Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Being Thankful is SOOO Important.
We have so much...

Here's 10 things I'm thankful for this year.

1. My Heavenly Father
2. My Wonderful Husband
3. 4 great kiddos
4. Our families (both sides)
5. Great Health for our family
6. Warm cozy house
7. Plenty of food to eat and lots in the freezer/pantry
8. Clothes
9. Being able to worship freely
10. an Income

**There's so much more**

I hope you enjoy a wonderful
Thanksgiving with your families!

Finally she tells me...

My daughter came to me crying....

What's the matter I ask...
Reluctant, She finally tells.

She has a tooth coming in over 2 of her baby teeth.
She was scared to tell me because she knows it will
need to be pulled. The thought scares her greatly.
So she's been keeping it to herself for over a week.

Finally she tells me, we talk and she feels better.
I tell her no matter what she should come to me first.
It does no good to worry about it. To let the problem fester.
It only brings more worry, more fear, more unknown.

She came back and told me thank you again. She knew
everything would be alright even though she's still going to
face the dentist... We'll do it together...

As she left I felt a parallel. How many times do I wait, try
to deal with it myself, worry about something before I
finally take it to my Heavenly Father. Why not just
give it to him right away. Why do I worry? Why let problems fester?
If I Give it to the Lord
I'll feel peace.
Just like my daughter did when she let me know her secret!

~Another lesson I'm reminded to do with my Heavenly Father
as I teach my own precious children~

Changing my Heart

My Story...

I had a plan.
I usually have a plan! I got married young to a wonderful man and my plan was 3 wonderful children.
***
Almost 7 years ago I had my last baby! We had 2 boys and 1 girl. My family was complete, I was done having babies! It felt good, it felt right. I had always imagined 3 kids, my parents had 3 and my hubby's parents had 3. MY plan was complete, Hubby and I had 3 wonderful children!
My baby was turning 3 soon, totally potty trained, and becoming a little more independent. Life was getting very easy. We really didn't even need strollers anymore. ahhh it was nice!
***
Then it happened.
Yep I got pregnant.... What I thought, Wait MY plan was complete, how could this happen. I didn't tell anyone (except hubby) until I was about 12 weeks along. I had a tough time with it. Starting over with a baby. I no longer had any equipment, no clothes. NOTHING because I was done after #3, my plan was complete.
I finally accepted it and even got excited about it. Never did I ever think of not having my baby. But it was hard to think of starting over.

I had a wonderful baby boy, he was beautiful and we named him Shadrach (Shad). He cried the first 6 weeks of his life and then stopped one day and was a wonderful baby from then on. We got through the first year. Things were going good. We were nearing the end of the "baby days".
Then it hit me...
actually was more like getting ran over with a mack truck...

I looked at Shad one day and thought what if God would have granted me My Plan... Shad wouldn't be here. I couldn't dream of life without him. I love him more everyday if that's possible! How selfish had I been to be upset at getting pregnant. These children are a gift from God, an amazing gift. How did God feel when I wasn't exactly excited in the beginning. He gave me one of the greatest gifts on earth and I in essence rejected the gift at first.

Through it all I learned that I NO LONGER wanted MY PLAN. In fact I threw it out the window! I no longer have a plan, I only want God's plan for my life. I take every curve ball I'm thrown with excitement because I'm just waiting to see where God's plan takes us. Shad has brought so much happiness and laughter to our family. I thank God that I'm a work in progress and that He's willing to work on such a awful selfish person.

I know if God were to ever bless us with #5 or #6 or whatever life brings us, That's exactly what I want. I think one of the reasons God Blessed us with little Shad is to teach me that my plan is Blah and God's plan is perfect and unimaginable! I can't imagine my life without my baby and I can't wait to see what God has in store next.
Life is a precious Gift from above and His plan is perfect.


I've had an urging in my heart to write this for some time but of course it's personal and it brings tears to my eyes (and I'm not a teary person). So I've waited, but the urge hasn't left...
I can't help but wonder if there's someone out there having the same struggle as I had.
And I always think...
What if God wasn't working on me????

Where's your focus...

I just saw this post at Centsible Savings a blog I read.

This is exactly where was at a few weeks ago, I found myself thinking about the deals way to much while hardly finding anytime for the Bible. This is in part why I started this blog. I wanted to make sure I was accountable to get as I call it my "Daily Dose" EVERYDAY.

I still have a long way to go and should be in my Bible much more. But I do feel that I am improving and I think that is what our walk with our Savior is all about.

So this is a Deal Getters (and everyone else's) Focus Check...