God is my Everything. By that I mean that I incorporate Him into everything I do. When I mess up, when I please Him, when I exercise when I get rewarded for my love of Him, it’s all God working in and through me to accomplish His good purposes in my life and for His glory. In my recent years I have learned that God is enough. Through every trial and purpose and finality of circumstances I’ve learned that my God is enough. Sometimes I am in want and need to remind myself of this. Sometimes I can get excited about the future so much so that I forget to be thankful for the present. I get excited about the many things going on in my life while Jesus points the way to bigger and better things. But I must learn and relearn to be content with my life as it is. I was talking to one of my sisters and she was encouraging me to be thankful for the present and how good I have it....

I just wanted to clarify a big issue for me in my life that I have at this very moment. In the last blog post I touched on some difficult restrictions. I in no way meant to make anyone look bad. I was trying to help you understand some things I wrestle with. But I hope you realize my intent wasn’t to make anyone look bad. My intention was just to share some things I wrestle to understand. My husband Michael is usually God’s picture of grace to me. He helps me to see the bigger picture. He is always trying to help other people and I see a selfless servant that he is. He demonstrates truth and is very black and white about things. It’s something I’ve realized with him that he is very direct in how he handles things. God really knew what he was doing when He gave me Michael. He is such a great leader and he is so good with money. My parents and in laws have been...

Currently in my life I have some restrictions that are hard to deal with. One, I don’t drive. Two, I only get so much time on my phone. Three, I don’t get to use Facebook. (I love Facebook!) This last restriction will only take a few weeks to let up hopefully. Still, it gets hard sometimes because I know I CAN drive. I realize of course that these are momentary afflictions. I know they won’t last forever. I know I can drive again someday. I haven’t driven in over a year. It’s because of my medicines and sense of awareness that I’m not driving. I love driving! It’s hard. My time, 2 hours, on my phone I must deal with. It’s plenty of time anyway. I know… I KNOW God is using these restrictions to help mold me for His glory. I can “take captive every thought and make it obedient to Him.” I can choose to rejoice and realize...

The glory of God has come to dwell with men. I know God is using me to develop His purposes on Earth. His glory dwells in me. I can sing the Song of the Redeemed. I am on fire for the Lord. Can’t you tell? I love my Jesus and He loves me. The last few weeks have been challenging for me as my husband Michael has been in Peru. The boys and I stayed with my gracious parents in Palm Bay for the time he was away. We hope to join him this next summer for 1-2 months to continue the work Rick and Beth Heilman are leading out of Lima. The boys would be joining us for the duration of the time. Thanks for your prayers. The picture I chose was a key, because Jesus is the Key to life and living apart from Him is very challenging. True life is in His Name.

So many times I find myself trying to make things go my way. I do tend to lean on Christ for this but sometimes I get ahead of myself. I am to WAIT for God to MOVE. Not try to do His work for him. So many times I need to let God do His thing and be constantly awash with His presence in my life. That doesn’t mean I’m perfect. None of us are. It doesn’t mean I’m overextending by leaps and bounds in trying to find meaning. We know Who to go to. We know who to lean on. In His might and power Jesus should be like a soft pillow. In our quest for betterment, we should remember Who holds us in His hand.