Built FORD Tough

God overanswers prayers. I HATE that my faith waivers…because He always comes through, always has a plan, is always at work. God is good. The word good doesnt even describe Him. I think Chris Tomlin summed it up in a song we’ll be singing this sunday…

Indescribable, Uncontainable You placed the stars in the sky and you know them by name, you are amazing, God.

How true. And i’m so ashamed that i ever doubt. How humbling that even after you’ve been doubting, God moves in a way that shows how great He is. We just dont deserve such a great God.

Good quiet time of worship w/ the Lord this morning. More good times.

Today was a busy day. I had the day off and so I decided some deep cleaning was in order. I washed and ironed the curtains in the sunroom, washed the couch covers, swept, mopped, cleaned the kitchen and cooked a meal for friends who had a baby recently. Pork tenderloin, green beans, creamed corn, brown rice, rolls and brownies. I think i’m tapped out on cooking for a while, although i will say that i thought it all turned out well (miracle of miracles).

Tonight we went to visit the Sissoms (former music minister at our church and his wife.). They just had their 2nd baby girl, Brittyn. Bryleigh, who is 3 has just gotten so big and is SO polite! She asked after dinner (to her mommy) "may you get me down now, please"? HOW SWEET! Brittyn is beautiful w/ a head of dark hair. Jennifer (the mom) looks like she’s never been preggers (gag) and she and Richie are just such great parents. I miss and love them *tear*.

Lots has been going on lately, and Yes! i have pics to update on here…but it seems to take forever to upload pics! So i dont that often. Sorry! I love seeing all of yours!

Well, its 9:45 (15 min past my bedtime) and i still havent seen my show, the young and the restless…so i’m gonna go wind down, watch the story of victor newman unfold and hopefully get a good nights rest as i get ready to deep clean the living room tomorrow and go look for a new rug for the diningroom that i painted last friday. Good times ahead!

The excitement for the week took place Thursday evening. Jeff and I were going to stop by my aunts house for a moment but she wasnt there. We turned around in her driveway and as we were driving out, saw a doggie! My first thought was that it was one of my families dog’s but Jeff quickly pointed out that it didnt look anything like Dixie the boston terrier, Bella the weiner dog or Maxey the mutt. But it was so little like all of them! So i asked him to stop so i could see if it had a collar. Sure enough it came right to me but didnt have a collar on! It was the cutest little yorkie! I told Jeff that we HAD to help it…otherwise it would be road kill on New hope road! Reluctantly, he agreed (he loves dogs, but doenst want to take in strays, apparently). But i got my way! I mean, if that was spud (and lets be honest…we NEVER put a collar on him and he gets out from time to time and roams the hood) and somebody didnt help him, I would be mortified!

We went to a neighborhood behind my families land but no one knew whose it was. Everyone said it looked like "pancho’s" dog…but pancho’s dog was in his yard. So we ended up taking the pup home. He was really quite sweet, but a little stinky! So i made him sleep on the back porch. The next morning Jeff put our flyers and 10 min later got a phone call. The owner had been looking for "pancho" (thats what we called him) all night! And it was someone in our neighborhood!!! They live in the very back of the hood which means that little dog went almost a mile from home to have ended up at my families land! What an adventure that must have been!

So they were super grateful! Come to find out, they’ve lived here for a year but dont really know too many people. So we talked about grilling out together sometime, and i think we should.

Cool thing is that in knocking on so many ppls doors, we got the opportunity to meet so many new ppl and even invited some to church! Its amazing how a sweet animal can bring so many ppl together! Everyone we met was so helpful. One lady even drove around w/ us for 15 minutes or so, helping us! So kind!

Anyhoo…"dustin" as the dog is called (or after a haircut "wolf-man") was a sweet little treat to our week! And hopefully we’ve made some friends w/ our neighbors! Doesnt get much better than that! Good deed for this week: check!

