Joining the challenge...

I am excited to take on this great challenge! I will purpose to keep up with my blog (some time away is coming up) and be honest as I journal about the weeks ahead as I make honoring my husband a refreshed goal in my life.
Honoring our husbands is obedience to God and His Word. I am so blessed to have other wives out there to encourage me and spur me on in the blessing of being a wife to a man of God.

My goals for this week:
1. PRAY for my husband every day
2. Smile at him more :)
3. Look for extra ways to make him happy

I have read the great book, Created to Be His Helpmeet and recommend it to all wives! Debi Pearl is a woman of God who writes in a "no beating around the bush" kind of way, I like it! God's Word is clear in our calling as wives. It is our choice to obey or not.

I am so thankful for my husband, he is amazing and such a GIFT from God. We will be celebrating our 7 year anniversary in August. I love him so very much and praise God for creating Edwin...just for me! In another post, maybe I will take more time to brag on my man!!! :)

Dear friends.....

Thank you all so very much for either your comments or emails to me in regards to me writing, I consider what you wrote a blessing and encouragement. The thought of not writing has not really come across my mind, I just know that I need to seek the Lord in it, as far as "speaking from my heart"....many of your reading don't even know me in "real" life, so what you read, is what you get :) and in that it can be very one sided, so when someone who knows me super well, makes me think about how I come across, I want to take the time to ponder it....does this make sense? :) Hope so.

My point is, I KNOW that God has chosen this journey I am on, we are all on a journey, it is called life...and as I travel, there are bumps and valleys, mountain peeks, and tidal waves. Yet through it all, I am grounded because of my Rock, my fortress, my GOD. Whenever I am able to praise His name, my heart's desire is to give HIM all the glory, as rightfully due Him. In my writing, I may come across as leading a "rosy" life, but know that any rose in my life, is because of the BLESSINGS from above...I want to be real, I want to be honest and I have been. When I take the time to write, I want to produce something that is worth looking back on, that is why I started this mommy blog...my little space to write and review the goodness of God in my life.

My mind often whirls with what is taking place in my life, as I know it does for you likewise...our minds MUST be renewed and steadfast on God in order to remain at peace. When I am uneasy, or as I describe it, unable to breathe, it is an inside little "Liz" monitor, letting me know that I need to stop and refocus. There is continually so much on my plate and because whenever I am out and about, even at church events, so many people are so quick to comment, "you have your hands full..." I comment back and do mean it, "I love it"...I often find myself when writing wanting to dwell on and almost reiterating it to those reading and mainly to myself that I DO indeed love my life and am so thankful. I believe we can all find reason to feel overwhelmed, but because I know myself and my makeup, when I write, I want dwell on the GOOD in my life because of what God is doing.

So, there you have it, more explanation about my timid come back into blogging....I truly do LOVE my life, the good, the bad, and the ugly too! There is much of that simply because we live in a sin-full world, but I know that God wants me to dwell on things above and live in the Victory I have because of Christ! I am so very privileged and blessed for the family He has given me, the place in where I live, and the opportunities HE gives my way...

Lord may YOU continue to lead me, as YOU alone are the only ONE worth admiring, since YOU are perfect and steadfast...

Growing and seeking....

It has been a while and I have to admit that my time away is mainly due to a opportunity the Lord has given my way...there has been much added to my "plate" and in the midst of that, God is revealing more and more of my NEED for His Word daily in my life. I always knew that, but lately I yearn for my time with Him...His words to me have been refreshment to my soul and the fuel that keeps me going.

A dear friend wrote me and shared with me some observations in regards to what I write here on my blog. Her comments have made me stop and think, pray and ponder...and even become scared to write. So, with these two areas of growth God has brought my way, I write to say that I am alive and well and seeking God's leading on when to write more.

Summer time is busy, life in general is busy, just know that I have yet to move forward in truly writing all that God has taught me lately. I need to pray more about what I write, though this blog is a journal of sorts, a way for me to unwind and relax, resting in the grace of God as I write about HIM and the work HE has and continues to do in my life.

I thank you for coming here if you have and for allowing me to start a writing process of what God is teaching me.

On a lighter note :) Here is a picture for you to enjoy or my sweet children on Father's Day