Praising God

Tuesday November 10:

Wow what a blessed day!! My 26th birthday was AAAAMAZING! Praise God for such amazing people in my life and the love that they shower me with!! I'm so thankful for everyone in my life right now who helped make my birthday special!

Wednesday November 11:

Today I'm thankful for our Veterans and the chance I had to serve. "Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you; Jesus Christ and the American Soldier. One died for your soul; the other for your freedom." Thankyou to all of our Veterans, our servicemembers, and their families!

Thinkin it over...

Today I'm thankful for answered prayers. I asked for prayer to be more bold in sharing my faith out loud, and boy was I bold this evening in class. I was sharing pictures of my shredded tire and the story of what happend and as I walked back to my bench a guy said to me, "you sure are lucky!" I beamed back at home "No way, it wasn't luck...I'm loved, it was all God...only God could do something like that."

I then turned around and finished the two steps back to my bench...when I realized I had shouted that across the classroom. LOL boy, when I asked for boldness God sure didn't delay, I'm happy to see He's using my loud boisterousness (is that even a word?! lol) to spread His good news, His love and His protection that only HE can provide!

I praise you God!! THANK-YOU for answered prayers!!!

What are you thankful for today?

Catching up on Thankfulness

November 3rd: I was very thankful for my brother who was willing to stop around 10pm and change my flat tire...also thankful for a God who saves and protects. He surely took great care of me that evening when things could have turned out a WHOLE LOT worse for me and my car! Praise and Glory to God!!

November 4th: I was very thankful for a sister who was willing to take me and help me in getting a rental car.

November 5th: I was thankful for friends whose relationships withstand the test of times and trials. Everyday I'm so thankful to be back at the daycare surrounded by such amazing women!

November 6th: I was thankful for a fixed car...and rims that didn't get bent in the whole mess of my car episode on the 3rd...yes it cost a VERY pretty penny to get new tires, and for a rental, and an alignment but it could have been so very much worse!!

November 7th: I'm thankful for lunch and time spent with family whom I adore! What a blast it was to happen upon a "Marine Corps Birthday Party" ... the Marine Corps and I share a birthday!

November 8th: I'm thankful for the giggles and the laughter and the pure excitement I get from Jackson and Addison. I love them more than I've ever loved before and it just fills me with even more love every time I hear and see them giggling and laughing with me!

Praise God for such a roller coaster week...its times like those that it reminds me that I'm alive, and that I'm saved by a God who loves me deeper than I will EVER comprehend. What a great and AWESOME GOD!

What are you thankful for?

Giving Thanks

My longterm readers will remember if you think back, that last year I attempted to do a daily thanks as we counted down to Thanksgiving. I'm bringing it back again this year!!

Sunday, November 1st: I'm thankful for a day of rest, and relaxationg as I prepare for my busy week ahead.

Monday, November 2nd: I'm thankful for smiles. Today the daycare was filled with smiles (which isn't out of the norm.) aside from the fact that for a few short hours in the big room, we were trying our hardest to coax great big smiles out of our precious little ones...today was picture day. I got the honor as I was giving my co-workers breaks to help out back there with the infants and with a few of my 4 year olds. How precious it was to help out behind the photographer calling their names and smiling and these little ones hoping for a smile in return...and I was successful...even with one of our brand new babies (we had 3 that started today!) Afterwards the photographer turned over his shoulder and said with a huge smile, "thank-you" it meant the world to me to see these beautiful youngsters responding to me and also to help relieve some of the stress for the photographer and my co-workers...I just love my job!! Thank-you, God, for the gift of smiles. What a marvelous yet simple creation!

What are you thankful for today?

A reminder for prayer...

I want to take this time, as November is beginning, to take a moment to remind my readers to pray for our men and women who are overseas. I have multiple friends and some family who are currently at war. Some are holding up ok, and some if not all are really missing home. Anyone whose ever been away from home for an extended amount of time can empathize with the feeling of being away from home and making the best of your situation but at the same time longing for home. Now try to imagine that feeling while you're half way across the world, fighting in a war...the same war that a number of American's outright oppose...they've forgotten about our men and women over there.



PLEASE DONT FORGET ABOUT THEM...THEY ARE STILL THERE, THEY ARE STILL ENSURING YOUR FREEDOM...PRAY FOR THEM! THEY NEED OUR SUPPORT, OUR LOVE, OUR ENCOURAGEMENT ESPECIALLY AS THE HOLIDAYS ARE SNEAKING UP ON US AGAIN!

That's MY King...I wonder if YOU know him?

What its like to be a born-again Christian

Got this in an email, thought it was adorable!!

A woman was asked by a coworker, "What is it like to be a Christian?"

The coworker replied, "It is like being a pumpkin."
God picks you from the patch, brings you in, and washes all the
dirt off of you. Then He cuts off the top and scoops out all
the yucky stuff. He removes the seeds of doubt, hate, and greed.

Then He carves you a new smiling face and puts His light inside
of you to shine for all the world to see."

--Author unknown