It has been amazing to see and feel God's love the past couple weeks. He has been meeting my needs before I even knew what I needed and it has caused a TON of reflection on my part.
I have discovered that I am prideful-yikes! When others have offered me help previously I have always refused it or felt guilty for needing it. Why, you may ask? Why would anyone turn down any help? After really digging deep I realized this was because I thought I shouldn't need help. I should always have it all together, right? I should be helping others and have the perfect life, right? Uh, um- pride, pride and more pride!
Recently our family has been under an extraordinary amount of stress and change. At first, I fell into my old habit of denying help and struggling to keep it all together myself. The help we did receive was forced on us (now that's great friends and family-ignoring my protests!) and followed by the feeling of guilt and inadequacy.
Thankfully God in his grace and mercy did not stop sending help my way and he completely changed my perspective. I am now SO THANKFUL for all the people who have stepped forward and are supporting us. It has been a blessing to see the body of Christ at work. What a privilege it is to have an up front view of peoples strengths and willingness to love on us.
This past week at church we sang a song that is quickly becoming a favorite for me. Oh how he loves me. He sees my family's needs and is meeting them. It AMAZES me. How he loves. When I think about how true that statement is, it brings me to tears. He loves me. Not just that he does, but he acts on it. I can see and feel his love for me in the simplest ways. A phone call from a dear friend at just the right moment. A text with words of encouragement. An offer for babysitting. A mom who flies out frequently to help out. Three kids who have been adjusting incredibly well to all the changes. People, whom he has placed in our lives, who are on their knees for us. The offer of meals, help cleaning, help shoveling snow, I could go on and on! Oh, how he loves.
For now, where we are, I am going to graciously and gratefully accept the help, knowing that is season will pass.
For now, I will rejoice and praise God. For his goodness. For how he loves.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
New Blog!!!
Roll out the red carpet: I have a new blog- ha! It's really the same blog, new name, new purpose, new design-still same me.
For the past few months I have had a huge blogger identity crisis, if you will. For my few followers you have seen the decline in posts. I just had no desire to blog, which led me to ask myself the question of why I did it. I came up with an answer that surprised me. I did it to keep up with the times. Other moms and friends of mine had one and so I should too, you know, to keep up with them. To post all the great and cool things my little family does. No wonder I didn't feel like blogging. Things got busy and it was one of the fist things to go. I wasn't really writing for me.
So, I started wondering if I should just stop blogging. Is it worth my time? Do I want to give people a real glimpse into my life, or was I only posting the good- portraying my family as only part of what we are? And the answer again surprised me!
Yes, I do want to keep blogging for these reasons:
~To keep up with what we do. I want to have a record of the many adventures we have as a family. Where God takes us and how faithful he is. One day I want to be able to read my blogs to my grandkids and laugh historically at the stories of our life, cry when we remember the sad times, and do the crafty tutorials together.
~To share the funny stories of my kids with family and friends who are far away. I think blogging is a great way to keep them up to date on us.
~To be a light in the blogging world. Admittedly, the majority of my posts will be the funny, cool, and exciting things that happen but I promise to be real. I will also be blogging about my struggles and lessons I'm learning. Yikes! I have to say, I am a bit nervous about putting myself out there for the world to see but, hey- here's to keeping it real and in the process, praying it helps someone else.
For security reasons I changed the name and URL of my blog. Previously our family's name was used. After talking it over with my hubby, I felt like I needed a name change and make over.
Why "Propelled by Love" you may be asking. Well, I thought long and hard about me and who I am, why I do the things I do. All I kept thinking is that it's because of love. The love Christ gives me gives me reason enough to keep going but he has also blessed me with a wonderful hubby and three amazing children to love. What I do is for the love of them. On days when being a mom of three, three and under, is tough (um, everyday), I remember that love and press on. I'm propelled by it!
So, my few avid followers, you can look forward to more frequent posts by a blog writer who has found her blogging mojo!
For the past few months I have had a huge blogger identity crisis, if you will. For my few followers you have seen the decline in posts. I just had no desire to blog, which led me to ask myself the question of why I did it. I came up with an answer that surprised me. I did it to keep up with the times. Other moms and friends of mine had one and so I should too, you know, to keep up with them. To post all the great and cool things my little family does. No wonder I didn't feel like blogging. Things got busy and it was one of the fist things to go. I wasn't really writing for me.
So, I started wondering if I should just stop blogging. Is it worth my time? Do I want to give people a real glimpse into my life, or was I only posting the good- portraying my family as only part of what we are? And the answer again surprised me!
