Weekend Getaway

God’s timing is amazing. Yesterday was truly incredible. It was as if God was solely focus on me and my family. Ask and you shall receive. I asked for a nudge from the Lord that would be totally and completely recognizable and full of clarity, and boy, did He show up! I love being loved by a King!! I head out tomorrow on a sequestered (absolutely no contact with the outside world – no phones, computers, clocks, etc) weekend for 5 days – Tres Dias. I’m serving in a position that is probably the least stressful… one that will have the most “down” time. I know I was placed in the position so that I could go and be still and quiet with My Faithful One. I’m literally craving to curl up in his lap and just be held so I can hear his heartbeat and rest to the rhythm. I’m so thankful.

My Faithful One.

Thank you Selah and Christy Nockels for these words and your beautiful voices… This is a song I’ve been singing and declaring over my life and the lives of my friends and family…

I find no hope within to call my own, for I am frail at heart, my strength is gone, but deep within in my soul is rising up a song, here in the comfort of the faithful one. I walk a narrow road through valleys deep in search of higher ground on mountain steeps, and though with feet unsure, I still keeping pressing on, for I’m guided by the faithful one.

Faithful, faithful to the end, my true and precious friend, You have been faithful, faithful, so faithful to me.

I see your wounded hands. I touch your side, with thorns upon your brow. You bled and died, but there is an empty tomb, a love for all who come and give their hearts to You, the faithful one.

Faithful, faithful to the end, my true and precious friend, You have been faithful, faithful, so faithful to me.

And when the day is gone and when the race is won, I will bow down before God’s only Son, and I will lift my hands in praise of all you’ve done, and I will worship You, my faithful one.

FAITHFUL, FAITHFUL TO THE END, MY TRUE AND PRECIOUS FRIEND, YOU HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL, FAITHFUL, SO FAITHFUL TO ME.

MY FAITHFUL ONE.

Father, thank you.

Jet planes and play cameras

HOLY COW WHAT A WEEK!!! It’s official. It has begun. All 3 of my children have to been in 3 different places tomorrow all at the same time!! I knew it was coming. I need a logistics major to figure this all out, and I have family that can help out. Kudos to those of you who pioneer this on your own!! And I have to pat myself on the back. Last night I ventured out with 4 children to the local department store, Peebles, AND they were hungry too. Yep I did it!! One 10 years old, one 8 years old and two 4 years old. And we survived! Bought 3 dresses for Lauren, a shirt and pair of shorts for Hannah, a skirt for me and here is my secret weapon…jet plane toys for Joseph and a play camera for Blake. Yep, I must say, after 10 years I figured it out. When you first get to a store, go straight to the toys, tell the little ones to find a toy that says 299 or 599 or in our case last night 999 ($9.99). They carry it around the store and it turns into a bargaining chip for the rest of the shopping adventure. Yes, I resort to bribery at this age, especially when they are hungry and tired…so shoot me. It totally worked!