Mother's Day Song of My Heart

Mother's Day

Hey sweet friends. It's Mother's Day weekend and for those who are mom's let me say that I pray you have a blessed and happy day!! For those whose arms are still waiting let me say that I love you and I pray that the Father will fill those arms SOON! For those whose arms were full but are now empty let me say that my prayers are with you and for the Father to wrap you in His own arms in a MIGHTY way this weekend. And for those whose arms are full of grandkids let me say thank you. Thank you for all you did, for the sacrifices, for the troubled times, for all of it and for all you continue to do!!

Given all I went thru with my own mom this past Jan. I must say that it stings quite a bit to not be at her side this Mother's Day but I'll be seeing her in a couple of weeks. I love you mom. I know the chances that you'll see this are slim, but know that I'm thinking of you and praying that the Lord will give you a wonderful weekend. He's obviously not finished with you mom, so I'm anxious to see what He has planned because it's apparent your work here isn't quite done. I love you and I can't thank you enough for all you've done for me. I miss you.

To my children let me say that it is the greatest joy of my life being your mom. I never knew how full my heart could be and I never dreamed the Lord would be so gracious as to bless me with the 3 most AMAZING kids on the planet! One that is so compassionate and funny, one that is so loving and kind and one that brings joy and sunshine wherever she goes. I pray that one day (though I know at times it seems it will NEVER happen - haha) you will rise up and call me blessed. I pray that you will grow to serve the Jesus that your mommy loves with her whole heart!! He is all you need. Not me, not your daddy, but Him!! I love you guys!!

Have a happy Mother's Day!!

WHEW......

I'm tellin you what! It STINKS getting old! Yes, it does! It has taken me all blasted week to recuperate from this past weekend. I mean, let's be real. I was at the church about 4 hrs on Wed and then Wed night church (last week), about 4 hrs on Thur and then again Thur night for our National Day of Prayer service - AMAZING by the way - then Friday from 1pm to 8pm then Sat 9am to 6pm then Sun 7am - 11:30am (yes I was on vocal team - filling in for someone - WHAT was I thinking?) then back at 1:45pm til 8:30 or so Sun night. I took it easy on Monday, except running a few errands, then Tues had to deliver and set up a new sound system for my kids school. Then had to clean my Beth's house yesterday, church last night, then clean my MaryAnn's house today! Like I said.....WHEW!!!

My own house is lookin' a bit pitiful, but I'm hoping if I hold out long enough I'll get some sympathy/Mother's Day help! hahaha I guess after going back and reading that it's no wonder I'm worn out! Made me tired just typing it all! haha

I think my post Tues made it sound like I was a bit down, but I'm not really. Tired, but the Lord was so good to me during the last week that I can't do anything but shout - well, ok just say because of the fatigue - His praises!!! My man is in the mortgage business and anyone with a brain knows things are bad so I just ask you to pray for that situation and for my man to not stress about it. God is and always will be faithful!!! Oh yes He will!!

Mark 10:27

"Jesus looked at them and said, 'With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God'".

Impossible. That word overwhelms me. Have you ever faced things that seemed impossible? I know I have and I'm sure you have as well. Today when I saw this little flower growing up thru the concrete this verse popped into my mind. That pretty little pink flower surrounded by a sidewalk and a parking lot, impossible, and yet....there it is.

There are some things happening in my life right now that seem impossible. Things that the enemy is doing his best to distract my man and I with so will you just pray that we will remember this verse. That God will continue to put flowers in the concrete for me everywhere I go! Thanks.

No words...

Of course I'll come up with some, but there really are no words to describe how I'm feeling today. A few that come to mind are exhausted, sore, crampy and a plethora of physical words I could use, but at the same time I am finding myself on the verge of tears all day. Not because I'm down or sad, but because last night the Lord spoke to me in such a POWERFUL way thru the mouths of about 100 kids under the age of 12.

The concert was amazing. I was kinda the "stage manager" if you will, so there was a lot of running, placing, checking and the like going on, but let me just tell you that thru it all the Lord touched my heart with the pure, sweet worship of those kids. Seeing them singing about a Father who calls them His own and lifting up their hands in worship, not just because that was their cue, but because it was coming out of their hearts.....well, I just about couldn't contain myself. Of course we had our wigglers, our stare-ers, our deer-in-the-headlight-ers (how's that grammar workin' for ya?) but land sakes even THEY were just the cutest.

It was the first time all three of my babies had been on the platform together and it was almost more than this momma's heart could stand. I found myself checkin' out as manager and just bein' a happy, proud momma. In fact, I was supposed to go onstage at the end and almost missed my cue because I was busy jumping up and down and screaming my fool head off! GREAT for the old vocal chords by the way! hahaha Then, I went onstage barefoot because I had kicked off my shoes in the running! hahaha Oh well. Thank God our church isn't stuffy! (or at least I don't feel that way)

Anyway, I hope to have some pics this week - still trying to download to my dinosaur computer from my dinosaur camera, but we'll see. I pray that you have a great day and I plan to do as little as possible to try and recoup!

Not our kids but still........

One of the songs our kids will be singing at the musical and though I don't know these kids there's still something so precious about hearing their authentic praise that just blesses my heart! Pray for us as we prepare our kids Sun. night and if you're near the Grove I pray you'll come and hear them. I PROMISE it'll be worth the effort!

National Day of Prayer

This is the prayer I posted on STMM prayer blog and I hope that you'll pray for our nation as well. Our church is having a service at 7pm and I pray that yours is as well. If not, come to mine. ;-)

Father God, I come to you today thanking you for your tremendous blessings on this country. Father you have protected, sustained and provided for us over and over again and I thank you and I praise you for it.

Today, on this National Day of Prayer, we come to you, crying out for your continued hand of mercy on us. Lord we recognize that we are undeserving both individually and collectively, but Lord I praise you for seeing fit to send a Lamb to atone for our sins out of your great love for us. Thank you Jesus for being the Lamb. For giving us the pattern of obedience we are to follow.

Lord these are difficult times we live in but not one bit of it takes you - in your sovereignty - by surprise. Before the foundation of the world was laid you knew that we would reach this place and this time and you had/have a plan. We trust you Lord. We trust that your perfect will is one to prosper and not harm us and to give us a hope and a future so Lord we lay the upcoming elections at Your feet. We ask that your truth will be revealed to us as we make decisions as to who we will vote for. I pray that you will convict us on election day if we do not participate in the vote.

Father as I read the example you gave us of the people in the last days in 2 Tim 3 I know that your time is drawing near. You said they would be lovers of money, proud, abusive, unforgiving, without love, lovers of pleasure rather than of You and Lord that sounds just like our nation. Forgive us Lord. For the sins of our nation Lord, I ask for your forgiveness. I pray that we will never be like the weak-willed women in 2 Tim allowing those having a form of godliness to worm their way into our homes, gaining control over us. May we be followers of Christ, warriors of prayer, recognizing our identity as Daughters of the King.

Father I thank you for the honor of laying our burdens at your feet. I thank you that you are not a God who doesn't understand or care, but that You took on our infirmities and healed us with the stripes laid on Your Son. Thank you for making a way for us. Protect our Land, Lord and start a Holy Fire in this nation that will spread like nothing we've ever seen! Blow our minds Lord!! In the strong and mighty name of Jesus I ask these things.....Amen