I LOVE this weather. It makes me want a comfy hoody, a good book, maybe a good fire. I woke up this morning with an unexplainable peace. Last night was rough. Both kids were up multiple times, I ended up locking the kittens in the basement. I maybe got 4-5 hours of sleep. Yet, I am not tired, I am content, looking forward to the day.
Last night in small group Adam and I got to teach. We talked about God's calling on your life and what scripture says about it. Basically, God's good and perfect will is pleasing to Him. I fully believe that in that, I was able to define a bit more where I think God's calling for me is. I am at peace. All I need to worry about is making my Father happy. Not anybody else, if I am in His will He will work that out for me.
So, for the first time in a while my soul is content, I am at peace. Even in the storms going on right now we are following His will and we will be okay.
Anyways, just wanted to share that peace with you this morning. Walk where He has you, don't worry about the world around. Share this peace with me.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Monday, August 8, 2011
Shaken Up
Last night I got a call from my brother who works on the scallop boats. They were docked in New England and a bunch of them had gone out for pizza. About 20 min after they got there, a guy came running in and told them they had just pulled a Seaford guy out of the water. My brother lost a good friend last night, nobody really knows what happened yet, just that he drowned. Billy was the last to talk to him alive. This man was a married father of 3 young children. He was my other brother (Ted's) cousin through marriage. It hit really close to home. The men hadn't slept since Thursday, how easily could that have been Billy or Teddy?
Billy is extremely shaken up, I think my whole family is. Pray for this whole situation.
Billy is extremely shaken up, I think my whole family is. Pray for this whole situation.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Dilemma
Oh where to deliver, that is the question...
I am really interested in the Midwifery Center at DePaul. What I love about it is that it is connected to a hospital, just in case. One of the main reasons I am looking at this is I really want a different experience. The past two deliveries have consisted in me being stuck on a bed, puking my guts out in horrid pain, in the end begging for an epidural. Not something I would choose to do a third time. I want options. Women have been delivering babies forever, I fully believe there are better ways to do it than what many women, including myself, have experienced in the conveyor belt of typical hospital deliveries.
The cons:
-DePaul is 40 min. away BUT with my previous two, I waited until I was 5 cm to go, I could just go sooner.
-DePaul is through the tunnel, what about traffic? Most women go into labor at night. If it was, God forbid rush-hour, I end up delivering at Mary Immaculate. That wouldn't be a first.
-My blood pressure could cause me to "risk out" and leave me delivering at DePaul Hospital, which is okay, just not ideal.
The Pros:
-Having my child somewhere where it is seen as natural, not an illness to be treated.
-Possibly being able to do this without an epidural. Something I would never forget. (In a good way).
-Knowing that my body is perfectly capable of doing what God has designed it to do and being surrounded by people that agree.
-You only stay 24 hours at the Midwifery Center.
-If the baby does have a problem, it is connected to a hospital with a neo-natal unit.
I know what I want to do. Adam and I just have to make the decision that is best for us. I am planning on trying to tour the Midwifery center soon. I have until 23 weeks I think to make the decision.
I am really interested in the Midwifery Center at DePaul. What I love about it is that it is connected to a hospital, just in case. One of the main reasons I am looking at this is I really want a different experience. The past two deliveries have consisted in me being stuck on a bed, puking my guts out in horrid pain, in the end begging for an epidural. Not something I would choose to do a third time. I want options. Women have been delivering babies forever, I fully believe there are better ways to do it than what many women, including myself, have experienced in the conveyor belt of typical hospital deliveries.
The cons:
-DePaul is 40 min. away BUT with my previous two, I waited until I was 5 cm to go, I could just go sooner.
-DePaul is through the tunnel, what about traffic? Most women go into labor at night. If it was, God forbid rush-hour, I end up delivering at Mary Immaculate. That wouldn't be a first.
-My blood pressure could cause me to "risk out" and leave me delivering at DePaul Hospital, which is okay, just not ideal.
The Pros:
-Having my child somewhere where it is seen as natural, not an illness to be treated.
-Possibly being able to do this without an epidural. Something I would never forget. (In a good way).
-Knowing that my body is perfectly capable of doing what God has designed it to do and being surrounded by people that agree.
-You only stay 24 hours at the Midwifery Center.
-If the baby does have a problem, it is connected to a hospital with a neo-natal unit.
I know what I want to do. Adam and I just have to make the decision that is best for us. I am planning on trying to tour the Midwifery center soon. I have until 23 weeks I think to make the decision.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Ugh
This pregnancy so far has been much, much worse than the other 2. I really have zero appetite. Every time I eat I am gagging and forcing food down. This happened with Aidyn and Archer, but Zofran would always help. Not this time, it seems to barely touch it. I am also completely and totally exhausted. So, if you come looking for me, I will be balled up in the corner of my couch willing the world to disappear so I can get a bit of relief. My children will most likely be watching Thomas, or playing in their room. They are excellent at entertaining themselves which I am so grateful for right now.
