What A Weekend!

It is so nice to be sitting quietly in front of my computer. This weekend has been crazy! Our class Friday night was W-I-L-D. Lexie was trying so hard to teach the "DaisyMae" painting we did that night and people were singing SO loud she just shrugged and said "Ok, I guess we're singing now!" So fun :) Saturday started out good, until I realized that I stood Ashley up for lunch (sorry Ash!). We just ended up drinking coffee and hanging out at my mom's store waiting on the kids class to start.

We hosted a kid's birthday party at PTT Saturday afternoon and painted the cute little owl tree above (AKA "Hootie") with kids ranging ages 5 to 12. They were such a cute bunch of kids! Here's how theirs turned out....

Some of our friends came in town so we left there and went directly to El Tap for some much needed "girl time." Random story: I went to the restroom at EL Tap and heard a little voice saying..."who's in he-ah?" I answered, "Rachel." Little girl (who is in a stall and I can't see): "Oh, I just thought it was my fwiend. We ahh having a giwl's night tonight!" (she can't say her R's). She proceeded to name for me all of her friends and she didn't know if they were going to spend the night or just watch a movie and asked if I had a lot of friends. It was the cutest thing :) I had to inform my table that we were not the only girl's night out in town!

After we left the restaurant, several of my friends received phone calls for one reason or another and received disturbing news that turned our girl's night into a cry fest. But isn't it good to have good friends to cry with? I love my girlfriends and hope that I can always be there for them as they are for me. It was so good to see them at church this morning and praising the One that their true joy comes from.

Have a happy lazy Sunday :)

"The Lord Your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with His love, he will rejoice over you with singing." Zephaniah 3:16b-17

Sippin from the Saucer...

I don't think my husband will ever post on this blog, so I'm going to add some of his own words. He sent me this in an email yesterday and showed that he really does have a peace that "transcends all understanding."

"I think that God has a plan and we may never know what it is. As for me, I am going to praise him for who he is, what he does, and what we can become through him. I don’t know why we have not been given what is the desire of our hearts. I don’t know why we are made to suffer while the world seems to move past us by. I do know that we should count it as a blessing that God thinks enough of us both to bring about situations in our lives that will draw us to him.

You are all the earthly family I’ll ever need. If God lets us in on the plan, I’ll follow it. If you get a feeling about what we should do, I’ll listen.

God has not failed us, science has. Your body is perfect just the way God made it. You have talents and gifts that the world will experience in the way God intended them to in time.

I love you more than words can express. Join me in worshiping God for who he is, what he does, and what we can become through him."

My cup is overflowing...and I'm sippin' from the saucer.

"Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior." Habakkuk 3:17-19

Negative

I went for the beta test this morning and it was negative.
No baby this month.
I don't really have anything to say, so here's what I'm reading.....

"In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express" Romans 8:26

"Therefore we do not lose heart. Thought outwardly we are wasting away yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."
2 Corinthians 4:16-18

And last but not least....

"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds."
Psalm 147:3

Thank you for your prayers.

Ode To Bronco and The One Day Wait

This is my best friend Ashley's furry son, Bronco. Today he went to Petco for a little grooming and tomorrow he goes under the knife. Poor baby. We love you, Bronco and you are going to still be a man in our eyes!

Tomorrow, Mom and I will make our early morning journey to Brookwood so I can have blood drawn and go back home. Say a little prayer for us traveling and for my state of mind waiting on that phone call! Have a wonderful day!!

Good Day...But Not Over Yet!

This week has been pretty good. I've battled a sore throat (which I know my co-workers are ready for me to lose!), but overall it has been pretty decent. I have a new Service Guild project this year at GSCC helping adults study for their GED. They are such a blessing. They probably think I'm the biggest dork because I get so excited over direct objects and comma placement :) That was a highlight.

Also, my husband sent me flowers at work (which my friend Katie got to deliver). The card said "Matthew 11:28-30" (which is "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light").He knew where my mind was this week. I don't deserve that man.

This week flew by (just like I wanted it to!) and tonight we have Paint The Town. Sometimes I have to pinch myself to think that my other job is to hang out with my friends, paint pretty pictures, and meet new people. (Also, there is plenty of dancing and singing). We are painting a repeat tonight, which usually makes for an easier evening. I love these girls and I'm so blessed to have them as my friends (that includes our honorary PTT-ers, Ashey and Jsho!)
I have my first blood beta test Wednesday morning at 7. Prayers, Prayers Please!

Recalling Mighty Acts

I read something in "Daniel" by Beth Moore yesterday that I thought I would share. When I pray I forget to do this and I think it is so powerful! (From Page 184)....

Daniel not only knew himself. More importantly, he knew his God. He knew his was a God who kept covenant promises. A righteous God. A great and mighty God who wielded His strong arm and delivered the people out of Egypt. And in Daniel's estimation, the same God who delivered the Israelites from Egypt could deliver the Israelites from Babylon. Do we pray like that? Do we rehearse the mighty acts God has performed in the past as we request His intervention in the present? The prayer warriors of the Word often couple their requests with remembrances like a lawyer cites a precedent before the judge hearing the case. As you make your request, start recalling in prayer God's mighty acts in the past, both the scripture and in your life. Your faith will grow and God will be pleased to see you exercise your humble but powerful position as His child.

Have a wonderful day and I pray God blesses you with a "mighty act" :)

God's Reminder

I find myself asking daily,
"God, why must we go through all this pain?
Please remind me of the reason
my faith in you should still remain.

I feel the rain will never clear
and the clouds will never part.
Please give me a reminder
that I am dear to your heart!"

He reminds me of the blind man
and the burden he had to bear.
People demanded to know who sinned,
was this punishment even fair?

Jesus replied that he had not sinned
and his parents had not brought this strife.
But this had happened so
God's work would be displayed in his life.

He has promised His grace is sufficient,
His power made perfect when we are weak.
So I'll delight in my difficulties,
His power and peace I will seek.

Let my misery become a ministry,
to give God glory when things look grim,
for my soul finds rest in God alone,
my salvation comes from Him.

John 9:32
2 Cor 12:9-10
Psalm 62:1

I wrote this in my quiet time this morning and thought I would share.
Have a wonderful day!