So I'm ready...

To get back to writing. Not just here on my blog, but also in my book. Yes, my poor critics... I know! :) I reread my little clip I wrote about the story and am all worked up and excited now again :) Here is a little taste, let me know what you think ok? Pretty please! :) This book will be for middle grade,(8-12 year olds)Seeing as kiddos are my passion. Without further delay... A snippet lol


Normal family living in New York, besides the fact that Grand-ma Hutchinson lives with them. Mom stays home with the kids and Dad works as an Attorney. The kids go to a private school. Dillon is in 10th grade, Allie is in 8th grade, and Jenna is in 5th grade. Jenna loves to hula hoop, draw and hang out with her Best Friend, Amy.


All things change when Dad decides to join the Air Force. What will this mean to the family? What will they do without their Husband and Daddy? Who will provide for the family now? Who will take care of the kids? What about school programs and holidays, will Daddy still come? So many questions, so few answers… Perhaps the biggest question on Jenna’s mind is: Will Daddy come home again? In the midst of all these struggles Jenna learns a valuable lesson about God’s care and protection over His children.

Scripture the book “teaches”—
I Peter 3: 12a

For the eyes of the Lord [are] over the righteous, and his ears [are open] unto their prayers:

Living... Loving...Learning...Leaning

That's pretty much what I've been up to lately! I've been...

Living... my life to the fullest. Living with joy and happiness... Living with peace and God's smile of approval upon my heart.

Loving... my family... Loving my friends... Loving my job... Loving my blog background... Loving my church.... Loving God's presence that's been so near... Loving my Jesus above all else!

Learning... about change... Learning about decisions...Learning about faith... Learning about "Joy coming in the morning"... Learning about unconditional love... Learning about obedience and the consequences of obedience... Learning life lessons... Learning that no matter what, I want MORE of JESUS EVERY DAY!!!!!!!

Leaning... On Jesus... and finding more power... peace... patience... perseverance... love... joy... contentment... faith... strength... guidance... than I ever thought possible... I'm learning to LEAN on JESUS!

" Daystar "

This is one of my very favorite songs! DayStar, shine down on me, let YOUR love shine through me in the night! Truly my hearts desire is that Jesus will shine through me so that others may see Him in me! I'm completely in love with Jesus are you?

Tuesday Morning Thankfulness

1. My Jesus, who is my ALL in ALL! He's with always and has never let me down! I love You, Jesus, and I KNOW You love me!

2.The Peace of God, that only comes when you're in the center of HIS Will! I'm so thankful that I KNOW that I'm in HIS Will and am right with HIM!

3.My family, that's been by my side through every crazy thing in my life, that's always there for me and that's always loved me!

4.My Friends, amazing... what else can I say about all of you? You're amazing!

5.My Job... it's flexible, pays good, and is cute :) Yes, I babysit :)

6.Music... Good ol' Christian hymns... Victory Trio... Kirkmans... The Mullet Family... The Coblentz Family... Just to name a few "groups" that I love :) then there's all my instrumental hymn CD's and tapes... light classical... yeah, I LOVE my music and am so thankful for it! God has used the words to some of these old songs to help me through many a trial or test!

What are you feeling thankful for this Tuesday Morning?

Conditional Beauty

Jesus promises us in the Bible that He will make all things beautiful in His time. But, did you catch the condition? It doesn't say He'll make it beautiful today, tomorrow, next week, etc, the Lord said He'll make it beautiful in HIS time.

Sometimes we have to go through the fire so He can refine us... sometimes we have to endure the raging seas so He can cleanse us... Sometimes we have to go through dark valleys, so we can learn to lean on HIM... but all of this ultimately brings us to a place where we can be beautiful for our Lord! We can go out into the world and others can see Jesus in us and see HIS beauty shining forth.

We are to be mirrors of Jesus... Yes mirrors. Mirrors reflect the original, and that's we are called to do. Called to be clean, pure, blameless, and without sin, just as Jesus is... and then we can then reflect HIM to the world. When people look at us, they should see JESUS. They should see HIM, in all of HIS beauty, in us... in me!

These thoughts have been rambling but I hope that they have made abit of sense to you... I know how I feel them in my heart but I can't get them out right tonight. Oh well, this is my blog so its ok if I ramble :)

Change

Change has come, and I'm ok with that! I'm very excited to see where God is going to lead me! I know He has a special place all picked out for me to fill and by His grace that is what I'm going to do! I have learned that no matter what happens, God is right here beside me and I can ALWAYS depend on Him, cause He'll never let me down! I love my Jesus with all of my heart!

Change is also coming to this poor blog! This black and white background is driving me to distraction! :) I need COLOR! Soooo, here we go....

Thanks to all of you who are along for the ride here with me! If anyone actually does read this would you comment for me... I'd like to know if I'm actually talking to people or to the computer screen :)