10,000 Reasons.....

So today I received so many messages of encouragement, wisdom and support from so many friends and loved ones about our little girl.   The past 6 months for our family has been less than boring in the health department.  Well lets be real, the last 5 years. No matter, we continue to push forward gaining strength from none other than the one above.

2 weeks ago in front of friends and family I was water baptized.  The irony of such a ceremony of peace in a time of anything but.  It was in this moment that I found a new confidence.  A longing to seek his face more than any time in my entire life.  The reality that I control nothing and he holds everything in his hands seemed so simple in that moment, yet so difficult to wrap my head around for years before.

I can't say the minute my past was clean, I was redeemed pushed the restart button.  Bad times didn't fade away, my life still holds obstacles and fears.  Yet I have a new confidence slowly to face these times and the change I feel has been amazing.  There I see that God is working, he is renewing my mind, my spirit and the Holy Spirit speaks to me daily.  Something I had always longed for yet never heard.

To know how differently the thoughts that go through my mind are, my reactions hold a new maturity. I want to scream out, whatever lies before me I can do this.  For someone who has provided so many miracles in my life I owe him my praise. 

Giving your life to Christ isn't easy in a world that is leaning to rebuke his name.  To raise our kids under his name has almost become a crime.  Yet I will push forward praising him, calling others to him and showing the world through my life alone what he can and is capable of doing.  Not only in situations, but in our minds and spirit.

 I pray for all of you so often.  I'm dedicating this year to a committed prayer time where I would love for you to share your requests with me and allow me to ask him to work in your life as he has in mine.  They say it is much easier to humble yourself, before he chooses to humble us.  I would have to agree.  I know in my heart the Lord will find everyone I love, the work he has started in each of us will continue until completion. Yet I hope so many choose to do the surrendering, and let him work much sooner.  Nothing will be as rewarding. 

This song has become my go to song for worship.  I always tell myself Let me still worship him when the evening comes, no matter what lies in my day.  He is worth all of it! 10,000 reasons in fact:) Until Later......http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtwIT8JjddM 

Quote of the Day

Those who believe in a higher power aren't elite, gifted, favored or privileged! In fact most are challenged and face more trials than imaginable! What they are is forgiven, loved, grace filled and this worlds greatest warriors!!

The hanging on warrior herself...Mandy Zimmer

My Sweet Tea Darlings.....

One Proud Mama.......

New Boutique Obsessions

Hey ladies Spring is here!  Time for wedges, sundresses and statement jewelry.  I have landed upon two new amazing boutique sites for all your summer and spring staples.  Check them out www.modernvintageboutique.com and www.laposhstyle.com   Fantastic and reasonable.

Emily

The day has come Emily Maynard,my obsession I know, has her own blog.  She is truly a Fashion Icon, great Southern Gal and I love that she is sharing her Grace and Secrets on an online forum.  My fellow blogger:) Check it out everyone.....www. emilymaynard.com.  You can also just click on Emily on my sidebar.  Join me in the fun.......

Road often traveled......

 

 

So there is a strip of downtown Birmingham that I've grown to be very fond of.....not for its beauty or desired community. No, it's actually one of the worst areas of the city. As fast as I have to travel down it, I want to be out to see that interstate sign again. You see it is the road that gets me from UAB hospital to the interstate back home.

The other day I was heading back down that same road, and a thought came over me. How many memories have down this route. Over the past five years many. Some that were so difficult not even the windshield wipers on high, could have helped me see from my tears anyway. So many travels of disappointment whether cancer struggles or infertility. Yet then so many of immense revelation and joy.....after cancer was cleared, Gods miracle divine intervention to have my son and yes again seeing a girl written across that ultrasound screen.

I thought the other day how much I had grown each trip in that same spot and also how much I've continued to struggle. There it dawned on me. No matter what the time looks like, never will it look the same. We travel down familiar roads each day. Whether it be on our way home from work, to the grocery store or back home to see friends and family. We always notice that something has changed. Things look different, seasons change and "change"being the constant factor that we will always know.

Life is just like these roads. Worn by routine, storms and journeys. There can always be improvements made, but the underneath always has a story to tell. So next time you are cruising down your familiar path make note of the beauty of today. Tomorrow will always have another story to tell........

Jamie Chesson:Train

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Proud day as I can to boast about one of my greatest friends and college roomies first single released today on iTunes and already hitting the airways. I told her this morning that sometimes people only see where we are today! They have no clue our journey and hardship to get here! It takes work, determination and so beyond what outside beauty could tell! I love you sweet friend, that little white mustang would be so proud of you today:)

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