Goals in Life

Okay not that I have found out that R&R will not be until ummmm October I need to make some weekly, monthly and maybe just some daily goals....

I am a little teary today since finding out we won't see Josh until October but this is what life is about....change.

daily goals:
Spend time with God
Walk
Drink more water
Read
Blog

Weekly goals:
Complete my daily goals (I know lame but I need to do this!!!)
Pay bills
Grocery Shop for healthy, yummy foods
Send care package to Josh
Cut grass, weed eat, etc.
Bible Studies on Wednesday AM and Friday PM
Bake bread
Make menu for week

Monthly Goals:
Pay down debt
Lose weight/tone up!


I am sure there are more things I need to accomplish but this is a good start on top of all those things that come up on a daily basis....

Truely Blessed

As I sit here in the quiet looking through our wedding pictures I am reminded how blessed I am to have such a wonderful man in my life. It has been just 2 1/2 months since Josh left for deployment and it seems like much longer. I miss him so! I know God is taking care of him and is using this time for His glory.

This is my first deployment and I just admire all the spouses out there who do this day in and day out for years and years. We need to pray for our military families who sign up for this life to defend our freedoms because they put so much on the line not just for their country but for their families, their children, their husbands/wives, everything. Military marriages are on the battle lines each and everyday and they need our prayers to join together to keep God first in their life and in their marriages.

My heart is just aching for military wives and husbands who are living this life. I was just listening to a song by Darius Rucker "It won't be like this for long". Read the words because it applies to each of us, just about life. Appreciate each moment you are in and remember "it won't be like this for long".

He didn't have to wake up
He'd been up all night
Layin’ there in bed listenin’
To his new born baby cry
He makes a pot of coffee
He splashes water on his face
His wife gives him a kiss and says
It gonna be OK

It won’t be like this for long
One day soon we'll look back laughin’
At the week we brought her home
This phase is gonna fly by
So baby just hold on‘
Cause it won't be like this for long

Four years later ‘bout 4:30
She's crawling in their bed
And when he drops her off at preschool
She's clinging to his leg
The teacher peels her off of him
He says what can I do
She says now don't you worry
This’ll only last a week or two

It won’t be like this for long
One day soon you'll drop her off
And she won’t even know you're gone
This phase is gonna fly by
If you can just hold on
It won’t be like this for long

Some day soon she'll be a teenager
And at times he'll think she hates him
Then he'll walk her down the aisle
And he'll raise her veil
But right now she's up and cryin’
And the truth is that he don't mind
As he kisses her good night
And she says her prayers

He lays down there beside her‘
Til her eyes are finally closed
And just watchin’ her it breaks his heart
Cause he already knows

It won’t be like this for long
One day soon that little girl is gonna be
All grown up and gone
Yeah, this phase is gonna fly by
So, he's tryin’ to hold on‘

Cause it won’t be like this for long

It won’t be like this for long

Eventful

Life is always eventful with 2 year old twins...today I woke up feeling relaxed, relieved and rejuvenated...I did not get that cup of coffee in the quietness of the morning but I did get it and it was just as nice. We ran errands today as well as a bite to eat with my friend Elizabeth at Torres Mexican restaurant. We helped set up for our MOM's Club Mega sale on Saturday from 8-12. I am excited about going through old clothes but then get sad knowing that my babies are growing up right before my eyes. I cherish every moment with them and look forward to another day to make a positive impact on their little lives.

This is short and sweet tonight...tired and need some rest for tomorrows big sale.

time to detox my body, my mind, & whatever else

I am searching for a healthy way of living and I feel my life, my body, my mind needs some detoxification. Yes I know this sounds crazy coming from me. I went to the library today to learn more about cleansing the body. Wow at the info that is out there and boy the toxic world we live in. My friend Sharon is starting to rub off on me as far as living more simple and looking at the world differently.

So, tonight I will drink some cleansing tea before I go to bed and start tomorrow fresh, read my bible, have my quiet time with God, have a cup of coffee in the quietness of the morning, oh how I hope this is what tomorrow brings.....

