Camden checking out the Mr Truett Cathy's Bat Mobil.
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Sunday, October 14, 2007
One Month To Live
Hey, guys! Lots of things running through my heart and brain right now. I have just been learning some things that I have known, but God is shedding new light on them for this time. First of all I started reading Cure for the Common Life by Max Lucado. It has been out for a while, but since Lance has been gone, I decided to pick it up and read it. Many things have spoken to me and I am not even that far into the book yet. I can tell, it is just what I need to hear. It is talking about Living in your Sweet Spot. We all have one and He gives us all gifts and skills to live there. I think I have a good idea what my gifts are, but sometimes I get overwhelmed thinking about how to use them and what that is to look like. For everyone it is different. I so badly want to be obediant and be used to the fullest to bring God glory. I also want to make sure that I am keeping my priorities straight and not do too much outside family. God does orchestrate what that is suppose to look like so beautifully! One of the things that I loved reading was "You cannot be anything you want to be. But you can be everything God wants you to be." I loved that because truly we can't be anything WE want even if we are skilled and maybe would be great at it. Still, the beauty and the freeing thing for me is We can be everything God wants us to be.
We are also going through a series at church called "Your one month to live". It just started today. Man, it really spoke to my heart. I felt God just using this to prepare us for this big transition that is about to take place in our life, with moving and everything. It is going to be hectic and crazy at first. I called Lance as soon as I got home to tell him all about what God said to me during the service. Our pastor and his wife just wrote a book called just that: One month to live. They were sharing today about how that is what has made a huge difference in there life to uncrowd and balance everything in their home. To live as if they had 30 days to live, and think about what would be the most important things. Tucking your children into bed, Listening to them, not being rushed, taking time to connect with your spouse daily, etc. The most important thing is relationships. To come up with a plan in how you will react in troubled times, etc. He said when you feel stressed, it is a light coming on saying that you are trying to take control of the situation. Instead give God that control and walk in trust and faith with our God. I could go on and on, but I won't. We are about to go through a crazy next few weeks, with moving, trying not to stress about selling our house, etc. I am glad God has challenged us to live this next 30 days like it were our last. After all we are not promised tomorrow. I want my husband and boys to remember me loving, forgiving, and being patient with them. Oh yeah, they also talked about how when someone is told they have only so long to live, everything is immediately clear. Immediately the important things are the most important. I want to see like that. I do not want to have regrets. I want to Love, Love, Love!
Okay, I forgot to hit on this. How many times do we feel like there is not enough time in the day. Well, when we spend that special time with our God, he multiplies our time after. Pretty cool! So when I am packing next week, I am going to want to scream and I will feel overwhelmed and feel like I am running out of time, I will need to just go get alone with God. Then I will have my time multiplied. Proverbs 10:27 says so and I believe it!
So don't be suprised if I start leaving you encouraging comments. I am living like it is my last month to live and it is my spiritual gift. Ha! The good thing is if I write it or say it it will be true. I can only say what is from my heart! Thanks for letting me share. Just some thoughts I've had this week.
We are also going through a series at church called "Your one month to live". It just started today. Man, it really spoke to my heart. I felt God just using this to prepare us for this big transition that is about to take place in our life, with moving and everything. It is going to be hectic and crazy at first. I called Lance as soon as I got home to tell him all about what God said to me during the service. Our pastor and his wife just wrote a book called just that: One month to live. They were sharing today about how that is what has made a huge difference in there life to uncrowd and balance everything in their home. To live as if they had 30 days to live, and think about what would be the most important things. Tucking your children into bed, Listening to them, not being rushed, taking time to connect with your spouse daily, etc. The most important thing is relationships. To come up with a plan in how you will react in troubled times, etc. He said when you feel stressed, it is a light coming on saying that you are trying to take control of the situation. Instead give God that control and walk in trust and faith with our God. I could go on and on, but I won't. We are about to go through a crazy next few weeks, with moving, trying not to stress about selling our house, etc. I am glad God has challenged us to live this next 30 days like it were our last. After all we are not promised tomorrow. I want my husband and boys to remember me loving, forgiving, and being patient with them. Oh yeah, they also talked about how when someone is told they have only so long to live, everything is immediately clear. Immediately the important things are the most important. I want to see like that. I do not want to have regrets. I want to Love, Love, Love!
Okay, I forgot to hit on this. How many times do we feel like there is not enough time in the day. Well, when we spend that special time with our God, he multiplies our time after. Pretty cool! So when I am packing next week, I am going to want to scream and I will feel overwhelmed and feel like I am running out of time, I will need to just go get alone with God. Then I will have my time multiplied. Proverbs 10:27 says so and I believe it!
So don't be suprised if I start leaving you encouraging comments. I am living like it is my last month to live and it is my spiritual gift. Ha! The good thing is if I write it or say it it will be true. I can only say what is from my heart! Thanks for letting me share. Just some thoughts I've had this week.
Monday, September 24, 2007
Only Four More Weeks!
Well, yesterday was 1 week since Lance left. It seems so much longer than that. We have 4 more weeks to go. Everything is going great and I have no complaints. We just miss him!
