Waiting Patiently on The Lord!

Patient- Bearing pains or trails calmly or without complaint; steadfast despite opposition, difficulty, or adversity; not hasty or impetuous. Patiently-In a patient manner.


    Sometimes I have the hardest time waiting patiently on the Lord's perfect timing...my mind drifts and thinks of ways how to fix, make things better or faster to benefit me in some shape or form. How can I sell my car faster, how can I get my darling little Bella to eat her meals faster?? How can my little Lily learn to listen to her mommy faster??? So many questions and ideas I have to fix little problems in my daily life as a mother, just a little faster. I realize that I can't sell my car faster, I can't get Bella to eat more or faster, I really really can't get Lily to listen to her mommy faster. Because if I don't have patients on God's perfect timing in all of this, then my car will cause me to worry and my Bella will frustrate me, and my little Lily want learn the skills that she needs. I hear myself and think how selfish of me to think that I can make things happen according to my time. By my car you know you want too, Bella eat your food faster mommy needs to get somewhere, Lily you just need to listen cause I am the mommy!! I struggle like any person and mother to fix the situation at hand, right away, not consulting in God and how he would have done things. Stop! Wait patiently on God's ever so gentile and sweet guiding words. I know that once I hear his perfect solution comes a sweeter victory and I find I am praising God just the way he would have me...and this rings sweeter to him. Yes we are parsing the Lord, because all this isn't about how to accomplish it faster, better, wiser then God but to know you find knowledge and success in the Lord. The daily duties become easer, calmer and faster!! When we find that we are waiting patently on the Lord, we are also tested in this task. Are we going to follow what the Holy Spirit is guiding us to do or are we going to listen to the frantic person that wants to just fix things and get passed the situation and move on. 


Psalm 140: 23-24
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life. 


Will I obey my Father and wait on his perfect timing or will I take matters into my own hands and make my day just a little more hectic and that more unpleasant for me and others around me.  


Romans 12: 13
 Be patent in trouble, and keep praying. When God's people are in need, be ready to help them. Always be eager to practice hospitality. 
Psalm 40:1
I waited patiently for the Lord to help me, and he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out of the mud and the mire. 


Having faith and patients that the Lord will hear your cry's and prayers, that he will come and lift us up when were felling a little lost...he gives us ideas and solutions to our daily situations. 


Psalm 139:4-5
You know what I am going to say even before I say it, Lord. You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head. 


The Lord will bless our hands and our work...Bella will and has improved in her eating but I know that the Lord will give her a desire to eat and she want be the petite little pumpkin any more.  I know that my worries of our finance's is in the Lords hand's and he has already pre-pared the person that will buy my car or the next job is provided already for my husband. I know that if I am patient that my God will give me just the right tools to help my little Lily to listen to her mommy. It's all in God's hands because in mine it just want go right. I am eased and comforted knowing that God is in control and that he will provide. 

"Spending time With the Lord"

I started reading and dedicating my time with the Lord, I like to set a certain time during the day just for me and him. I tend to put my girls down for there nap and I try to get some much needed alone time with God. Anyhow my study at the moment is in Psalms. 
"Spending Time With The Lord"
Psalms 37:4 and Psalms 37:5-7
Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this. He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun. be still before the lord and wait patiently for him; do not freet when men succeed in their ways when they carry out their wicked schemes.
* What is verse four saying to us?
Spend time with God, let him speak to you in your life. He love us! Get to know the Lord on an intimate level instead of just the surface. Sometimes we only tap in on the surface of getting to know the Lord of this creation. Our Creator!
Our God desires to give us what yearns in our hearts, but our desires should first be him!
    Psalm 37:4
Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.
     When we continue on to read he says to commit yourself to God. Don't brake away from spending time with God but instead find ways to spend time with him. God knows we have responsibilities as a mother, wife, father, husband, ect. What are ways to spend time with God and showing in your life how you glorify him? When your children are sleeping set this time for you and God. It's ok that things need to get done...it doesn't really matter as much as your relationship with Christ. Getting things done will always be there, but time with Christ you can't get back, so build up that time with him. Driving in your car, play Christian music and while driving pray talk to him about your day, worries, happiness, this is time with him, God. How you react to others, how you respond and even represent yourself day to day is an example of where your relationship with Christ is at. How about glorifying God in what shows you watch...sometimes we will say, "Oh that's ok," really is it??? I myself have been guilty of this.
Psalm 37:9-40
For evil men will be cut off, but those who hope in the Lord will inherit the land. A little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found. But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy great peace. The wicked plot against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them; but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he knows their day is coming. The wicked draw the sword and bend the bow to bring down the poor and needy to slay those whose ways are upright. But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken. better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked; for the power of the wicked will be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous.
* Continue to read its very interesting to see that what God is speaking of in his word, these things will come, when we do not know but I know that the Lord will prepare his children/people.  

 

Here are my girls Bella and Lily!! 

Time Fly's!!!

It's 2010 and we are staying busy...Lily is 15months now...oh boy is she a busy girl! She enjoys cuddling with her sister Bella in the morning just watching some good fun cartoon's. Bella is already 4yrs old...she celebrated her 4th birthday December 16th. She was very excited to get the toys that she did. I like to only buy toys during birthday's and Christmas I figure they will be more special and they have a nice large collection already that we don't need to buy a new toy every month. Lily is a great eater, Thanksgiving and Christmas meals have been a blast watching her dig in. Bella has gotten much better at eating since her little sister started eating. Bella try's to race her and when Bella wins at eating all her food, we like to make a big deal of it and give high fives. We enjoyed two Christmas's, one with my family and the other with the Kruis (Jesse's Side). Lily really didn't know what to do with all the presents but she enjoyed playing with the rapping paper...tearing it into little peaces was very exciting, not for those that needed to clean up after, but it was very nice to see the girls excited. The new year was spent with just the two of us. My mother took the girls and we were able to enjoy a free singles night. We joined Moriah, Andrew at Porters for dinner, afterwords went and spent some time with friends at there home...then I joined my girlfriends at 4daughters and yes my hubby joined me as well, for a night of dancing and laughing...after that we went home, slept in and had a wonderful breakfast just the two of us. It was lovely. We recently had an enjoying weekend at Hyatt Lake...Nana and Gandpa took the girls for us so that Jesse and I could get there the night before and enjoy some alone time. Which was very relaxing to sleep in and have breakfast with my man, we also enjoyed a ride on our four wheelers before the rest of the crew came. I loved the playing in the snow, time in the hot tub and just watching my girls enjoy being with family. Bella was a hoot! She loved the big tub as she called it. Well that's it for now.

Lily is getting so big!!!

Lily is almost one!!!
I can't believe it's almost been a year since my darling little one has come to the world. Wow Lily will be one years old October 1st...it will be so exciting to see how she reacts to all the attention. Here are some pictures of her journey.

New York

So as some of you know, I went to New York with my childhood friend Rebeca. What a wonderful gift that my hubby gave to me. Husbands can be so darn romantic and wonderful. So it was a wonderful experience and a very much needed time away to spend with my friend and the Lord. Even though I love my family it's always good to be able to clear my head. So New York, it was nice to see everything in real life not just on T.V. So I wouldn't live there or I wouldn't go back, not that it wasn't fun but just not something I would see twice. Places I went to Times Square, Central Park, Where the twin towers fell, Soho, Little Italy, China Town. I went to Times Square Church (very good by the way). I stayed at the Hilton New York, I recommend anyone to stay there, so nice. So I missed my family and husband like crazy. If I would plan a trip again it would be somewhere by the beach. ;)