wiped out wednesday

Wow.  This school year is off to a great start, but it is really wearing me down quickly.  I am so exhausted this evening!  I am really hoping to end up with more energy somehow and soon!  God has really blessed me this year with a supportive group of ladies at work and some great kids!  I am very excited to get into this year.  It stinks knowing I will be leaving shortly for maternity leave, but I know I will be even more blessed then!

I want to confess that I really need to get into God’s word and see what he has for me today because I know that he will give me wisdom and live giving joy through what He has for me.  I am overwhelmed and worn down, but blessed to have a job, a great family, and a supportive group of friends!  THanks guys!

computer issues

Sorry blog sphere!  Our home computer has crashed and we are awaiting the funding to purchase a new one or fix the old.  Please bear with me as the writings come when Matt is home and I can borrow his work computer.  I can’t tell you how excited I am about Unstoppable our new series and how excited Cal is about sharing it with us.  I am just as excited about kicking off the women’s ministry on September 6th with Tapestry’s first event!  Please sign up online with PNCC website!  This is open to all of the community.  Bring your friends, sisters, mothers, etc!  I can’t wait to share this vision with you!  Okay, I have to leave now and put Isabella down for “night night.”  I love my baby girl!

one day to go

I am taking the potty advice and today went better.  I took her out of the big girl panties and we trained with diapers.  It may not be what the book said to do, but it kept me sane today which in and of itself is a great feat!  Thanks.

As for life, one more day at home with my baby girl and then it is off to work!  I must say that I have been extremely blessed to have been given such a wonderful summer with my daughter.  It has been a great time filled with so much fun, but mostly with overpowering joy.  It is so refreshing to find it in the small things.  I really am going to miss her and our summer routine, but I know she loves her friends at nursery so I will survive.  As summer wraps up I am now looking forward to starting the school year off with a bang.  Of course I won’t have much time left before I am back at home with our little baby boy, but I am sure things will be well taken care of at work! 

These are the times I know God is in control because I couldn’t do this on my own.  Isn’t God great!

potty training woes

This is hard work!  I never thought I would be so tired at the end of the day from taking my daughter to the bathroom a thousand times a day only to have her not be very successful!  I am worn down and frustrated, but I am believing for the best outcome.  This is really just  another thing that seems to be a lot harder than I originally anticipated.  Oh well. On another note, I go back to work this week.  I really need to get on the ball since open house will be on Thursday and I haven’t been there since the last day of last school year.  I have been having too much fun being a mommy to even think about work!  I have decided that this year will be a year for Jesus.  He will get the center stage in my classroom so watch out!  I can’t wait to see where this goes!

Ladies, don’t forget to sign up for Tapestry’s kick off event on September 6th!  I will be a great event that should inspire us to move forward with a momentum that is unstoppable!  I can’t wait!

BTW any potty training advice and/or support is much appreciated!

Have you kept your word

Just a quick check up to make sure we are all praying for our teens and youth leaders as their are getting filled with God this week.  What an exciting time for all of us as our future leaders are being poured into this week by some really great people! 

Oh, I also wanted to make sure that you were asking God every morning for his direction and his purpose for your life for that day.  I have been doing this, but it sure seems like the devil is fighting me on this.  For example, my normally pleasant and sweet child woke up this morning before 7 to have a temper tantrum for the next 30 minutes.  Kind of made hearing God’s response a bit difficult!  However, we must persevere!  I can’t wait to see what he has to tell me for tomorrow!

Tapestry

It’s out!  If you saw it in the bulletin today, Tapestry is coming!  What is tapestry?  It is PNCC women’s ministry!  Our kick off event is coming September 6th.  Please get on the Internet (oh wait you already are on it) and get on Pointe North’s web site.  Find the Tapestry link and PLEASE sign up and let us know that you are coming.  This is a visioning event that you don’t want to miss!  I can’t wait to share with you where this ministry is going and how you can be a part. Plus who doesn’t love worship and food!  Not to mention prizes and getting to know the ladies in our community.  Please invite your family and friends because this is open to all ladies in our community.  God has a big vision for us to full fill and I can’t wait to get started!  Don’t forget to sign up soon so we can have enough room and food!  This is something you don’t want to miss!  Men, get your wives, sisters, mothers, friends to sign up!  Make sure to schedule the day so you can stay home with your kids so your wives can have the morning to grow closer to Christ’s vision for this community and it’s women!

a reality check

I must say that I am awfully proud of our Pastor today.  Cal did a phenomenal job this morning speaking on faith like Jesus.  I love when I walk out inspired to be a better person with a clearer vision as to who God has called me to be.  I really think that today’s sermon was great.  As I looked around today, I know that the Holy Spirit was present and was doing his job.  It is about time that we stepped out of who we want to be and what we want our “genie God” to do and start thinking and living in terms of what God’s vision calls us to do. I want to start living by His will alone and not by mine.  Too often I find that if we do exactly what God asks of us with no ulterior motives that’s when God’s will truly comes to life and people find Jesus.  That is why we are here.  Not for possessions or experiences, but instead for saving all we can and bringing them into the kingdom of God.  If that isn’t an awesome vision I don’t know what is.  I love the excitement of living life for that purpose.  It is so exciting to think of all of our community sifting gears and moving with the momentum of Christ to make changes in our lives that will then effect the lives of those around us.  I am so pumped.  Join me in waking up each day truly seeking God’s purpose and vision for your life for that day.  I can’t wait to hear the stories that will come!