Soccer Mom

I am officially a "Soccer Mom". I think since the day Jake could throw or kick a ball, he has been waiting for this day:) He definitely has his father's athletic abilities. He just started playing soccer and had his first game this past Saturday. It was so much fun for him and for us:) Although he is one of the littlest ones on his team and still a bit lost in the game, he is out there running back and forth the entire time with the biggest smile on his face. It was kind of weird for me to see him out there and know that he is big enough now to play sports...makes me kind of sad that he is growing up so fast! I know it sounds silly, but it's the truth:)He made sure to wave at us a couple times during the gameBenjamin wants to be out there playing so bad. This was at Jake's first practice and Ben had to put on Jake's new uniform during practice and playEthan our nephew is on Jake's team this year, so that makes it even more fun for them and us

Sharing My Heart

As I look at the date of my last post, it has been 4 months since I have blogged!! I guess I'm not a very good blogger:) Truth is so much has gone on in our lives these last 4 months, but a lot of things I just didn't feel led to share on my blog. My life just in this past year has gone through more difficult things than I think in all my 30 years of life. The Lord is continuing to show Himself faithful to us as He always does and is carrying us through, stretching us and in the end we will be made stronger than ever:) As He is the potter and I am the clay, I feel like He has spun me around and around and I am just waiting for this season in my life to finally stop spinning and become a beautiful vessel. The Lord has just reminded me this morning in Isaiah 45:22...

"Look to Me, and be saved,
All you ends of the earth!
For I am God, and there is no other."

Oswald Chambers says on this verse, "Rouse yourself up and look unto God. Build your hope on Him, no matter if there are a hundred and one things that press, resolutely exclude them all and look to Him. 'Look unto Me,' and salvation is, the moment you look."

That is exactly what I have had to do everyday lately, even several times a day...look unto Him. That moment that I look to Him, my problems and trials are no longer in front of me, but I am saved!

God is so faithful! Today Matthew and I are celebrating our 8th wedding anniversary!! I am so thankful for Matthew and for the Lord blessing me with the perfect man for me. They say that going through difficult things in your life as you are married can either make you or break you. I couldn't imagine having those things break us as those difficulties in both our lives this year have only drawn us closer than ever and closer to the Lord through them. He is my best friend and I love him with all my heart! Thank you Lord for being so faithful to us these last 8 years!!