So sorry it has been so long since I've written a blog. I've been pretty busy the last few weeks. Since I've written my family has been down here twice! The second time was a complete surprise. My mom called Tuesday evening and said they were leaving at 6 the next morning and heading this way. Their was an auction my step-dad needed to attend in Spartanburg, which is about 1 hour from here. His boss and his wife also rode down with them b/c their son lives in Greenville, SC. It was so nice to see them again! We had a great time together. I"m looking forward to the next visit from friends and family!
I've turned 30 years old since I've blogged...I can't believe it. That used to sound so old to me and now I'm there! It hit me yesterday when I found out a girl that I work with, whom I assumed was around the same age as me was only 18! And when asked how old I was, I had to say 30. I just picture myself as a girl in my twenties still. Wow, time flies! I can remember my freshman year of college like it was yesterday...it was ten years ago!!!!!!!!! Okay, I'm getting depressed...moving on.
I'm sitting out here on my beloved porch swing. It is one of those days that you just have to be outside no matter what. 7o degrees, blue, sunny skies, a nice breeze...ahhh, so refreshing and beautiful! Even though there is a lot of stuff that could be done inside, it will have to wait. This is what the weather will be like in heaven, I just know it! :) Getting back to my porch swing, I love it! It was a b-day gift from my mother-in-law. We live out in the country, so it is so peaceful, except for the occasional dog barking. Across the street from us is nothing but a forest...the wind sounds so loud coming through it, but it is calming. I have many great memories from when I was a child that took place while sitting on a porch swing. It was on my grandma and grandpa Frazie's back porch. As a child I was blessed to live right next door to one set of grandparents. One of my memories is of me and my grandma Dodie snapping green beans, while swinging and talking. Another memory is of me, my grandma and grandpa swinging one summer evening during a big storm. We watched the rain surround us, while it rolled off the porch roof. Those are great memories, maybe that is why I love my porch swing so much. :)
Well, I hope you all enjoy your Sunday as much as I am. Have a great week!
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Celebrate being YOU
Good morning friends. I'm up bright and early this morning and feeling especially happy and excited! I've got my starbucks anniversary blend coffee setting on the table beside me....aww, the aroma is fabulous! My family is coming in today for a visit!!! WoooHOOO! I'm so excited to entertain them in my new house and then spend the rest of the weekend on the lake in a lake house here. My mom and Steve rented a lake house for the weekend and a pontoon boat. What fun! I can't wait to kiss my nephew's face off either!!! :)
I'm also feeling motivated to write about a topic that I have a heart for. For it wasn't long ago, about 7 years ago to be exact, that I let the devil get a hold of me. That is when I started believing his lies. The lies that I wasn't good enough, skinny enough, smart enough, pretty enough, etc. Believing the lies led to a dangerous disorder. I began to binge and purge, once a week, once a day, everyday, three times a day. I don't know who I was during this time...I don't know how I let myself get to that point. How in the world did I ever think that was okay?! The devil is sneaky, he'll make you believe a lot of things...just like he did Eve. He must have been pretty tricky to make her believe it was okay to eat that fruit after the Almighty God told her not to eat! He tricks and lies to me and you today. Don't let him get you!!
Proverbs 14:10 says, "A heart at peace gives life to the body." My prayer for you an myself is that we will be at peace in our own body and with our own body. Are you at peace with the person God made you? If you don't peace within yourself you won't ever have peace with other people. God could send you another mom friend you've been praying for, but if you're not at peace with yourself that won't work. Before you can experience healthy relationships, you've got to be happy with who God made you!
If you're focused on imperfections, like I was for so long, and wishing you looked like someone else, were someone else, you are allowing the devil to steal your peace and replace it with wrong thinking. Please don't get caught in that trap, I can tell you from experience it is an awful place to be!
The devil will try to convince you that you are a weak little worm and when he does he laughs! He's evil, he's mean, he's the father of lies! You need to declare out loud, "I am a child of the Most High King and He thinks I am great!" As a matter of fact he is enthralled with your beauty! (Psalm 45:11) It doesn't matter the what size you are, the color of your hair, how tall you are...God made you just the way you are! Imagine spending a long time making something for your son or daughter, making sure everything is just the way you want it. Then when you give it to them they say, I don't like it! And they start to tear it up and destroy the masterpiece you created just for them. Our body is a masterpiece that our Father created just for us, embrace it, don't pick it apart and destroy it!
