I am so not ready for this! But at the same time I am so ready for this!
She will be everywhere soon! Yay! AHHH!!
:)
Love.
Court
and
Ava.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Camera happy...
I just wanted to show everybody how much Ava
is starting to look like her mom. :)
P.S. The only reason she looked at the camera was because
she wanted it and I had to hold her down - hence the arm across
my neck trying to push herself to it and my hand holding her chest
in another! Haha.. one of these days
she will just sit there. Maybe....
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
This post is dedicated...
I am posting this for an old friend of mine.
He needs encouragement and I'm trying to share with him the wonderful things our God can do for him.
Please pray for him and his salvation.
"Casting all your care upon Him, for He careth for you"
1 Peter 5:7
He needs encouragement and I'm trying to share with him the wonderful things our God can do for him.
Please pray for him and his salvation.
"Casting all your care upon Him, for He careth for you"
1 Peter 5:7
Thursday, September 4, 2008
something old, something new.
old.
new.
old.
new.
needless to say, ava is adorable...
and i am growing my hair out because i LOVE long hair again!
:)
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
"Fellowship in the Gospel"
Today was the perfect day for this reading. I read today's reading but at times, some things don't seem to stick as well. It's like God wanted today's reading to stick out more to others while November 10th's sticks more with me today. Perhaps September 2nd's reading will reach my heart on November 10th! :)
I really needed this!
"November 10, 2008
Fellowship in the Gospel
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. . . fellow laborer in the gospel of Christ . . . —1 Thessalonians 3:2
After sanctification, it is difficult to state what your purpose in life is, because God has moved you into His purpose through the Holy Spirit. He is using you now for His purposes throughout the world as He used His Son for the purpose of our salvation. If you seek great things for yourself, thinking, "God has called me for this and for that," you barricade God from using you. As long as you maintain your own personal interests and ambitions, you cannot be completely aligned or identified with God’s interests. This can only be accomplished by giving up all of your personal plans once and for all, and by allowing God to take you directly into His purpose for the world. Your understanding of your ways must also be surrendered, because they are now the ways of the Lord.
I must learn that the purpose of my life belongs to God, not me. God is using me from His great personal perspective, and all He asks of me is that I trust Him. I should never say, "Lord, this causes me such heartache." To talk that way makes me a stumbling block. When I stop telling God what I want, He can freely work His will in me without any hindrance. He can crush me, exalt me, or do anything else He chooses. He simply asks me to have absolute faith in Him and His goodness. Self-pity is of the devil, and if I wallow in it I cannot be used by God for His purpose in the world. Doing this creates for me my own cozy "world within the world," and God will not be allowed to move me from it because of my fear of being "frost-bitten.""
+ <- Ava typed that plus sign. I couldn't bring myself to delete it.
I really needed this!
"November 10, 2008
Fellowship in the Gospel
ODB RADIO: DownloadREAD:
. . . fellow laborer in the gospel of Christ . . . —1 Thessalonians 3:2
After sanctification, it is difficult to state what your purpose in life is, because God has moved you into His purpose through the Holy Spirit. He is using you now for His purposes throughout the world as He used His Son for the purpose of our salvation. If you seek great things for yourself, thinking, "God has called me for this and for that," you barricade God from using you. As long as you maintain your own personal interests and ambitions, you cannot be completely aligned or identified with God’s interests. This can only be accomplished by giving up all of your personal plans once and for all, and by allowing God to take you directly into His purpose for the world. Your understanding of your ways must also be surrendered, because they are now the ways of the Lord.
I must learn that the purpose of my life belongs to God, not me. God is using me from His great personal perspective, and all He asks of me is that I trust Him. I should never say, "Lord, this causes me such heartache." To talk that way makes me a stumbling block. When I stop telling God what I want, He can freely work His will in me without any hindrance. He can crush me, exalt me, or do anything else He chooses. He simply asks me to have absolute faith in Him and His goodness. Self-pity is of the devil, and if I wallow in it I cannot be used by God for His purpose in the world. Doing this creates for me my own cozy "world within the world," and God will not be allowed to move me from it because of my fear of being "frost-bitten.""
+ <- Ava typed that plus sign. I couldn't bring myself to delete it.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
A time for change.
Tomorrow is the last day of my life in Peru, Indiana. Thank God! This town reminds me of a piece of my life that I would rather not remember. So many things have changed over the past year and one of these things is my contentment in living in this town - it has gone out the window!
I have cut all ties with all friends living here. It is hard sometimes when driving down the road and you see someone you knew - sometimes it makes me resentful (and I don't like feeling negative about anything anymore!). However, I have made a few new ones! :)
The only sad thing about this move is I feel bad for taking Ava and her daddy far away. I realize it is only an hour, but it was only 10 minutes. I have a lot of thoughts jumbling around within the walls of my brain right now - of which I won't bore everybody with. Let's just say I really hope that the Lord will change something in Sean's heart through all of this. How amazing would it be if Ava's parents were to marry someday?
It is time for a new start for a new me - and a new life that has been brought into the life of the new me! :)
Speaking of that new life - a few of you have asked for more videos of my Avie love. Once we get settled, I will happily make some more! That is, if the camera can keep up with her! She is so fast! She is really good at standing and holding on to things now. And she thinks when you blow kisses to her that it is the silliest thing in the world. <3 to my baby.
It is really time for me to go to bed. I have a long day of last minute throwing things in boxes. And some work to do still. I can't WAIT until this weekend and this move!
I have cut all ties with all friends living here. It is hard sometimes when driving down the road and you see someone you knew - sometimes it makes me resentful (and I don't like feeling negative about anything anymore!). However, I have made a few new ones! :)
The only sad thing about this move is I feel bad for taking Ava and her daddy far away. I realize it is only an hour, but it was only 10 minutes. I have a lot of thoughts jumbling around within the walls of my brain right now - of which I won't bore everybody with. Let's just say I really hope that the Lord will change something in Sean's heart through all of this. How amazing would it be if Ava's parents were to marry someday?
It is time for a new start for a new me - and a new life that has been brought into the life of the new me! :)
Speaking of that new life - a few of you have asked for more videos of my Avie love. Once we get settled, I will happily make some more! That is, if the camera can keep up with her! She is so fast! She is really good at standing and holding on to things now. And she thinks when you blow kisses to her that it is the silliest thing in the world. <3 to my baby.
It is really time for me to go to bed. I have a long day of last minute throwing things in boxes. And some work to do still. I can't WAIT until this weekend and this move!
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