Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
We are moved!!
We are officially moved!! And boy are we tired.... Packing cleaning&painting...
Funny thing is, with all the organization&clear marked boxes, we still couldn't find any forks last night.. HA!
We love our house&neighbor hood. And closer to friends!!
And Sams Club!!!! Always a great thing!
I tried to keep track of our craft boxes&Fall decorations boxes..... So can't wait to start decoratinggggggggg.......
First things first, rental truck has to be returned&get unpacked&organized.
I did buy some 4X6 tiles for our first fall craft (coasters) just need to pick up some mod podg.....
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Friday, September 23, 2011
Couragous
Some will not approve of this message, others will, either way it is not my place to worry.
This is MY blog and I WILL speak my mind as the Lord leads.
This movie is something I have been following online for over a year as it was being made.. It struck me to the very core of my soul in regards to the subject matter. Here are some of my thoughts as I watched a few of the clips here.
The good Lord blessed me when He gave me Steve. Yes we have had our ups and downs, our good times as well as bad, but one thing I can say for my husband is... HE IS A REAL MAN!!
Through all of the situations life has thrown at us, the Lord has been healing a wound in my heart and soul of who I am as a woman through Steve.
I remember crying the day we found out we were having a girl each time, out of cheer joy, yet out of fear. Fear because all I could think for a moment was, Oh Lord, please do not let them grow up with the baggage I did... Please protect their emotions..
I was not healed myself, and thought how am I going to raise girls with damaged emotions? But God had a plan, SOOO thankful He does not leave us in our mess.
I am 32 years old and am just now coming into complete healing with the fact that what drove me in who I perceived myself to be, how I let other treat me, and how I perceived GOD had EVERYTHING to do with having NO father growing up, and then to have him come into my life for 12 years and keep stabbing that knife over and over again into my very core.
Sure I could say he doesn't matter, I am fine without him...
This is true ONLY because GOD has fulfilled in me the very promise HE set forth in His word to be everything I would ever need.
Through all of the situations life has thrown at us, the Lord has been healing a wound in my heart and soul of who I am as a woman through Steve.
I remember crying the day we found out we were having a girl each time, out of cheer joy, yet out of fear. Fear because all I could think for a moment was, Oh Lord, please do not let them grow up with the baggage I did... Please protect their emotions..
I was not healed myself, and thought how am I going to raise girls with damaged emotions? But God had a plan, SOOO thankful He does not leave us in our mess.
I am 32 years old and am just now coming into complete healing with the fact that what drove me in who I perceived myself to be, how I let other treat me, and how I perceived GOD had EVERYTHING to do with having NO father growing up, and then to have him come into my life for 12 years and keep stabbing that knife over and over again into my very core.
Sure I could say he doesn't matter, I am fine without him...
This is true ONLY because GOD has fulfilled in me the very promise HE set forth in His word to be everything I would ever need.
Yet God created us to be a complete family unit, not a half, re-made, blended, or anything else.. but a WHOLE family HOLY before HIM.
It only makes sense that it starts with the man of the house. God is head of all, Jesus head of the church, the Holy Spirit, head of our temples, and the man HE has chosen before the foundations of the world, to be head of the home for the days that have been already decided by God.
When that order is broken, we have what our reality is in the world we live in today.. Brokenness everywhere we turn.
As I have watched the girls grow up and form an unbreakable bond with Steve, it has healed me day by day..
I am blessed to watch with amazement what I missed out on.
Now I understand why I felt so empty as a child and young lady.
I am blessed to watch with amazement what I missed out on.
Now I understand why I felt so empty as a child and young lady.
God truly in His grace and mercy, reached down and hand picked Steve for me for that very reason.
He led my in laws step by step in raising the man I call husband today. Steve's brother also played a HUGE role and still does, in shaping who he is as a man.
He led my in laws step by step in raising the man I call husband today. Steve's brother also played a HUGE role and still does, in shaping who he is as a man.
As with any woman, we feel so loved and cherished and appreciated when our husbands speak blessings instead of cursings over us, we feel safe, secure, respected, and enabled to shine forth as a woman who is ACCEPTED!!
I had no clue what an impact it makes to have those things from an earthly father spoken day in and day out.
