God Spared Me.....

Hello all,
I was extremely humbled by our Lord this week. A lightning storm rolled through our small town which it struck a house, a 14 yr old boy and our trees/jeep. All are fine thanks to the protection of our wonderful Lord. The ladys house that was hit was extinguished quickly and will be repaired, the young man is alive and well going home soon and our Jeep was fried but no fire or anything and I was standing about 60 feet from where the lightning bolt struck...It was the scariest thing I have ever experienced in my life. I am posting pictures for you to see the one that shows a clearing and a water faucet is where I was standing the first set of tall trees in the back ground is where it struck. Thank you Jesus for allowing me to be here with my family and the reminder to take nothing for Granted. I have new resolve to be a better person and to share Jesus' love for us with everyone.

A long overdue getting to know me...lol

1. What is your occupation right now? mommy, housewife

2.What color are your socks right now ? not wearing any ....wear my slippers when i am up and around

3. What are you listening to right now? the news for the morning

4. What was the last thing that you ate? Tortilla chips

5. Can you drive a stick shift? Quite nicely thank you.....country girl on a farm you must...

6. Last person you spoke to on the phone? Mom

7. Do you like the person who sent this to you? Yes, she is one of my best web friends

8. How old are you today? 31

9. What is your favorite sport to watch on TV? Rodeo well barrel racing but like the whole thing

10. What is your favorite drink? Coffee or water I love water

11. Have you ever dyed your hair? Yes, a couple times mostly just to highlight once I went red...not a good idea lol....

12. Favorite food? Mexican food and Italian food...Love fettuccine Alfredo

13. What is the last movie you watched? Madagascar 2

14. Favorite day of the year? Summer time anyday

15. How do you vent anger? Go out and work my horse or cry depending on the situation...or yell unfortunately...i am working on ths

16. What was your favorite toy as a child? Breyer horses

17. What is your favorite season? Summer

18. Cherries or Blueberries? Cherries

19. Do you want your friends to blog this? Yes

20. Who is the most likely to respond? I have no clue

21. Who is least likely to respond? not sure

22. Living arrangements? Myself, hubby, dd - 4, ds - 9, 1 horse, 2 cats, 4 dogs and a fish!

23. When was the last time you cried? This morning watching a ministry program

24. What is on the floor of your closet? OH MY.....to much to list need to work on that

25. What did you do last night? cuddled with hubby watching Survivor and CSI after the kids went to bed.

26. What are you most afraid of? Losing my hubby.....my dad's best friend just past away and left his wife who is very afraid of being alone so this is on my mind....

27. Plain, cheese, or spicy hamburgers? cheese

28. Favorite dog breed? Bordercollies, labs and mutts lol....my dogs fall in these categories

29. Favorite day of the week? Sunday

30. How many states have you lived in? 3

31. Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds if I have to chose but if my hubby bought them it wouldnt matter either way

32. What is your favorite flower? roses or any pretty flower for that matter especially if it is blooming in the yard...means its warmer outside than it is now

So much has happened

Well at last post I was working on getting off all the medications I am proud and blessed to say I am off all Prescription Medication! It took a long time and was a rough spot in life to say the least but now I am feeling better and working to get back to normal. I still have some pain but with the Lord and some tylenol it is manageable. I was re-baptized on February 15 2009. Why re-baptized....well a lot has happened in my life and my eyes were opened to the fact that my heart may not have been where it should have been when I was baptized in highschool when I was 15. I think my faith has grown so much and the Lord spoke to me when they were offering it spur of the moment 2 weeks ago at church. I am commited to setting a better example for my children and living a better life for the Lord and my family. I still have many struggles ahead however With God this will all work out.
We have all been sick this week even now I am struggling with a head cold an no energy but so much to do. We all but my son had the stomach flu this week. Hubby started Sunday, I started Tuesday and my daughter had it starting wednesday. Its been a rough few days but I think once we all feel better things will look up. My wonderful hubby helped me stay caught up around here the last few days as he never vomitted and I couldnt get off the couch and didnt know which end to point so to speak.... so I stayed down for 2 days which all moms know what that can do to a house if no one is taking care of it and the worst thing is to get feeling better only to be surrounded by your new project LOL...cleaning up the mess!
But thanks to his help I just have to clean up from yesterday and continue on with things. Well I better get ready for the day the little ones will be up soon and have to start the day. Take care all

