5 weeks down..

I have wanted to write some things down the past couple of days but have not carved out time to do so. I will attempt to this afternoon as the girls are "napping." I can hear them playing as I type...they sound like a couple of monkeys...I am not sure a rest will be in order for these two little ones today. So for the time I do have I just wanted to express what has been going on here this last week. We have been here in Morehead now 5 weeks...but it seems like longer somehow. It is a little bit of a strange thing for me as I am working on making this new house a home. This is a tough job. I have been looking at décor, paint and praying about what the Lord would want us to do in this home. How should it be decorated? What functional furniture do we need? We have no furniture really in the main family room and sitting room upstairs. We have been waiting on the Lord for Him to bring the right buyers for our home in Cushing. We are supposed to close on our home here in Morehead in 5 weeks so we are just leaning into the Lord to provide a contract for our home there. The empty space for the past weeks has been our dance hall. It has wood floors and so the girls love to get their princess dresses on and heels and dance with Daddy or Rastus. As we have been working at making this home functional for our family it has really amazed me how I see how the Lord has prepared us for this home. In a strange and mysterious way I can see that we were always supposed to be in this home. It is really well suited for us and for us to be able to host and share our lives with this community. The Lord has been speaking more to my heart about having faith in Him. Trusting Him with the sell of our home in Cushing. Last week I found myself discouraged again but He continues to reassure us of His will for us and His faithfulness for our family. He gave me these verses on Monday: "God shall supply all your needs according to His riches." Phil 4:19.0 and Psalm 31:15 "My times are in your hand." One commentary I read summed it up with this: All my life's whys and wheres and wherefores are in God's hands. I also read in Mark the story of the disciples on the boat with Jesus when the storm came. Of course Jesus, calmed the waves and rescued them but what got me on Monday was His words to his friends..."Where is your faith?" I felt like He was asking my heart the same question. I will trust in Him. My days are in His hands. He is faithful. He will bring a buyer. (Now, I would have to selfishly inject here that I totally loved the Lord bringing buyers to our home in Tulsa only 2 hours after the for sale by owner sign was out much more than this process of waiting for four months but I will continue to wait and have peace that He is in control.) Life in Morehead, Kentucky is good. My favorite thing is getting to see my husband so much. It has been years....like, before medical school....over 9 years ago...that I have gotten to spend so much time with my husband. It is such a joy! He is working 4 days a week in a clinic about 20 minutes from our home. He also does occasional call on weekends but it is nothing like our schedule has been. It has been fun to have brunch with Daddy and explore Kentucky with him. I am so thankful for this blessing the Lord has given us in His provision of a job here. I love to get to spend time with my best friend. The kids are doing really well and enjoying school. They also enjoy Awana on Wednesday nights. They get a topping on their ice cream for each verse they memorize. They have done such a great job working on hiding God's word in their heart....and they love ice cream so that is a good motivator. We have a local ice cream shop here in town called Chickabiddy that is a lot like Orange leaf...it's actually frozen yogurt with all kinds of toppings you can choose from. We are officially regulars and have a perks rewards card. We haven't found a piano teacher yet and I am a little disappointed in this. We sure miss Mrs. Holly and Mr. Joe. The boys went on their first field trip today. Their whole school (188 students) went to a children's play at the college here in town. I can't wait to hear how they liked it. They are pretty funny and adamant about not liking to sing, but they like to play the piano...Andrew says, "It's just my thing." Too funny. Well, there are some hard things about being in Morehead and the Lord is ministering to us and leading us in those. We sure miss our family and friends. Claire will be two next week and as we rejoice in what good things we are loving about our new town but there is sadness in celebrating her with no family or friends this year. Yes, more cake for us, but there is such sadness there in not being able to share that with others. We only know a very few people here but we trust that the Lord will soon connect us with others here. We sure miss worshipping together and learning at Eagle Heights in Stillwater, OK. We have been visiting many churches here but are not confident yet about where the Lord would want to connect us and use us. This has been a struggle for us. I may have to blog another time about this specific struggle. We have been praying for our new town and where the Lord would want us to share life and share Christ with our new community. We are praying the Lord will lead us or confirm to us soon where He wants us to be so we can make friends and connect with other believers here that love the Lord. We did get our first visitors this past Sunday which was such a joy. My friend Cory was driving her Uncle Curly home to West Virginia and they got to stop by for a few minutes. Oh my, it was wonderful to see my dear friend and hug her. I am so thankful the Lord made a way for me to see her. I needed to see a familiar face and I am so grateful we serve such a great and mighty God that He would orchestrate her to come across my path that day. We gave them a Kentucky gift....our local pop: Ale81. (ale.eight.one) Well, my girls are still playing and Claire has climbed out of the crib twice now so it looks like no nap is in store today. I better go and check on the monkeys.     

Finally

I saw this scripture here the first time we looked at this home. Such a great reminder that all we have and all we are is from the fullness of His grace. It is painted and up finally!



