yOu KnOw YoU'rE oLd WhEn...

1. You buy a sewing machine at a yard sale.

2. You don't get a Spring Break or Summer off work.

3. Instead of looking at Facebook updates, you look for new pins to repin on Pinterest.

4. You have to drink a BIG Red Bull in the middle of the day while playing put-put to keep up with all of the kiddos running around there.

5. Your apartment is filled with boxes because you are packing up to move into a house that YOU are purchasing.

6. On a Friday night, you order 2 tickets to a 9:40 movie, go out to dinner at 6:30, done by 7:30, then walk around Garden Ridge to kill time before the movie so you don't go home and fall asleep.

7. On Saturday night you are at your own home, with your HUSBAND and 2 dogs, watching some pigskin (and blogging of course!)!

Yea I may be old but I sure do love my life; Wouldn't want to be anywhere else right now!

Let All You Do Be Done In Love.

Got another one of those emails that really makes you think about your life and what you are doing with it! It was sort of a long one that I won't bore you with but the statements at the end are worth sharing. Here are some things that God won't ask you at the end of your life and things He will:

God won't ask what kind of car you drove.

He'll ask how many people you drove who didn't have transportation.

God won't ask the square footage of your house.

He'll ask how many people you welcomed into your home.

God won't ask about the clothes you had in your closet.

He'll ask how many you helped to clothe.

God won't ask what your highest salary was.

He'll ask if you compromised your character to obtain it.

God won't ask what your job title was.

He'll ask if you performed your job to the best of your ability.

God won't ask how many friends you had.

He'll ask how many people to whom you were a friend.

God won't ask in what neighborhood you lived.

He'll ask how you treated your neighbors.

God won't ask about the color of your skin.

He'll ask about the content of your character.

God won't ask why it took you so long to seek Salvation.

He'll lovingly take you to your mansion in heaven, and not to the gates of Hell.



Weeks.

A week ago the weather here in Atlanta, GA was sunny and about 100 degrees hot! A week later (today) it is in the 60’s and rainy. We went from summer to winter. My favorite season is fall so I am sort of upset that we skipped right over it! That is GA weather for ya though! Fall will come back around… I believe that good ole Mother Earth won't let me down!


A week from today, my baby sister (who is actually not even close to a baby anymore and has for sure grown out of her brat stage… ) leaves to live in Costa Rica for 9 months (or about 36 weeks since we are talking week terms here!). I cannot even believe this time has come. During her high school years I was encouraging her to take this “gap year” between high school and college and just GO but to think that she is actually doing it is incredible…. I wonder what else I can encourage her to do… haha jk! This is DEFINITELY something she wants to do with all her heart… she is not even nervous, which means she is 100% sure and excited! I cannot wait to follow her blog, facebook video chat (since she is too cool for Skype), write, and hopefully visit her while she is there. Not only is she going to touch so many people’s lives whether it be those she is going to live with, minister to, or just smile at while passing by but all of those people are going to touch her life as well. It is amazing how God’s Grace is everywhere, especially when we are trying to do things for others and they give us the gift right back. My prayer for her is to embrace this opportunity with everything she has (and I have no doubt that she will). God is great!

Two weeks from today Steven and I will (God-Willing) be home owners… crazy! Who knew we would be moving again? Actually it didn’t surprise anyone! This will be our 4th or 5th move since we have been together (I lost count) but guess what guys…. We REALLY do plan on staying at this one for awhile! We have picked a place to call our Home Sweet Home! Steven and I are super pumped about the whole process… yes it was a little stressful picking out flooring, paint colors, and furniture but if that is what’s stressing us out these days… we are in good shape. Like I said before… God is great! We feel SO blessed to have the resources, finances, wisdom, and support to be doing a thing like this. In a way we sort of feel ungrateful but we have promised to make our house a home that glorifies God in every way! We hope to be a light to our neighbors and new community! We have to keep reminding ourselves that this is not OUR house it is HIS and He can take it from us at any time. We will keep praying that if this is where God wants us to be living, that He will continue to guide this smooth process through the very end. If not, Steven and I know that wherever we live is where our home will be. It is not where you are but who you are with. Since the day we both said “I Do”, we have worked hard at constructing a rock solid foundation to build our marriage upon. We know that with a good foundation, we can withstand anything. “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.” – Matthew 7:24-27

Weeks after that… who knows what life is going to throw at us but we do know 1 thing… GOD IS GREAT!