Happy Easter!

Jesus dying on the cross was the light at the end of the tunnel.

Today Jesus died on the cross all those years ago, and while it was the darkest day on earth, it was also the day that the light shown at the end of that long tunnel; the end of suffering, and pain, the end of sin and sorrow was here!

It was a horrid day but I am so thankful that Jesus died thinking of me....and each one of you. Jesus willingly went to the cross thinking and praying for you and for me.


Click here to read about what Jesus going to the cross did for you, read about the effects of the cross!

Today's "Katie's take on Godly Living for Teens"

Today Katie explains that love of God will motivate us to do good and how His love for us means He will never put sickness or harm against you.

Click here to read more! 

As always, her 16 year old insight is full of Godly wisdom! 

Praising God for you!!!

I'm DONE being "too" busy!!

As I was sitting at the school today waiting to pick my kids up, I saw something that caused me to have a revelation knowledge moment that made me determined to watch how I act and how I treat my kids every second of their lives from this moment on.

This mom was walking across the parking lot all but pulling her daughter by the hand to get back across the parking lot from the school to her car. Her daughter who appeared to be maybe 10 years old was practically running to keep up, and as she is doing all she can to keep up she is talking to her mom. Looking up, the daughter's face just beamed with excitement to see her mom after a long day of school.

She continues to ask her mom the same question 3 different times and after the 3rd time her mom ignored her, whether it was intentional or her mind was just somewhere else, the daughter's face went from a look of excitement to heartbroken and as she passed my car, I could see tears swelling up in her young eyes.

All because the mom was too busy to answer her daughter. I wondered how many times that had happened to her? How many times had she tried to just talk to her mom only to be ignored?

Then my thoughts turned to my own kids.

How many times have I been too busy doing something else that I thought took priority at that moment just to tell my kids hold on?

 How many times have I been too deep in thought to even hear them when they ask me a simple question?

Jesus said that the children are part of the Kingdom of God in Matthew 19:14.

How many times have I been "Martha" trying to do the things I thought need to get done and let part of the Kingdom of God go unattended to?

Even as I write this, I have tears stinging my eyes and a knot in my throat making it hard to breathe simply because I know that I have done all this too many times to count.

I love my kids and I do things with them all the time. We play outside all the time, I read to them, they sit on my lap while we watch tv, and go to the park among other things. I like to believe I am a relatively good mom.

I, like many other moms, just get "too" busy.

We are to model God to our children. We are to treat them exactly like He treats them.  We have to teach them the love of their Father by showing it through us. And we get too busy?

God is NEVER too busy to listen to us! He will never say "oh you have another prayer, *sigh* Hold on let me finish this or let me finish that."

He is ALWAYS there to listen and answer us.

If God is God and has all the world to tend to, all the prayers to answer, and the past, present, and future to handle and He can still take the time to listen to us, answer us, and spend time with us when we come to him.....why can't we put off vacuuming or doing the dishes or cleaning house or putting away laundry to dance with our daughters or play with our sons.

Why can't we just STOP doing what the world says moms are supposed to do and BE what God says moms have to be?

Well, I'm done. I'm done, doing dishes, cleaning house, writing a blog post or even studying for my EMT class before my kids go to bed at night. I'm done being too busy to listen, answer, or to just be with my children.  I'm DONE being "too" busy!!!!!!

I've never felt so good about being "done" with something in my life.

Now excuse me while I go upstairs and wake my children up to give them hugs and kisses and ask for forgiveness.

Look deep. Pray for a revelation. God loves you. You love God. You love your children.

Don't be "too" busy.

Show them God's love today.

Conforming not to the World. What does that mean? And how do we keep our eyes on God? Katie's Take On Godly Living for Teens Post.

Today's post on Godly living for Teens, 
Katie talks about how when we conform ourselves to the world we are choosing to not be poured into God's mold and take our eyes off of Him, thus worshiping idols. 

As always, Katie's views are full of wisdom straight from God.

Click here to read how to keep your eyes on Him and conform not to this world.

Katie explains to Teen Girls who that prince on the white horse really is.

Katie's take on Godly living for teens today is full of wisdom.


"Today I am going to write about princes on white horses.

And I know what you think of when I say that! You see shining armor and a castle in the back ground! 
Me too!

And I bet some or maybe a lot of you don't know that the Bible is where that most likely came from. In Revelation 19:11-16 it describes what Hollywood and every girl sees! 

The difference is that we see our future husband but what we were meant to see is Jesus." 