See you in 9 months...
See you in 9 months...
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Some thoughts from Piper...
A great article I read today from John Piper on homosexuality (desiringgod.org)
"Jesus died so that heterosexual and homosexual sinners might be saved. Jesus created sexuality, and has a clear will for how it is to be experienced in holiness and joy.
His will is that a man might leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife, and that the two become one flesh (Mark 10:6-9). In this union, sexuality finds its God-appointed meaning, whether in personal-physical unification, symbolic representation, sensual jubilation, or fruitful procreation.
For those who have forsaken God’s path of sexual fulfillment, and walked into homosexual intercourse or heterosexual extramarital fornication or adultery, Jesus offers astonishing mercy.
Such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God (1 Corinthians 6:11).
But last weekend this salvation from sinful sexual acts was not embraced. Instead there was massive celebration of sin.
One estimate said that 400,000 people celebrated gay pride in Minneapolis. That’s more than the population of the city. The number is probably inflated, but for the first time in history, it did include the governor of the state, Mark Dayton.
The Bible is not silent about such parades. Alongside its clearest explanation of the sin of homosexual intercourse (Romans 1:24-27) stands the indictment of the celebration of it. Though people know intuitively that homosexual acts (along with gossip, slander, insolence, haughtiness, boasting, faithlessness, heartlessness, ruthlessness) are sin, “they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them” (Romans 1:29-32). “I tell you even with tears, that many glory in their shame” (Philippians 3:18–19).
This is what our governor was doing on Sunday along with millions of others across the country—knowing these deeds are wrong, “yet approving those who practice them.”
Not only that, we are moving from celebration to institutionalization. On June 24 the New York legislature approved a Marriage Equality Act. This makes New York the sixth state where so-called homosexual marriages will be institutionalized: Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, (and the District of Columbia).
My sense is that we do not realize what a calamity is happening around us. The new thing—new for America, and new for history—is not homosexuality. That brokenness has been here since we were all broken in the fall of man. (And there is a great distinction between the orientation and the act—just like there is a great difference between my orientation to pride and the act of boasting.)
What’s new is not even the celebration of homosexual sin. Homosexual behavior has been exploited, and reveled in, and celebrated in art, for millennia. What’s new is normalization and institutionalization. This is the new calamity.
My main reason for writing is not to mount a political counter-assault. I don’t think that is the calling of the church as such. My reason for writing is to help the church feel the sorrow of these days. And the magnitude of the assault on God and his image in man.
Christians, more clearly than others, can see the tidal wave of pain that is on the way. Sin carries in it its own misery: “Men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error” (Romans 1:27).
And on top of sin’s self-destructive power comes, eventually, the wrath of God: “sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming” (Colossians 3:5–6).
Christians know what is coming, not only because we see it in the Bible, but because we have tasted the sorrowful fruit of our own sins. We do not escape the truth that we reap what we sow. Our marriages, our children, our churches, our institutions—they are all troubled because of our sins.
The difference is: We weep over our sins. We don’t celebrate them. We turn to Jesus for forgiveness and help. We cry to Jesus, “who delivers us from the wrath to come” (1 Thessalonians 1:10).
And in our best moments, we weep for the world. In the days of Ezekiel God put a mark of hope “on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in Jerusalem” (Ezekiel 9:4).
This is what I am writing for. Not political action, but love for the name of God and compassion for the city of destruction.
“My eyes shed streams of tears, because people do not keep your law.” (Psalm 119:136)"
"Jesus died so that heterosexual and homosexual sinners might be saved. Jesus created sexuality, and has a clear will for how it is to be experienced in holiness and joy.
His will is that a man might leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife, and that the two become one flesh (Mark 10:6-9). In this union, sexuality finds its God-appointed meaning, whether in personal-physical unification, symbolic representation, sensual jubilation, or fruitful procreation.
For those who have forsaken God’s path of sexual fulfillment, and walked into homosexual intercourse or heterosexual extramarital fornication or adultery, Jesus offers astonishing mercy.
Such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God (1 Corinthians 6:11).
But last weekend this salvation from sinful sexual acts was not embraced. Instead there was massive celebration of sin.
One estimate said that 400,000 people celebrated gay pride in Minneapolis. That’s more than the population of the city. The number is probably inflated, but for the first time in history, it did include the governor of the state, Mark Dayton.
The Bible is not silent about such parades. Alongside its clearest explanation of the sin of homosexual intercourse (Romans 1:24-27) stands the indictment of the celebration of it. Though people know intuitively that homosexual acts (along with gossip, slander, insolence, haughtiness, boasting, faithlessness, heartlessness, ruthlessness) are sin, “they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them” (Romans 1:29-32). “I tell you even with tears, that many glory in their shame” (Philippians 3:18–19).
