Fantabulous Friday.....

Ask and you shall receive... I prayed to be content everyday this week and the Lord did above and beyond. I must say I become addicted to Facebook and now I have new thing to incorporate self dicipline in my life and time management....ha! ha! One thing is I have made contact with my sweet cousin. She may read my blog now too who knows. Rachel if your reading this I can not express how much joy I have that I have way to contact you and see you more often. .. too many miles seperate us. I know I wrote things I was thankful a few days ago but I have more.

1. For drive thru restraunts when you are sick.

2. KFC's cole slaw.( I always crave it when I am not feeling well)

3. For faithful believers who are sisters in Christ praying for me.

4. For my boys working diligently today.

5. For my husband calling and brightening my day each time I hear his voice ( after 12 years I still get excited to hear his voice on the other line)

6. For Dayquil and Nyquil.

7. For God's provision for our Awana store

8. For children to minister to and all the doors God is allowing me to walk through in that area

9 For God showing me the bigger picture in what He has been dong the past month in my life.

10 For my mom and being able to talk to her and rejoice in the Lord together this morning.

11. For God helping me forgive my in-laws

12. For forgiveness and mercy daily

Well I better stop I am just so happy God gave me a content heart all week. Whoever reads this I challenge you on being enraptured and content in the Lord and let me know what God does and shows you.

more content

Today is wednesday and I can not say enough how wonderful Sunday was. Good word from the Lord on how to keep eyes off of wealth and on Him and the dangers of making it our focus even if we don't have it. I must say my eyes have been distracted a lot lately wanting to be debt free and wanting to save. Got a new perspective on just how much of attitude of entitlement I have. And the lure of laziness wanting ease if I just had this amount. Sorry Lord.

I am hard worker but my pride needs to be gone even more so out of my heart. It was good to confess and repent. Then later this week God gave me encouragement through His word again in study in Genesis and 2 Peter about Abraham and Lot... on how He does rescue the righteous. How important it is for us to continue to be in prayer for the spiritually lost and fellow believers how it is a service to be in prayer even for those who have silenced you.
I think the Lord is helping to keep me in contentment through the week. This week has been a daily progression to less frustration and more contentment as the week progresses.
I have challenged our sunday school class mind you 4th/ 5th graders to write down 7 things a week they are thankful for until Christmas.
!. Jesus saving me
2. my husband
3. God's word
4. my healthy boys who are full of life and energy
5. parents that took me to church
6 running clean water
7. being able to teach with my husband sunday school to willing students!

content

Content: satisfy, delight, thrill, captivate, enrapture.....Enrapture: elate, gladden, gratify, please, rejoice;
ummmm. Well my sweet friend CAMO mom said it has been way too long. It has where have I been no where yet changed... my husband went on a mission trip to Mexico.. I think my heart must have gone with him. I can not seem to stop thinking about the people who he met mainly they were children. As I teach my boys and we go about our routines I wonder what theirs are...
Then also lately I have been searching my heart wondering do I really seek the Lord as earnestly as I should? Am I enraptured with where He has me and what He has me doing?
The weekend was wonderful I don't want to end and we have not even gone to church yet..Sunday's coming... I can say this I am striving to be satisfied in the Lord more each day. We just got done a few hours watching a family movie with the kids eating some goodies and the boys were grinning ear to ear as they headed off to bed. Gladdened. I don't know if anyone else reads this but my hubby and my friend but it gratifies my heart to write and see what what Jesus is having me work through. I recently joined Facebook and seeing old friends and catching up and looking at pics and reading their daily lives has been interesting and fun. I realized even though I am outgoing I have been become someone new... a more quieter soul, more at peace at home, and not so much a people person as I used to be. I used to wonder about everyone and their lives and now I just want to make sure I get through my quiet time with true a heart, be a kind wife and mom, show my family I cherish with each action ( fail daily at this one), and get all my things done on my chore chart so I can write.... I have not done very well blogging. I love to blog and read blogs but is it something that I can get in or will it take away from my time with Jesus. Can't blame for trying to have high expectations we will just have to see how all this fits.

I feel like I run all week, yet now looking at others I see I don't. But I am content today it has been a breath of fresh air. I look forward to Sunday so I can make it through Monday.. what a goal is will I be this content on Thursday? Will I be enraptured and perfectly content every day this week? Stay tuned so far it has been lasting to Tues..ha!ha!