Resting in His perfect Will

We finished our Home fellowship on the book of Philippians. We read Paul's letter to the church at Philippi, and the "Joy" that He had in his life despite his circumstances. This "Joy" that Paul wrote about, the joy he lived out, was based not in his heart, but in his mind, not how he felt, but how he thought. Just is true in our own lives, how we think affects how we feel. Who and what we put our trust in determines what kind of Joy we will have, either the joy that comes and go depending on ones circumstance, or an everlasting Joy that can only come from Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We learned the importance of being single minded, and how true and everlasting Joy comes form the Lord. Through the life of Paul, we learned that the true spiritual man is one who worships God in Spirit, Rejoices in Christ alone, and has no confidence in ones flesh. We learned or shall I say we're learning to be content no matter what state we are in...Yes were going to take some major hits, hurts, setbacks, and disappointments, but in the end He has purified our souls and made us more like Him.

Beyond Rubies....

Oh the Lord is doing a great work in my life! I am so excited to meet with my friends and share my heart with them. This journey of becoming a virtuous woman is going to be an exciting one, but very challenging too! Looking forward to our first meeting March 14th!

Valentine's Day

Had a great day with my first Love John and my other loves Christian, Faith, and Zoe! We went to Church, then breakfast, then the park, read some scriptures, John made candlelight dinner and I surprised him with sending our picture in for the song Happily Married:) Very blessed! Oh and he bought me some pretty earrings!

Today's devotion

Psalm 3:3
If He allows difficulty, setback, or tragedy to come into my life, He will also be my Glory and the Lifter of my head. The Lord is my ROCK and I am so thankful to Him that I never have to be alone. Faithfully praying that the next moment might bring me a miracle for someone I Love dearly.

Beyond Rubies....

Had an awesome time with my dearest sister Sarah. We had girl time talking about God's call on our lives, and getting ready to be used for His Purpose and Glory. Were calling our ministry Worth Beyond Rubies, still praying...still waiting..For now we have 2 titus, Proverbs 31, and colossians 3:16. Thank you Lord for working...more to come

Welcome 2010, Please Slow down!!!

It has been forever since I last updated, so long that I even forgot my password to sign in! We can't believe 2009 is over already, and 2010 is here. We are excited to see what this new year will bring us. We don't really make New Year's Revolutions, but always start the New Year holding hands and praying. Mostly just thanking Jesus for Saving us and blessing us in so many ways. Praying for Him to complete the work that He has started in our lives, strengthening our marriage, keeping our focus on Him so that we can be the best spouses, parents, children, siblings, and friends we can possibly be. Chris Tomlin's song I will rise has got to be one of my favorite songs for 2009, listen and worship our Loving God:)

There's a peace I've come to know Though my heart and flesh may fail There's an anchor for my soul I can say "It is well" Jesus has overcome And the grave is overwhelmed The victory is won He is risen from the dead [Chorus:] And I will rise when He calls my name No more sorrow, no more pain I will rise on eagles' wings Before my God fall on my knees And rise I will rise There's a day that's drawing near When this darkness breaks to light And the shadows disappear And my faith shall be my eyes Jesus has overcome And the grave is overwhelmed The victory is won He is risen from the dead [Chorus:] And I will rise when He calls my name No more sorrow, no more pain I will rise on eagles' wings Before my God fall on my knees And rise I will rise And I hear the voice of many angels sing, "Worthy is the Lamb" And I hear the cry of every longing heart, "Worthy is the Lamb" [x2][Chorus:] And I will rise when He calls my name No more sorrow, no more pain I will rise on eagles' wings Before my God fall on my knees And rise I will rise....

June is here:)

I can't believe June is here! Summer, its one of those seasons that we love, but hate too:) We love it because school is out and we can sleep in (not really), trips to the beach, ocean breeze, swimming, vacations, fruit, vegetables, bbqs at mom's house, golden tans, longer days, deep cleaning, house projects that you keep saying you'll get to soon, naps, and because it feels like a time of rest and slower pace. We hate it because sometimes it feels like you just can't cool down, $400.00 electricity bills, bugs & flies, lazynest, sweating and thighs skicking together (speaking of myself), using the heat as an excuse to not go to the gym, and loading up all 3 kids in their carseats while working up a sweat!

For the most part I would say there is more to LOVE about it:)

Graduation is done! Yeah, so I have given myself 6 months to decide if I will go back to school...

At our house Fridays our Family Fundays, and this Friday we went camping in our backyard. John bought a tent and set up the air mattresses in the tent and made it nice and cozy for us. However, at about 1 am I secretly went back inside because Zoe was in between us and I was falling off the bed! Then John woke up and the next thing I knew he was back in bed with me! heheehe
So, we did have fun we roasted marsh mellows on our BBQ, made popcorn, and listened to the radio. The kids loved it! It was there first time and they all wanted to sleep with us (which was annoying). So John called it our "dry run" for our camping trip to the beach he is planning. So the only thing we need is another air mattress and the portable crib for Zoe.

We also had a great date night for my graduation, we went to the Cheese Cake factory(which seems to be our tradition) with our friends Kim and Melanie. We ate, shopped, and sipped on coffee. They made us laughed so much, we almost peed our pants!!! I have known Mel since the 8th grade and John has know Kim since JH, so we go wayyyyyyyyyyyy back! Lots of fun!

Summer here you come, opps...here you are!!!