To read about how we can keep our eyes on Jesus and He will give us the "right" man, click here.

Supermom? Is she real? Or a myth?

When you think of  "Supermom" what comes to mind?

A vivid picture used to come to mine.

A picture of a woman in a 1950's vintage dress with an apron and white high heels. Hair and make up just right. Vacuuming a spotless house while the kids sat perfectly still on the couch, the daughter reading a book and the son silently playing with an airplane. The woman who can juggle the house and the bills and the shopping all with a baby on her hip with 3 kids in tow. After all of that she still has the gentleness to make calmly correct her children and the sense to fix a 5 course meal and have it hot on the table when her husband gets home from work.


Is this a feasible goal or are we striving to be something not even real?

Click here to read about what I learned today.

Katie

I was 14 when my sister was born. Up until that moment I had grown up with two younger brothers. I was thrilled! I finally had a sister! Katie was here!! 

I felt like she was "my" baby sister.

I remember that first few weeks after she was born so vividly. My mom had gallbladder attacks all during her pregnancy, I remember my mom standing up leaning against a wall in her bedroom crying because of the pain. But she was determined to make it through her pregnancy with my sister without having any pain medicine or any treatment for the gall stones causing the gallbladder attacks. As soon as Katie was born, my mom had her gallbladder removed. And I had to help with Katie. Just a few weeks old and I was helping take care of her. I loved it, every minute of it. I played with her, cooed at her, talked to her, and fixed her bottles and fed her. It was sort of like having a toy, because I didn't have to change her diapers and didn't have to get up with her in the middle of the night, but I got to do the fun stuff....

Hey don't judge me, I was 14! LOL! :)

Anyways, that baby sister of mine, is 16 now and has grown into such a strong young woman of God with so much wisdom. I look up to her as my Christian Mentor. If I have any questions, or need advice I know I can always call my sis and she will have a piece of wisdom for me straight from God. 

I love her so much! 

I have asked her to contribute to this blog and she has agreed. She will be talking about her take on "Godly" living as a teen in a very "worldly" society. Her page is linked at the top, or you can visit it by clicking here. 

The insert below was wrote by her and it showcases her Godly wisdom. 

          "That manger was just a manger without our Lord in it.  No one would remember that manger in that stable over 2,000 years ago if it had stayed just a manger. But ever since Mary laid Jesus in it everyone remembers it as Jesus'. I want to be like the manger that as soon as Jesus comes in to me, people will remember. And I guarantee that no one will ever forget Jesus or the manger.The manger has no meaning without Jesus in it." 

                                                                                                                       --by Katie Juliet

Yep, that's my baby sister. Now you can see why I look up to her as my Christian Mentor even though she is 14 years younger than me! I am very blessed to have her as my sister.

I love you Katie Juliet, to the end of eternity and back.

Hello Sisters! Welcome!

Thank you for stopping by my humble piece of land, gushing with honey and water, just off the hustle and bustle of the Internet interstate.

 I'm so glad you've came!

So why don't you kick off your shoes, while I push Aiden's toy trains off the couch and move Lilly's guitar.
Now then, you can have a seat. :) 

I just want to introduce myself to you, so you know I am a simple mom and wife learning how to be a "Mom After God's Own Heart!"

God took this backwards country bumpkin from little town Arkansas, who didn't know how to do much on her own, and turned her into Mommy of Lilly and Aiden, and a Law Enforcement Officer's Wife, who has learned through God how to do all things I need to do, and how to do them with a joyful heart!

I've learned to be resourceful, thrifty, frugal Homemaker and Help Meet. God is also teaching me how to be a Titus 2 and Proverbs 31 woman, wife and mom. 

Oh and I'm a little obsessed with Herbal remedies and eating all natural. Although it's taking time to get it implemented in our house.....I have to admit I love my Dr. Pepper and Nacho Cheese Doritos. :(  I know...Epic Fail LOL!  :)

As you can see, I am a work in progress but learning how to Be Mom After God's Own Heart, and I hope to help others who are feeling worn down and burned out to find that second wind with an encouraging word from a mom and wife who's been there.

There are days, where I still have my "down" moments and I will post asking for encouragement from mom's and wives who've been there too! I'm just a normal wife and mom, I will need encouraging advice too! 

I've not arrived at the destination but I've sure left the station! I'm just praising God that I'm not where He found me and that He paid the price for my ticket to board the train heading into Heaven!! Can I get an AMEN?!?! 

Together we can learn how to see the joy and beauty of God's creation and design in the mundane of everyday life.