Lord of all creation...of water, earth and sky

James and I were blessed by his family with a trip to California with them last week. We saw so many things, but I still hope to go back someday because there is so much more that I want to see! My highlights were probably going to Laguna Beach and seeing the Hollywood letters.


The sunset at Laguna Beach was hands down the most beautiful I've ever seen.




As close of a spot that we could find to the Hollywood letters

My God will supply ALL your needs

It can be so easy to look at someone else's life and think that they have so much more than you. It can be a struggle to keep from wondering why you don't have more. It's not that I'm not happy and excited for other people when they are blessed. But I have wondered- Where's my job? Where's my bigger house? Where's my extra money to put in savings? It's even more difficult when OTHER people are asking these questions ABOUT you!

God has been teaching me lately that He will and He does meet all my needs. God alone. Anything I don't have is not a need. Anything I do need, God will supply. That truth frees me:)

I like what God sees as my needs:)

"And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:19

Leslie and Jame's Wedding Highlight

Leslie and Jame's Wedding Highlight

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Remembering Grandpa

It’s hard to believe it was a year ago that my Grandpa died. I remember the final season of his life was a painful one for all of us. Toward the end of his life, his health would improve and then get worse, improve then get worse again. When I was close to accepting the situation, the situation would change.

I remember last Fall when we got the call to drive to his house in Lake Houston when he had taken a turn for the worst. I’ll never forget the somber mood as we walked in his house. I’ll never forget seeing a man with such a strong presence laying so lifeless on his bed. My mom and I got on the bed with him and held his hands and cried. An ambulance was called. My grandma told me at the door in tears that she didn’t think he was coming home. She was right.

He made it to the hospital that day and in time, he gained strength. At times I went to his house to get some of his or my grandmother’s things, I would get on my knees and pray at the foot of his bed or at the feet of his char.

Sometime later, he was moved to a rehabilitation center. During those weeks we were blessed to share a Thanksgiving Day with him as well as his 84th birthday. I’d gone up to see him several days before his final night. At that point, his speech was slurred and his mind was often confused. My last memory of him and I was sitting in that room watching the weather channel and him telling me to go to the other corner because he had to urinate in a bottle next to his bedJ

The final night he was awake and alert was a night I chose to stay home with James while my mom and sister went to visit him. It was hard for me to not regret my decision later, and to this day I make myself feel better about that night by reminding myself that my last time with him was a time where it was just the two of us. That night, he was taken to the ER again. This time, he wasn’t going to get better. This time, they took him off the machines.

We were all allowed to be in the room with him as they sedated him as he passed. I placed his limp arm around me, layed my head on his chest and told him I loved him. Not long after I got back in my seat, my Grandpa took his final breath.

I stood at the end of the hallway and watched as they wheeled out my Grandpa’s body under a red blanket.
Now he is with me in memory. I can rejoice because I know we will all reunite someday and create new memories in Heaven.

Laminin

We love this Louie Giglio video on Laminin. It's more powerful everytime we watch it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e4zgJXPpI4

The LORD answers prayer!

We are a praying family, and my husband and his mom are two of the best prayer warriors I know. I also like Brooklyn Tabernacle church. I've only been once during a trip to New York, but I've heard of many changed lives through the ministry God is working there. Anyway, I was just checking out their website. If you scroll to the bottom of their homepage, you can submit a prayer request where someone will pray for you for 30 days. Awesome, right?! Just wanted to let ya'll know if you want to share a prayer request with them. I just did:)

http://www.brooklyntabernacle.org/

Prayer is powerful:)

Firsts

This was my first Thanksgiving since my Grandpa passed away, my first Thanksgiving being married, and my first Thanksgiving not seeing my mom since we were with my husband's family. It was weird calling my mom Thanksgiving morning knowing I was doing something different this year.

My mom and sister brought over my tree this weekend, and James and I decorated together. Some may think it looks like a Charlie Brown Christmas tree, but we like it:)

I'm also really excited because I've been wanting some Scripture walligraphy, and we finally got some today! I love being surrounded by the Word of God:)