Life

Today is the first day of breathe at the age of 32 years. I’m grateful for all that God has done for me, what He hasn’t done for me and what He will do for me. It’s been three months now into 2009 and the year is developing just fine.

There are a lot of changes over the horizon that I am looking forward to. Will and I resigned from being facilitators for community group. It just wasn’t working out as well as we hoped and it seems like Will is going to be helping out more and more with counseling with his mom. Which means Wednesday nights for him; will start to be filled with work. Ideally another office will open up and Will would be working there full time. We’ll have to see what God has in store.

It looks like we will be moving soon. Our house will be going up on the market in the next couple days. The house payments just weren’t working out for us anymore especially with today’s economy…so we thought we would cut our loses and go. So I’m pretty excited about our next little place where we can rest our heads and call home.

Jereme-Ashlee and I have taken the dive…She had been experiencing terrible headaches everyday for several months. We eliminated all causes, going to the dentists, eye doctor, caffeine, water…ect, ect, to no avail. It seemed like all signs were pointing to the length and weight of her hair. With advice from Pastor we talked with a chiropractor, which was quite helpful. It seems like there is a misalignment with her spine that was causing headaches…Finally relief. However, confirmed yet again by the chiropractor this time her hair was too heavy for her and when the adjustment would be made it would only aggravate it again. So my poor dear daughter got her first haircut at the age of 13 years old. She cried.

I am so proud of Jereme-Ashlee she has always been such a remarkable girl. She has handled the situation in such humbleness and humility. We are both praying that God’s grace and mercy be abundant and that the spirit of rebellion or pride doesn’t get any kind of foothold in her life. I can’t imagine the weight that she is carrying right now knowing that people are judging her and most of them are judging the situation wrongly. I pray that God will help her tread through the criticism and look towards Him for approval and acceptance.

I’m still striving to stay focused and not let outside influences have an affect on my walk and relationship with God. I intend on being in this until I hear those words “well done”. I just got to keep my head on straight and keep my heart pure. I’m striving to daily take a moment and recognize the greatness of God’s love. To give Him all of me…if anyone has mastered this please let me in on the secret. I find myself picking up my living sacrifice and trying to manage my life on my own. Grr.

Recently I have purchased Shawn McDonald, Jeremy Riddle, and Tenth Avenue North…all which have really ministered to me and helped me focus more. Some day I will become a song writer and learn to play the guitar and maybe my songs will help someone draw closer to God. I’m grateful for little brooks of encouragement from people who don’t know they are feeding me life. It’s amazing how God sustains us even in dry desert places. I’ve come to appreciate the ministry I am once again. In serving I am being fed. God is Good. I look forward to what he has planned for me and my family.