Love & Zeal

"When you realize that what you have, you will lose — you win real eyes. You win grateful joy."

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:22:10 -0800

““When you realize that what you have, you will lose — you win real eyes. You win grateful joy.””

- Ann Voskamp

I wont always be the only girl he sings his songs to...

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:17:08 -0800

I wont always be the only girl he sings his songs to...

"Let us this Advent season throw off everything that encumbers. Let us, like Mary, respond to this..."

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:02:52 -0800

““Let us this Advent season throw off everything that encumbers. Let us, like Mary, respond to this strange news that God is sending the Messiah, with awe and humility. We are not worthy to receive Him, but through the mysterious workings of God, a plan that all the theology textbooks could never explain, we have been chosen to host the King of Kings.””

- Cameron Conant of ThreadsMedia.com

Motherhood = Spiritual? Great article!

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:32:41 -0800

Motherhood = Spiritual? Great article!

"One good example is worth more than a thousand good books, curriculum’s or sermons."

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 08:29:07 -0700

““One good example is worth more than a thousand good books, curriculum’s or sermons.””

- Kat from Inspired to Action. via Passionate Homemaking

I Am Beautiful, Rich & Famous

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:48:00 -0700

I Am Beautiful, Rich & Famous:

“I am a Mother. I am paid in cuddles and kisses by a child who will settle for no one else. I already am beautiful, rich, and famous.”

"The only reason for freedom to exist, is for love to exist"

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:34:52 -0700

““The only reason for freedom to exist, is for love to exist””

- Erwin McManus

One Year

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:11:00 -0700

As an unexpected celebration of his first birthday, B got to play in the giant fountain downtown. There are few things that he has enjoyed more than splashing around in that gushing water.

Happy Birthday to my playful, adventurous, spirited, joyful, rambunctious, energetic, passionate, perfect little boy.

"Patience is a surrendering to suffering — a willingness to wait — a carrying of the Cross."

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:49:21 -0700

““Patience is a surrendering to suffering — a willingness to wait — a carrying of the Cross.””

- Ann Voskamp

The Time Warp of Motherhood

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:37:26 -0700

The Time Warp of Motherhood:

Short and sweet. Made me cry.

Summer

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:08:22 -0700

Awwww summer….you have finally arrived. And you’ve brought your barbeques and swim parties and sunburns and Thursday night markets and walks to the creek and fruit salads and cold showers and 100 degree highs and 80 degree lows with you.

Although the heat can be uncomfortable at times, summers in Chico are certainly one-of-a-kind.

Mmmmm....blueberries

Fri, 27 May 2011 15:29:00 -0700

"There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to..."

Mon, 23 May 2011 08:00:06 -0700

““There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.””

- G.K. Chesterton

"I want my everyday to make God belly laugh, glad that he gave life to someone who loves the gift,..."

Sun, 22 May 2011 15:51:49 -0700

““I want my everyday to make God belly laugh, glad that he gave life to someone who loves the gift, who will use it up and wring it out and drag it around like a favorite sweater.””

- Shauna Niequist from Cold Tangerines

Video

Sat, 07 May 2011 09:27:07 -0700

Word of the Day

Fri, 06 May 2011 21:06:51 -0700

And a leper came to Jesus, beseeching Him and falling on his knees before Him, and saying, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”

Moved with compassion, Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.” - Mark 1:40-41 (emphasis mine)

The man with leprosy had no doubt in Jesus’ ability to heal him, but his willingness.

I can just see Jesus’ face after the man says, “If you are willing…” Jesus gently shakes his head in disbelief, reaches out to grab the man’s shoulders, looks him square in the eyes as tears fill his own and says, “I am willing. Of course I am willing! You are my child! You are my creation! I love you more than you will ever understand! I have come to this earth and taken this body only to die for you! Of course I am willing. Be cleansed!” So beautiful!

I pray for a new helping of faith today. Not only to believe in God’s abilities, but in his willingness. I may feel unworthy of His love and blessings and grace and healing, but through Christ I am made worthy - and God is willing.

Unemployed

Mon, 02 May 2011 15:59:16 -0700

"We can throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them, or build with them."

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:33:31 -0700

““We can throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them, or build with them.””

- William Arthur Ward

"True beauty radiates from a woman who gracefully walks the path designed uniquely for her. To walk..."

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 22:01:05 -0700

“True beauty radiates from a woman who gracefully walks the path designed uniquely for her. To walk the path of God’s will is to show others the beauty of Christ.”

- Ginger Plowman in Heaven at Home

Love & Time

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:39:00 -0700

“They could not remember a time, until now, that forever didn’t seem long enough”

You hear it all the time….
Time goes by so fast….
Remember these moments because they grow up so fast….
Just wait until you’re my age, then time will reeeeally go by fast…

But I don’t want it to go by fast.
I’m in no hurry to see my little boy grow up. When I catch myself saying something like, “I can’t wait until he’s crawling or I can’t wait until he’s walking or I can’t wait until he starts playing soccer or little league” I stop myself. I know those moments are going to get here fast enough with out me willing it so. And instead of enjoying what B is doing right now, I can so easily become focused on all the awesome things I hope he’ll get to do in the future.

But I don’t want the future to get here any faster than it should. I want to experience every hour, every day, every year in the precise amount of time that they require.

Lord, help me to live intentionally. Help me to recognize a seemingly mundane moment as something to be cherished and remembered. Help me to be present. Help me to remember what’s truly important; that playing with my son or taking the time to cuddle with him when he’s teething or overtired is vastly more important than the next item on my to-do list. Father, please continually reorder my mindset and my priorities, because I don’t want to look back on this time and think, “man, that went by so fast that it almost feels more like a dream than real life.”

Remind me of what truly matters God and help me to fully live.

Amen