Growing up.....

Why is it when our kids are around 1 yr. old we are ready for them to start walking and talking.

Then as they get between 2 and 3 we want them to be potty trained so we don't have to "deal" with diapers or pull ups any longer.

Then at age 5 we are ready for them to go to kindergarten.

Then when they are in elementary school we are ready for them to go to middle and junior high so we don't have to help them with homework anymore.

Then we they get to high school we are excited that they can drive to school and we don't have to be their chaueffer any longer.

Then when they graduate high school and either go off to college or get married etc. we then wish.....

"they were younger again" and not leaving home......

Ok maybe not you who are reading this but this Mamma feels like that about her kids. One will be 21 in 10 days and one who just turned 18 a few months ago.....noooooo......come back......

Ok my kids if you are reading this I'm ok....I stopped crying finally....I love you both

Memories....

WOW, 68 days left until my first born will be married.

I was walking around our house today thinking of different spots where she did things or said things. I laughed, I cried.....

I really enjoyed allowing God to help me remember all those moments with her.


I took a lot of pictures of her room today the way it looks now because a few weeks from now it will be empty from the 21 years of "things" that have filled that space. It will just not be the same.

But Praise God, it will now be different, instead of that room just being known as "her" room, after May 2nd, it can be called "their room". It can be shared with the wonderful man that God brought into her life.
(Matthew James Brown)

God I praise you for every moment you will bestow on these two as they spend their lives with you. Touch them, Use them, bless them, keep them.

For those of you who may wonder who I'm talking about here is a picture of them for you so you can connect with who I'm talking about and you can pray for their upcoming marriage.





Matt Brown and Kelly McCormick










I love both of you very much and I look forward to all the adventures and endeavors Christ has in store for your lives.
----Love Mamma and future moo-in-law

Why would Jesus need to pray?

There may be many of you who have wondered why Jesus would need to pray. Well here are some reasons:

• He depended on and needed the Father.
• He modeled this dependence on prayer so that we too would realize our dependance on God in prayer.

WOW if Jesus realized he needed the Father, He went to Him in the place He knew He could find Him real close. In His prayers.

What about you and me, is that where we head when we need Him? and what about when we don't, do we still call on Him in our prayers to give Him thanks for what He has done?

Just some thoughts after I got home from Bible study tonite about Jesus' prayer life while I was sitting here in my own prayers. I just love talking to my Lord. I can tell him anything...and everything...things I can't even share with others...He knows my thoughts...He knows my dreams...He knows my desires...thank you Lord for ALWAYS being there for me.

Another licensed driver.....OH NO....

Yep it's true, we have another licensed driver in our house.
My son Kevin.

Just another step closer to my children leaving the nest.
I just don't know if my heart can take it........

Congratulations Kevin for working hard

Are you in God's way?

Just wondering if any of you ever find yourself in the way of God trying to do His work in and through you.

Well guess what....I have been in His way for the past 8 months. He has been trying to change a path of direction in my life and I have been shutting the door every time He opens it. I've prayed and asked Him to show me that it is His will and every time He has shown me and said yes my daughter, now is the time......I've said back to Him, are you sure Lord? I've said but what about this Lord.....what about that Lord....and He kept showing me His answer (YES!)

So what has taken me so long to surrender to His call.......only one answer to that.
I've put myself in His way.....

Pray for me this week as I surrender this decision to Him and move out of His way so He can show me His work and do His work....

Glorifying God in your trials....

All day today I have been thinking of a poem I shared while teaching Sunday School this morning and it has just given me so much encouragement that I had to share it with all of you.
It is by Annie Johnson Flint

God hath not promised skies always blue
Flower strewn pathways all our lives through

God hath not promised sun without rain
joy without sorrow, peace without pain

God hath not promised we shall not know
Toil and temptation trouble and woe
He hath not told us we shall not bear
Many a burden, many a care.

God hath not promised smooth roads and wide
swift easy travel needing no guide
Never a mountain rocky and steep
Never a river turbid and deep

But God hath promised strength for the day
Rest for the laborer, light for our way
Grace for the trials and help from above
Unfailing sympathy, undying love.

Our newest addition to our family... my great niece

Brooklynn Leila-Rose Carnes
Born: Feb. 6th, 2009
6 lbs. 7 oz.

Not understanding the sufferings of life?

We face MANY trials every day, even more sometimes than our friend Job did.
We can lean on the fact that our God who is loving and knows "ALL" understands our sufferings and hurts.

Check out this awesome poem I read during my devotion this morning. It really pumped me up and gave me courage of how my Lord will keep me in His hand and take care of "all" my trials

Not now, but in the coming years,
It may be in the better land,
We'll read the meaning of our tears,
And there, some time, we'll understand.

Then trust in God through all the days;
Fear not, for He doth hold thy hand;
Though dark thy way, still sing and praise,
Some time, some time we'll understand.

I just love my Lord.....

Jobs 36:5, Yes, God is mighty...He undestands all things....

How Big the Little word "All" is.......

From my devotion today I just had to share because God really used this "little" word in some BIG ways today.

Webster's meaning of this word is: "the whole of, every one of, complete, everything, every bit, everything one has, the whole amount, entirely.

Well get this BIG information about this little three-letter word (all):

• This word is in the Bible 5,675 times.

Look at some of the verses in the Bible where this word is used:

• Rom. 8:28 "All things work together for the good of those who love God"
• Isa. 38:17 "You have thrown all my sins behind your back"
• Matt. 10:30 "Even the hairs of your head have all been counted"
• Matt. 22:37 "Love the Lord your God with all your heart"
• Prov. 3:5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart"
• Matt. 11:28 "Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened"

There are no words in the Bible that are wasted words. In these verses the word "all" could have been left out, yet they weren't.

I am seeking God's all in my life every day. I want to be where He wants me to be, doing what he wants me to do and as I seek him, He shows me His "all".

I can't give my "all" until I seek his "all". How about you? are you seeking for His all too?

Deut. 4:29 "You will search for the Lord your God, and you will find Him when you seek Him with all your heart and all your soul".