and the more I sing it/hear it the deeper the meaning it takes. Enjoy!
Last weekend my friend, Jeanette, and I took a group of teens plus our two 9 year-olds to an outdoor Christian music festival. We had a blast! We met up with others we knew and hung out. It was a beautiful day (we prayed the thunderstorms away and they skirted around us)the music was great(Newsboys, Skillet, Matthew West plus others), the speaker(Justin Lookadoo) was awesome and we got to meet one of our favorite bands, Skillet. Check out the slide show I put together.
I have been so blessed. I have 5 children and they are all healthy children. We haven't been to see a doctor in 2 years. Not everybody is this lucky.
My sister, Kendra, has two boys who both at the age of 10 were diagnosed with Juvenile Diabetes. They were plunged into a world of checking their blood for sugar and shots of insulin everyday. They are capable of managing it, but there are still high risks involved if something gets miscalculated, someone is sick, even the natural process of going through puberty effects this delicate balance. It is not a life I would wish on anyone, especially a child and that who is typically diagnosed with this disease.
Please take the time to watch Jared and Jake's video and if you can at all help go to this website and help raise money for a cure.
