Resting in the Lord

In my devotion this morning the verse "Come to me all who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28 So I decided to do an inductive study on this verse. I ask myself 1)Do I go to Christ when I am weary and burdened? 2) Do I rest in him? then came the questions 1)Why don't I go to Christ? and 2)Do I know how to rest in him? As I thought about these questions I got stuck on Do I know how to rest in Jesus? This should be simple but yet I struggled with it, as I continued to read in my journal it said "Resting in Jesus means: feeling secure in Him and allowing His peace to fill your soul" it then said to start by mediatating on the Lord's promises and His everlasting love for you. There it is again meditate "Selah" that word Julie spoke of from retreat. I am so busy that it is so hard for me to just sit and listen and meditate but it is a pattern in my lessons from the Lord lately. As I think about resting in the Lord what an amazing thing feeling secure in Jesus, letting him fill our soul. It's what he wants for us he is just waiting for us to ask him. We miss out on so much the Lord wants to give us because we just don't ask. (I guess you could also say Inquire of the Lord there is my word Inquire) I pray we all find our rest and security in our Lord. There is no better place to be. Thank you Lord for meeting me this morning.

Earthly husbands and Heavenly husbands what a gift

Having Brian gone is very hard for me. When he is gone I feel lost. Natalia I don't know how you did it for 6 months I am stuggling and it's been 2 days. In our 9 years of marriage we have hardly ever been apart. As I sit here and think about him I ask myself do I long for time with Jesus as much as I do my earthly husband? WOW! that's a tough question I would love to say oh yes even more but God knows that's not the truth. I know God allows us times like these for us to reconnect with him to learn to rely on him because he will meet our every need. Lord I am sorry for not always measuring up. I do want this to be a special time for you and I this week. Brian even emailed me and told me to spend time with you. You have given me such a gift in Brian and as amazing as he is you gave me something even more amazing you gave me my salvation. Thank you Lord. I am looking foward to our time this week. Thank you for gently reminding me you are waiting to spend time with me. I will meet you in the mornign with my bible and my coffee.

It's only day one

Well let's see Brian has a business trip to Monterrey this week and when he is gone things just go wrong. So he left Monday morning at 4am and at 7am I sat at my computer pulled back the curtains only to see an injured coyote sleeping in my back yard,(now my back yard is surrounded by a 6ft wall) I began to laugh because it had only been 3 hours since my husband left and I saw this as only the beginning of a long week. I called Brian and told him he saw it as a sign he should by season tickets to see the Coyotes play hockey. I called the police and they came out to get it. Then last night Hannah comes out of the bathroom to tell me that she had just gone potty and Joshua threw a kazoo in the toilet before she could flush (let me tell you she didn't go pee) I go in the bathroom to check this out only to find out my daughter used 3/4 of a double roll of toilet paper and the toilet was filled with toilet paper. I called Brian and he told me to use my tongs take out the paper and the kazoo and put them in a plastic bag then throw it away so I could flush the toilet, well you need to know that this was not my idea of fun and now I need to go buy me some new tongs. So day one is over and I am INQUIRING (my word) of the Lord the lesson in all of this. So as Tuesday begins I am very cautiously waiting to see what it holds. I will keep you all posted.

What will I do with what God said?

Well the retreat is over God has spoken and what will we do with what he has told us? It is so easy to get on a high at retreat but when we come back to reality Satan is waiting to trip us up and steal our joy. Let us remember the convictions we felt at retreat and the promises we made to our Lord. We need to remeber what Julie M shared with us "The Lord is our treasure" also remeber the the key she gave us to unlock the treasure "Spend time in the Word " sounds so simple but why don't I always do it? Well today I took my first step in spending more time with God we turned the TV off at 9:30am and it did not come back on until 6pm WOW! It was a great feeling and my son is learning with me. (It's never too early to teach them good habits) I realy liked what she said about the word "Selah" and how we need to stop and meditate on what we just read you see God has already been working on me to be still and know that he is God and what better way than to read his word then just "Selah" Well as I with the help of our Lord start my journey of walking closer to him and growing into the woman of God he desires for me to be I ask for your prayers and encouragement. In closing may we all have gems, jewels and gold piled high and very little wood, hay and stuble. What a great retreat! Thank you Lord for loving me and for pouring out grace and mercy on me. Don't give up on me Lord with your help I will triumph.

Having fun at retreat

Having fun at retreat.

Quiet time at retreat

We got word to study at retreat during out quiet time. I got the word "Inquire" I guess I will be doing alot of inquiring of the Lord this next year so let's open the bible and get started.

