No Matter What

There is so much that I would love to tell you. But it is not time to tell you. There will come a day when I can tell you what the past year has been like, the ups, the downs and the in-betweens and on that day I will be so excited to share but in the mean time this song by Kerrie Roberts has been an encouragement to me in my walk with the Lord. It at times has made me smile, cry and sing at the top of my lungs. I thank God for his promises and that He is all I NEED to hold on to.

I’m running back to your promises one more time, Lord that’s all I can hold on to, I gotta say this has taken me by surprise, but nothing surprises you. Before a heartache can ever touch my life, it has to go through Your hands, and even though I, keep asking why, I keep asking why,

No matter what, I’m gonna love You, no matter what I’m gonna need You, I know that You can find a way to keep me from the pain but if not,if not, I’ll trust you, no matter what, no matter what.

When I’m stuck in this nothing-ness by myself, I’m just sitting in silence, there’s no way I can make it without Your help, I wont even try it. I know You have Your reasons for everything, so I will keep believing, whatever I might be feeling, God you are my hope, and you'll be my strength,

No matter what, I’m gonna love You, no matter what I’m gonna need You, I know that You can find a way to keep me from the pain but if not, if not, I’ll trust you, no matter what, no matter what.

Anything I don’t have You can give it to me, but it’s ok if You don’t, I’m not here for those things, the touch of Your love is enough on its own, no matter what I still love You and I’m gonna need You

No matter what I’m gonna love you, no matter what I’m gonna need you, I know that You can find a way to keep me from the pain but if not, if not, I’ll trust You, I know that You can find a way to keep me from the pain, but if not, if not, I’ll trust you, no matter what no matter what no matter no matter what

Dream Room

I preface this post with I do not have a kid and will not have one for a while but when I see something I fall in love with I just have to share....
When browsing Hobby Lobby with my good friend AlliTripp...we like to find things that we love and talk about how we would decorate with the item...then we look at the cost and remember our bank accounts won't let us fulfill our decorating dreams, but it never stops us from decorating our fictional rooms plus a girl can dream, I hear it's good for her. During our recent visit I found the cutest furniture for a little girl's room.

Can you imagine gray walls and this furniture...with a few owls on the walls, why...because they are cool. the end. Go there for a second it would be completely awesome. I would be called the cool, hip, modern mom with a sense of style and it would be THE room all the little kids would want to play in and all the parents would dream of their children having. Ok maybe I am going a little far with this dream but hey dreams aren't bad at all. Just thought I would share a little inspiration and the latest item that stole my heart at Hobby Lobby.

Memory...it's a wonderful thing...

I just feel like blogging. I know it was one of my resolutions but who really keeps those? As you can see there has been some design changes, don't really know if I want to commit to it or not so I am just taking it for a test run before I make a commitment.

On another note in December I was challenged by memorizing scripture throughout the year. I have always heard about the importance of scripture memory but never really practiced it in my personal life. I mean I can recall several scripture from hearing them in church or Bible study but I never took action and started memorizing scripture that spoke to me and the situations I was facing. So I finally stopped being lazy and started January 1st memorizing a verse every 15 days. Let's not call it a resolution because I don't keep those. I prefer a life change rather than a resolution.

The first verse I started with is actually one that Justin, the youth pastor at my church challenged the youth to memorize at the beginning of the school year. I was pumped and wrote it on my bathroom mirror excited to memorize it. The verse stayed on the mirror for 4 months without being ingrained in my heart until January 1st.

The verse is...

                 For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus as Lord and ourselves as your servants for

 Jesus' sake.

2 Corinthians 4:5

This verse challenges you to look at yourself and determine who you are preaching to the world. I am a selfish person and there are so many times I preach myself or an idea that is not of God. When I do that I am preaching to the world something that is not Jesus. This verse has really challenged me in the past month to examine what I am preaching and making it not about myself but about my Lord and Savior. With everything I do my I preach His name and hide mine behind His cross.