Hey my fam!

Hey, I wanted to play this song when we were all together on Thanksgiving, but...didn't happen, so here's the lyrics:

There's no way to put into words
How lucky I feel
Tonight under the lights
with all of you right here.
I'll cherish this moment
wherever I go
Without you I never would have known that

A little bit of love goes a long long way
So give a little love
A little bit of love changes everything
So give a little, give a little bit of love
Give a little bit of love

So what if it's getting cold
and everyone's inside
my heart is warm as a fire
when I'm by your side
the best things in life are
always the simple things
don't need much, just you here with me

A little bit of love goes a long long way
So give a little love
A little bit of love changes everything
So give a little, give a little bit of love
Give a little bit of love

It's better to live, better to live
than forget that it's
better to give better to give than to get

A little bit of love goes a long long way
A little bit of love changes everything
So give a little bit of love

So just wanted to let you all know how thankful I am for every one of you! Thanks for being you, and for all you've done to make me me! I love you all more than you'll ever know!!

Funny Kids

So I saw a post on facebook the other day. It was a mom who said that she had kept a journal of all the funny things her kids said. Man I wish I would have thought about that before, but I really think that I want to start now.
There are a few for some of the older kids that I still remember. So I thought I would share.
Geoy: "I want my fork and hot dog!" and for some reason Salt did not sound at all like salt, so glad his favorite show was blues clues so he could talk about mr. Salt. Then there was his weird name thing, whatever people called him, he called them, there was You (Jen always said Hey YOU! ) There was abada cause Pierce was always talking to him about birds, there was Dude cause Jonathan always called him dude, and then of course there was Baba cause She always called him Bubby, and that one stuck.
Then there's Anni who at four years old cried, you just don't understand me, and slammed the door. Most of her funny stuff came in the form of song, "They just don't love me, why don't they love me. Why are they making me clean my room?" She is also to the age now where she is saying very teenagerish stuff that makes me laugh coming out of my nine year old.
Jakey, oh my gosh he is so funny. He used to make up his own words. He still does I guess. The ones I remember the most were wootah and wootabee. Usually, I'm going to wootah you in the wootabee. Then there was bok-bok-inock. The latest has been pickle-Joe-Pete, huh?? The other day he saw something on TV and was like did you just see that rampaging dinosaur dude? I never know what he'll come up with next!
Jessi is hilarious. She has her issues with the way she says things that leads to very funny, and sometimes embarrassing situations. There was the naughty slug, "that fug is naughty." But the funniest things are the things she just comes up with, like a turkey is a fat chicken. And her rear is always her "big brown bahooky" thanks to open season, and today she had the bless yous. And as I'm writing this she is reading the bible to me "Jesus blessed us and then he died on the cross for us and He said let my people go, but the devil didn't listen." So funny!
So man, I really need to get that journal! Hope this was good for a laugh!

I Cried Today (er, yesterday)

Ok, so here goes take two. I hope I don't forget anything! Whenever this season comes around, it changes my perspective on being a mother, and on my Salvation. How could Mary have lived knowing Who Jesus really was. I don't think she could have known the true extent of what was to come, or she wouldn't have survived. But to think that the fate of the world lay in the body of this tiny baby. This fragile little body that had been placed in her care. The pressure to raise Him right and to keep Him safe must have been unbelievable. Then there must have been the temptation to spoil Him rotten only because she knew how special He truly was. We all have grand hopes and dreams for our children, but Mary KNEW that in Her son's future was the greatest plan of all. How could she discipline the Son of God? Wow.
Then as He got older, and started to push people, I wonder how many times she scolded him. Told Him to blend in, you don't want these people upset with you. I wonder how many nights she laid in bed crying in fear for His safety.
Then in the horrible end, to see her BABY beaten beyond recognition. To see Him in such pain, and not be able to do ANYTHING about it. How strong her faith must have been to just go on living, let alone to believe that her Father could take something so horrendous, and use it for something so good!
I don't think that Mary should be worshiped, or prayed to, but I do believe that she had to be the strongest woman to ever walk this earth to go through what she went through and keep on living. I know I could never do it. I would have done everything to save my son, and that is why God chose Mary.
When I think about Jesus as a tiny, defenseless baby, it makes what God did and what He did that much more real to me. Maybe that's because I have so much experience with babies...
So this is the song that got me thinking about all of this:

Joseph's Lullaby-Mercy Me

Go to sleep my son
This manger for your bed
You have a long road before You
Rest Your little head

Can you feel the weight of Your glory
Do You understand the price?
Or does the Father guard Your heart so
You can sleep tonight?

