Inspire Me...

I am off to another week and life is getting too hectic. I feel ineffective this morning... kind of in a fog. So, I've been searching other blogs for inspiration. Then I realized how un-inspiring my blog is... time to change that! My ineffective feeling is set asside right now so that I can let God in and He can control my day and my attitude. Time to focus on Him and His amazing LOVE. The beautiful minds that have created so many wonderful thoughts about Him that I have read this morning cause me to just fall to my knees in awe. I realize that God wants to use me up, but he also wants me to take time with Him in the process. I have been so busy being used that I haven't spent time noticing God's work around me. Hurricane Ike has hit my area and many of us are still trying to gather the pieces of our lives so that we can put them together again. My take is that God doesn't want the same old pieces to our lives. He wants to create NEW pieces and give us hope in Him. He is sufficient to meet ALL of our needs! I've been reading "Fields of Gold" by Andy Stanley. It is so appropriate for what Ike has done to our area. Read 2 Corinthians 9:6-11 and ENJOY! Now I'm off to find my inspiration in Jesus Christ today!

July 27th Too little time...

As I have gotten older, I realize that my Mother was so so right... life is too short and the kids grow up so fast. Today is my 23rd wedding anniversary (where has the time gone??) and my children are so independent. I was just talking to my husband about how the little things they need don't annoy me anymore because I know that I have just a short amount of time left to 'mother' them. I hope they will look back at their childhood one day and smile knowing how much they are loved.

I have been a faithful reader of the Katie Bloom blog and her recovery is so precious to me as I know that 3 small children and a wonderful husband need her desperately to be fully recovered. I know that God will use their story in a big way and I urge anyone reading this to find the blog and pray for the Bloom Family.

My 3 Sons

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Just the boys

I have uploaded pictures of my boys... they are soooo loved! I'm not always good about making sure they know they are loved very much. I'm still growing up as a parent.

7/22/08 A Quiet Morning

Well, its my time now... kids are all off doing their respective 'things' and the house is kind of quiet. Sometimes I wonder if, when I'm a senior citizen, I will enjoy the quiet or wish for the rush of the kid's schedules. Then I think, No I wouldn't want the busy lifestyle back, but I would definitly miss my sons. God is teaching me to enjoy whatever I am going through... even the tough stuff. I love the quiet mornings and now its time to enjoy God's word and a good 'ole cup of coffee :)

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