We are just staying busy. We have soccer practice on Mondays and Fridays. Then they have their games on Saturdays. We have 45 minutes of homework everyday, etc. It has been easier to keep them on a schedule since Lance is gone. I guess because they don't have him to wrestle with,etc. The weekends are little more challenging right now for me. Just because we are trying to sell our house. You never know when realitors will call saying they want to show the house. It is busier with that on the weekends. We can't be at the house, so it was crazy this past weekend just trying to find things to do during those times.
We did have one incident that happened during the week. I took the boys outside to practice soccer. Camden kept wanting to take breaks. So Connor went and locked the back door so he wouldn't go back in. He wasn't really thinking about us not having a key and that the other doors were locked. He just knew he was keeping Camden outside to play with him. The best part about it was I had my PJ pants on and my boys were outside in their underwear and tennis shoes. We were just going to be in our back yard for about 45 minutes with no one else around. My mind freaked out just for a few minutes. Erin was in down town Houston and was planning on staying with a friend that night. I had no choice but to call her. She wasn't able to get home for about hour 1/2 later. I wasn't saying anything, but I guess Connor saw that my face wasn't too happy. Connor said "it is not the end of the world". That was little Amanda during a moment trying to encourage Lance when things like that happen. It was funny and I said you are right. At least we have Erin to help us. If she didn't live in Houston, we would be in trouble. It wasn't a big deal except it got me off my schedule that I had been keeping so well. Thank the Lord I didn't have to walk to neighbor's houses in my PJs and my two boys in their underwear. That would have not been fun for me! ha!
Lance is doing great at training. He is learning so much and working from 5am-6 or 7pm at night. When he gets back to his room, he then has to study books or videos for the test the next day. So he is working hard! He calls me everyday telling me how amazed and blown away he is at the root and foundation of Chick-fil-A. He spent the weekend at the Chick-fil-A WindShaped Retreat Center. He said he got to see where all of Chick-fil-A money goes to. It goes to help the Chick-fil-A Foster home, marriage retreat Center, etc. The ministry opportunity with Chick-fil-A is huge! We love that we will be working for a company where the money goes to fostering kids, impacting people, putting marriages back together, etc. That is so mine and Lance's heart. Lance was very excited talking about it! We feel so blessed to be apart of what God is doing through Chick-fil-A. Lance got to meet Truett Cathy and his wife Saturday. I want to meet them so bad. I just think they are so cool. I just love their hearts for impacting people's lives.
For those of you who do not know, we will be moving the end of October. Please pray for us as we try to sell our house. Also, just for the transition and changing schools for our boys. We appreciate your prayers. Just wanted to give you a quick update on everything.
We are just staying busy. We have soccer practice on Mondays and Fridays. Then they have their games on Saturdays. We have 45 minutes of homework everyday, etc. It has been easier to keep them on a schedule since Lance is gone. I guess because they don't have him to wrestle with,etc. The weekends are little more challenging right now for me. Just because we are trying to sell our house. You never know when realitors will call saying they want to show the house. It is busier with that on the weekends. We can't be at the house, so it was crazy this past weekend just trying to find things to do during those times.
We did have one incident that happened during the week. I took the boys outside to practice soccer. Camden kept wanting to take breaks. So Connor went and locked the back door so he wouldn't go back in. He wasn't really thinking about us not having a key and that the other doors were locked. He just knew he was keeping Camden outside to play with him. The best part about it was I had my PJ pants on and my boys were outside in their underwear and tennis shoes. We were just going to be in our back yard for about 45 minutes with no one else around. My mind freaked out just for a few minutes. Erin was in down town Houston and was planning on staying with a friend that night. I had no choice but to call her. She wasn't able to get home for about hour 1/2 later. I wasn't saying anything, but I guess Connor saw that my face wasn't too happy. Connor said "it is not the end of the world". That was little Amanda during a moment trying to encourage Lance when things like that happen. It was funny and I said you are right. At least we have Erin to help us. If she didn't live in Houston, we would be in trouble. It wasn't a big deal except it got me off my schedule that I had been keeping so well. Thank the Lord I didn't have to walk to neighbor's houses in my PJs and my two boys in their underwear. That would have not been fun for me! ha!
Lance is doing great at training. He is learning so much and working from 5am-6 or 7pm at night. When he gets back to his room, he then has to study books or videos for the test the next day. So he is working hard! He calls me everyday telling me how amazed and blown away he is at the root and foundation of Chick-fil-A. He spent the weekend at the Chick-fil-A WindShaped Retreat Center. He said he got to see where all of Chick-fil-A money goes to. It goes to help the Chick-fil-A Foster home, marriage retreat Center, etc. The ministry opportunity with Chick-fil-A is huge! We love that we will be working for a company where the money goes to fostering kids, impacting people, putting marriages back together, etc. That is so mine and Lance's heart. Lance was very excited talking about it! We feel so blessed to be apart of what God is doing through Chick-fil-A. Lance got to meet Truett Cathy and his wife Saturday. I want to meet them so bad. I just think they are so cool. I just love their hearts for impacting people's lives.
For those of you who do not know, we will be moving the end of October. Please pray for us as we try to sell our house. Also, just for the transition and changing schools for our boys. We appreciate your prayers. Just wanted to give you a quick update on everything.
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