Listen and Obeying 2 different things??

For the past few weeks I have been struggling with pain, partially making me depressed and several other outside things that I have let affect my heart, mind, soul and daily walk. Have you been there friends? When you just dont open your bible, when you dont want to get up early for your quiet time, when you just feel lost to a point? Some of you may be able to answer no to this question but I would guess that as mothers, wives, homemakers and women we have all been there at least for 1 day somewhere along our walk with Christ. Now I am not going to claim it is over and done for me however GOD shows up when we listen and obey it is such a blessing I dont want you to miss it! Last night I had much on my mind, toooooo much. But I didnt go to my comforter on my own ( I am a bit stubborn sometimes just ask wonderful hubby lol) however God kept calling to me and at first I was actually sure that it was my own mind making up the scripture chapt and verse I kept dwelling on, I was positive I was making it up and "if" i did get my rear out of bed and check on it in the Good Book I would find that it was just my mind as I was "sure" it wouldnt apply to my current situation since God had been so "Silent" lately right! LOL well finally I couldnt take it anymore and I submitted and said Ok God this is it I am getting up but I still think its all in my head your not really going to give me this at 2 am right ?? Doubt is the enemies first line of Defense then fear and yada yada how often do I let him into my mind (too often but am growing) thats the point of this blog right I want to be an encouragement and its about sharing my "learning to Live FOR God Day by Day!" amazing when we listen what happens, so I got upthat I got up, went to my bible and it says in Romans 6:19 oops wait first the one I have memorized due to my little ones AWANA scripture (Thank you Jesus) I was repeatedly focusing on Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God" I was like ok God what is your point I know that and Know my need for Jesus but I am feeling Lost right now what next then came romans 6:19 " I put this in human terms because you are weak in your natural selves. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness." WOW I can not explain what that meant to me at the moment at 2 am I was immediately released back to sleeping soundly the rest of the night however going back over it I was blessed by this. In human ters I am weak to my Flesh! I used to be slave to my evil desires and temptations now I strive for righteousness however loose my way sometimes God was calling me back to him saying Focus on striving for righteousness let go of temptation to be emotional in the present situation or angry or distressed "Be still and know I am God" I shared with my husband which if you have been a reader you know that my hubby is not yet saved however he joins me at service most weekends and is attending our small group with our Pastor as the leader. God is using this group to grow me so much! sometimes Growth is painful however I know that the choice to press in to Him and Press on for the righteousness he desires will overcome all in the end. Hubby was willing to share with me this morning and I asked what he thought and instead of the previous dismissal of night time scripture gifts to me (only happened 2 other times) he used to look at me like I was weird (oh I am weird but thats ok with me) however today he had insight that hit home for me and discussed it with me Praise God he is working in ways that I have no idea about. How often do we want God on our terms God if you would only do this for me and so on...its so hard to turn this around and say "ok God what is it that will be a blessing in the end if **I** would only do this for** YOU**"? I dont know where I am heading however I want to be a slave to the righteousness that leads to holiness not the other way around. Thank you Jesus for having mercy and compassion for this sinner and Knowing how to reach me in my darker moments. Lord you are so wonderful! Thank you for sharing in my journey I will blog more soon I just had to share and I hope that you will join me in becoming SLAVES to something so awesome it will blow our minds I am sure if we will just remain focused on our ultimate goal! God Bless and enjoy your day!

What Exactly Are "TRUE TREASURES" ??

Well friends let me tell ya! "True Treasures" are many things for each woman but its also a book, yay for me and for you too hehe!! In this wonderful book there are 6 Chapters each with the most wonderful and inspiring articles I have read lately! This book, where did it come from you ask?? Well it came from our friends over at TEACH magazine Now Called "Eternal Encouragement Magazine" and it is presented to us by Mrs. Lorrie Flem. It is a compiliation of the Best of 10 Years of TEACH Magazine! Its like a whole bunch of awesome magazine articles without all the ads and junk just awesome inspiring article after article!! I am so blessed to have been asked to become a Gabby Mom blogging associate where I will get to review a product once a month that encourages, leads, and helps us homemaking, homeschooling, "can do it all but need fuel in our tank" Mama's LOL! I hope and pray you will enjoy reading about whatever they have in store to send us to review~! I know I am excited (as if you couldn't tell Lol!) So do you want to see what this book looks like?? Ok here it is...

Looks can be decieving because inside this modestly designed package awaits articles that will encourage each of us in some way or another with whatever you may be struggling with as a homemaker, or a wife, or homeschooling mom, or you daily walk with God. Sometimes Parenting isn't easy but when we equip ourselves with tools to help our heart, soul and mind grow the task becomes so much easier and that is one thing this book defenitly brings to the table. Each chapter has a beautiful name and even more beautiful content:
Chapter 1: Jewels That Make the Heart Sparkle
My favorite article was "I'm a Homemaker...Period" so much encouragement to do the best I can each day and be what my husband so needs me to be His Help Meet.

