Resting in Him

Then Sings My Soul Saturdays

Today I am linking up with Amy and posting a worship song.  This song is particularly poignant to me right now.  It is "I Surrender All" by the Newsboys. 

I have to surrender it all.....everything I am, everything I am going through at this moment in my life, to Jesus.  I face a scary road right now.  A road of uncertainty.  My beloved, my husband, has been found to be unfaithful to me yet again.  I am faced with many decisions with a brain and heart that is filled to capacity with hurt.  And yet, I am a mother.  I have children who are devastated at the fact that the man they have looked at as the fulcrum of falling and beautiful repentance and picking yourself back up has fallen yet again.  They are young adults and there is nothing I can hide from them this time.  They demand answers for themselves.  They have their own voices. 

I can sit at the cross and ask them to join me.  I can pray over them and their father and reach out to others and ask for prayer over me for wisdom and strength.  I do not ever wish to tear him down.  With that said, there are grave consequences to repetitive sin.  I am tired.  I am weary.  And I am going to surrender it all once again to my Jesus who has paid for it all.  

Lord, will you draw this man unto Yourself and give him rest from his striving of not knowing his self worth in You.  Will you take my daughter's hand and guide her.  She is feeling lost in a way that I don't understand.  Wrap Yourself around her and give her peace.  Would You shelter my son under the shadow of Your wings? Help him to cope.  Help him to separate sin from sinner.  Help us all with that.  Lord, I pray for the two women involved in this.  I pray over their families.  Protect them.  Help us to bite our tongues and demonstrate restraint.  Please give me the strength, Jesus, to lead my children in ways that would bring You glory.  Amen.

A civilian no more

Joshua Paul ... you make my heart sing! I could not be prouder of you. Thank you for making my life so joyful. Thank you for being a terrific son. Thank you for telling me each day that you love me. Thank you for bounding the stairs to tell me good night and give me a hug. Thank you for finding the moon for me. My life would have never been complete without you!

This is my son, Joshua Paul, on the day he took an oath to serve his country. He is no longer a civilian. He is a military man. He is property of the US Army.

The ceremony was fairly short and extremely touching for this Mom. Out of the six or seven young men present, my husband and I were there to snap away pictures of our son and another mom was there for her son. It made me want to grab them all and hug them and tell them "thank you" for what they were about to do.

I absolutely loved his backpack! It says US Army! I had to stand on the curb to get this kiss on the cheek and he was humoring me, but I just thought that backback was so cute hanging on his back. He could not believe I thought it was cute....rugged was the word he would like me to use! lol

This has been one of the most emotional times of my life. Within three months my son will turn 18, graduate and then twelve days after graduation he leaves for Ft. Bening. Sometimes, I want to say STOP! This is all happening too fast and I can't wrap my heart around it yet. I'm not ready. However, God has deemed it time. And I must trust Him.

I'm holding on tight, Lord. I trust You. Thank You for being faithful.

Psalm 13:5 " But I have trusted in Thy lovingkindness; My heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation"

For my friend, who doesn't understand...Praise Him Anyway

Trust Him........He is faithful. He loves you so much. And so do I. Big hugs from me to you.

Word for Wednesday

Psalm 118:19 "Open for me the gates of righteousness, I will enter and give thanks to the Lord".







May the Lord bless you this day. Big hugs from me to you.

Tickle me Tuesday

Enjoy your day. Big hugs from me to you!

Happy Valentines Day

True expression of love. Happy Valentine's Day. God bless you!

Then Sings My Soul Saturday

Today I am linking up with Amy and the girls to post a beautiful worship song to our King Jesus. I have picked Chris Tomlin singing "Wonderful Maker". I love Chris Tomlin and his love for our Lord and how that comes through in his worship songs. May this song bless you today as you remember that our King is indeed a Wonderful Maker and He is good! Amen!

"Always"

This song just resonated with me this evening as I began to post it. I want to be with Him...."Always"....don't you? Thank you, Lord, that you made that possible through Jesus!

May this song bless you. May the fact that we can be with Him always bless you more! Big hugs to you today from me to you! God bless you!

Word for Wednesday

A very good word today. God bless you! Big hugs from me to you!

If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love". John 15:10

Word of God....Speak

John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God"

God bless you! Great big hugs from me to you!

New CPR method

I know that today is Thankful Thursday, but this information was passed on to me from my sweet friend, Diane, in Texas and I think it is of paramount importance to pass it on to you. Someone may be very thankful to you one day if you need to use it.

Habakkuk 3:18 "Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation"

Word for Wednesday

Have you ever been in bondage over something? Most of us would say "no" right off the bat and not give it another thought, however, I would say that each and every one of us has been in bondage to one type of sin or another in our life. The Bible clearly states that "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God" Romans 3:23; but is there a sin that grabs at you and you look around and see your brothers and sisters and think they don't seem to struggle and wonder why that is?

My sisters, I want to tell you, we each struggle with something. All of us. I once had a friend tell me something I will never forget. She said some people's sin is apparent and everyone can see it while other's sin is hidden and people can't see it but it is there just the same. And it's a struggle for both people. The person whose sin is "out there" for people to see feels unwelcomed or unworthy to be at church and scared to say they have stumbled again, while the person's sin whose is hidden is scared to death of being caught for appearance sake.

My scripture verse today is John 8:32 "And the truth shall set you free". Freedom. Being washed clean is the most wonderful feeling. Burdens lifted...glorious! And when the King says you are forgiven...you are forgiven indeed. How do you get there 1 John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness".

I really was so happy about the women's blog conference and I believe the Lord will bring us all together again soon. And each time I think of it, I always think of this song. I don't know why but it is a repetitive theme in my brain. So I'm going to play it today even though it's supposed to be scripture only today. Bear with me. I think this is the most I've written in quite some time.








God bless you.........ready to go down to the river and pray?? Let's go!!!

Happy Groundhog's Day

So today is Groundhog's Day. And today is my 49th birthday. My family is always more excited about my birthday than I am. I've tried to understand why growing older bothers me so but I've only ever come up with a couple of reasons...one, it bothered my father tremendously and maybe it's hereditary! lol And two, I'm older than my husband and I hate that. How's that for brutal honestly? lol But I love the song below...it's Nichole Nordeman's "I AM" and it's truly one of my favorite songs of all time so for my birthday I'm playing it to remind myself that He has always been there for me and always will be and age is just a number....yep, that's what I'm telling myself.




God bless you today! Big hugs from me to you!