To My Friend

I've been thinking about a dear friend of mine lately. Just over a year ago, she lost her precious little boy to a terrible accident. Her pain to me is unimaginable. I have never met this dear friend for we connected through cyber space. But we share a bond that meeting one another has no bearing. We share the blood of Christ. We are sisters, fellow followers of Jesus Christ. I have come to love this friend of mine through her blog posts, her emails, and our on-line chats. She has been on my heart alot lately. Today as I read this verse, I could only think of her. It is from


Isaiah 43:2, "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you."




To me this verse reminds us that we will go through trials here on earth. Some of those trials will seem impossible to bear. But, God has promised to be with us every step of the way. We will not be consumed by our trials. We will not be consumed by our pain and our sorrow. When I think of my dear friend, I ask myself how can she get out of bed each day and go on? How has she maintained her amazing sense of humor. And I know the answer! It is only by the grace of God that she can do all those things! I have seen Him at work in her life! He has carried her through and He will continue to do so. When I read what she is going through and how God is at work in her life, I am truly amazed and completely encouraged! I feel so very blessed to know her and call her my friend. Even in the midst of her trial, she lifts me up in prayer! I have been completely humbled and honored to be her friend and to share in her journey. It is quite the experience when you are blessed enough to see the hand of God at work! He is so good! So today , my post is for you dear sweet Marshy!!!

God is Good!

I am just sitting here thinking about how good God is! I have so many things to be thankful for! The past few months, my vision has been a bit clouded by my selfishness. But I am here to testify that God is good! He has heard my cries and He has heard the cries of those who have been lifting me up in prayer (thank you guys!!!!). He has slowly been lifting me up out of the pit that I was in. I know that it won't be easy and that I may stumble a bit on the way out. I just pray I won't fall back down to the bottom! Keep praying for me though because I am not completely out yet! :) I have truly been trying to change from the inside out! I have tried not to speak anything negative or think it for almost 2 weeks now! At first it was hard, but it is getting easier! It really does make a difference! I have been trying to make my relationship with God, my marriage and my kids my central focus. Not the woe is me I live in NH song and dance I carried out for way too long!!!!!!! I have so much to be thankful for! I wanted to list a few that have really touched my heart lately:

1. To hear my 10 year old son this morning say this of his little sister, "I like helping Valerie, it is fun, I am glad she is my sister."!!!! Music to my ears!!!!!
2. There was ALOT of laughter in my house this past weekend! Alot of it was coming from my husband!!!!!!!!! Who seriously has not laughed in a long time (thanks to me and my sour attitude).... this is proof that the Love Dare is working!!!!!!!!!! :)
3. God sending me a prayer partner! It feels so good to sit and pray with a fellow sister!
4. Watching my oldest who will be 13 in less than 2 weeks, display wisdom and discernment. Evidence of being raised and trained at home from God's Word!

So those are only a few!!!! I am sure I could go on and on, but for now, that is what I wanted to share!
God's Word is so TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He truly is doing an amazing work in me!

Thinking...

Just thinking that I want to stay connnected to my family and friends, but I am really starting to hate Facebook. People put way too much personal and inappropriate stuff on there. I really like it so that I can look at pictures and share mine with others, but I am really wondering if it is worth all the other garbage. So I must decide... I like being able to have a blog so that I can write things down to share... my thoughts, my happenings, etc. So I will make my decision soon...

Welcome to my blog

This is my first time on blogger. I have another blog, but thought I would give this one a try as well. I am not sure when I can get on here and add new things. But for now... welcome to my blog!