Thursday, March 5, 2009

Where Have I Been?

This a loaded question really. I have been enjoying being a stay at home mother AGAIN!!! :-)
Time is flying by and I can not seem to get it to SLOW DOWN!!! YIKES. Which has led me to the bended KNEES frequently lately! "The Prayers of a righteous man availith much." First I have been pleading and imploring our Lord to see me through Christ's righteousness because I sure have a LONG way to go. Answering one of the Highest callings to be replied positively to.

Kent is truly enjoying the calling on his life (and our lives as well). He is ALWAYS delving into the word - Yes John B. he is still a "walking concordance". Reading, Reading, Reading! :-) For down time it is spent with our girls, guitar and games (okay I had to do a three point illiturative so really it is BASKETBALL instead of games LOL). He makes us all feel like princesses Yes ALL of US! :-) I Love you >>>>>!!!! ;-P

Mya - life it so "stressed" for her in this season. She spreading her wings yet making some preparations for college and her last year in school not to mention her summer plans. I Love You Mishka!

Tia - is blossoming into her self and her names sake - "JOY" It is soooo good to see her return to what she has always been. She is making decisions for what she desires to be and do with her life. I Love You Teegy!

Faith - Wow life is changing so fast for her lately. She has shot up in growth, her curls are so long, and she is in the process of a metamorphosis - YIKES another new season. She is a trooper and learning lessons of LIFE. I Love You Manaithy!

Emily - She is discovering who she is! She is also leaving the age of innocence which so breaks my mothers heart. She is not so an so's daughter, sister, etc., she is EMILY HOPE who gives many others hope through her very loving way. This year has been hard, like a grueling obstacle course - I know she will survive while being refined. I Love You Emma Lemma!

Hadassah - Oh the short yet fast time of 9 weeks and turning 2 months has literally made our hearts and heads spin! For such a time as this . . . "she brings smiles to ALL of us". Right now she is a glue that has brought a new meaning to BONDING! I Love You Hadassah (or Haddy as your sista's have been calling you :-P)!

Where Have I Been? Weighing the balances of Life. Struggling with where to walk next. What is the step of FAITH necessary for me - in where it is BEST for the KINGDOM and not what I desire? Oh the heart of a mother. Oh the Love of following Christ and realizing there is so much more to do in Him. Oh the steps taken up to this point that have changed the coarse of my life to bring me to NOW. Oh Abba, Father God where have I been that I need to learn from and then to yet respond to for you. How to be and make wise choices that can and will effect the family. Where have I been that I need not ever return? Here it is - all lay ed at the Lord's feet and I'll let him Lead.

So . . . . . . . Where have you been?

Monday, March 2, 2009

What's in a Name?

Names. Identity. Character. Chosen. Pondered. "ME".
What is in a name? Everything.

A memory of mine takes me back to our Youth Ministry 1988 internship and a few years later - NAMES. Oh my ability to "remember" was weak, so I thought until a very special young man share with me, "We all remember what is important to us - Maria!" Well . . . . that is so true. It did make me stop, gaze into his evervesant blue eyes to seriously ponder that statement. He gave some illustrations in my own life the "things that were easy for me to remember" and it was because of the connection to PEOPLE. So why was it up to that point too difficult for me to remember "NAMES"? It was/ is a challenge now for me to find ways to REMEMER names because it is the true "WHO's WHO?"

Let me also share a vividly fond memory. February 1992 - A very dear couple came to visit us in the hospital. Uncle Beck and I had something in common - phenetic spellers LOL - Ha! :-) Well our little one was very new and they were there! Her name . . . "My a Nickel" :-) (Mya Nicole). We laughed together with Uncle Beck and Auntie Joan many times since 1988 and now we have a new way to say Mya's name. ;-)

Well . . . What is YOUR NAME? What does it mean? Why did your parents give that name to you? Who are you?