Anxiety

Hi Everyone,
Last night I had nightmares,  silly ones now that I think about it but ones that are still giving me rise as I'm awake.  I don't have any desire to talk about something that makes me look vulnerable or for some of you to see me in a different light but Jesus put this on my heart and who am I to say no.

I struggle with anxiety, the kind that makes you stay up late or wakes you up in the middle of the night.  Night after night of this happening and your desperate to try anything just so you can function.   I would memorize verses and say them in my head but it wouldn't go away, I would read my Bible during the night time thinking maybe I just need to be in the Word and it wouldn't go away.  I did everything that friends said to do hoping that one of them would work.  Medication works but I get sores in my mouth in them after taking them for more then a night.

I'm not here to say here's what you need to do to conquer this but I am here to say that even through this time of anxiety you need to trust that Jesus Christ has you.  He is wrapping His loving arms around you and is holding you during this time.  As you can see I still struggle with anxiety but I have come to terms with the fact that this anxiety might never go away and I need to fully rely on God who will carry me through it.  You are loved by a mighty God friend, never forget He will stand by you.

For everyone who struggles with anxiety, I feel you.  I know what you're going through and I hate it.  I pray as you have this burden that you remain under the shade and comfort of Jesus Christ and in everything trust in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.

I love you

Rest

          “"Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest. In plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.”
‭‭Exodus‬ ‭34:21‬ ‭ESV‬‬













Hello Everyone,
Four years ago I started working outside of the home as an Orchestra Director.  I love my job, I love the students who I teach and the challenges of starting them from the beginning and growing them to be able to play at an exceptional level.  I love the families that help me in the program.  But what I started to see each week was I was getting worn out.  My house was a complete mess, I was short with my husband and my sweet bebs.  I was tired and I had no clue what my problem was.  Then I remembered a sermon that our pastor talked about rest.   I realized that even though I had weekends to rest I wasn't really resting.  I was socializing, taking the kids to their music lessons and practices.  I truly wasn't resting.  That day I made the decision to not go anywhere, to not socialize with anyone, and to truly rest on my chosen day which was Saturday.  It was hard at first because I had to say no to a lot of things.  I am not a person who says no,  I'm a people pleaser :-).

Oh sweet friends, the difference in my week was incredible!  My house for one day was an absolute mess, but the remainder of the week clean or at least picked up.  So that brings me to this new adventure.  Do you know how tempting it was to email friends, to call them and tell them about Mary and Martha on my day off?  Extremely, but I stuck to Exodus 34:21 Six days you shall work, but the seventh day you shall rest.  I know no matter what, I and you all need a day to rest.  Are you resting?  Do you have a day where you do nothing but binge watch TV shows, or read books and eat a glorious amount of food?  If you don't, I think you should, and not just me but God thinks you should too.

Now I had my rest day yesterday so it's back to work :-). If you book an event with me through Mary and Martha you get double Host rewards when you host a $400 gathering and your guests get discounts too!
Love you all and I hope you rest.

A grateful heart

Colossians 3:15
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.

Every morning my husband hears the alarm and wakes up.  Now I'm going to be truthful, there is no way I would wake up at 5:00 am to pray and study my Bible unless he woke up first and started the coffee.   Every morning I think "Ok, time to get up he's going to serve me coffee". It's such a small silly thing but I'm thankful for that.  My time in prayer and reading our Father's treasured Word is incredibly essential to my day and to the people who interact with me during the day.

Friends you may not have a husband who will make you coffee but what can you do to spend time with God?  What are you willing to get up for so that you can start your day out, or maybe it needs to be another part of your day.  Either way find time for God and I promise you Colossians 3:15 will happen Christ's peace will rule in your heart and you'll be thankful.

Praying for you all today, love you.

If you like this cup, click Here for it :-)

Author Melanie Cellier

Hello World,
My sweet Liv is sick today with strep.  Our poor family has been hit hard with sinus infections, type A flu, strep etc...  The hardest thing for this mama is figuring out that even though my job is important my family needs to come first.  So even if it's UIL concert/sight reading season I'm taking off because they need me.   You would think this wouldn't be hard, but selfishly my heart says "you need your students to know this by this time and you're behind schedule!" I can seriously feel,the anxiety creeping up because I'm missing school today.  If you have a chance pray for both Liv and I, that Liv is getting better and that in the end I'm at peace with everything.  Thanks!

The Four Kingdoms by Melanie Cellier are fairytale retellings.  These books have just enough of the old familiar fairytales to make them timeless but also new enough to not get that what happens next feeling, if you get what I mean.  They're awesome!

