You Are More

Ok, back to the song lyric thing again...one of my favorite songs is You Are More  by Tenth Avenue North.  This is one of the first songs I heard when I started listening to Christian music, and I remember the tears rolling down my cheeks.  Then I watched the video, and wow, I will just say I went through a Kleenex or two, or ten!!  I just think it is a powerful visual of how Jesus washes away our sins.  Check out the video....

 "you are more...

                                        than the choices that you've made

you are more...

                                           than the sum of your past mistakes

you are more....

                                                than the problems you create....

                 You've been remade."



 

source:pinterest

Do you have anything written on your chalkboard?  Ask Jesus to wash it away for good, once and for all!

 

This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! 

2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT

 

 

 

Caution:Cheesy Reenactment!

E loves her little princess puzzle. (thank you Auntie Donna) So you can imagine her dismay when we couldn't find the last piece!!  Oh man we searched for it everywhere....until...at last..........

ok,ok, I so wish I could have caught her utter JOY with my camera but alas, this is indeed a reenactment.  BUT, nevertheless I can tell you she was jumping and dancing and screaming with joy!! 
This reminded me of something I heard once, that our hearts have this little piece that is "God-shaped" and He is the ONLY thing that can satisfy that little spot.  Some "pieces" you can kind of try to shove in there and they may hold for awhile, but they can never truly, completely fill that spot. 
Not too many years ago, I remember thinking things like...I will be happy when: my kids behave better...I lose 10 pounds...we get a bigger house...new car...etc etc.
Then one day I asked God to take up residence in every part of my life and my puzzle was complete!!  Cue the jumping and dancing and screaming with JOY!!

                                   
 

Smart? move

So we FINALLY got smart phones...high 5-up high, high 5-down low,-fist bump!! oh ya! (DW) 
Next you might find me on Facebook-yikes!!  The thing is...I admitted I get "captured by the unimportant" very easily, so tell me!!  How do you have all this at your fingertips and not stare at it all day long????  I don't want my boys to see me doing the very thing I ask them not to do!!  suggestions??  after all, when I first discovered Pinterest, this was me.....

 

help!   : D

It's SO FLUFFY!!!

People closest to me know that I am multi-lingual.  In addition to English, I speak song lyric, movie line(mostly Disney these days) ,Seinfeld and Friends.  This usually goes one of two ways, those who also speak these particular "languages" totally get it and often laugh hysterically.  BUT, I also get many, many blank stares.  The reason I am sharing this is that E has inherited the love of movie line quoting.  And she does it well.
                           So the other day at Carowinds,

T's friend won this and gave it to E. 

               She promptly hugged it and screamed...... you guessed it......

 

and yes, she made that face, too!!  : D

Mrs. Good Intentions

Have you heard this song Make a Move by Royal Tailor?
I always crack up at the beginning cuz it's so me.
"Mr.(of course I sing Mrs!!) Good Intentions....so much I wanna do....my mouth just keeps on runnin.....but I never follow through....."  yep, that's me.  And then there's
"I've been captured by the unimportant...." 
aaahhh, don't you just hate when you're
just jamming in your car and God convicts you!!
Ok,ok, I don't hate it even though it's tough, I really love to hear His voice throughout my day!!!  It just reminds me of the fact that He really is Immanuel, which means God with us.
p.s. I'm ready to make a move, are you??

beach page

I wanted to share my latest page!  (of course it is last years trip...I will get caught up some day, right?)

I think beach layouts are my favorite, probably because I LOVE the beach!!! (My hair and skin hate the beach, but  I  love it!)
The ocean seems endless and the sand...well the sand IS endless or so it seems.... as it can be found in every nook and craney for days and days after you get home.  : )
E and I just got back from a quick weekend at the beach.  It was so fun to have our first "girls trip", now I just want to go back with the whole fam!! 

Freedom

Yesterday we celebrated America's Freedom.  I am so grateful to all the amazing men and women who serve our country and my heart grieves for the families who have lost loved ones in service, each and every one a hero! 
I also think about another freedom, the freedom only found in Christ.  I remember the day, the hour, the minute that I finally gave it all over to Him......the striving to be good enough for the world...the weariness of pretending....the burdens of past hurts, mistakes and failures.....
                   I am free, indeed!!!


"Come to me, all you who are weary and heavy laden...

                                     and I will give you rest."  

                                                                 ~ Jesus

                                                                Matthew  11:28