Struggling with Chronic Pain and Depending on God

Hi all,
I am one of the sufferers of Anxiety/Depression The thing is that I dont feel Depressed I feel happy but I am very edgy without it. I find I yell and get angry over the littlest things. I am going to start blogging my walk with God out of this Black hole. I take Cymbalta daily to keep things in line. Without it I am a blithering mess, One thing that they put my on the Cymbalta for was also nerve pain that I endure after my back surgery. The surgery worked to stabalize a rapidly sliding vertabrae however they say I will endure pain for the Rest of my life.
Ok, So my recent triumphs then tribulation and now I come to the point of realizing what God is helping me with.
6 Weeks ago we moved, I love our house we are renting as you saw on other posts, I love homeschooling and taking good care of my wonderful Hubby. the last 3 weeks something changed. I started trying to get off all my medication 4 weeks ago and was doing really well. however now, I am going back up on the Cymbalta for a temporary time till I level off again as I was energetic, house was clean and things were done now I can barely drag myself around to do it all. I was also down to only 1 or 2 pain pills per day and this is a big improvement from the 6 I was having to take when we moved. I had experienced a new symptom right before we got ready to move which was a huge increase in nerve pain down my leg and hip area. It was excrutiatingly painful. They gave me nerve medication and increased my other meds to help me cope with this and kids....
Well when we got moved I found a new church home with some most wonderful People! They have rallied around me, prayed for me in small group time and I have recieved wonderful prayer from our pastors wife after service. Things started looking up the pain down my leg is Gone! God has healed that! Isnt he wonderful! however almost all my pain was gone and so was my bad attitude, I started weaning off all the meds slowly of corse but nevertheless...I also started slipping in my dedicated bible study and my fellowship in my small group as Life took over. I blog this all as I was reading my bible this morning and I had been feeling I needed to get back on track and really dig back in as I have fallen off the band wagon so to speak. I missed the last 3 weekly womens group at church also I missed church on Sunday. I also have only read my Bible or like 5-10 min a day instead of my normal hour in the early morning. this morning I was working on a wonderful study on revelation when they discussed 1-3 John. I paused it to go back and read those again. Low and Behold..what jumped out at me-
1John 1:4-7
"4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
5 this then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all.
6If we say we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth"
7 but if we walk in the light, as he is the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

I am constantly amazed at how when I go to my bible needing something...He gives it to me! I needed to be reminded to walk in his light! I feel overjoyed right now. I have let my faith take a back burner to life and I need to bring it back to the top of the LIST! When the pain and crankiness were going away I was Walking with the Lord every Morning, periodically throughout the day I was fellowshipping with my group on Tuesday nights and on Sunday worshipping the Lord with everyone! the last 3 weeks I have been only with my family, (dont get me wrong I love them very much and have enjoyed spending time with them only I enjoyed my time more before I backslid down hill and they enjoyed me more) Also since hubby is not a follower yet it is hard to stay centered on God if I dont focus myself) I have not walked in his word every morning to start my day off and have seen the results! I dont like them where I have arrived at without Him. I am going to do my best to change that from this day on.
Stick with me as the revelation continues. I know from what He did for me a month ago this was a reminder and things are going to get better from this day forward if I obey His word which is to put Him first and all things will be ok! Praise Jesus for his holiness that He never gives up on us no matter how many times we fall He will never leave us if we search for Him!

God Bless you all I am off to have a great day with my family and God!

Today's Plan

Today we are going to enjoy the Lord's Day and have a roasted Chicken for dinner with salad. I need to plan out the week in homeschooling but I will just do tomorrow's plan and then plan the rest of the week tomorrow. I am excited for Church today my soul needs it I can tell. Just a lot has gone on this week with some friends and also with a home we own we are now struggling with the "property managers" after receiving a 1 day notice it is to go vacant. Anywho... no use crying over spilled milk. I am confident the Lord will show us the way to deal with this but I cant wait to go and worship him with my Brothers and Sisters in Christ. He is so Awesome! Till Tomorrow God Bless!