You may not be happy with every aspect of yourself, but you need to be happy about the basic person that God created you to be. When you start practicing that mindset, your peace will return! And that is a great way to live!
I now have that peace. Thank God I only suffered from my eating disorder about a year. He sent two wonderful people into my life to help me overcome! I couldn't have done it without the faith that my Almighty God would heal me! "He is the truth and the truth will set you free." John 8:32
Prayer for you and me: Lord, I pray that Your peace will overtake me today. Please take away all wrong thinking from me.
Watch this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyheJ480LYA
(A lot of these ideas came from my Daily Wisdom for Mother's devotion book)
I'm also feeling motivated to write about a topic that I have a heart for. For it wasn't long ago, about 7 years ago to be exact, that I let the devil get a hold of me. That is when I started believing his lies. The lies that I wasn't good enough, skinny enough, smart enough, pretty enough, etc. Believing the lies led to a dangerous disorder. I began to binge and purge, once a week, once a day, everyday, three times a day. I don't know who I was during this time...I don't know how I let myself get to that point. How in the world did I ever think that was okay?! The devil is sneaky, he'll make you believe a lot of things...just like he did Eve. He must have been pretty tricky to make her believe it was okay to eat that fruit after the Almighty God told her not to eat! He tricks and lies to me and you today. Don't let him get you!!
Proverbs 14:10 says, "A heart at peace gives life to the body." My prayer for you an myself is that we will be at peace in our own body and with our own body. Are you at peace with the person God made you? If you don't peace within yourself you won't ever have peace with other people. God could send you another mom friend you've been praying for, but if you're not at peace with yourself that won't work. Before you can experience healthy relationships, you've got to be happy with who God made you!
If you're focused on imperfections, like I was for so long, and wishing you looked like someone else, were someone else, you are allowing the devil to steal your peace and replace it with wrong thinking. Please don't get caught in that trap, I can tell you from experience it is an awful place to be!
The devil will try to convince you that you are a weak little worm and when he does he laughs! He's evil, he's mean, he's the father of lies! You need to declare out loud, "I am a child of the Most High King and He thinks I am great!" As a matter of fact he is enthralled with your beauty! (Psalm 45:11) It doesn't matter the what size you are, the color of your hair, how tall you are...God made you just the way you are! Imagine spending a long time making something for your son or daughter, making sure everything is just the way you want it. Then when you give it to them they say, I don't like it! And they start to tear it up and destroy the masterpiece you created just for them. Our body is a masterpiece that our Father created just for us, embrace it, don't pick it apart and destroy it!
You may not be happy with every aspect of yourself, but you need to be happy about the basic person that God created you to be. When you start practicing that mindset, your peace will return! And that is a great way to live!
I now have that peace. Thank God I only suffered from my eating disorder about a year. He sent two wonderful people into my life to help me overcome! I couldn't have done it without the faith that my Almighty God would heal me! "He is the truth and the truth will set you free." John 8:32
Prayer for you and me: Lord, I pray that Your peace will overtake me today. Please take away all wrong thinking from me.
Watch this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyheJ480LYA
(A lot of these ideas came from my Daily Wisdom for Mother's devotion book)
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Driving out fear
I am a worry wort. I try not to be...I know it is a sin. I read all the verses many times that remind me not to worry. I do okay for awhile, then before I know it, the worry creeps back in. I find myself worrying about silly stuff, stuff that hasn't even happened and probably won't happen, but I make up this ordeal in my head and get all anxious and flustered and then I snap out of it and think why do I do this to myself!?
So there is this flu going around, HINI (aka swine flu), have you heard of it? If you watch any kind of t.v. read newspapers, etc, you have. It's turned me into a germaphobic! I'm constantly squirting hand sanitizer on myself and my poor kids. I've got bottles of it everywhere...3 in my purse, 2 in my car, 1 in my kitchen, and 2 more in the cabinet for when we run out...which will be soon at this rate. :)
Craig swears he's already had swine flu. When we first moved down here, he had all the symptoms...fever, chills, cough, sore throat. The kids who are experiencing these symptoms at the college are being quarantined. Anyway, he was never tested for it, so we'll never know. Thankfully the kids and I didn't get whatever it was, even though we we're living in a 2 room tiny, little house.
