What a Blessing!

Hi all, just have a few to talk but just wanted to ask that you pray for my daddy he is facing some health problems and there are spiritual needs there as well. I am not sure where he stands with the Lord. Please help me to pray about this I would appreciate it. I had my daddy on my heart and the thought of something happening to him is such a weight on my heart. It would break my heart.

I have grown weary and tired with the stress of my sisters ordeal and sometimes I just want to cry. Jesse has started something new on Wednesday night instead of asking for physical needs during pray time he is asking us to pray for spiritual needs (great idea dear). I always ask for my sister and my other family but last night when I prayed I feel like my burden for the lost has become stronger than it has been in a while and I wept for my father and my sister because not knowing where they are with the Lord hurts my heart so bad.

Anywho, the Lord helped my heart once again! Jesse was preaching a powerful message about laws and Pharisees and as he was closing the message I started to close my Bible and the pages turned and landed on this passage:

Isaiah 40:28-31 (King James Version)
28Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
29He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
30Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
31But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.


Oh it was such a blessing to me (the Lord has never revealed Himself to me in this way before) and I have been thinking of it all day it has helped me to live in that sunshine again. THANK YOU LORD!

My Birthday!

So it was my birthday yesterday and I promise this is not an all about me post. I just wanted to say thank you to all of my wonderful friends and family for all of the love and gifts. I told Jesse last night that I am really blessed to have such special people in my life. I love birthday phone calls and text messages they make me soooo happy. I may be a big dork but I think birthdays are really special and important, maybe it is because my momma and daddy were always so good about making them special (they still do). I am also blessed with Jesse's family, who also makes birthdays special. My little grandmother still calls me every year to tell me happy birthday and Lindsey called me from the potty to sing to me (i loved it). Mallory and Makenna also sang to me (loved it). Then there were the cupcakes that the sweet girl in class made me from scratch how awesome is that. Then my sweet Maddie made me cupcakes for work tonight! I love cupcakes.

I got to spend all day with the love of my life and we had sooooo much fun! We ate PF Changs and then we shopped (bought one thing how sad is that). We watched a movie last night and then I slept late. I awoke to a wonderful breakfast in bed. My hubby is the best! Thank you all for making me feel special!

Revive Me Again Oh Lord!

First of all sorry the zoo pictures are still in the works. They will be on here one of these years I promise. Anywho, revival is awesome this week Brother Rick is doing an amazing job and I feel like the Lord is working in our little church. I know that He is working in my heart, on Tuesday night he preached about how to be a help to the church and supporting the church and loving the church and tonight he preached on getting out of traditions and going with God no matter what it takes you out of. He also touched on the subject of having a burden for the lost souls around us. It breaks my heart to think that I do not weep for lost souls like I have in the past. Members of my family are lost and I cannot find the time to get on my face and plead on their behalf. I needed the message tonight if no one else did. It worked on my heart and made me realize that the things that he talked about were about me. I am the one who does not take the time to share God's Word like I should. I am ashamed of myself and it breaks my heart to think that I would be so hard. I have no excuse I am blood bought and would never deny my Lord but I get discouraged when I feel like we pray and pray for the salvation of some people and their life's still spiral out of control in front of us. I have been living in this discouraged state for a while and the message tonight encouraged me to get out of that rut and pray and weep and call on God again for those that I love and are lost. Please help me pray!
Also as all, or most, of you know I am a worrier. My knew motto is, wait for it, wait for it, to live in the sunshine everyday! I pray this everyday and ask that you help me pray about this too. I think that it is working, I have been striving to live in the moment and not worry about what God has already taken care of, which is everything, why should I try to help.
I am so excited about tomorrow night and the meeting. I am really looking forward to the message and hearing the youth choir from Calvary come and sing. Please pray for us and our Church.

PS Mallory and Kenna you guys did an awesome job tonight!

15 Things I am Loving Right Now!

I was thinking about a few things that I love right now and thought that I would share. You may want to try a few of them.

1. Babybel Light Snaking Cheese. This stuff is awesome and it only has 50 calories and has its on little waxy, red, protective, fun layer. I love it, thanks to the sweet girl named Heather in my CNA class who brought me one to try! Check out the nutrition facts and see for yourself. http://www.dietfacts.com/html/nutrition-facts/the-laughing-cow-mini-babybel-light-cheese-original-100percent-all-natural-light-snacking-che44316.htm

2. My flower beds. They are so pretty and so much fun to take care of! Thank you Jesse, Daddy, and Chad.

3. Fresh Pineapple scented Wallflowers from Bath and Body Works. It makes our house smell tropical. Mmmmmmmmmm tropical!

4. Sugarland's new CD makes me pretty happy.

5. Happy Hour at Sonic 2-4 pm everyday half price drinks. One large sweet tea $.91. Happy day!

6. WARM WEATHER! Happy flip-flop time!

7. Planning for Bible School with my hubby, it is gonna be fun fun fun!

8. Izzy Scrubs by Peaches. They are so comfy and fit so well.
http://www.uniformsandscrubspeaches.com/?gclid=CJrImJv9lJoCFQghnAod0wKgNA

9. Steak Biscuits from Hardee's as a treat for breakfast on Saturday mornings. Yummo!

10. Working second shift, kinda loving this, not the hours, new people, less supervisor, less stress I think.

11. Ms. Hartley, my CNA teacher, she is so funny, tough but a good teacher. (This is subject to change if the homework is to much.) Hahahaha

12. Barnyard the cartoon on Nickelodeon. It makes me laugh. This is the new Sunday morning cartoon.

13. Getting to sleep an extra hour in the morning, even if I do go to bed later because of second shift.

14. Going to school again. I love learning new things, especially things that interest me like this does.

15. My new old American Eagle pants that I found in the closet. I forgot about them, it is so exciting it is like new clothes that I can actually wear!

I thought it would be fun to share some things I am loving right now the list could go on of course. See what you can come up with.

In Christ Service

Amy

Wonderful Weekend

Hi all, hope all is well. I had a minute so I thought I would stop by. We had a wonderful weekend in God's house. Jesse preached at the youth meeting at Calvary and it was wonderful, he preached in power and the singing was a blessing. Stay at home mommy did a wonderful job on the food. The whole meeting on Saturday was a blessing to my heart, even the singing in the choir. It is always good to get a chance to fellowship with the special people at Calvary. I love all the hugs and words of encouragement. Sunday was a wonderful day at our home church as well. Jesse preached another message in the Series Saving Jesus, it was actually the final one, I have really enjoyed and grown in the Lord while listening and learning from these messages. I just thank God for my husband and his desire to serve the Lord and serve me as my husband. Even though times are not always easy at our house I know that he will always be there and never leave me. I love you Jesse!

We also got a chance to fellowship with some of the folks at Bethlehem on Sunday after church. We had alot of fun and enjoyed the good time of fellowship. Sunday night I got to spend time with my bestest, Stay at Home Mommy, and her lovely family. Jesse and I got to play with Clayton and the girls, Lindsey and Natalie. It was so much fun! It is always great to see the world through the eyes of a three year old. Lindsey decided to be like her mommy and underline words in her Bible and then she wanted to take notes like Jesse and then she helped me come up with stuff for our Bible School. Natalie has also become an astounding climber since I last saw her, we are talking tall mountainous chairs and tables. Clayton is just awesome as always. Well I think that is enough from me for now! I love you all and please continue to pray for the Carswells and the Avery bunch and me and CNA.