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Just monkeying around

Well, it was Martin Luther King, Jr day on Monday and the kids were out of school so we decided to get out of the house for a fun day! We met Daddy at the clinic and went to lunch and then headed to Lexington for play at Monkey Joes. The kids had a blast. We stopped for a snack and a quick stop into Hobby Lobby too so Mommy was happy also :) I sure enjoy having my kids home. The boys had a bit of a struggle wanting to go back to school on Tuesday.








Carson helping Claire!









Drew helping Abby who got stuck and couldn't get over.

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40 years: So far, the rein of a lie

My heart is so heavy today. I hope I am able to express just a little of what the Lord is laid on my heart today. 40 years ago today the supreme court made a decision that would provide great provision for a huge lie. The lie. Human life is not to be valued outside of the mother's womb and thus any mother should have the opportunity to end the life of her unborn and unwanted child. I am having a hard time finding the words I want to express here and first I want to say I pray that as you read what the Lord has put on my heart that it may cause you perhaps to recognize and understand why our country, our leaders our communities need our prayers. A few months ago I watched a Christian movie called "October Baby". If you have not seen it, I highly advise you to rent it. It helped to open my eyes to a little of what is going on right now in the abortion business. The story was based on a girl, she was actually a twin, who was a failed abortion because they actually didn't know there were two babies in the womb. They missed the abortion. They missed the termination of life and thus the mother went into labor (shortly after the procedure) and delivered a mutilated little boy and a healthy little girl. The mother gave them both up to adoption because she did not want them. This happens today. Failed abortions. Successful abortions. In forty years now the documented number, and I do believe this is a very fractional number because of the rules now for voluntary reporting of terminated babies turned in varying by state, is 50 million children. 50 million. 50 million children. 40 years has so far been the rein of the lie. I believe strongly that Satan loves this lie and glories in not only the murder of the unborn but of the heartbroken guilt and suffering that the mother goes through after she realizes what she has done. The media hardly ever talks about this. The heartache. The suffering. The realization of the mother when she truly grasps that one decision that will affect her life every day for as long as she lives. Every day this mother will wonder and regret. Why? Because she was fooled. She was duped. Very much like Eve....Don't you think you know better than the Lord does? Did he really say that? She believed the lie: my baby's life is not to be valued until it is outside of my womb and thus I have the right to end its life. The psalmist says  it so well is Psalm 139:13-14 "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made." If we are believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and proclaim His word is truth this verse is only one that would fight so strongly against this lie. God made us. Knit us together so wonderfully...we were fearfully and wonderfully made not outside the womb...He valued us and knew us and had plans for us beforehand, before we were even placed in the womb. (Ephesians 2:10) Today as I have prayed and read some great articles about Christians and what our response should be to what this day represents I am perplexed by the double standard. We now have many surgeries and procedures to help babies still inside the womb to make it to term. We now have great modern medicine and hospitals to help mothers carry these babies as long as they possibly can. But why do we value this life, these babies still in the womb? I have come to realize....because they are babies that are wanted. 40 years ago a great lie was given great provision in the Roe vs Wade decision. Just because a baby is perhaps unwanted by its mother does not mean it should not be valued inside of her womb. Today I find myself praying for our leaders to protect these babies. Today I find myself praying for these moms, 50 million moms, who have believed a lie and have paid the consequences. I find myself praying for the moms right now that are struggling with this lie as they question if they should believe the lie and embrace it for themselves. I find myself praying the Lord will break this lie and Satan will be exposed as the liar and destroyer that he is. I find myself praying that the rein of this lie will come to and end and soon very, very soon.

Project 3: Hallway Collage

I am really excited about this small project and how it came together. I love pictures so I really like long hallways to display them in and the Lord blessed us with lots if wall space here in our new home. The words say family, love and friends.







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When doubt sneaks in

It came last week. It snuck up on me a bit. Doubt. We have been praying for the right buyers for our home in Cushing. We are still waiting on the Lord to provide. Last week that sneaky Satan got me with doubt. This is what the Lord used to minister to my heart and help me to stand firm. To trust Him. It was in an email devotional: Doubt appears to be, as Martin Luther says, “inseparable to man and knowledge.” But let us not linger in its shadows too long. Let the grace of Jesus lead us back into the light of all that is true, all that is certain.

God in Heaven, You know the times I have doubted, and the worries I am carrying in my heart even now. Make me deaf to Satan’s lies. When he whispers that You have forgotten me, turn me to the cross so I can remember how much You love me. When he suggests that my sins are too great or I’ve gone too far and too long, help me to see that Your love and forgiveness stretch further and farther. There is nowhere I can go where You are not already there. Thank you for being the answers to my doubts, over and over and over again. Amen

When doubt sneaks in, don't be fooled. Don't linger there. I am so thankful He is ever faithful and continuously working all things together in my life for His good. When doubt sneaks in I will not linger in its shadows. I will let the grace of Jesus lead me back to the light of truth. Psalm 33:4 "For the word of the LORD is right and true; he is faithful in all he does." 1 Corinthians 1:9 "God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful."

Made the paper

We got a Morehead newspaper yesterday and recognized a face...






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