So, I pulled out my devotion book for mothers, which I haven't read in years. And God is so good, he was talking right to me again. This devotion is about driving out fear...and just a side note, I'm home alone in our new house all night tonight. I'm scared. I hate to be alone, so again, this devotion was perfect for tonight.
"Okay, so I've accepted the fact that I'll never be perfect. But it's good to know that God's perfect love is available to me and that His love drives out fear. You know, as moms, we encounter a lot of fears concerning our children. We fear they won't develop properly when they are growing inside of us. We fear we'll do something wrong as parents. We fear they aren't learning like other children. We fear we aren't spending enough time with them..and on and on and on.
But Romans 8:15 tells us that we did not receive a spirit that makes us slaves to fear; rather we received the Spirit of sonship. That entitles us to the right to cry out to God as our Abba, Father. He wants us to run to Him when we're fearful. He wants to cast that fear right out of our hearts.
So, if you're struggling with fears of inadequacy, or if you're worried about your children to the point that your stomach is in knots (that's me)...run to God! Let Him replace your fear with HIs perfect love. Now that's a deal you can't refuse!" That devotion came from a book called "Daily wisdom for Mothers".
I can choose to spend my days worrying and being fearful of the unknown, or I can trust in my Almighty Heavenly Father, and bask in His perfect love, and enjoy the days knowing that He is in control! Not me.
1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear (and worry) . :)
Here's that right hand again...Isaiah 41:13 "For I am the Lord your God, who takes hold of your right hand, and says to you, Do not fear, I will help you."
and again...Isaiah 41:10 "So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."
So there is this flu going around, HINI (aka swine flu), have you heard of it? If you watch any kind of t.v. read newspapers, etc, you have. It's turned me into a germaphobic! I'm constantly squirting hand sanitizer on myself and my poor kids. I've got bottles of it everywhere...3 in my purse, 2 in my car, 1 in my kitchen, and 2 more in the cabinet for when we run out...which will be soon at this rate. :)
Craig swears he's already had swine flu. When we first moved down here, he had all the symptoms...fever, chills, cough, sore throat. The kids who are experiencing these symptoms at the college are being quarantined. Anyway, he was never tested for it, so we'll never know. Thankfully the kids and I didn't get whatever it was, even though we we're living in a 2 room tiny, little house.
So, I pulled out my devotion book for mothers, which I haven't read in years. And God is so good, he was talking right to me again. This devotion is about driving out fear...and just a side note, I'm home alone in our new house all night tonight. I'm scared. I hate to be alone, so again, this devotion was perfect for tonight.
"Okay, so I've accepted the fact that I'll never be perfect. But it's good to know that God's perfect love is available to me and that His love drives out fear. You know, as moms, we encounter a lot of fears concerning our children. We fear they won't develop properly when they are growing inside of us. We fear we'll do something wrong as parents. We fear they aren't learning like other children. We fear we aren't spending enough time with them..and on and on and on.
But Romans 8:15 tells us that we did not receive a spirit that makes us slaves to fear; rather we received the Spirit of sonship. That entitles us to the right to cry out to God as our Abba, Father. He wants us to run to Him when we're fearful. He wants to cast that fear right out of our hearts.
So, if you're struggling with fears of inadequacy, or if you're worried about your children to the point that your stomach is in knots (that's me)...run to God! Let Him replace your fear with HIs perfect love. Now that's a deal you can't refuse!" That devotion came from a book called "Daily wisdom for Mothers".
I can choose to spend my days worrying and being fearful of the unknown, or I can trust in my Almighty Heavenly Father, and bask in His perfect love, and enjoy the days knowing that He is in control! Not me.
1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear (and worry) . :)
Here's that right hand again...Isaiah 41:13 "For I am the Lord your God, who takes hold of your right hand, and says to you, Do not fear, I will help you."
and again...Isaiah 41:10 "So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
