Just what I needed

God always know just what I need and the timing is always perfect. Today was a particularly challenging day for us with Gavin. Well, saying that the day was challenging isn't a fair representation b/c the challenge only lasted about 2 hours...seems like an entire day when its that bad!! I love that Gavin is so quick to forgive and that we can move on to brighter things.

I got a phone call from my friend Kelly just to ask me about a shirt size, well that's what we though initially. I do believe the shirt was just a way to get us on the phone with each other at jus the right time. I just said to her when ending the conversation, "hey, please pray for us this afternoon about Gavin and his behavior, its been really bad." Kelly then began to encourage me and we were able to share with each other some trying points in parenting a "difficult" preschooler. I use the term difficult lightly b/c these kids are so delightful most of the time :) God knew that Kelly and I needed to talk today at that particular moment. It was refreshing for her to tell me that I am a good mother and that she would be praying for me. We have both gone through some good and bad times with our sweet preschoolers and agree that it has brought us to a different level of dependence on God. Thanks Kelly, you are a sweet sweet friend.

I also had a much needed "date" with my friend Mary Nelle. We ALWAYS have our kids with us and we do make a point to "play" with the kids but I think we both needed a kid-free night. So, I fed Brooks and put him to bed and left Gavin in charge, J/K , Tim is off tonight so he put Gavin to bed after I left the house at 800pm. That's crazy, I haven't "gone out" in a long time. It only consisted of drinking a coke at Smokey Bones but it was so worth being with my friend for some girl time.

God has blessed me tremendously with some awesome girlfriends. I know I use my kids as my reason for not doing alot of stuff but God can't be hindered by my "schedule" and sense of control. I wish I had more opportunities to hang out with and/or talk to all of my friends regularly like I had today. HE is so good and HE knows just what I need.

Winter Jam 2011 - Francesca Battistelli - This is the Stuff - 1/15/11

My first Blog, What its all about!

Ok, so I've been thinking about doing a blog for a while. I seem to have a lot to say but find that most of my day is spent with 2 little boys who probably don't care much about it all. About the title of my blog: There is a song by Francesca Batestelli (?sp) called This is the Stuff. It's about the little stuff in our lives that drive us crazy but at the same time drive us to God and it's that same stuff that God uses in our lives to draw us to Him so that He will be glorified in us. That's my interpretation of the song. For me, the very first line of the song is about losing a cell phone and asking a friend to call you so you can possibly find it. Been there done that, more than I'd like to admit. It drives me crazy and it drives Tim even crazier when I lose my phone!!! Losing a different phone 3 times in 6 months will tend to make someone like me feel like an utter failure. "I can't even keep up with a stupid phone, why do I think I have any business keeping up with a family!" That is a line straight from Satan. Years I've spent trying to "take every thought captive as unto the Lord" but it seems the little stuff seems really big alot of times. God is so much bigger than that stupid cell phone and He would not have blessed me with such a terrific family if He didn't think I was capable, with Him of course, of taking care of them. So, all of that is to say that I am going to blog about the stuff in my life...the good the bad the ugly. My hope is that as I grow in my relationship with the Lord that there will be more good stuff to share than bad or ugly, even though He uses those just the same.