This would be us! Enjoy (and watch till the end…its worth it!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epUk3T2Kfno

My childhood was spent in a little baptist church. The same families had always gone there and there was a small childrens ministry but really no place to go after you got into high school. So in 9th and 10th grade i really didnt know what to do. Then one morning I decided to go to the morning prayer meeting at school (dacula high). I took plenty of school work since it was in the library just in case i didnt know anyone. But when I walked in, I was greeted by a lifelong pal, April Hall. She included me in the prayer group and asked me afterwords if i’d like to come to her church that friday for a lock-in. She continued asking throughout the week and her persistence paid off.

When I got to the church that friday evening, April introduced me to lots of people and hung around w/ me. She made me feel really comfortable. And so, i had found a new church. Now, i was only 14 and my family didnt go to church there, but the youth pastor lived right down the road from me and picked me up most sundays and wednesdays.

I became good friends with a group of girls (Angela, April, Ashley, Lindsay and Tanaya). They were an established group of friends, but they made room for me.

Then, on December 10th I accepted the Lord as my savior. Let me preface by saying that I had prayed a prayer as a child (6 years old) but didnt understand fully what it meant to give my life, i only wanted to accept Jesus. So I may very well have already have secured my eternity years back, but it was in December of that year that I felt confident that my heart belonged to Jesus.

And just as the isralites wandered in the desert for many years even after being rescued and released from slavery, I, too have done my wandering. And not to say that I have found my promise land and that my journey is over, but  there is steady growth. Well, mostly steady…haha.

And its all because a 14 year old girl chose to be friendly. To show me Jesus through her attitude and caring spirit. To be persistent to love on me and make me feel welcome. She never laid out the gospel to me, but she brought me to the place where I could hear. Not only her, but that a group of girls loved on me, included me…and a youth pastor made time to pick me up. So many people have played a part in the story of my life!

I wonder…has my life impacted anyone elses in this way? Most of us will never know. But as the Lord brought to my mind this week (in dicipleship w/ my four 14 year old girls) and prompted me to share with them what obedience to love on others could produce, I felt the urge to let April know what an impact she had on my life. And i’m forever grateful.

An expectant heart is truly a breeding ground for the miraculous (darlene from hillsong). Are you expecting great things from God in your life this week? Do we really believe that if we are obedient to just invite our co-workers and friends to church that God will move in their lives? Sometimes I dont. But i want my heart to be a breeding ground for the miraculous, so I’m going to try to choose to expect the unexpected. Pray for the miraculous. And watch and see what unfolds.

Stay tuned to see how God answers this! I’m excited…

is more than a woman can stand.

My mommie used to sing that to daddy every year on their annivesary and I have picked up the tradition with Jeff. I’m sure he’s pleased.

haha!!! So today we have been married for 7 years. First of all, i totally regret getting married so close to my birthday cause i always get punked out of a gift. I’d also like to give the disclaimer to Jeff that he is a wonderful husband and a terrible gift giver (for the most part…he’ll pull a wild one now and again but it’s usually a bust). This year was really no different for my bday but on our annivesary he said i could go pick out a storm door for the front. I know that is awful domesticated and all and not at all exciting to most, but i really LOVE storm doors and HATE keeping my solid door closed all the time cause I cant see out and its dark in the livingroom. So i’m stoked about my gift. And he’ll install it (hopefully this weekend).

Since it fell on a monday this year (blast those leap years that kept the 7th yr from being on sat. like it should have been!) we kept it all low key and just went to eat mexican for dinner. We’ll do a nice dinner later, i guess.

And i’m stoked cause we’re starting the Dave ramsey course on Sunday at church. Good times…rice and beans are in our future, i fear!

So in recap: I love my hubby. He loves me. We’re a happy family. With a dog named spud and a home we’re blessed you see. We’re a happy family.

Yes, you should sing that to the barney tune. You ppl remember that, right? Awesome.