Need a Moment?

Grab a Twix.

Oh dear. I'm there this week. Actually, the last couple weeks, teetering between getting it done and throwing in the towel. I keep telling Rob we need another vacation, just to catch up! :) And then I remember that my God is bigger and I don't need to finish any of it today, or at least very little today, and I just need to concentrate on those few necessary things first. Whew. Good place of dependency to be.

Sometimes I need to just stop and focus on the blessings, rather than being overwhelmed by my inability to manage it all. We are truly, insanely, blessed. These kids. Wow, they are just incredible little people. When I think about the responsibility, the trust that God has placed in us to raise them. That's pretty humbling in itself.

Then I think about my hubby. We attended Marriage Encounter a few weekends back, and for me the very best part was getting to spend 44 hours with him. After 13 years, you all know he's still my best friend. But it was nice to revel in it for a few days. I'm so glad we did, because we've been going 90 to nothing since. (which, btw, he hates that phrase and says it doesn't make any sense, but I don't care, I love it anyway. I guess that's me being my non-sensical self?)

Then I think about our church. I cannot describe to you the joys of pastoring at such an awesome church. We are truly blessed. We love our staff, we love our people, we love the facility, the city, the culture. We love. :)

And then I think about our house. It is so much awesome. I know I haven't posted pictures and I'm sorry. I've take a few. It's just that I am in the middle of like forty two projects right now (and I'm not even exaggerating) AND I have not found my sd card reader just yet. I think I've narrowed down the box it is in, and have even half unpacked it, but I have not been home long enough to finish that project.

The house is incredible. Each room has a plan and a purpose and all of them make me smile when I think about the way they will be whenever I get to it. :) Probably a long way off. We have some friends that are chatting about visiting in October and I'm hoping we are a bit more there by then. I love that we can have people stay, isn't that amazing? And there will be space to talk and laugh and eat and sleep. What a breath of refreshing air that is!

See, glass half full. I just needed to stop and think about all the awesome. God is so good to us and we are so undeserving. It's so good to revel in that and pursue a life that brings Him glory always.

I'm Not Quite Dead!!

sorry, we recently re-watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail (editing out the yucky parts) and now I have quotable lines from that movie traipsing through my head. :)

Autumn was in town for the Light for the Lost banquet, so we had the honor of hosting her in our tiny home. Rob tracked down the movie because she had never seen it. We had a responsibility to show her. We had a lot of fun.

This is the card I gave Rob for Valentine's Day, a few days early. I thought it was so us. We celebrated with our kiddos this evening, it was really nice. Fettucini alfredo, asparagus, crustry french rolls and strawberry shortcake. mmmm... happy tummies.

Got a cute Valentine's story to share. Last week we had dinner with the Morgans, whom we love. Anyhoo, our kids are all friends so they wanted to ride from the church to the restuarant together in the Morgans van. So Rob and I went on our own, got there first and as we got out of the car they were all walking into the restuarant laughing at us. Asking why, Pastor Aaron told us that he and Shannon wondered what we were still doing in the car once we got there. Sarah told them "They're having a moment. They do that a lot."

priceless. I'm glad she notices, and knows that we need moments. I pray all the time that we can be biblical marriage role models for our kiddos. It's important that they know what a healthy Christian marriage looks like, and hopefully they'll pursue that in their own lives one day.