We went to a weekend marriage seminar at our church this weekend. It was the Art of Marriage put out by Family Life. It was so good! We were definitely challenged in our marriage. We have an overall good marriage, but there are so many ways we can grow always! I am lacking. Only God can fill me. Only God can make me the woman he wants me to be, the wife he wants me to be, the mother he wants me to be, and the friend he wants me to be. God needs to be the center. Only if my relationship with him is a higher priority than even my relationship with my husband, will our marriage succeed. We need to be 'vertically right' before we can be 'horizontally right'. So, I seek to be vertically right. To be right before a loving, just God. I seek to study his word, spend more time in prayer, be a better wife, a better mom, a better keeper of the home! I seek to follow His will so our lives will be complete. Only when we die to ourself and live life fully for God can this be accomplished. We sang this song at church this Sunday and it has become my anthom. I love it. I desire to live the words out in my life. Hold me accountable!
Monday, October 10, 2011
Thursday, October 6, 2011
So, I crashed our computer to an extent yesterday. Not my greatest moment. It did get me off the computer for the most part throughout the day, which was good. I made a baby blanket/quilt. I'm super excited about it. We have been talking about starting up an etsy store. We don't know what all we are going to put on it yet, we are still figuring it out, but i am excited to make things and help bring income in. We are in the process of taking Dave Ramsey's financial peace class (for the second time). Last night we were doing the 'dumping debt' class. It was interesting, and thankfully, we don't have any debt other than our house. But, $2200 per month is not much to live on for a family of three (soon to be 5). Honestly, we have been doing it for quite a while on not much more, ($2400), so this shouldn't be much different. I beleive the struggle for me is the fact that I feel like I am not contributing.
I know that I am. I know that I am doing what the Lord has called me to do, and that gives me peace in my heart, it just hasn't yet worked it's way to my logical head. I am trying to get organized as a stay at home mom so I have time to get the house totally clean, work on some sewing projects, play with the kids, and just all in all keep up with things. I never knew how hard it would be to stay home. It is such a huge shift. So, instead of being on this computer, I need to get up, and get going on my daily agenda.
I will keep things updated on how I am doing with the whole stay at home mom thing as well as if we start an etsy store.
I know that I am. I know that I am doing what the Lord has called me to do, and that gives me peace in my heart, it just hasn't yet worked it's way to my logical head. I am trying to get organized as a stay at home mom so I have time to get the house totally clean, work on some sewing projects, play with the kids, and just all in all keep up with things. I never knew how hard it would be to stay home. It is such a huge shift. So, instead of being on this computer, I need to get up, and get going on my daily agenda.
I will keep things updated on how I am doing with the whole stay at home mom thing as well as if we start an etsy store.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Who am I?
Wow. That is a loaded question. As said in the side bar - I am a believer in God, a lover of God. I am a wife, a mother, a stay at home mom. A deep thinker. I am smart. I am insecure, overweight, and afraid. There is so much that makes up who I am.
I am the youngest of three. A mother to three (soon). I have the most amazing husband! He loves me through the good and bad, despite my many flaws. He is a believer, he is kind, considerate, giving, a hard worker, a wonderful provider, handsome, strong, loving, and so many other things. I have three boys. 2yr, 13m, and 9m. All three adopted from Ethiopia. My two year old is adorable, funny, loving, strong-willed, determined, and full of laughter. He has brought so much joy to our lives in the past 20 months. My 13 month old is still a mystery. He is still in an orphanage in Ethiopia. He is beautiful, full of expression. When we met him, he was fearful, but opened up and became full of smiles and laughter. We will see how his personality grows and develops when we get him home. My 9 month old is also a mystery. He is with our middle in an orphanage in Ethiopia. He is funny. His pictures crack us up. When we met him, we was curious and clueless. We can't wait to begin to parent our new two boys!
To be honest, I am scared to death! I am still trying to figure out how to fully parent one child. Dan and I have spent so much time learning to be parents. We have tons of family to watch, we have taken classes, we have read the scriptures; but we are clueless. Every child is unique and comes with their own personalities. In our case, they each also come with their own history. I have yet to figure out how to productively take care of the house, myself, Mason (our oldest), provide a wonderful meal for Dan when he gets home, exercise, clean, sew, maybe bring in a little income to help out, do house projects. It is all terrifying. It is time-management, multi-tasking, and a balancing-act all rolled into one. It is a struggle. I try each day to hold it together and make it look like I got something productive done!
I just pray that those who stumble across this blog will be uplifted and encouraged. Maybe you will feel like you are not alone in this big world; like there is someone out there who may know exactly how you are feeling and dealing with it themselves as well. This is for mainly for me to get out how I feel and I thank you for following my journey.
I am the youngest of three. A mother to three (soon). I have the most amazing husband! He loves me through the good and bad, despite my many flaws. He is a believer, he is kind, considerate, giving, a hard worker, a wonderful provider, handsome, strong, loving, and so many other things. I have three boys. 2yr, 13m, and 9m. All three adopted from Ethiopia. My two year old is adorable, funny, loving, strong-willed, determined, and full of laughter. He has brought so much joy to our lives in the past 20 months. My 13 month old is still a mystery. He is still in an orphanage in Ethiopia. He is beautiful, full of expression. When we met him, he was fearful, but opened up and became full of smiles and laughter. We will see how his personality grows and develops when we get him home. My 9 month old is also a mystery. He is with our middle in an orphanage in Ethiopia. He is funny. His pictures crack us up. When we met him, we was curious and clueless. We can't wait to begin to parent our new two boys!
To be honest, I am scared to death! I am still trying to figure out how to fully parent one child. Dan and I have spent so much time learning to be parents. We have tons of family to watch, we have taken classes, we have read the scriptures; but we are clueless. Every child is unique and comes with their own personalities. In our case, they each also come with their own history. I have yet to figure out how to productively take care of the house, myself, Mason (our oldest), provide a wonderful meal for Dan when he gets home, exercise, clean, sew, maybe bring in a little income to help out, do house projects. It is all terrifying. It is time-management, multi-tasking, and a balancing-act all rolled into one. It is a struggle. I try each day to hold it together and make it look like I got something productive done!
I just pray that those who stumble across this blog will be uplifted and encouraged. Maybe you will feel like you are not alone in this big world; like there is someone out there who may know exactly how you are feeling and dealing with it themselves as well. This is for mainly for me to get out how I feel and I thank you for following my journey.
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