What will my word be?

Every year at retreat we get words to study for the next year this is a fun and challenging thing to do. Last year I received the word "Fight" wow I wasn't too excited about that word but after studying fight it made it easier to fight the battles set before me when I had the word of God behind me. Well then I went on a retreat in April and got another word "Joy" my first thought was cool I love "Joy" well then God reminded me that Joy comes in the morning and is a result of various trials. Joy is an amazing thing but it usually follows a trial (and in case you are wondering it is true even though I have Joy it came at the end of many of trials.) We used to sing a song when I was a kid "Joy Joy this is what it means Jesus first Yourself last and Others in between" Oh so true. So with this said I am somewhat hesitant to get my word this year but I do know that it will make a great study and it will be great to have scripture to hold onto when I encouter various trials. So stay posted to find out what word God thinks I need to study this next year.

"Happy Birthday Brian !!!!"

Today is Brian's birthday so we went to dinner tonight at Native New Yorker (food not so good) then we came home for cake and presents. We have had a fun family night we sang to Brian then he opened his gifts and we ate cake. We had a tiramisu cake and it was great. Brian has had a good day. We pray God will bless him this next year in special ways because he deserves it. He is the best husband and daddy ever. Join with me as we sing one more time to Brian " Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Briiiiaaaan Happy Birthday toooo you" We love you Brian/daddy.

Wonderful Women at CCS

Today 8 ladies from CCS came over to help wrap gifts for retreat we had a great time and were able to finish in less than 2 hours. We all wrapped gifts and the kids played and they were great. Wednesday morning I was planning on 5 ladies plus myself to be here and by evening we only had Erica and I to wrap then came today and 8 ladies came over to help we went from 6 to 2 to 9 in 48 hours WOW! things get crazy before retreat. A great big THANK YOU!!!!!!! to Janice B, Linda S., Linda P., Erica, Sarah, Chelsea, Julie M., and Aimee for coming over and helping you were all lots of fun and worked so hard. God bless you all. Only 7 days left the countdown to retreat begins.

He is too stinking cute

Joshua wanted to put on his bandana because it matched his new jammies. He's so cute!

It's finally here

It's finally here Football season is here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In the Millage house this is huge out comes the Steelers and Bears paraphernalia and fantasy football drafts begin I love this time of the year. Will the Bears return to the Super Bowl to claim another victory or will the Steelers be the first team to win 6 Super Bowls? So come Sunday afternoons or Monday nights you will find Brian and the kids and I in front of the TV screaming and yelling and rooting on our favorite teams. I am so glad God brought me a husband that loves sports as much as I do. So as Brian and Joshua root for the Bears Hannah and I will be rooting on the Steelers. Let the season begin.

My Guys

They are just too cute, I love them!

"Be still and know that I am God"

I am sitting here in the quiet of my house listening to my family sleeping and the words "Be still and know that I am God" keep running through my head. How often do I actually sit still and just give God a chance to speak to me? Life is so busy I am always running to or from something and my time to just sit at his feet is becoming less and less. I am always reminded of Mary & Martha and I would love to say I am just like Mary sitting at Jesus feet hanging on his every word in total awe of him but the truth is I am Martha. My hearts desire is to be more like Mary and less like Martha. I want to sit in the stillness and just listen to God. Maybe it's fear of what he might tell me? I don't know maybe. Lord I need your help remind me to take time to be with you so we can talk. I love you Lord.

Let 2nd grade begin

Here is a picture of Hannah on her first day of 2nd grade (8/8/07) she was glad to be back in school. She came home excited because she loves her teacher and she made 2 new friends she also got to play with some old friends from last year during lunch recess so all in all it was a successful day. This week she starts Tera Nova testing for placement this year she can't wait because she knows when it's all done she can start math and reading which she loves both. Josh and I are trying to figure out what we are going to do this year while sissy is in school. Will keep you updated.

Will they be alive

I am so heart broken for the families of the 6 miners who are trapped in Utah. If they are found dead I am going to be devastated, I have been praying so hard that they be found alive. I think about their families often and what they must be going through. Did these men know Jesus? Are they still alive? If not did they suffer? these questions keep going through my mind. All I can do is pray that Jesus will hold them and their families in his hand and comfort all who are involved. Lord I am asking for a miracle. If it be your will Lord let them find these men tomorrow but if it's not Lord then please bring comfort. Lord once again the words of Todd K. come flooding through my mind "Is Jesus good because of what he does or because of who he is?" He is good because of who He is let us not forget that Lord. Please give us a miracle Lord. I love you.