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Ive not blogged in forever, but today I want to scream from the rooftops. My sweet Ali was baptized by her daddy today! So precious and special for them both. I'm so proud of her choice to follow Christ forever so she can, in her words " have your sins gone and have that surprise waiting right in front of you!" I asked her what surprise and she yelled "Heaven". Oh how I want to long for Him the way she does. Praying we can be the best examples possible for her.
If you do nothing else today, please watch this video. Please. It seems long, but I promise you when you watch it, it won't. Joseph Kony has spent over 20 years kidnapping and enslaving children in Africa. He turns the boys into soldiers, and the girls into sex slaves. He has to be stopped. Something has to be done. Please watch the video and share it with everyone you know. We can stop this man. The time is now.
I have always hated change.
Always.
But right now, even with all of the huge changes going on in our lives, I feel free. I feel this weight lifted off of me. I feel like I can breathe again. Rest again.
Today has been a day of encouragement for me, of hope of the future. I am so thankful to God for all of the things he has blessed us with. I can't even begin to fathom why he would give us these amazing things, but I am so very grateful.
In the last several weeks my Bible has been used more that it has in the last year, I would think. But not just my Bible, my Greek/Hebrew interlinear, and my red pen. Yes, my red pen. My trusty ole red pen. I've learned so many things, gained insight on things I never even thought about before. And I'm so very excited about it. I WANT to study my Bible. I WANT to know more. I WANT to learn, and feel and live every single word breathed by our God.
Right now in our Sunday morning class at church our study is titled The Longest Day. It is a 12 week class studying the last day of our Lord's life. We've only had one lesson, and already I can feel it transforming my heart. One of the coolest part is that our minister spent so much time preparing a book for us to study from. In the back of the book is a 4 into 1 Gospel harmony. He took all four of the gospels and merged them together to paint the most detailed picture we can get of that horrid last day.
I can not wait to see how lives are transformed, how my life is transformed, after learning, making captive in my heart, the knowledge, the true understanding of what Jesus did for me that day. For you. For us all.
And now that I've blogged, and cleaned my entire house at 1 in the morning, I think I'll sit back and read, and perhaps sleep will come tonight.
Love to all <3
Eric had his job interview today, so please, please pray that he gets it! It would be amazing for us.
On other news today, I found out (the hard way) that my license has been revoked, but no one can figure out why. Fun. Luckily the police lady who pulled me over (long story, no I was not speeding, yes I had my seat belt on, yes my kids were properly restrained) gave me a ticket with a court date on it basically saying to take my license to the DA and they'll drop it. Still, a pretty stressful afternoon all the same.
Other wise things are good, we're just really praying for this job for Eric. We made the decision for me to stay home with the kids before we even got married, and even though the kids are in school now, we don't wan to have to change that decision. So please pray for us!
Much love!
Court
On other news today, I found out (the hard way) that my license has been revoked, but no one can figure out why. Fun. Luckily the police lady who pulled me over (long story, no I was not speeding, yes I had my seat belt on, yes my kids were properly restrained) gave me a ticket with a court date on it basically saying to take my license to the DA and they'll drop it. Still, a pretty stressful afternoon all the same.
Other wise things are good, we're just really praying for this job for Eric. We made the decision for me to stay home with the kids before we even got married, and even though the kids are in school now, we don't wan to have to change that decision. So please pray for us!
Much love!
Court
So, last night I needed something to put Ali's drink in for school today. I couldn't find her usual cup, and I was looking around furiously trying to find something that wouldn't leak into her lunch box. There is a cooler sitting in the living room from a trip we were supposed to take this weekend (but couldn't) full of... you guessed it... Mt. Dew. (btw, the Mt. Dew was for my nephew, not me)
Sigh.
I picked up one of the 12 oz bottles. It was half full. I opened it, and it fizzed that lovely fizz of carbonation.
I wanted so badly to drink it. I could taste it. I lifted it to my lips, and immediately poured it down the sink. My heart died a little when I did that, but I did it. And I'm glad I did it.
The fact that it's pretty much all I can think about tells me that this was a good decision. I mean, Eric left a half drunk glass of sweet tea with ice in it sitting on the counter last night and instead of drinking it, I just put it in the fridge for him to have this morning. Ya'll this whole self-control this is a biggie for me, and while these are little decisions, they're decisions all the same, and I'm glad to say that I've been able to make them!
So that's where I am.
While it probably has NOTHING to do with my lack of Mt. Dew and tea, I have spent the last week delved so far into scripture that I'm dreaming about Greek words. When taking notes I'm writing the Greek word instead of the English in certain places without even thinking about it. I know this is a good thing, and I'm so thankful to have not only the Bible compiled into such a beautifully easy to access book, but also the internet and smart phones where we have access to the Greek and Hebrew Bibles, and just so much information that I wouldn't have otherwise. God is good, people. He really is.