When I see the girls serve their dad out of love and adoration, I hear them speak words of love and respect, I hear them go before the very Throne room of Grace on his behalf, I just weep with thanksgiving that they are growing up to be WHOLE women of grace, undamaged by their father.
When I see the girls serve their dad out of love and adoration, I hear them speak words of love and respect, I hear them go before the very Throne room of Grace on his behalf, I just weep with thanksgiving that they are growing up to be WHOLE women of grace, undamaged by their father.
They can depend on him to be there no matter the time or day to sit and listen to their heart.
I see them forming their opinion now of what they are praying for and expect in the man that God will bring into their lives one day.
They have a solid foundation in their Heavenly Father to stand on when the waves of life come crashing in, and a safe haven in their earthly father to shield protect and guide.
I see them forming their opinion now of what they are praying for and expect in the man that God will bring into their lives one day.
They have a solid foundation in their Heavenly Father to stand on when the waves of life come crashing in, and a safe haven in their earthly father to shield protect and guide.
Our country is in the mess it is in because men and women refuse to rise up and be what GOD created us to be..
A whole unit, not better or less, but a WHOLE unit to work together to serve the Lord.
A whole unit, not better or less, but a WHOLE unit to work together to serve the Lord.
Women stop feeling threatened by the fact you do not have big degrees to parade around, stop trying to juggle both worlds..
Relax into the arms of Jesus and let HIM help you find strength in the woman HE created you to be.
Relax into the arms of Jesus and let HIM help you find strength in the woman HE created you to be.
It is OK to lean on your husband, it is supposed to be that way, love him, respect him, cherish him, submit to him.. That is a big one that is so misunderstood..
Submitting is such a blessing and an honor, nothing in this life has ever made me feel more complete, accomplished, empowered, loved, and complete, than being a wife and a mother. No degree I was seeking, no matter how many hours I would kill myself to work has ever given me the reward as having a husband cherish me, and children call me blessed.
Such a humble feeling... but am grateful.
Submitting is such a blessing and an honor, nothing in this life has ever made me feel more complete, accomplished, empowered, loved, and complete, than being a wife and a mother. No degree I was seeking, no matter how many hours I would kill myself to work has ever given me the reward as having a husband cherish me, and children call me blessed.
Such a humble feeling... but am grateful.
I do not know how to get out what I am trying to say, but if you are blessed to have the opportunity of a whole family, do the work it takes, seek after GOD with all your heart, body, and soul, to be the very best we can be.
I use to feel torn, that I had to measure up to my extended families expectations of working in a successful career, and still be successful in the home...
I never could be totally committed to either because I was not committed to Christ, or submitted to HIS calling for my life..
I never could be totally committed to either because I was not committed to Christ, or submitted to HIS calling for my life..
PLEASE DO NOT THINK I AM PUTTING YOU DOWN BECAUSE YOU ARE WORKING OUTSIDE THE HOME........
That is not what I am trying to say..
That is not what I am trying to say..
Just because you are working does not mean you have to somehow make excuses for or make it sound like a dreadful thing to also go home and have the awesome privilege to be wife and mother.
This old busy crazy world we live in has one goal.. to make us tired, wear us out, so we give up and stop doing our best to pray our family forward.
Support your man, love him, stand behind him EVEN WHEN GOOD PEOPLE THINK YOU SHOULDN'T..
DO not make the mistake of taking others advice over Gods word..
Just speaking from my heart and my own experiences..
Well I could go on and on, and maybe I will pick back up on this, as it is such a near and dear subject to my heart..
I encourage you to see this movie, buy the bible study to it, do it as a family.
I know that is the goal here in the wiseman home.
I know that is the goal here in the wiseman home.
No we will not be going to the theater to watch it, for our own personal reasons, we feel we do not want the smut that you have to pass on the way in to get in our heads, and the atmosphere is not something we want to be apart of.
So we will patiently wait for it to come out on DVD and watch it.
So we will patiently wait for it to come out on DVD and watch it.
The Family Christian Book Store Has the books, Bible study, and The Resolution on sale now!!
Just click on that link it will take you right to it.
If you survived to the end.. Thanks for listening to my heart today, and pray for us!! We pray for for all of you!!
Much Love, God Bless, and have a great weekend!!
