I am indeed a 'kept' woman and praise God for it!

This was sent to me by one of my best girlfriends and I had to share it.


I Am a 'Kept' Woman?

You see,
there were a few times when I thought I would lose my mind,

But GOD kept me sane. (Isa. 26:3)



There were times when I thought I could go on no longer,

But the LORD kept me moving. (Gen 28:15)



At times, I've wanted to lash out at those whom I felt had done me wrong,

But the LORD kept my mouth shut. (Ps. 13)



Sometimes, I think the money just isn't enough,

But GOD has helped me to keep the lights on, the water on,
the car paid, the house paid, etc.., (Matt. 6:25 -34)



When I thought I would fall,

HE kept me up.


When I thought I was weak,

HE kept me strong! (I Pet. 5:7, Matt. 11:28-30)


I could go on and on and on, but I'm sure you understand ......

I'm blessed to be 'kept..'

I am a "kept woman"!

I'm Kept by the Love and Grace of God!

I am indeed a 'kept' woman and praise God for it!

Hope you can share this with other kept women!

My Little Mirrors

So I guess the way us Moms figure out what kind of job we are doing is really to watch our kids. Our little mirrors you might say...So today two incidents occured that reminded me how much my kids are watching me.

The first, was with my son Hunter. So I was taking some items to the garage from my laundry room and I hear, "TAYLOR, 1...2...3... Go to your TIMEOUT!". Oh it made me laugh! My little guy who has been getting the 1,2,3 so often lately wanted to be the big guy and try it out on his sister. I had to quickly remind him to leave the disciplining to the Mommys & Daddys.

The Second, was with Taylor... She comes over to where I'm sitting with her baby doll, who she is really growing fond of. Which wee should give that poor doll a name and some clothes! A naked baby doll and no name. Anyways, Taylor sits down on the floor not paying attention to me what-so-ever. She lays her baby's blanket down (Taylor's silky when she was a baby baby) and then lays her baby on top. Then rather quickly she picks up her baby and pulls her in close and starts making a shhh-ing noise. That quickly put a smile on my face and for some reason brought a tear to my eye. Then she lays the baby down again and starts to wrap her up in the blankie and then cuddles her again with the shh-ing noise. This time she starts to lay the baby doll down but before she gets to the blanket the baby must have started crying again (in Taylor's mind) beacuse she picks her up quickly to cuddle her and starts the shh-ing again. Ever since Taylor was little and I needed to soothe her the shh-ing noise always was a miracle worker (thanks to the "Baby Wise" book). To see my little 22 month old little girl soothe her baby doll the same way I still soothe her really tugged at my heart. She truly is my little mirror. The Lord sure blessed me more than I could have ever imagined with that little girl.

"Mom I see God's cross!!!"

So I love hearing my children talk about God! Hunter absolutely loves to spot a cross when we are out and about. Whether it's on top of a church, on someone's necklace or just happens to be 2 medal pieces that cross at the gym's check-in desk. As soon as he spot's one he yells out, "MOM, I see God's cross!!". Then Taylor (being the younger sister that copies EVERYTHING Hunter does) yells "GOD!!". Lately when we get into the car Hunter will say "Mom God is sitting next to me". And then he goes on to talk about God. The other day we were on our way to Meadows Field to pick Ryan up from the airport and Hunter says, " Mom...? Where's God's home?". So I answered "God lives in us. But his actual home is in Heaven". Hunter thinks for a second or two and replies "So...I bet God jumps on a trampoline then climbs up the stairs to get there...then he goes down the slide to jump on the trampoline to get back to us." Ahhh....that just melts my heart to hear my 4 year old talk about God. I will always remember that.

When we got to the airport, Hunter was sooooo excited to see Ryan. Taylor unfortunately had fallen asleep on the ride over. Absolutely everything fascinated Hunter. He told Ryan that he wanted to fly with him next time.