Go to sleep my son
Go and chase Your dreams
This world can wait for one more moment
Go and sleep in peace

I believe the glory of Heaven
Is lying in my arms tonight
But Lord, I ask that He for just one moment
Simply be my child

Go to sleep my son
Baby close Your eyes
Soon enough You'll save the day
But for now, dear child of mine
Oh, my Jesus, sleep tight.

Oh My Word!!

So I had this long awesome post on here, to tell about some thoughts that hit me today through a song. After trying several times to cut and paste the lyrics, I decided to type them. I got almost done and a little finger pushed the master power button. So needless to say, I feel like it needs to be said. My brain just hurts too bad to do it all over right now. But tomorrow it will be here, so stay tuned!

November???

I seriously cannot believe it is November. I know the whirlwind is about to start. Birthdays, then Thanksgiving, then Jakey's birthday, then DECEMBER! I really want to make sure that things don't get out of control this year. It seems that when we get to this time of year time speeds up, and before you know it, it's all over. I don't want that.
So I am trying to figure out a way to make sure that I savor every day of this season. I want to make it last, and not get caught up in the stress of getting everything done. I want to be able to relax, and spend time with my family. To have those snuggle on the couch with a Christmas movie, and some hot chocolate moments. To be able to watch all the Christmas specials, and go to the concerts and festivals, all the stuff that the kids will remember.
But most of all I want to be able to focus on the real meaning of the season. Jesus gave up everything to come down as a tiny baby and be at the mercy of mankind, all for us! I wish that we could just stop everything and spend the season with our families focusing on this fact. Wouldn't that be amazing? Too bad life has to go on! So I guess I will just have to settle for giving it my best to keep the focus and be present in the present! Ask me how I did in January!
Here is one of my favorite Christmas songs. Enjoy!! Now I'm going to have to get my Christmas music out!

Welcome To Our World-Chris Rice
Tears are falling, hearts are breaking
How we need to hear from God
You've been promised, we've been waiting
Welcome Holy Child
Welcome Holy Child

Hope that you don't mind our manger
How I wish we would have known
But long-awaited Holy Stranger
Make Yourself at home
Please make Yourself at home

Bring Your peace into our violence
Bid our hungry souls be filled
Word now breaking Heaven's silence
Welcome to our world
Welcome to our world

Fragile finger sent to heal us
Tender brow prepared for thorn
Tiny heart whose blood will save us
Unto us is born
Unto us is born

So wrap our injured flesh around You
Breathe our air and walk our sod
Rob our sin and make us holy
Perfect Son of God
Perfect Son of God
Welcome to our world

Since When Is Relevant the Opposite of Holy?

Where are we as the church going to end up after this movement of "being relevant" plays out? I understand the intent. However, Jesus is not a person who needs to be changed or watered down to be "relevant". Hebrews 13:8 "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever."
Having said this, would Jesus approve of the things we watch, listen to, say, think? Now I am not trying to be self-righteous, or high and mighty. Do I watch, listen to, say, think things I shouldn't? Of course. Would I, as a person in leadership, post these things on a bio for a webpage for my ministry or church to proclaim them to the world as my favorites? NO WAY!
If the pastor of a church can go online, and post a raunchy movie as their favorite, what does that tell me? It tells me that there is no standard of holiness. To do things that may not be what Jesus would approve of is one thing, to put it out there for all to see that you think nothing of it is another! Desensitization!
What scares me most is that there are these churches out there that are drawing people in by being "relevant" and are leading them into the very state of lukewarmness that God says He will spit out of His mouth. What good are we doing people? A wise youth pastor once told us that when you are leading whatever you do bad a little bit, those who follow you will do a lot, and whatever you do good a lot, they'll do a little.
I guess what I am saying is that I am scared for the next generation of the church. If the leaders in an effort to be relevant are leading people into a Christianity with no standard of holiness, then what will they become? A church of people who either miss the point entirely, or make it to eternal life by the skin of their teeth. Is that what we want? Or do we want people who truly know what it is to seek the Heart of God and be like him, not be relevant?
This is what Jesus prayed for us:
John 17:15-17
15My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. 17Sanctify[a] them by the truth; your word is truth.
I myself want to be in the world not of it. I think that was the idea behind being "relevant", but I just think it has gone seriously wrong!

Changes

I am learning to deal with this new life in which I only have two littles at home all day! I feel like I should be able to get a lot done without the extra: mama can you do this, mama can you help with this, mama how do I do this-es, but at the same time I just want to play with them!

I think the hardest thing to get used to will be how QUIET it is. Oh my word, I can actually hear myself think! Anyway, this is just a short little bloggy thing, just a thought. I guess I should go get something done, or ; ) play with my girlies...

Hey

Not sure how good I'll be at this, not really a blogger. However, I am trying to subscribe to my little soon to be OLD sister's blog. I guess maybe I have to have one to do that, so here it is.