Back on the road again:)

So today I finally got my Expedition back from Sacramento where the poor thing was there for 10 days getting a 3rd transmission put in it:)and I'am so thankful from the bottom of my heart to have it back!the reason is because we have been driving in a little 2 door Honda for the last 10 days and when you have 3 children that close together driving anywhere is not the funnest thing that ever did happen:)You here the sound of children saying things like this"he/she is touching me"and "mommy Iam hot turn the ac on please" or "mom Lillie keeps touching me with sticky hands" or "mommy I don't like daddy's work car! wheres our other car this one I don't like" the last one was the best all though I didn't let them know I felt the same way to hee hee!!but we all learned including me to give thanks always RIGHT? well I tried my best to be thankful only because when I was driving my little Honda It came more to my attention of the certain people who always walk and its because they are people who don't have a car and they have to walk everywhere and that means in the heat,cold ext sssooo at those times I seriously said thank you God for this Honda that we are able to drive while my car is away and the fact it fit all 3 kids and my hubby and I on Sunday was awesome lol I laugh because I felt like sardines in a Honda can :)

So we are so happy to know that the problem with our car was nothing we did but was a defect in the transmission which would be the last 2 reason we needed a new transmission and so we are hoping this transmission will last longer then 3 years this time!


This is our very cool Honda and I thought you might just want to see this cute little blue car that I probly will not miss till another car goes out:)I know..... I am thankful:)

Living to God's Glory

I just started reading a great book called "Right Thinking In a World Gone Wrong" By John MacArthur and the book is on biblical response to today's most controversial issues.I really liked the first chapter!He gave 7 Principles For Living To God's Glory!I don't know about you but for me I need the fresh reminder of how to glorify God more!For me its so easy to get use to the worlds way because its all over everywhere on the Internet,TV,bill boards ext!We live in this word so for me it makes things that much more clear as to why I need to be feeding myself everyday with Gods living word so I don't become desensitised to the things around me.So I thought I would share what I read in the first chapter I thought it was a great reminder of when we are not sure if the choices we want to make is pleasing to God.

1.The Edification principle:Will this activity produce spiritual benefit?
"Will doing this activity enhance my spiritual life and the spiritual lives of others?Will it cultivate godliness in me and in them?Will it build us up spiritually?"If not, then is it really a wise choice?
1 Corinthians 10:23(2 Peter 3:18)Acts 20:32(Colossians 3:16)2 Timothy 3:16-17(1 Corinthians 8:1)Hebrew 10:24(Ephesians 4:12)
2.The Enslavement principle:Will this activity lead to spiritual bondage
1 Corinthians 6:12(Ephesians 5:18)
3.The Exposure Principle:Will this activity expose my mind or body to defilement?
"Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you,whom you have from God,and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price:Therefore glorify God in your body" (1 Corinthians 6:19-20)
Ephesians 5:12(Philippians 4:8)Romans12:1-2(Romans 6:12-13)
4.The Esteem Principle:Will this activity benefit others,or cause them to stumble?
"Food will not commend us to God;we are neither the worse if we do not eat, nor the better if we do eat.But take care lest this liberty of your somehow become a stumbling block to the weak"
1 Corinthians 8:8-9
(Philippians 2:1-5)Romans13:10(1 Corinthians 8:12-13)
5. The Evangelism Principle:Will this activity further the cause of the Gospel?
"Give no offense either to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God; just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit but the profit of the many, that they may be saved "(1 Corinthians 10:32-33)
(1 Corinthians 9:19-23)
6. The Ethics Principle:Will this activity violate my conscience?
" He who doubts is condemned if he eats,because his eating is not from faith;and whatever is not from faith is sin"(Romans 14:23)
(Corinthians 10:25-29)Psalm 66:18(Ephesians 5:8,10)
7.The Exaltation Principle:Will this activity bring Glory to God?
"Whether, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God"
1 Corinthians 10:31
(2 Corinthians 5:9)

I have wondered sometimes if the choices I want to make are okay to make or in a sense what would the lord my God want me to do This outline helps in certain areas where I can ask myself these questions!!My desire is to want what God wants for my life and at time my good o me wants what I want!But its nothing about me and its all about Him!