This is what our governor was doing on Sunday along with millions of others across the country—knowing these deeds are wrong, “yet approving those who practice them.”
Not only that, we are moving from celebration to institutionalization. On June 24 the New York legislature approved a Marriage Equality Act. This makes New York the sixth state where so-called homosexual marriages will be institutionalized: Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, (and the District of Columbia).
My sense is that we do not realize what a calamity is happening around us. The new thing—new for America, and new for history—is not homosexuality. That brokenness has been here since we were all broken in the fall of man. (And there is a great distinction between the orientation and the act—just like there is a great difference between my orientation to pride and the act of boasting.)
What’s new is not even the celebration of homosexual sin. Homosexual behavior has been exploited, and reveled in, and celebrated in art, for millennia. What’s new is normalization and institutionalization. This is the new calamity.
My main reason for writing is not to mount a political counter-assault. I don’t think that is the calling of the church as such. My reason for writing is to help the church feel the sorrow of these days. And the magnitude of the assault on God and his image in man.
Christians, more clearly than others, can see the tidal wave of pain that is on the way. Sin carries in it its own misery: “Men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error” (Romans 1:27).
And on top of sin’s self-destructive power comes, eventually, the wrath of God: “sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming” (Colossians 3:5–6).
Christians know what is coming, not only because we see it in the Bible, but because we have tasted the sorrowful fruit of our own sins. We do not escape the truth that we reap what we sow. Our marriages, our children, our churches, our institutions—they are all troubled because of our sins.
The difference is: We weep over our sins. We don’t celebrate them. We turn to Jesus for forgiveness and help. We cry to Jesus, “who delivers us from the wrath to come” (1 Thessalonians 1:10).
And in our best moments, we weep for the world. In the days of Ezekiel God put a mark of hope “on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in Jerusalem” (Ezekiel 9:4).
This is what I am writing for. Not political action, but love for the name of God and compassion for the city of destruction.
“My eyes shed streams of tears, because people do not keep your law.” (Psalm 119:136)"
Friday, June 17, 2011
A Puppy Story...
So, for those of you that don't know, we had to give Remi back to his former owner. He was growling and biting at Adam on walks and Adam just didn't feel safe with him. This was very upsetting for me. I love dogs and have wanted one for a long time but we never lived anywhere we were allowed to have one until now. So, Adam agreed, I could keep my eye out for another pup (or 2 if they were small, they could keep each other company).
That, my friends, is how Lucky and Lady came to join our family. Lucky is a dachshund/beagle mix and his Lady is a dachshund/husky mix. They have become part of our family. They are great with our kids and we love them. They spend their day at my feet and/or tormenting the cat. My kids love them and in Aidyn's words "they are my best doggies ever". :)
They look small in these pics but they are both between 30-35 lbs and are about 4 years old.
That, my friends, is how Lucky and Lady came to join our family. Lucky is a dachshund/beagle mix and his Lady is a dachshund/husky mix. They have become part of our family. They are great with our kids and we love them. They spend their day at my feet and/or tormenting the cat. My kids love them and in Aidyn's words "they are my best doggies ever". :)
They look small in these pics but they are both between 30-35 lbs and are about 4 years old.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Finally
We are all moved in (except for that yummy piece of salmon I need to get out of the deep freeze). What a trial this was. The Lord showed us many things in this process and I do believe we have grown as a family in doing this.
I LOVE MY HOUSE :)
Someone asked me the other day if we missed living in community, my response was "not yet". I know I will. I do miss having 2 lovely ladies to hang out with just downstairs and just the joy and laughs that came from such close friendships being around each other all the time. Right now though? I am enjoying my 2 new pups. I am loving the morning family pajama parties we have on our living room couch. I love being able to decide what dinner is going to be an hour before we eat, just based on my mood. I am loving only being 4 min from all three of my brother's and their families and my parent's with their new pool. I am loving all the gas I am saving. I am loving the personality change I have seen in my very introverted husband who is so much more relaxed just being in his space. This has been a good move for us.
So, come visit me. Bring your peeps over for play dates. Come share a cup of coffee with me :)
I LOVE MY HOUSE :)
Someone asked me the other day if we missed living in community, my response was "not yet". I know I will. I do miss having 2 lovely ladies to hang out with just downstairs and just the joy and laughs that came from such close friendships being around each other all the time. Right now though? I am enjoying my 2 new pups. I am loving the morning family pajama parties we have on our living room couch. I love being able to decide what dinner is going to be an hour before we eat, just based on my mood. I am loving only being 4 min from all three of my brother's and their families and my parent's with their new pool. I am loving all the gas I am saving. I am loving the personality change I have seen in my very introverted husband who is so much more relaxed just being in his space. This has been a good move for us.
So, come visit me. Bring your peeps over for play dates. Come share a cup of coffee with me :)
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