Melanie Cellier is the author of this fabulous series and I have really enjoyed her writing and clean romance.  She does a great job at character development as well as world building.  Please look her up, in fact here is a link to her books on Amazon click Here.  Ok sweet friends I'm off to spend a day full of taking care of my Livie Lou, have a great day!

1 Thessalonians 5:18King James Version (KJV)

18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

My Why

Hello Everyone,
So two days ago I listened on a phone conference from Mary and Martha, the first thing this sweet lady did for us was pray over us women.  Can I just say "Wow". This is something to me at least that is so uplifting and refreshing.

I know I've been posting a lot about the children's selection of Mary and Martha but this selection has truly been a blessing to my kiddos.  Right smack dab in the middle of my two girls sleeping peacefully (they sometimes like to have sleep overs and they've been doing this for ages, here's another pic of them when they first started doing this) is a stuffed animal.

These plush little stuffed animals are God Made Just One, ours is the Kangaroo Plush and Livie can not go anywhere with out it.  School, gymnastics, church, all over town this little friend has gone with her.  Friends, you have to understand my kids are blanket kids.  They don't do stuffed animals, as you can see from the first picture what is prominent is the kangaroo, and in the 2nd picture the blankets.  They are indeed plush and squishy and seriously if I wasn't a 35 year old woman I would totally get my own!

These little beauties are $24 and here is the link to get them :-) click Here.

Have a great day and I pray that as God told Paul in Acts 23:11 that you take courage.

Mary and Martha

Hi Everyone :-)

So I am shamelessly promoting this really awesome fairly new business that I just got myself into.  This company is called Mary and Martha and as you can tell the founders have been around awhile.  This company is a Christian based home goods, and they sell children's toys, books, games, and puzzles.   My mom gave us several of their items and I absolutely fell in love with them, and thought what they hay might as well try something new.  So here I am shamelessly promoting on my blog a company that is really awesome!

So when I prayed about becoming a consultant one of the things that I wanted was to be more intentional with my husband and kids.  This puzzle God Made Just One was perfect for our family of five.  As you can see the pieces are big and easy to hold and the puzzle itself is bright and vibrant and the perfect size for a floor puzzle not too big and not too small.

 This verse Galatians 1:15 was a great conversation starter for our family and we were able to talk about what might God's plan be for them.

Our family had a lot of fun putting it together and it was a good 20 minutes spent working together.  Some corrections had to be made with how my little ones spoke to each other but all in all they did a really good job communicating correctly.

In the end the whole family had a blast putting this puzzle together by Mary and Martha.  So if you would like this puzzle you can contact me 806-464-0029 and I'll get your order ready.  I'm hoping to have my website up and ready soon!
If you've never heard of Mary and Martha please feel free to click Her to shop their website :-). I'll continue to post more things from them as well as reviewing books and I'm thinking I'm going to show you a few of my favorite recipes too.  Have a great day!

True to You

Hello World,

Summer is here in Texas and it is warm and beautiful and perfect :)  I love summer, summer is for being lazy and reading books.  Amazing books, like this perfect book right above this blog.  I hope you all have an amazing summer and that time slows down just a little bit for you!  If you need me, I'll be reading books, playing with my kids, and holding our dog's new AKC litter of Labrador Retrievers :)  If you're interested please feel free to message me!!!

Ok Back to the book True to You written by Becky Wade is the incredibly sweet story of eclectic and nostalgic Nora Bradford.  She is the incredible owner of a historical town who also dabbles in ancestry.  This amazingly sweet lady has fallen head over heels for a war hero.  John Lawson is facing an unknown condition and he thinks Nora can help him find information regarding the condition that can have repercussions across his lifespan.    

These two have an awesome meet cute scene that I found utterly adorable and I may have fallen in love with Nora just a bit upon reading her first introduction to John Lawson.  This, book, right here friends is brilliant.  I went into thinking this would be a great summer read to enjoy and once again Becky Wade throws a curve ball at my idea of what a Christian romance should be.  She wrote with such poise and ease that I really didn't even see that curve ball until it hit me in the face, and the best part.  Wait for it... Wait just a second... I had know clue that it was coming!  So dear friends if you are wanting something fun, witty, a little deep, a bit poignant and filled with Christ's awesome redemption you need to read True to You!!!

*Yo peeps this book was given to me so I could tell the honest truth about it.

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

—Galatians 2:20

Friends, I hope when you read the verses that I post at the end of my blog that you take the time to dig a little deeper into it and that you are given a strong desire to read your Bible every day.   That the yearning for this Book (the Bible) is always there and that you fall more in love with our incredible Father and the promises that He has for you.  Love you all.