Planting seeds of daily growth

We planted pine tree seeds about 2 weeks ago and for those of you who don't know Target has really cool planting kits in the dollar section!The kits come with all you Will need to grow a plant or veggie or what ever they have in stock that week or month!We learned how trees live and how you can tell the age of a tree by the rings on the trunk when it is cut down!we learned how you have to water your plant to help it grow!I was able to share with the kids about how the pine tree seeds we planted is like us needing to read Gods word daily to stay alive in our walk with Christ and how the tree will grow with water and then I explained how we begin to grow in our faith and how we get to know God more when we read Gods word and I explained to them eating Gods word is like the seeds needing water to grow and live!I love how God gives you opportunities to share with our children about Gods word through something simple as planting a few seeds for a school science project!He is good all the time and I really enjoyed telling the kids about God and his word!I just hope and pray that they understand and if they don't that when they do get a little bigger that it will come back to there remembrance of what I taught them.Of course I wonder if they do but I have to remember to be faithful in being a mom and teaching them about God and God will do the rest:)


So as the days went on went by the kids watered there seeds and they have been able to see the result of faithfully watering there seeds!Oh they were so excited and look forward daily to looking at there little bitty pine trees grow:)The kids have been really enjoying school and learning!I enjoy it as well and look forward to the rest of the year:)

I know God will supply all our needs!!

Hmm where do I start well I will say this last month has been very trying as you all know Tony and I have payed off our expedition! we are very happy and excited at the fact that we have no more monthly payments however our the transmission in our expedition has went out!! YUP IT DID !!! now this is not the first time we will be putting a transmission in our SUV but it will be our 2nd time and the 3RD transmission in this SUV!! We are totally bumed for sure! we cant afford to pay anywhere from 1,500.00 to 3,000 dollars that it is going to take to put into our expedition! It has been 1 week with a broken SUV :( About two years ago a 1993 mercy villager van was thoughtfully given to us from my aunt and uncle who own a towing yard !We have tried to smog this van twice so we can get our registration current and drive it on the road but the van will not pass smog!I personally like driving a van its so much easier for me with my kids and I actually thought I would just drive the van till we could get the expedition up and running again but I have a feeling we are out on the option of driving the van anymore!! So tony and I for the last week have been feeling a bit stressed out due to the fact that we have doctor apts and Lillie's therapy we attend twice a week and church and all the other many places I love to go heehee! Its amazing how much you use your vehicle and how important they are to your daily living :)

So in saying all of this Tony and I have been trying to decide what would be best for us!Would buying a new van be the best idea since we have put a new transmission in our car every 3 years?With much praying and much thought We decided NOPE NOT A GREAT IDEA!! I think its silly putting a 3rd transmission in a car but what I think may be silly is not silly to God !! I don't understand why God would allow us to pay a car off just for it to have problems!I don't understand alot of what Gods plan is for us!Honestly I know that is not for me to understand and me not knowing is not for me to figure out!I know that what God call me to do is to TRUST HIM COMPLETELY and boy is that not always easy because my flesh wants to say"What in the world do you think your doing???!! I know God has our family close in his arms so why?do I become anxious and fearful of how we will come up with money we do not have for a car! I know God will never leave us without our needs meet!Our family has alot and more then some times I think we need!!I loved it when our pastor had said a few weeks back in church that" There are others countries praying for America because we have so many things in our lives that take our eyes off of our creator God"!This is so true!!!Really all of this not having a working car comes down to keeping my eyes fixed on Christ and seeking him not "how will our car get fixed" God is so faithful especially when Iam not and Iam so thankful that he knows me and understands me and finds me of some worth to show me how yucky my heart can be when things dont always go as Iam use to and iam so thankful he shows me where my face needs to fixed and its on Him and how I can best serve him in my attitude during a another trial !!God was gracious to our family and and our needs have been meet by God and we will be getting our expedition fixed sometime in the next 2-3 weeks and we have been blessed with Lillie's physical therapist coming to our home to do therapy!!This to me is huge because lately I have just wanted to be home and with my kids!I feel as though Iam never just at home where I can enjoy the morning with my kids!So this is a blessing for the time that my Car is down:)We also don't have to pay the gas going back and forth!!although we are putting out some serious chunk of money we are saving on gas hee hee!!Iam not sure that made sense :)So now Iam going to be praying for wisdom for my hubby because he is trying to decide if he should just put it in the shop or if he should put the transmission in himself and save money???hmmm that I don't know:)All I do know is Gods in control and sees what I don't!I have a good feeling there is going to be another post on this post :)
Ya I was talking to my sister on the phone the other day and was telling her that God allowed us to be just comfortable enough to buy some comfy couches lol.My sister said" literally no punt intended"I think God has a sense of humor although my flesh would like to say its not that funny heehee!!

"Knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile" way of life inherited from your forefather, but with presious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.
1 Peter 1:18-19