Yes, I do want to keep blogging for these reasons:
~To keep up with what we do. I want to have a record of the many adventures we have as a family. Where God takes us and how faithful he is. One day I want to be able to read my blogs to my grandkids and laugh historically at the stories of our life, cry when we remember the sad times, and do the crafty tutorials together.
~To share the funny stories of my kids with family and friends who are far away. I think blogging is a great way to keep them up to date on us.
~To be a light in the blogging world. Admittedly, the majority of my posts will be the funny, cool, and exciting things that happen but I promise to be real. I will also be blogging about my struggles and lessons I'm learning. Yikes! I have to say, I am a bit nervous about putting myself out there for the world to see but, hey- here's to keeping it real and in the process, praying it helps someone else.
For security reasons I changed the name and URL of my blog. Previously our family's name was used. After talking it over with my hubby, I felt like I needed a name change and make over.
Why "Propelled by Love" you may be asking. Well, I thought long and hard about me and who I am, why I do the things I do. All I kept thinking is that it's because of love. The love Christ gives me gives me reason enough to keep going but he has also blessed me with a wonderful hubby and three amazing children to love. What I do is for the love of them. On days when being a mom of three, three and under, is tough (um, everyday), I remember that love and press on. I'm propelled by it!
So, my few avid followers, you can look forward to more frequent posts by a blog writer who has found her blogging mojo!
Saturday, December 4, 2010
The Gospel According to Moriah
The other day I was folding laundry on my bed and my 3 year old decided to come and hang out with me. She climbed up into the chair next to the bed with her Bible and began this profound conversation with me:
Mo: Momma, where is Jesus in the Bible?
Me: The whole Bible is about Jesus and God's love for us.
Mo: No Momma! I mean His STORY!
Me: Do you want the story of his birth? (we've been focusing on that-you know with it being December and all.)
Mo: Yes, where is that one?
Me: It's towards the back, honey. (Now this is where I wish I had a hidden video camera to record her precious words! This dialogue doesn't capture her animation-it was hilarious!)
Mo: Oh here it is!
(She found the story of the Angel Gabriel and Mary.)
Momma, he is telling Mary, "Do not be afraid! I will make all your dreams come true!" (um, that last line may have come from a Disney movie, but hey, it fits, right?) She was scared momma but he said, "Do not be afraid" so she wasn't. He also told her, "Be nice and kind to others."
(She turned a couple pages to the story of Jesus calming the sea)
Look it's Jesus. The storm, and there was wind and rain. And Jesus said, "Be calm!" and then he went swimming in his baby suit. (She might be alluding to his baptism, I'm not really sure...At this point I am trying to suppress the giggles and intently listening to what she will teach me next. A few more pages get turned.)
Here is Jesus with all his friends. (She is referring to his disciples.) He told them, "I will be your greatest friend!" Isn't that right, momma?
Me: Yes, baby, that is so right. He will be your greatest friend.
She went on reading and telling stories from the Bible. Things we've been reading her and talking to her about throughout her 3 years of life. I felt such joy at what she has learned! All our talks are not in vein, even when she seems distracted or I wonder if it is too big of a concept for her-God in his glory allows her childlike mind to grasp it. AMAZING!
Isaiah 55:11 "So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it."
Amen.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Operation Christmas Child
This week a friend of mine had the awesome idea of putting together a party for our kids to help them get involved in giving. Samaritan's Purse runs their Operation Christmas Child program every year. Our church did a drive for toys and had a wrapping party but sadly we missed it. So off to our mom coordinated event we went. We had such a blast putting together the boxes. I loved being around moms who are like minded and striving to teach their kids about serving and sharing the love of Jesus. I felt totally blessed! My friend Amy was there and captured the party with pictures and wrote a wonderful blog about our day. My desire is to become more intentional about teaching my littles about outreach and service. Any innovative ideas out there on practical ways to give throughout the year, not just at Christmas?
Friday, September 24, 2010
I'm Not Ready
For change.
For upheaval.
For the loneliness that is sure to follow.
For taking care of three kids three and under alone.
For all the emotions that are about to burst out.
For the grown up decisions we have to make that will change our lives as we know them.
For the stress of a move.
I am just not ready, enough said.
But God is ready for all of it and today I am resting in HIM and trying to cling to any peace he might give me for right now. Because today is what he has trusted me with and I am trusting him for the rest.
"You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you." Isaiah 26:3
Monday, August 23, 2010
One Busy Momma
I would love nothing more than to be able to have the time to sit and catch up on blogging. I have TONS of things to share! But with a two week old, one year old and almost three year old running around I have chosen to do other things with my time recently-sorry! So for your viewing pleasure, please feel free to catch up with our family via pictures from facebook. Just click the link below and you will get a glimpse into what we've been up to this month!
Hopefully more blogs will come...
Thursday, August 5, 2010
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