Miracle in the Mundane

Thank you for Boardman. Thank you for a cool breeze on a fall evening walk. The sunset is setting in the sky. :-) Eight-month-old baby strapped to my chest. Your deep faithfulness. Your unconditional love. The joy of watching my kids learn new things and grow into amazing human beings. Lord, I recognize that I struggle to see the miracles in the mundane moments each day. You are the miracle worker. You are worthy of praise. When I am tempted to be discontented, help me to praise. Thank you for your call on our family to the ministry. Would you do something great here in Boardman Ohio with Venture Church? Help me to not quit the race early. I will be content as I praise and I focus on you. This is where I find my joy. It’s in you and You alone.

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Happy Birthday

I turned 38 last Friday. What a special day! Nate surprised me with Orange Leaf, my favorite frozen yogurt place, & a trip to Pittsburgh for Moe’s Mexican food, a Pirates game, & fireworks. I am so thankful for these blessings pictured, but also my amazing friends & family. I am 23 weeks pregnant today & so very thankful that the Lord has settled this “barren woman as a happy mother of children.” Everyday I am overwhelmed at God’s goodness, how He provides and takes care of me & even chooses to give extra special gifts above and beyond like birthday adventures. Thank you, Jesus, for these 38 years. With you in the lead I can truly say that I love getting older! Holy Spirit, with you continually working in me, through me, reminding me, refining me, softening me, & working out your salvation through me, I can say I’m better at 38 than I was at 28. I want to look more like Jesus at 48!

Lent 2020

As the Lenten season approached, I knew I had to face off with what we were going to give up this year as a family. Let me preface this post with this: I have thoroughly been enjoying movies each night as I nursed Levi. It was something I looked forward to & I was getting to the place where I couldn’t imagine life in the nursing a newborn season without those movies. One night, as I sat on the bed nursing the baby, I told the Lord that I really didn’t want to give up T.V., video games, or movies this year. I enjoyed playing Candy crush & watching movies to take my mind off of how tired I was. I asked God to give me the desire to give it all up. I needed a miracle! Sometime in the next 24 hours I was watching my kids on their devices & watching T.V. and I realized that it was time to regain our focus. To give it up again for the sake of putting it in its rightful place. The Lord actually gave me a longing to give it up, maybe even an excitement for what He would be able to

Grace Dispels Fear

When I am driven by fear, everyone had better watch out! Something happens in my body when fear comes upon me. I have mistaken it for anger, but now identified it as fear. I get hot...reason goes out the window...calm & restfulness are long gone. Today, the fear that started out my morning was...You're failing your children in their schooling. We have missed quite a few days of school due to the Christmas season. A week ago, it was totally fine and I knew we'd catch up. But, today, when I let fear drive me, I was a mad woman. NOT the Mama full of Grace that I long to be. The only sound thing I could do was silently say to God, "I can't do this, You have to do this. You gave me the desire to home school, I KNOW that, now YOU have to take over." I said it again and again while trying to pay attention to Isaiah reading to me. I kept feeling hot, asking for God to help me think clearly. I ran into Nate who was working on bills in the off

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