A prayer for my husband...

As life right now gets more and more crazy and stressful I am wishing so much that we were back in Hawaii.  Such a relaxing, wonderful vacation.  As I sit today allowing for some quiet time to shut off my mind of all the clutter I am reminded to pray for my hubby.  As a wife I tend to forget to do this.  I sometimes just see him as my rock and forget that he too feels the weight of life on his shoulders.  He is a perfectionist and does anything to make me happy.  This is why everybody loves him so much.  I admire how good he is with people and how loving of a heart he has.  I pray today for him, my husband that he feel the comfort of God and that he let go and allow for the weight to be lifted.  That he find comfort in knowing that God has a plan for us and through this stressful time of walking it out with God that we will be happy in where we end up.  I hope that he always knows that he is loved especially by his wife who needs nothing more than his heart to be complete in this crazy, scary and messy world we live in.  That I would have it no other way than to be his wife, his best friend, his partner and together working as a team until the finish line.  I thank God for my husband today and everyday and ask God to pour blessings upon him.  In Jesus name, Amen..

Pray for your spouse today.. I speak from experience that it does amazing things..

My Monday..

 Today was unseasonably warm so I took advantage of the day by being outside.  I worked outside all day.  Now its time to clean up after enjoying a yummy grilled Chicken Spring Salad.  Nice and healthy..  Hope everyone had a good Monday!always take time to see the rainbow....

Easter

I hope everyone had a good Easter!  We did..  I was so tired by the end of it but it is always so worth it in the end.  I do love having Easter Dinner at my house and this year our entire family was together which was nice.  I had so much fun this year with being creative with the table.  Each person had a place setting with a little treat for them.  I used little brown bags and filled them with candy and each person had their name on it so they knew where to sit.  My husband also went to a local store where they make chocolates into shapes and each person had a chocolate shape at their place setting as well.  All the food turned out great even the new recipes that I tried.  With some stressful times here lately I feel very blessed to have the positive things to focus on and that day was my family.  Love them so much.  

Hoping everyones Easter was a blessed as mine.  

U Turn or parked car

Something to remember today....

You can always make a U Turn but it is impossible to steer a parked car....

Unsure of the exact way to go?  Scared you will make the wrong choice?  Do not let fear stop you.. put the car in drive today and if you get lost know that it is ok.. God will get you back on track..

Now put those windows down, put on your favorite music and lets go!  But lets not forget to have God with us helping to read us the directions and be our GPS to guide us.   : )

A new beginning..

I really feel lately like I have been given a new life.. what  a great time of year to be happening but at Easter.  I am so thankful for the past couple of weeks even through all the pain.  I read a chapter in my book "You're already Amazing" and this really spoke to me and I thought I would share.  If you are looking for a good book, I highly recommend this book!

This brought tears to my eyes as if it was written from my own pen.....



Hot tears slam my cheeks, slide down rivers of unbidden emotion


I'm shocked at their appearance- hot lava exploding from a mountain that had just been covered in daisies.  


I slip into a bathroom stall, I place my head in my hands, sniffle into a square of paper.  That year.. so good. so hard


I felt more like a warrior than a writer.  


My heart has the scars to prove it.  


But then, softly, a whisper comes, "put down your sword"


and I notice, for the first time, how my heart has stood in ready-to-fight position for so long, stiff, waiting to dodge the next blow


I relent. and something inside clatters to the ground.  I see the wounds, still fresh, not noticed in the heat of the battle.  I touch them tentatively.  Cover protectively. 
Than again, softly within...


If I will wash your feet, will I not wash your wounds?


I have a choice.  Drop my guard or guard my hurts.  


I choose the first


and his hand touches all the aches, his voice whispers truth, his love wipes around, over, down.  It stings a little.  I flinch with old fear.  But slowly I relax, lean into him, remember the time before the war, and I know it is finished.  


No longer a warrior.


I'm a child, small, safe, with daddy's hands making it all better


Victory


Surrender


I leave the bathroom stall, finally, look into clear eyes in the mirror.  


And I am never the same again....


~holly Gerth~


I look around and see the things that I would have normally not have seen before.  I feel God speaking to me.. Just like the baby bunnies that have been growing in my back yard, each day their mother coming to feed and protect them, us keeping the dogs out of the yard to not eat them.  We would check each day and make sure they were ok and watch them grow.  As I am in a place of feeling like the waiting and growing in this season has arrived God is asking me to go.. move in faith and be bold in my faith while taking the journey with him.  I feel ready... I go out this morning to check on the baby bunnies to see that they are gone.  At first I was sad but then I had such a wonderful feeling come over me..  they are free and so am I to go and be just that.. FREE!!  So just like those baby bunnies I go today and embrace my new life.. my new beginning and set out for that something WONDERFUL waiting for me!!  

Letting go..

Last week was a stressful week and yesterdays start to the week did not start me off any better.. I feel frustrated and I am struggling with letting it go.  With each day I hold onto it and I become more and more heavy, weighed down by the stress, disappointment and frustration that life brings.  I realize I am not focused.. well rather I am focused but on the bad rather than the good.  I feel the sand in my eyes and I am unable to see.  So today I take a break to sit and have a cup of coffee in the sun.. I let the sun hit my face and I am reminded of the good that surrounds me.  I let it go, I give it away because it does not belong to me..  Life is good, I am blessed and now I feel more free..  Praying that if you today are feeling the same way you take the time to stop what you are doing no matter how busy you are today and find your spot to let it go...  




Until next time...

Anne