Mermaid

After the cowboy story, you are all going to wonder about my parenting skills. . .
So my son Zach, who is 3 is in love with Ariel! I thought it was a cute phase at first. I bought him the Little Mermaid movie, my mom bought him an Ariel doll, and my friend bought him a Little Mermaid stamper kit; we thought it would be a phase that he would grow out of-what's the harm, right? Well, what was once a cute phase, has turned into an ugly obsession!! The poor doll takes baths with Zach, gets her hair combed by Zach, is put into unnatural positions by Zach (this woman is quite flexible!) and gets her little fins taking off by Zach. Apparently, she will not be able to marry Prince Eric if she is a mermaid, so Zach wants her "nakey," so she can get married. It doesn't stop there. He knows the songs in the movie by heart, and when he sings "Part of Your World," I get the feeling he really does want to be part of Ariel's world. He constantly talks about Ariel and the Sea Witch, he re-inacts the movie, and he tries to dress up like Ariel. I'm thinking I am gonna need an INTERVENTION.

ENCOURAGEMENT

The Lord always knows what we need at just the right time! I will be honest with all of you, I have been a tad discouraged lately. Satan is so good at trying to trip us up in our Christian walk. I have made the verse in 1Corinthians my goal for this year. Not to focus on things seen for they are temporary, but to focus on things unseen for they are eternal. It seems like the more I try to keep eterninty in my view, the more Satan trys to blur my vision.
But, today I was so encouraged when I saw the comments from friends that I haven't seen or talked to for quite some time. I needed to know there were people out there that remembered me, and still cared for me, and that experience the same kind of trials.
I'm new to this whole blog thing, and it was a little scary starting something like this. It has turned out to be such a huge blessing that God had in store for me all along [right, Donnette? :)] But, it has been so much fun getting re-aquainted with everyone. I have been encouraged by your comments and blessed by what you have to offer each day through your blogs. I feel as if we have a network of support through one another. Even though we are miles a part, and though it has been ages since we have all been together, and even though we may not have been super close friends, we are all able to encourage, support, laugh and cry with each other through this network; we are united through Christ and we are all a family in Him. Thank you to all who have posted comments; it made my day! I look forward to seeing how God will bring us all closer to Him through each other!

Give Me Jesus

I had my Bible study last night. We are studying the book of Revelations through a book by Anne Lotz Graham called The Vision of Jesus. This study has been so good for me becuase it is giving me a new and fresh perspective of Jesus. After the video session, we sang the song Give Me Jesus, which happens to be a favorite of mine.
My desire is to thirst so much for Jesus that I would be willing to give up this world for Him. It is so easy for me to become so focused on this world with all of its dramas. I become so self-absorbed with my hurts, my problems, my insecurities, etc. . .that I lose sight of Jesus. It isn't until I am willing to turn around and see Him, and yield to Him that He gives me a glimpse of all that He is and all that He can do. It is then that I quickly realize that it is not all about me, but it is all about HIM!!

Hooray!!

Not sure if you're "allowed" to make 2 posts in one day-me being new to this blog stuff and all. But, I just received information that Austen got approved for his FM System! Austen has hearing aids due to a genetic hearing loss, and it has been difficult for him to hear in the classroom due to all the background noise. The FM System hooks up to his hearing aids, and the teacher wears a special microphone that she talks into. The sound of the teacher's voice goes directly into Austen's hearing aids, cutting out the background noise or at least making it easier for him to hear the teacher. I guess little Austen was only hearing 65% of what the teacher was saying without the FM, and now he hears 90% with the FM! So, Austen has been approved from the school district to receive the FM, which was a huge answer to prayer. We are now faced with getting funding for the FM-these things aren't cheap! But, God has been so good to us in the past, and I know He will make a way for us to be able to afford the FM.

Cowboy

Hopefully this story will not frighten any of you or cause you to wonder about my parenting skills. My son Austen is 7 years old, and he has an active imagination, which I encourage (hello,
I 'm a drama teacher!). Anyway, Zach (3) and Austen were playing cowboys and indians last night. I noticed Austen had something in his mouth and was flinging something around in his hand. All of a sudden, Austen runs into the kitchen where I was, and throws this thing at me. According to Austen it was a grenade, 'cuz cowboys , I'm sure, had grenades. I didn't pay too much attention to him until I looked at what he had thrown. The grenade was actually the inside of an unused tampon (the cotton and string). Then I noticed what he had in his mouth: the outside of the tampon. Apparantly, he was using that as his cigar, 'cuz all good cowboys smoke cigars! I was a little horrified when I realized that Austen had gotten into my tampons. . . but then, I was a bit proud of him-how CREATIVE and IMAGINATIVE!! With that talent, this kid is going places, for sure!!

DIETS

I must admit that I have never completed a diet. I always have great intentions, but never seem to be able to follow through. Except for now! You see, I am not on a diet, no, I have termed it a "life style change." I am striving to change my eating habits for good-or at least until I can fit into a bathing suit! I have replaced my coffee with water, replaced my chocolate with sugar-free pudding, and have replaced my trough with a small plate! I will succeed, I will prevail, I will be SKINNY!!!!

Me? A blog?!!!

Okay, so I lied! I was NEVER going to be a blogger. But, thanks, to a girl named Bobbi-I now have a blog. . .