If you survived to the end.. Thanks for listening to my heart today, and pray for us!! We pray for for all of you!!
Much Love, God Bless, and have a great weekend!!
Thankful
So thankful tonight... Thankful for how faithful the Holy Spirit is to us, such undeserving as we are, HE comes to lead us in the paths of righteousness.
The girls and I have started a bible study together " How to be a Godly young lady in an ungodly world" Got through half of it tonight, had a great time of discussion. Many of the topics are not those that I feel extremely comfortable discussing in detail, but it is a must. I believe firmly that the Lord can and does give us wisdom and through HIS word we can and MUST tackle the issues today that are facing our youth, and specifically young ladies( in our home)
If we do not combat these issues with the word of God and talk it through with them, the enemy is more than ready to have the wrong things in place or people in place to lead their precious tender hearts astray. I am thankful for their heart for God, but I am painfully aware of the fight that is going on for their souls and minds. I am in need of God in a desperate way, I plead the blood of Jesus Christ over our home, our children, and all we come in contact with. We must pray for discernment.. it gets rough sometimes... even uncomfortable. We are called to make decisions based upon the leading of the Holy Spirit, not what we feel comfortable with.
I tell the girls I am their mother number one, and their second best friend after Jesus. Their Daddy and Mama love them more than life itself... but HE loves them even more , He gave HIS life for them.
I appreciate the honesty, the transparency, willingness to share their hearts.
It is so true that if we do not get their hearts, we will loose them to this world. We live in this world but are not of this world as children of the most high GOD.
Folks we are in a battle, it is time we start recognizing it and GET IT together and FIGHT the good fight. War is not pretty, not easy, but so important to persevere... So glad our Commander and Chief is and will win this war.. So looking forward to that day. Are you?
I REFUSE to lay down and accept that we will loose our girls to the world just because it is what is main stream. My Bible tells me different.. it does NOT have to be that way.
When you can hear your children praying for one another and for their parents and rest of our family and friends, choked with tears and a real burden for the lost... makes me humble and cry out LORD I NEED MORE OF YOU!!
We need revival, in a real way... It is not long till those eastern skys will burst open wide, Oh Jesus may you find us faithful.
Proverbs 19 was our final passage tonight.
Trust you are having a good week, looking forward to Sunday to be in the house of the Lord!!
The girls and I have started a bible study together " How to be a Godly young lady in an ungodly world" Got through half of it tonight, had a great time of discussion. Many of the topics are not those that I feel extremely comfortable discussing in detail, but it is a must. I believe firmly that the Lord can and does give us wisdom and through HIS word we can and MUST tackle the issues today that are facing our youth, and specifically young ladies( in our home)
If we do not combat these issues with the word of God and talk it through with them, the enemy is more than ready to have the wrong things in place or people in place to lead their precious tender hearts astray. I am thankful for their heart for God, but I am painfully aware of the fight that is going on for their souls and minds. I am in need of God in a desperate way, I plead the blood of Jesus Christ over our home, our children, and all we come in contact with. We must pray for discernment.. it gets rough sometimes... even uncomfortable. We are called to make decisions based upon the leading of the Holy Spirit, not what we feel comfortable with.
I tell the girls I am their mother number one, and their second best friend after Jesus. Their Daddy and Mama love them more than life itself... but HE loves them even more , He gave HIS life for them.
I appreciate the honesty, the transparency, willingness to share their hearts.
It is so true that if we do not get their hearts, we will loose them to this world. We live in this world but are not of this world as children of the most high GOD.
Folks we are in a battle, it is time we start recognizing it and GET IT together and FIGHT the good fight. War is not pretty, not easy, but so important to persevere... So glad our Commander and Chief is and will win this war.. So looking forward to that day. Are you?
I REFUSE to lay down and accept that we will loose our girls to the world just because it is what is main stream. My Bible tells me different.. it does NOT have to be that way.
When you can hear your children praying for one another and for their parents and rest of our family and friends, choked with tears and a real burden for the lost... makes me humble and cry out LORD I NEED MORE OF YOU!!
We need revival, in a real way... It is not long till those eastern skys will burst open wide, Oh Jesus may you find us faithful.
Proverbs 19 was our final passage tonight.
Trust you are having a good week, looking forward to Sunday to be in the house of the Lord!!