Sigh.
I picked up one of the 12 oz bottles. It was half full. I opened it, and it fizzed that lovely fizz of carbonation.
I wanted so badly to drink it. I could taste it. I lifted it to my lips, and immediately poured it down the sink. My heart died a little when I did that, but I did it. And I'm glad I did it.
The fact that it's pretty much all I can think about tells me that this was a good decision. I mean, Eric left a half drunk glass of sweet tea with ice in it sitting on the counter last night and instead of drinking it, I just put it in the fridge for him to have this morning. Ya'll this whole self-control this is a biggie for me, and while these are little decisions, they're decisions all the same, and I'm glad to say that I've been able to make them!
So that's where I am.
While it probably has NOTHING to do with my lack of Mt. Dew and tea, I have spent the last week delved so far into scripture that I'm dreaming about Greek words. When taking notes I'm writing the Greek word instead of the English in certain places without even thinking about it. I know this is a good thing, and I'm so thankful to have not only the Bible compiled into such a beautifully easy to access book, but also the internet and smart phones where we have access to the Greek and Hebrew Bibles, and just so much information that I wouldn't have otherwise. God is good, people. He really is.
Hey everyone!
I'm alive! It was a really long weekend, and I'm just honestly glad it's over, but here's to a new week, right?
Had a great day worshiping with my family, and so thankful for new friendships, and this spiritual renewal I'm feeling right now.
I wanted to ask you guys to be in prayer for us, actually. Eric has a job interview on Thursday, March 1st at 11 am. We NEED this job. It's a pay raise. That's basically all there is to it. So, we're asking that you pray that if it's God's will, Eric will get this job.
We've got some major changes going on in our lives right now, and what better time for a new job? So please, please, please, when you're saying your prayers, think of us! Maybe if we all bring this to our Lord he'll hear us and grant our request. Love you all so very much. And if there's anything we can pray for you, leave it in the comments or shoot me an email and I would LOVE to return the favor.
Much Love,
Court
Lent is tomorrow. Earlier I posted about my lack of discipline, and that I wanted to try to do something to prove to myself that I could have some discipline. I am not Catholic, and I don't know very much about Lent at all, but it seems like a good time to start.
I am not doing this for penitence, there's nothing I could do or not do or say or not say to earn Salvation. Jesus died on the cross for my sins, and I believe that following his plan for salvation is all I need (hear, believe, repent, confess, be baptized).
I am, however, doing this as a way to remind myself that I absolutely can do anything if I set my mind to it. It's less about giving something up, and more about setting in place some discipline and self-control. And with that, I'm drinking another Mt. Dew before midnight :D
The afternoon has been crazy busy. Anthony was here so we could work on an outline for a project due next week. Ali has a family tree due Thursday, so we (with the help of Eric's sister and cousin) have been working on that. My parents family tree can be traced back for what seems like ever (because there are so many people in our family, it's easy to track them), but Eric's family isn't quite as easy. It'll be fun to see it all come together, though.
I didn't sleep last night and now I'm exhausted, so as soon as Eric comes in the door, it is night night time!
Oh and my babies are starting gymnastics on the 5th. Ali has wanted to do it forever, and Dylan decided he wanted to try it too. Should prove to be a very interesting ride!
Anyhow, here, to suck you in to actually read this mess, is a picture blurry, grainy, dark cellphone picture of my babies :D
I am not doing this for penitence, there's nothing I could do or not do or say or not say to earn Salvation. Jesus died on the cross for my sins, and I believe that following his plan for salvation is all I need (hear, believe, repent, confess, be baptized).
I am, however, doing this as a way to remind myself that I absolutely can do anything if I set my mind to it. It's less about giving something up, and more about setting in place some discipline and self-control. And with that, I'm drinking another Mt. Dew before midnight :D
The afternoon has been crazy busy. Anthony was here so we could work on an outline for a project due next week. Ali has a family tree due Thursday, so we (with the help of Eric's sister and cousin) have been working on that. My parents family tree can be traced back for what seems like ever (because there are so many people in our family, it's easy to track them), but Eric's family isn't quite as easy. It'll be fun to see it all come together, though.
I didn't sleep last night and now I'm exhausted, so as soon as Eric comes in the door, it is night night time!
Oh and my babies are starting gymnastics on the 5th. Ali has wanted to do it forever, and Dylan decided he wanted to try it too. Should prove to be a very interesting ride!
