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I have been a little M.I.A from the blog world, photography and facebook for awhile, though I’m slowly creeping my way back in… Mainly to keep in touch and be in prayer with certain groups of women that I have met and befriended on facebook, but for those who are bored and want to know where I am in my life right now, here ya go! 

          (Thank you to all the ladies that have allowed me to pray for you, let me into your lives and have prayed for me when I needed a friend.)

 

So, where have I been?

Well, I have been right here.

Doing nothing fancy…

Striving to be a good mom, a loving wife and more importantly, learning to put God and His Word first in my life, seeking His Kingdom, trusting Him, learning to Obey Him and enjoying this peace that He has given me in return.  This is the ONLY thing that matters to me in my life.

I fall short everyday, sometimes more than other days… and I sin everyday, but I am trying.

But those who trust in the LORD will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:31

  I have been enjoying the simple things…

waking up every morning and making my family a hot breakfast,

today- wheat pancakes, real maple syrup, eggs…

I have become a great cook… who knew?!

Packing my husbands lunch, my kids lunch…

praying with and for Ethan and Ty (my 4 & 5 year old boys) and my husband, Tyler.

I sit in the morning alone with His Word & I am grateful (and sometimes with a kid on my lap).

I have learned to be still, to find joy in the silence of my life, to trust Him in EVERY aspect of my life and job.

Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody. 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12

It’s been so amazing to me to watch my boys grow in Faith, it’s like they were just born with this awe for the Lord… they never question me, they bow their heads and pray as I ask God to bless their days- tiny, chubby hands with fingers held tightly together,  I sometimes look up and just stare at their long blonde eyelashes as their eyes are flickering closed, taking in the moment, engraving it in my heart… they let me read scriptures, stories and hear me talk about Jesus, and they just listen, with big eyes and huge hearts… soaking it in… the seed slowly growing-  me, so blessed, to be able to water it daily.

One day I was feeling rather blue and Ty came in my office from watching Power Rangers and said “Momma, Jesus watches over you.’

My. Heart. Sank.

“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.” 3 John 4

I can’t help but think… what would the world be like  if we all had praying parents?  These past few years I have learned how truly powerful prayer is and I strive daily to pray for these crazy sweet little souls that God blessed me with.  Where would I be if my parents would have prayed with me on the way to school or alone next to their bed daily, praying for His hand in my life, praying that the little seeds they were planting would help me learn how to take the right paths and to steer clear from the paths that I couldn’t see flashing in bright red, DO NOT ENTER ANGIE, RUN… But of course, I was too blind to notice- I didn’t know who He was.  Maybe they did pray for me silently, maybe I was just too prideful and stubborn to hear.   Would I have strayed so far?  Or would I have rebelled even more?

  I know that all that matters now is that I am here, because of my past, because of my amazing parents and my upbringing, and my Heavenly Father who never left my side.  And I am staying put.  This place right here, with His overflowing rivers of love, forgiveness, peace and grace-  Come and have a taste, I promise you will come back for more!

“If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’” John  7:37-38

I was not always a believer, I have done things and said things that I have since asked forgiveness for… I have seen things that would scare a person to never be able to sleep without a light on.  I hit a low bottom that only few know about it, who prayed over me and helped me overcome my battles.  I guess I never realized that all I was missing was His peace.  I have found that peace. I realize now that the enemy was so very present in my life, he was trying to scare me, he was telling me I wasn’t “good enough” to be “one of those Jesus believer fools”, that I wouldn’t be accepted, I had done too much wrong… but I am proud to say he lost.  He lost so very, very badly.  You know, we all have a past.  I read this the other day, “Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.”  I am not ashamed for loving Jesus- He has set me free!!!  Maybe I will be a called a Jesus freak, a bible beater…  Well, that is ok, I can think of a lot worse things to be called.  What is in my heart and who I am now, is between me and the Lord.  We are all sinners, my sin is no greater than your sin and it is not for us to judge eachother.   What I know now  is that old me is dead, and I have been made new by Him.  My eyes are focused on heaven, my heart is set on Him, so that one day when I die, I will be able to live forever with Him.

You count it strange?

So once did I,

before I knew my Savior.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!  2 Corinthians 5:17

Now turn your speakers up as high as they can go and sing your heart out to this song with me! 

 

“I want to be a woman quiet in spirit. I want to be a woman known for her good heart and not her appearance. I want to be known as a servant. I want to listen and be heard. I want to be a woman that is kind.I want to be a woman after God’s own heart.”