Chapter 2: Marriages of Solid Gold
Just from the title you know there is good stuff in it. "A Time to Be Silent" that one is my fav here... I tend to overload my husband with words when what he really needs me to do is listen or just be sometimes! I am working on this with the help of the Lord and this article really encouraged me!

Chapter 3: Parenting Pearls: Practical and Priceless
Here is the one that spoke to me...be ready to giggle... "Do Your Children Rise and Call you Blessed, Or Grouch?? HA...this is so me each day and this article brought to light some of the things that I really struggle with. From the title can you figure it out LOL!

Chapter 4:Homemaking That Dazzles Like Diamonds
I Love the "Principled Housekeeping" article it starts with Keeping house is such a blessing, a ministry to the most needy and helpless among us- children. Wow I had never thought of it that way maybe I should have, maybe you already do but I know I didn't and now I do and it is helping my attitude towards my homemaking duties that I don't necessarily enjoy all that much I mean most of us dont look forward to some of it do we like endless folding laundry, or the toilet duty, or litter box beacon lol... anyway you get my point lots of good stuff in this one.

Chapter 5: Homeschooling Nuggets of Wisdom
Nuggets?? It should say Boulders of Wisdom! There is no way I could even pick my favorite in this section I read each and every one of them more than once and will keep going back to it for a long time to come I am sure about that! 9 Awesome articles= a very encouraged homeschool mom!

Chapter 6: Godly Living that Glitters
"The Jewel of Contentment" I love this one how many times when we were young mothers, maybe before you came to the Lord maybe after has the ugly head of discontent with your overall circumstance come to the surface. You found your self saying the nasty words "if only" "I wish it were different" "if he was like" "when will I get" these types of statement starters only serve to tear us down not help us out of the pit. This article has some great "get out of that pit" tools. Well I guess its one big tool...GOD.

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HaPpY NeW YeAR!!!

Happy happy new year everyone! May the Lord Bless this New Year with greatness, peace, love and Joy this year. I am going to be working on making my blog pretty and exciting soon as well as I have some new things to blog about and my priorities for 2011. God Bless you all and "see" ya soon!

Snowy Saturday

Well its been a rough few weeks around here since our best friend(doggy) past away but we are getting back to normal. I went threw a bit of depression recently however I figured out I had accidentally been forgetting my medication for the fibro which has an effect on my emotions as it is also an anti-depressant. Now that we are back on track with that it is better however I am having a very difficult time with the holiday season this year. I don't really know why I just am. Normally this is my favorite time of year and we have plenty of snow for a white christmas(more than enough actually!) We currently have almost 2 feet I think. we received another 6 inches so far overnight up to now and it is still coming down hard giving us currently about 2 feet. I will have to go measure for sure soon :) The kids enjoy knowing exactly how much we have lol. I think I may put some lights on our porch today so that may help my spirits. Also today I am going to put up some curtain holders (the light duty white ones) they were inexpensive and a way to put up some curtains without thumb tacks that we have been using currently lol. I would love pretty wood curtain rods however those can be fairly spendy even if you do thrifty and use closet rods we will upgrade to those slowly later for now I am going to spray paint these metal ones with a copper hammered look spray paint and call it good :) actually for today I am going to just put them up to hold in the heat I will worry about painting them later:) Then the rest of the day will be spent working on laundry and the kitchen. Both have been neglected due to illness of myself and both the kids this whole week. I am finally feeling a little better still coughing but better. The kids are finally feeling better too Praise God. Well I better get with it. I am also going to be working on the home management binder soon and getting things back in order spiritually and in the home. Things are going to be scaled back that are done out of the home and focusing in on Christ and our Relationship with Him who can carry us when we are struggling if we will but turn to Him for help. Blessings to all of you at this time of year and praying you have a wonderful CHRISTmas...
In Him,
Tiffany

Its looking a lot like christmas

Wow we have a lot of snow here. 15 inches and more coming! It has been cold cold but with a nice warm fire going in the house it has been so nice. It makes me sad though since so many are without heat or houses. I try to do what we can but we cant save everyone all by ourselves. I am a sappy type who would love to just gather everyone up and bring them home with me to be warm and safe but that just wont work out for me so I pray. I pray for direction on how God would use me to help people and I pray for their saftey and health in these winter months. The children and I will be going down to the local soup kitchen in the coming weeks to volunteer and donate childrens clothing and some can goods. Oddly enough this was not what I planned to post but what God placed on my heart today so there you go lol.
Today we are going to go down to the Christmas Bazaar in town and then the lighted parade is tonight then My children are going to some dear friends house to spend the night with their best friends while hubby and I have a date night! yay it has been a long time. spring I believe. so excited! We are going to grab some burgers in town then come home to snuggle and watch a movie. Sounds exciting doesnt it lol.. well for me it is:) Anyway I hope you all have a great Saturday. I know times are tight for all of us but lets think of some way we can help those in need is the season of giving. God will bless us for our efforts even if it is just praying for those in need if that is all you can do. Most times this is all I can do there is nothing to small in God's eyes when you are wholeheartedly trying to help those around you. Blessings all...