So here is the debut recording of my son's worship leading abilities! He honestly started doing this all on his own. Obviously he has been observing Matt and Grae leading worship at the church and is apparently taking decent notes!
By the way he is using a pick as well...doesn't like to play w/o one:)
Happy Wednesday...
For the last few months I have been slowly making my way through the "Experiencing God" Bible Study by Henry Blackaby. I've been mulling over so many things and wanted to share with/encourage you to pick up this study if you've never done it before.
I feel as though it's radically changing my life! This past year has definitely been one that the Lord has and is still using to reshape who Matt and I are as a family as well as redefining what we believe about who God says He is. Not that we were doubting God but over the last several months we have come to know more about and have experienced God on a deeper level than we've ever known. I'm not talking about anything crazy here, just spending time in God's word and really learning to trust him to provide for ALL of our needs! Although some months have been hard I wouldn't trade them because God has given me a new perspective on what He wants to accomplish in our lives.
Sometimes this stuff is hard to explain over a blog!
Anyways, one last thing that I was dwelling on last night...
I have been thinking about what it means to give your best as a mom and a wife and whatever other roles we each are to others. I know it's so easy to try and take shortcuts and save your energy (especially when pregnant) or be frustrated with something and take it out on your husband, etc, etc. There will always be a reason that we don't feel like doing something.
Anyhow, I was thinking last night about the fact that at any moment our lives could change. We could lose someone that we love and I would hate to look back and be disappointed in myself that I missed a chance to serve my husband or love on my child. I don't mean for this to sound morbid.
There are some days when staying home with the kiddo seems a little overwhelming and you've got to come up with a plan as to how you're going to kill some time! However, I know it's going to go so quickly. A friend of mine says, "The days are long but the years are short." I guess I want to look back over my child raising years and feel like I gave it my all. It's going to go so quickly and honestly I want to be tired when the kids are grown. I want to leave it all out on the field so to speak. (Sorry for the sports analogy!) I will still probably grumble about scrubbing food stains out of my carpet, or cleaning the house four times a day, but I'd like to choose to see it as blessing that I get to be home and love on the people who matter the most to me. I guess I'm partially thinking about all this because I know the days are probably only going to be more challenging with another litte tyke on the way! We want to have 3 or 4 kids so I'm going to be in this for a while! I think I just want to have the right perspective on life you know? I want to honor God with what He has given me...a great family!
So there you have it! A few of my wandering thoughts for your pondering! Hope you don't stop reading my blog after all my ramblings...:)
I'm so bummed that I forgot to take my camera on our Valentine's date on Saturday! We had such a great evening! We dropped Marshall off at Matt's moms and headed up to Bridgeport. We had a giftcard to McCormick and Schmick's for dinner and movie tickets that Tim and Holly bought us for Christmas! We've been saving them and it was worth the wait!
So here are my roses and a pic of Matt and I the morning after V day! 
My little munchkin!
I'm thinking Marshall has a guitar playing future! PS - he does wear clothes sometimes:)
So the Lord has definitely been teaching our family what it means to trust in Him to provide for our needs! Over the last couple of months we have been blessed in some pretty crazy ways. First some friends of ours gave us a half of a cow's worth of meat! Our freezer is stuffed with ground beef, roasts, and steaks! I even had to put some of it in a friends freezer because ours way too full! My husband is a happy man:)
Next the sister in law of a good friend of mine was getting rid of all her baby girl things and she gave them all to me! I had two huge garbage bags full of girls clothing! Lastly a good friend of my mother in law goes to these last chance sales and Nordstrom and bought me a ton of clothes for Marshall and our baby girl on the way! I have more girls clothes right now than I know what to do with and I haven't had to spend a penny! These Nordstrom clothes are brand new, with tags still on them! I posted a couple pics of some of my favorites! I actually have more on the way so I might put a few more pics up later!
The verse in Matthew speaking of how we need not worry about what we will eat or what we will wear in ringing in my head right now! God is impressing on my heart how personal of a God he really is! My hubby likes steak and I like Nordstrom! Seriously though...He is a God who is able to do more than we can ask for or imagine.
My husband gave a great message at church this past week about being generous. He talked about some of our blessings and if you have time you should give it a listen! Here's the link
www.outwardchurch.com/blog it's the first message called Worldly Squalor or Heavenly Treasure. Just click on listen below that title! Enjoy!
