Joyful Home

As I was sitting with the Lord, I heard the Spirit say, "Catapult". So, I looked it up and it means that it was a military engine used by the ancient Greeks and Romans for throwing stones, darts, and arrows upon an enemy. Some of these would throw a stone of a hundred pounds weight. In 2 Kings 13, Elisha has become sick with the illness of which he would die and King Joash of Israel came down to Elisha and wept over his face, and said, "O my father, my father, the chariots of Israel and their horsemen!" The king was distraught that the supernatural "chariots and horsemen of Israel" that Elisha commanded would disappear with him. 2 Kings 2:11, 12 describes the same cry when Elijah was taken up by a whirlwind. Elisha took a hold of his own clothes and tore them into two pieces. Then he took the mantel of Elijah and struck the water and it divided this way and that and Elisha crossed over.  King Joash saw that the chariots and horsemen of Israel were going wi...

When starting something, it always can be a challenge. You have resistance, challenges, old habits all going up against you. Zechariah 4:10, "For who has despised the day of small things?" Zechariah faced an overwhelming task of rebuilding a temple for God on the ruins of the old one.  Can you imagine receiving those marching orders from God and looking at the ruins and thinking to yourself, "How in the world can this ever get accomplished, God?" That is where His power and might comes in. He is able to do exceedingly abundantly all that we ask or think. (Ephesians 3:20).  I took a step of faith and got back on Facebook. We, as a family, bought something new which was a huge thing for us. (My family can attest for us). And I am blogging again which seems to come and go but there is such a desire of mine to blog more, it just seemed like the door wasn't open. We have flipped a page in our life that we sense the Spirit of God is leading us to new heights that we h...

I have been running with the Lord and it has been going super well and challenging. There are times where I think it is okay to involve someone else in the run (i.e. phone calls) but then I'm taught a lesson because I've put someone else before God. I learn, repent and then the pain is gone. You're probably wondering what I am talking about? Well, allow me to explain. When the Lord laid on my heart to start running but only with Him, I was excited but didn't know what that looked like or felt like. I started to do it with Him on the treadmill where there were no interruptions. I found myself getting a little distracted with thoughts and asked God if I could watch YouTube instead while I ran. Now, I understand why God is a jealous God! I ended up with back problems. When I realized that I was involving something else and not just God and I, I repented and allowed Him to change me again and again and again! The pain went away! It was going fairly well, obviously things ar...

I keep hearing in the Spirit, "My grace is sufficient enough." I didn't understand until a couple days later, that it meant that I have grace in being a mom. A mom isn't just a woman that makes sure your kids are fed, bathed and put to sleep. It involves tasks that are daunting: cleaning up the messes, discipling, and making sure you still have enough energy by the end of the day to pour out to your husband. Mom is a tough calling by God! I know!  I was so empty this week. I had a chance to be by myself for a few hours because I needed a break. I felt distant on everything. I needed to draw near to the Lord I just didn't know how since all my time was absorbed by helping the girls, the home, and my husband. Because I am home all the time, I am with the girls all the time which is amazing, but just felt burnout.  Matthew 11:28-30 " Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gent...

  Good evening folks. It has been a while and I'm not exactly sure why... I've been doing the year bible with Pastor Jasmine from Regeneration Nashville and it has brought up some old Born Again feelings that I'm falling in love with again - reading the word all over the place.  What do I mean by that? One of the bibles that I own has footnotes and sometimes it gives a detailed description of what you're reading and other times it lists other verses that is similar to meaning or subject. I would jump all over the word of God and then feel such closeness with Him. He is bubbling this back up in me. I'm not sure why I stopped!  I've been reading Esther for the last month or so and asked my dad to come along with me and read it, too. We have been reading a chapter a day! Chapter 1 we concluded that King Xerxes is pompous, capricious, and prideful. He led his kingdom with such pride by showing off all his wealth and such. But what grabbed my attention was the fact t...

I am sure you know the verse, "Your Word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path," Psalm 119:105. Well today the Lord shed some light on it! (No pun-intended, laughing at myself).  Since I stopped the Hal Higdon training, I was off a few days from running because my family needed some help getting some wood split. That right there is a workout in itself, so I decided to take it a little easy on my body and quite frankly, I wasn't hearing from the Lord or a nudge to run. So I laid low.  This morning I was feeling a nudge from the Lord to run and to my excitement I felt like I needed to run to Hadley (4 miles)! I was excited and was careful to not block myself from this success by self-talking myself down. So I made sure that I was super close to the Father before the run, during the run, and after by praising Him. Sometimes He will place a song on my heart and I'll sing it the whole time and other times He will have me praying for people. This time, He was r...