Nice relaxing day off....NOT!

OK, so today was supposed to be a day all to myself, eight inch's of snow decided otherwise. Not that it was terrible having everyone home, it was just in my mind that I would have the day to do some errands, and just relax in a nice QUIET home. It all started when Steve was leaving for work at 6:30 this morning. I am almost back to sleep when he flips on the bedroom light, and says his car's stuck in the street, and he needs to change his clothes and dig it out. So the good wife that I am , =) I throw on some clothes, and help him in the FREEZING cold.

He end's up calling into work saying he's going to stay home.

The worst part of the extra snow we got is that WNL got cancelled for the youth group. We went to the rehearsal last night, it was fantastic! It is so great to see them all work together, and have a blast as they do it. It was great to see Autumn give her testimony. I know next Wednesday, lives are going to be touched by the boldness of the testimonies. Keep praying

Finally a few pics of JT in the snow, and Lacy (who probably has been out at least 15 times today, she loves the snow!)

Regret

The other day at work there was this sweet grandma looking around the store just enjoying all the new colors of spring. I overheard her saying to another associate that she still had some gifts for her grandchildren for Christmas that she had not yet given to them because she has not seen them. I actually got a little teary eyed as I heard this. When my grandma's were still living and I would go home to visit my parent's and family I always thought it was an obligation to go and see them. Now that they have both past away I regret that I didn't take some extra time to visit and let them know how much they meant to me. I am going to do my best to just take the time and enjoy my family. lol....as I am writing this I have a little boy making it very hard to concentrate as he is watching the NHL all star super skills competition and trying to imitate what he sees. I better go and enjoy the show, because tomorrow will be here way to soon.

Thankfully, under His Grace

I just got finished reading Autumn's blog for the day, and all I can say is wow. My own daughters blog just makes me stop and think is my faith that strong? It's a great feeling knowing that in today's world I have the reassurance that my teens put their faith in Christ. When I was a teen I always thought, oh some day I will serve the Lord, it will be easier when I am an adult. I know now that was a lie from Satan, He will say anything to you at any age to get you to fall away from the Lord. Even as an adult I have made stupid decisions that I look back on and wonder what was I thinking??? Thankfully I serve an AWESOME God that accepted me, forgave me, and by His grace only I am the proud mom of three great kids, and the wife of a great guy.

Matthew 6:14
For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.

Tired

I am so tired! You are probably thinking, then go to bed! I want to, but I need to wind down from work. Today was inventory...scanning, counting, recounting, my mind's numb. At least I am off tomorrow with the kids, that doesn't happen that often lately.

Last night we went to Chuck E. Cheeses for a birthday party of one of J.T.s friends from school. You can't imagine how busy it was, they actually have a policeman standing at the entrance...CRAZY!!!!!!! OK, so my whole point was I had this thought sitting there that what if the rapture would take place right now, you would have all of these parents hysterical, looking for their kids. It just made me realize that the world is going to be in total chaos (more than now) We have made this pact at home to pray for all of our loved ones that are not saved daily. Pastor Marc made me realize today that we need to tell them about His love and grace. We can't just say oh I'm praying God will do the rest. We have hands, mouths, etc....for a purpose!!

Baby it's cold outside!!

Think warm sunny beach....ahhhhh

So Sweet!

I came across this picture this evening going through some old pictures on the computer. I know the Seasons won't appreciate it, but I couldn't resist!

Purple ice cream...an answer to pray

Do you ever feel that when you pray there is this brick wall between you and God? Maybe it's more like I am not getting the answers I was praying for, but I also do know sometimes no response is the answer to the pray. When I look back over time at how the things have played out in my life I see His hand in every aspect of my life, and lot's of the time my prayers weren't the way I thought things should have worked out, but guess what He's smarter than me (who would have thought!) Maybe I just needed to remind myself that I am in His palm, and He provides security, comfort, and protection from the things that we can't even imagine that could have taken place.

There was this one time when Autumn was about two she asked if she could have a purple ice cream at Mardios in Belleville. I was like Autumn there's no purple ice cream. When we got there, who would have thunk it, purple ice cream! That night when I was lying in bed the presence of God was overwhelming in our bedroom, I woke up and the Holy Spirit spoke to my heart and said I even care for her so much that I had purple ice cream for her.
If God loves us so much that He even cares so much to the smallest thing like purple ice cream, can you imagine what else He has in store for us?

I think that I need to be reminded myself tonight about His grace, and blessing's He has for us.