FAVORITES.

1. WAKING UP AND SEEING MY HANDSOME HUSBAND NEXT TO ME.

2. WAKING UP AND SEEING MY HANDSOME SON NEXT TO ME, BECAUSE HE WOKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WANTING MOMMY AND DADDY.

3. RAINBOWS.

4. BEING WITH MY MOMMA AND DADDY EVERY CHANCE I GET. THEY'RE HILARIOUS.

5. HANGING OUT WITH MY SISTER AND HER FAMILY-WE'RE SO MUCH ALIKE.

6. READING MY NEW NASB/MESSAGE PARALLEL BIBLE.

7. ANTICIPATING OUR MOVE TO KENTUCKY, AND MEETING NEW PEOPLE.

8. MY BEST FRIENDS.

9. SEEING THAT I'VE LOST ALMOST 35 POUNDS!

10. READING TO MY SON.

11. KNOWING THAT I'M A DAUGHTER, DISCIPLE, WIFE, MOMMA, FRIEND, AND PASTOR'S WIFE...THERE'S SO MUCH WRAPPED UP IN ALL OF THAT.

12. BUILDING OUR FAMILY'S LIBRARY.

13. THE SMELL OF FRESHLY MOWED GRASS.

14. WHEN I SEE PEOPLE ACTING UNSELFISHLY OUT OF LOVE.

15. WHEN I EXPERIENCE THE LORD'S FORGIVENESS ON THIS HEART OF MINE THAT CAN BE SO HARD ON MYSELF AND OTHERS.

16. LEARNING NEW THINGS.

17. THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE, BUT LIVING IN NOW.

18. WHEN MY HUSBAND HUGS ME AND HOLDS ME VERRRRRRRRRRRY TIGHTLY. AND "WATCHING MOVIES" WITH MY HUSBAND... :)

19. SEEING DYLAN LEARN SOMETHING NEW.

20. BEING SUPPORTIVE TO MY HUSBAND, AND LOVING THE FACT THAT HE'S ALWAYS SUPPORTIVE OF ME.

21. WHEN CHRISTIANS THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX.

22. RED ROSES.

23. PUMPKIN SCENTED THINGS, AND PUMPKIN FLAVORED THINGS.

24. WHEN CHRISTIANS ARE INTERESTED MORE IN LOVING OTHER PEOPLE, RATHER THAN BEING "RIGHT" OR PROVING A POINT.

25. VEGETABLES.

26. THE WIZARD OF OZ, SCRUBS, LOTR, CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND, BOSTON LEGAL, JENNIFER KNAPP, SHANE AND SHANE, BLINDSIDE, POD, STAVESACRE, OLD HYMNS, NEW HYMNS, FEIST, DEREK WEBB.

27. HOMESCHOOLING OUR SON AND THE REST OF THE CHILDREN WE'LL HAVE.

28. LOOKING FORWARD TO STARTING OUR PRIVATE SCHOOL THAT WILL BE AFFORDABLE OR FREE.

29. THE SMELL AFTER THE RAIN.

30. LOOKING FORWARD TO ADOPTING ONE OF THESE DAYS.

"FAITHFUL IS HE WHO CALLS YOU, AND HE ALSO WILL BRING IT TO PASS."

*I THESSALONIANS 5:24*

"HE WHO WAITS TO DO A GREAT DEAL AT ONCE WILL NEVER DO ANYTHING."

*CHARLES SIMMONS*

OUR INTERNET'S BEEN DOWN...THIS WAS FROM SAT. MORNING...ENJOY

DO NOT BE DECEIVED

I GOT UP SUPER EARLY THIS MORNING, AND WENT FOR A LITTLE DRIVE BY MYSELF. DYLAN AND DARRYL WERE ASLEEP…AND STILL ARE. IT WAS VERY REFRESHING TO WATCH THE SKY TURN BRIGHT AFTER BEING SO DARK. PRETTY SIGHT.

SOMETHING I’VE HEARD SOOOOOOOO MANY PEOPLE TALK ABOUT BEFORE, (MYSELF INCLUDED,) IS WORSHIP SERVICES…AND HOW GOD IS OR ISN’T MOVING, HOW THEY DO OR DO NOT “FEEL THE SPIRIT”. IT’S TAKEN ME YEARS TO ARRIVE WHERE I AM NOW ON THIS MATTER, AND I ONLY HOPE IT HELPS SOMEONE GET THROUGH THE DECEPTION THAT I, MYSELF, WAS IN YEARS AGO.

OUR GENERATION, ESPECIALLY, IS SO WRAPPED UP MUSIC. SO WRAPPED UP TO THE POINT WHERE WE SAY WE CAN’T “WORSHIP” AT A CHURCH THAT DOESN’T HAVE OUR STYLE OF MUSIC…WE CAN’T “FEEL” THE SPIRIT THERE, SO WE CONTINUE TO CHURCH HOP, NOT NOTICING THE HANDFUL OF MINISTRIES AVAILABLE AT THAT CHURCH FOR US TO LEARN, GROW, AND SERVE. THIS MAKES ME SO SAD. WHO SAYS THE HOLY SPIRIT ISN’T MOVING WHEN A 26-YEAR OLD, OR 62-YEAR OLD ARE SINGING “COME YE SINNERS, POOR AND NEEDY” TO THE TUNE OF AN ORGAN WITH A MUSIC LEADER WHO DOESN’T NECESARRILY SOUND LIKE WHITNEY HOUSTON? HOW DARE SOMEONE PUT A LIMIT ON THE SPIRIT OF GOD! I, MYSELF, HAVE DONE THIS, LONG AGO.
FRIENDS, BROTHERS, SISTERS, THE SPIRIT OF GOD WILL MOVE HOWEVER HE SO CHOOSES…WHETHER IT BE IN A CONGREGATION OF AN OLD BAPTIST, METHODIST, CATHOLIC, OR WHATEVER DENOMINATION CHURCH SINGING ALL OFF-KEY TOGETHER TO AN OLD HYMN WITH NO MUSIC, OR A 16 OR 60-YEAR SINGING TOGETHER WITH A CONGREGATION OF “CONTEMPORARY” CHRISTIANS BELTING OUT THE NEWEST, LATEST, MOST HIP SOUNDING WORSHIP SONG, COMPLETE WITH BIG WORDS ON THE WALL, FULL BAND, AND OUTSTANDING SOUNDING WORSHIP LEADERS. LORD, FORGIVE OUR GENERATION FOR MAKING CHRISTIANITY A TREND. THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES NOT ONLY “MOVE” IN A GROUP OF PEOPLE SINGING A SONG. IT MOVES IN SO MANY OTHER PLACES…AND SHAME ON US FOR TRYING TO HINDER THAT.

“SOMETHING SPIRITUAL IS FOLDING THE LAUNDRY AT THE END OF THE DAY, OR TAKING DINNER TO A SHUT-IN, OR RAKING SOMEONE’S LAWN WHO CAN’T DO IT THEMSELVES…IT’S NOT JUST A FEELING YOU GET AFTER HEARING THE ACOUSTICS FROM A WORSHIP BAND, MISTAKING THE LOUD SOUNDS THAT JUST AFFECTED YOUR BODY FOR THE SPIRIT OF GOD MOVING IN YOURSELF…” (PARAPHRASED) -RICH MULLINS-

“BECAUSE YOUR LOVINGKINDNESS IS BETTER THAN LIFE, MY LIPS WILL PRAISE YOU.” *PSALM 63:3*

“THE MORNING HOUR HAS GOLD IN ITS HAND.” -BENJAMIN FRANKLIN