Family Gallery Wall {Dayspring Urban Soul }

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A few weeks ago I added some Urban Soul Plaques to our family gallery wall. You know the wall that’s growing and growing with no pictures:0)

I won a gift card to Dayspring from my girl Andrea from WorleyHouseBlog! I knew I wanted these two plaques…

To go with my other Fruit of the Spirit one…

“Where you go I go”  by Chris Tomlin is one of my favorite FAVORITE songs. So every time I look at it, this plays in my head:0)

It’s even cuter when you have a three year old boy singing along the best he can:0)

Gentle reminders around the house that cheer US on and remind ME to not grow weary of doing good!

Lately I’ve been struggling with my confidence! Unfortunately there is a little voice in my head saying your not good enough! gaaaa. I thought I got rid of that voice a long time ago!:0)

But ultimately there is thought that wins and what I hear him saying to me is, “ Your not good enough for who? The people around you? YES of course not! Your weren’t made to be good enough for man,but good enough for ME! I’m the one who made you. Your confidence shouldn’t come from your own ability, or set of skills, or any talent that you have.  It should come from the fulfillment, the peace and joy that a simple life following me, gives you.It should come from the promises I have given to you.  Remind your self who your working for and be still when you need to be still.”

I always find comfort in him. I need to trust that his plans are better than mine. Mine plans would be hiding away, being shy, being to afraid to try something new…lol. BUT, I can see him pulling me towards some GREAT things but I’m just to scared to say yes!! To scared that it might not go well or I might let some people down. I gotta lot of praying to do:0)

Better than a Birthday Giveaway

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I know I said I’d do it again. But the fact is that last week seemed to be FILLED with birthday giveaways. Since last year this trend has really caught on in the blog world:0) Which is awesome BUT today I have something BETTER than a Birthday Giveaway. Like many other bloggers out there I consider my blog a platform. By definition a platform is:  

1. A raised level surface on which people or things can stand.

2. A raised floor or stage used by public speakers or performers so that they can be seen by their audience

couple that with the biblical truth and you have the perfect spot to YELL and HOLLER about  all the goodness, kindness, love, joy,peace, patience, faithfulness, gentleness and self control that you see:0)

I recently finished up a bible study with some of my girls about the Living Beyond Yourself by Beth Moore. One of the things that stuck out in my mind towards the end of this study was the idea of spending yourself. Spending your TIME, your MONEY, your TALENTS on someone else. It’s why we were made.. The act of pouring your soul into someone else's life is what I like to call a TRUE blessing. Because not only does that person receive such a beautiful gift of kindness and goodness, you my friend are taking care of your soul. With the very act of spending yourself , your needs will be satisfied. (Isaiah58-6-11)

My dear friend Andrea from Worley House Blog is doing just that, spending herself, her time and resources on someone else. God put on her heart sometime ago to help a couple  Daniel & Lyndsie Brooker  adopt a child.

 

I think it is WAY to easy sometimes to forget that there are mothers out in our world who are without children. MOTHERS who have prayed for a child, and MOTHERS who long to call one their own. I think we make the mistake of thinking that MOTHERS are women who have children, but they’re not. They’re women who have the embedded gift of nurturing, loving, holding, cuddling and caring for children. But sometimes for whatever reason God has a different plan.

My prayer for my birthday this year would be that you spend yourself on this couple. Spend your TIME praying for them, spend your RESOURCES, and yes SPEND your money on helping them fulfill a prayer. Talk about them with your family while your eating tonight, say a prayer and let’s keep them lifted and ready to receive their gift!

Andrea has partnered with some amazing companies including JoTotes, Daysping and many other fabulous businesses to giveaway a prize worth about 400 dollars!

Head on over to her blog to enter this amazing cause and read about their story!

One of those “Lessons in Between”

Pin It Every now and then HE peels back the dead skin. Slowly I start to notice the coldness of the world. Slowly I notice the burdens of others that have been in front of me for awhile. I’m raw…like an open wound. Sensitive to every move.  Things I love to do seem less important because he's calling me to see something different. Its like I can feel him lifting my chin towards him as if I had been going about my business, looking straight ahead, not realizing that I wasn’t going anywhere, where at least not where I THOUGHT I was going
I am in a season of growth. Dwelling in HIS presence and calling on HIM to reveal whatever HE wants me to see. Tugging gently and reminding my that He IS. Telling me not to be content with my beautiful circumstances…but revealing that, HIS purpose for me is so much bigger than a beautiful family, a dedicated husband and a nice home…more than security and safety and prayers of thanksgiving. As if he’s saying “MY DEAR DESTINY….this is  not all I have for you. I know you enjoy these things that I have blessed you with, but if you take my hand I will lead you to eternity…and you will have everlasting joy...COME”
Somewhere down the road my TRUE purpose got mixed up with the my own desires, his desires for me and the American dream. I’m now  in a season of my life where I have to sort it all out. So I can know that where I’m going is where he wants me to go and not where I think I should go. It calls me to seek him with all my heart..to ask him and reveal to me my purpose and to live out that purpose for HIS Kingdom. It might very well be serving my family and community…what I am doing right now. BUT I MUST KNOW THAT…I must not second guess…I must know that his hand is guiding me…….the right direction:0)
One of the most joyful things about following Christ is the journey. He calls us to grow. Not to stay in the same stage because its nice and comfy. Not to stay in the same place because you think you know “enough” for now. All of a sudden my life just got a little more serious. I am here for a purpose. A reason. I don’t want to miss the mark because I’m so stuck in what I THINK I know.So afraid to move.  He calls us to MOVE. SEEK HIM. ASK HIM. TRUST HIM. I can’t pick and chose what I want from the bible…it’s not a buffet:0) Its time for me to grow in my faith…again:0)
Everyone’s journey is different…so completely different from your sisters and brothers…from your best friends and even your husband. That’s why we must seek the personal relationship with him so that we don’t compare or judge..and start justifying your non-movement because you see no one else moving around you.
Every now and then you will see big gaps in between post. Rest assure that he is working in me. I thought I was one of those bloggers that can immediately jump on and  start pouring my heart out ….but come to find out I am really not:0) I  have found that it takes time for me to figure out what's going on when He is working inside of me. It takes time for me to share what’s been on my heart.
Thank you so much for letting me share:0) This dosen’t mean I wont be decorating my house:0) I just wanted to let you know that all though it’s so much fun!!!!!!….there is so much more to life….and to me:0) I never want to forget that.