Chloe is 8!

My precious daughter Chloe turns 8 today. She is a sweet blessing from God. A funny smart and truly wonderful girl with a soft heart and big blue eyes. I am so fortunate to be her mother. Chloe from the time you were born you have had my heart. I will always love you and you will always be my baby! I hope you have a super wonderful birthday and that you continue to grow and reach all your goals. Happy Birthday Sweetheart!

A Bad Morning.

There are many ways to beat a person up. Life seems to delight in beating you down on a regular basis. It seems we are all just keeping it together by single tenuous thread. Some days I wonder if someone is yanking that thread for all its worth. God please help me to hold on. You are the only hope I have. I want to do more than just barley keep my head above water. I want to not just survive but thrive. I have two people woefully dependent upon me making it. It is the single most simultaneously rewarding and terrifying thing. I can't fail. I must remind myself, if God is for who can be against me?

Thoughts for the Day

There is a song I sang when I was little, “This world is not my home, I am just a passing through.” It is truly amazing how quickly we forget this basic truth. We get sucked into the life’s many tasks and we get bogged down with the day to day burdens of our work and other responsibilities. The joy the Lord wants us to have, the joy that comes from abiding in Jesus, is often missing. When I start to feel this way, and discouragement is drawing me in, I have noticed that if you take 5-10 minutes and focus on God. Read a devotional, read the bible, pray or best of all sing a song of praise to the Lord and thank him for the blessings in your life then you will be amazed at how the cares of the world fade. Real joy comes from Jesus. The world tries to take it away. Don’t let it: Psalm 35:9 Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and delight in his salvation.