Fayez's ordination

For those of you that know my brother Fayez, he was ordained at his church last night. The service began with Great is Thy Faithfulness. As we were singing that song, I started to think of dad. He would have been smiling from ear to ear to see Fayez being ordained. I usually just miss my dad for myself, so I can spend time with him, but this time I just wished he was there for Fayez, dad would have been SO proud of him. The tears flowed all night, but they were tears of joy.Anyways, Dr. Davies, from good 'ole CCC came and preached the message. He said one thing that stuck with me. He was saying how when he met Fayez 10 years ago, he was "becoming who he has become". Fayez was the same 10 years ago only "raw". Today I started thinking about what Dr. Davies said last night, about "he was becoming who he has become". My mind goes straight to the little ones God has loaned me. What will they be like 10 years from now if I continue to raise them as I am today? What will their hearts love? What am I doing to make sure those hearts love God? Am I pointing at trees and saying look how pretty or am I pointing at trees and saying "God made that pretty tree for us to enjoy" I can't just assume he will believe there is a Creator, I must teach him there is a Creator, who made all things. I heard a lady say one time "when God gives us our children they are "empty heads".. then she said if we do not fill those empty heads with things of the Lord they will be filled with the things of this world." Let's pray right now God would help us fill these little heads for Him Dear Lord I just pray for all of us moms who have these little children that belong to You. Please Lord, remind us in the busy of our days to look for ways to point our children to You. Lord, on our own, we just forget or get too busy.. Please remind us..please point us towards you in the creation and in the circumstances you bring in our lives. Help us to pray with our children during the day.. please help us Lord. We need You, we are not able to do it without You. In your precious Son's name Amen

The danger of our eyes

Whenever I hear a verse talking about "guarding your eyes" I always think, that's not for me, that's a verse for guys. But I noticed something tonight in Genesis 3 I have never seen before. When Eve committed that famous first sin, she was "captivated by what she saw". Through her eye gates, lust was born in her and that desire became sin, which James tells us, leads to death. What do my eyes linger toward? I don't know what your eyes desire, but I sure know what my eyes lead me to. A big house with a big yard, with big oak trees, with a big playroom, with a big kitchen, with a big bathroom, with a big laundry room.. and if all those things are not BIG, I am not interested. :)The point is, it isn't just guys that have to guard their eyes.. we do too. Would I rather have possessions or give? sometimes possesssions but when I would rather hoard my money on myself, I pray the Lord would remind me to stop LIVING FOR THIS WORLD! We are living in a world where materialism is even acceptable in the church. Let's all check ourselves and make sure, whether rich or poor, we are not captivated by what we see.

Plumbing problems

This week has been interesting. At the beginning of the week, our toilet, shower, and kitchen sink stopped working. We didn't have any water that you could drink, no way to shower, go the the bathroom, cook, do laundry or dishes. There's two ways to handle this: get upset and become discontent with the circumstances God has placed us in (my first response) or give it to the Lord, trust Him, and laugh.... there has been a lot to laugh at this week. Quite a few times Joe would be studying in his office and I would run in.... leave the kids sitting there and barely make it to the church bathroom. Joe's helped me laugh a lot too, the other day he was leaving and said "is the first or second one yours?" I had no clue what he was talking about and was in the middle of running after one of the kids. He kept saying it and finally I got flustered and snapped at him "what are you talking about". He said "have you been peeing on the first or second tree? I've been using the first one" I think I laughed all afternoon at him. Laughter has been good medicane for us this week. The plumber fixed everything yesterday and now my house smells like bleach. :) Maybe the Lord took all our water away for a week to cause me to stop and beg him to help me be content. It's easy when things are going good, but when those trials come, big or small, I am so quick to fall on my face and realize I am doing this on my own strength again and acting as the world in my trials. Lord, thank you for our plumbing problem because through that you brought me closer to you. love you sabrina

A Godly Woman

I want to tell yall about an awesome family I met this week at a yearly Bible conference we go to in the area, they are the Gilly family. Let me tell you a little about them. Mrs Gilly was barren for 7 years and has had 3 miscarriages, one of these precious babies she carried full term. Over the years, the Lord has chosen to open her womb and bless her with 7 more children. Her 2 oldest children are on the mission field and currently the family is traveling full time in a conversion van staying in hotels across the country while Mr. Gilley preaches at different churches. She is homeschooling the youngest 5 as they travel.

If you met Mrs. Gilly you would see the Lord all over her. She has such a sweet countanance and it is obvious her husband and children adore her. I wish I could sit under her more than just in conversations this week. She recommended 2 books to me that I want to pass on to yall. One is called What the Bible says about child training by Richard Fugate and Child training tips by Reb Bradley. Her husband told me someone gave these books to them before they ever had children and they have always enjoyed them... I'm excited to read them....

She gave me a really good idea to train Noah to sit in church. She said when her kids were younger, she would sit them on the couch (all next to each other) every day after lunch and would have "church practice time" She would put in a Bible tape for the kids to listen to and they had to sit still and listen (with no talking) just as they would sit if they were in church. She said she sat on the couch right across from them with her "rod" and they were expected to act as they would in the service. They started off with 5 minutes and eventually her kids could sit the full service time...I'll let you know how this goes :) Take a look at their websight. It is http://www.ffministry.org/new_page_1.htm She told me there is a "mom" section on it.

PICTURES

Here's some pictures of our family. Noah and Georgia Anne are our blessings from God!

Christian mom??

Here is a quick overview of my day: I wake up, spend time with the Lord, eat some breakfast, find something that is clean and matches (or at least clean :), the kids wake up and the day goes hi-speed from there. Anyways, I can't talk about what I do all day without sharing with yall what God is doing IN me during my days. I remember when Noah was a newborn thinking "man I do the same stuff every day." One day I was standing at my sink thinking, what is the difference between being a christian stay at home mom and an unsaved stay at home mom. I mean, what is the difference .... we do the exact same stuff (feeding, diapers, cleaning, etc..) . I remember that question just got stuck in my brain and I thought about it for weeks!! Being a Christian has to impact how we are a mom even when our children are newborns.. I remember the Lord clearly reminding me of the verse "And whatever you do.... DO ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD!!!!" And then I figured out the difference... I don't know what the motivation for unsaved moms is, but I KNOW my motivation and purpose is to GLORIFY Christ! When the Lord reminded me of this 2 years ago, I began to actually enjoy all the mundane things in my day. When I wash my dishes I can pray dear Lord whoever ate off of this plate today, grow them to be more like you. I LOVE doing dishes when I am praying for my family. When my laundry is more of a mountain than a pile I can thank Christ for giving me a husband and children... We have a different purpose than the person who does not have Christ as their Abba Father. When we look at life as the unbeliever does, we end up acting like we belong to this world. But what a difference our Lord can make in our lives if we are RENEWING our mind in His Word then applying what He teaches us.