My Crazy, Mixed Up Day

               Today has been a LONGGGG day!  It started with the girl waking up around 5:30....just about 15 minutes before the alarm was set to go off....uggghhhh....I despise when that happens. I knew today was going to be jammed-packed full of craziness.  We needed to smush a full day of schoolwork into a half day....and there was a whole lot of whining going on when we had to wake up a whole hour early.  The reason for the rush was that I got a weird blood report back from the doctor and I had an appointment with a hemotologist in Valdosta....which is a good hour and 15 minutes from Waycross....the appointment was at 2.  Since I got that phone call last week, I had pretty much diagnosed myself with some sort of internal bleeding problem caused by none other than full blown cancer.....really I was convinced of it.  Come to find out, the doctor had misread my lab report and although I am very low in iron, I am not anemic and certainly am not dying....good news:)  I shared all of that to say this, which all of my family and close friends know....I am such a drama queen:) 

              But this is what I was able to think about for the last week.....I am thankful for my life.  I am thankful for my husband and my children.  When we were married 13 years ago, I NEVER imagined Jarrod would be pastoring.  I imagined my life much different....I imagined the things we would have....how advanced my kids would be in school (I would be home-room mom)....the big SUV I would sporting around:)  Well....we live in a 1100 sq ft house which somehow we manage to do everything in....including homeschooling.....so I guess I DID get to be home-room mom, hahaha:).  And that SUV turned out to be a rockin' minivan.  Here is what I didn't.....couldn't have imagined.....that my husband would love me like he does.  That he would be so committed to see me grow in Christ's likeness that he would sacrifice his time and hobbies to make sure he helped to cultivate that in me......that laughter and love would ring throughout our little home, because though sin does abound here......Christ's grace does SO much more.....that my kids know more about the goodness, sovereignty and sufficiency of Christ and His sacrifice than I ever imagined they could comprehend at their age.......And although the picture of my...our life, looks different than I thought it would.....it's colors are so much brighter than I ever thought they would be!  I am so thankful that God paired me with Jarrod for this life and that He has allowed us to disciple these three children.  I am thankful for the crazy.....mixed up appointment that I had with a doctor at cancer center an hour from my house......for mistakes.....for forgiveness of mistakes.....of sin.....and for the life I thought I wanted.....that God was so gracious enough to not give me.

Here We Go Again!!!

Well hello again:)  I haven't been blogging much.....I guess at all actually in the last three years, BUT it's time again.  I have all kinds of thoughts on my mind and am constanly thinking of how therapeutic it would be to write all of these thoughts down. So that's what you guys are going to get,  my not so profound thoughts that I have daily....weekly....or just whenever.  Thoughts about my family, life in the ministry, life as a wife....a mother....a homeschooling mother at that and more importantly, life as a daughter of the King.  In no way am I claiming to have terrific insight, but I know I have read thougths of others who have influenced my life toward godliness....I hope to be able to do the same for the two of you who will read this:)....My heart is to encourage....and let's face it.....better here than facebook, right;)  So, here we go again....happy Monday to you all!!  I am looking forward to what the week holds!