On another note, I miss my husband so much right now and look forward to hearing his voice everyday...those simple things in life that we all seems to take for granted; like a hug...a kiss...holding hands...that sweet smile...cuddling...I LOVE YOU Josh!

" Be Still..."

God has been working on me...many times He is telling me to "be still and know that I am God." Alright already is what I am saying but He continues to say the same thing. When will I get it? Who knows but a song I know says I am a work in progress (thank God). We are not perfect but we are continually a work in progress.

The two Bible studies that I am involved with right now are really opening my eyes and bringing me so much closer to him and in this process I am learning to hear that "still small voice". I am not saying that I am in the perfect walk, the perfect Christian or the best wife, mother or friend, but what I am saying is He is helping me to break free of some past hurts, guilts, losses, etc. Now what is He calling me to do....

There is a time for everything and in His timing things will happen~ like the sale of Josh's truck (know anyone who wants a truck let me know), sale of our home, business, etc. My neighbor is leading one of my studies and is really helping me see things in a different light and maybe being called out of my comfort zone. Please pray with me to see if God is calling me to give my testimony to a group of ladies in May for a spring event. I have never given my testimony in a public manner so this would really be stepping out of my comfort zone. I have shared my story with friends and during my bible study but not in such a bold way. If God is calling me to do this pray that He gives me the words to say so that His glory will shine through every situation.

All my friends know that I believe God is in control of my life, my family, our finances, our children, our business and my business. I know that He sends the right people my way either for me to help them with their real estate needs, touch their lives in some way, or for them to teach me something but what ever the reason He knows the plans and He is in Control! Thanks Elizabeth for opening my eyes, teaching me and opening doors.

God is good!

Mighty To Save

I was checking out one of the blogs I follow and she had this song "Mighty to Save":

Everyone needs compassion

A love that's never failing

Let mercy fall on me

Everyone needs forgiveness
The kindness of a Savior

The hope of nations

(Chorus:)

Savior

He can move the mountains

My God is mighty to save

He is mighty to save

Forever

Author of Salvation

He rose & conquered the grave

Jesus conquered the grave

So take me as You find me

All my fears & failures

Fill my life again

I give my life to follow

Everything I believe in

Now I surrender (I surrender)

(Chorus:) (2x)

Savior

He can move the mountains

My God is mighty to save

He is mighty to save

Forever

Author of Salvation

He rose & conquered the grave

Jesus conquered the grave

(Bridge:) (2x)

Shine Your light &

Let the whole world see

We're singing

For the glory

Of the risen King Jesus

(Chorus)

You're the Savior

You can move the mountains

Lord You are mighty to save

You are mighty to save

Forever

Author of Salvation

You rose & conquered the grave

Yes You conquered the grave

(Bridge:)

The words of this make you think and believe that there is nothing that God can't handle. He is bigger than anything you may be going through today. he already has a plan for each one of us and since He conquered the grave, He can conquer any problem you have. Just present it to Him with prayer and thanksgiving. His will, not your will be done. I am so grateful for all the new friends that have come into my life and I know that they will teach me so much.
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In the midst of the storm

It seems like just when you think life is going along just as planned, a bump in the road appears. But God uses these bumps in the road to bring you closer to Him. I can speak from experience that I have needed these bumps in the road to bring me out of my own little world to realize that God has such a bigger plan for me and for those lives I touch.

It like when you throw a pebble into a pond. It has to have the right angle to jump and create those ripples along the water. You can be like a pebble and just throw it so it makes one splash or get just the right angle and create the ripples so it affects the rest of the pond. Can you find peace in the midst of the ripples in the pond?

Ron Hutchcraft Ministries says, "Peace is not just the absence of a storm, but rest in the middle of the storm. Many of us could use that kind of peace right now, and it is the kind of peace that you can have right now if you're resting where you ought to be.As our headlines have become dominated with new dangers and so many hearts have been struggling with new anxieties and fears, we're ready for the incredible peace offered in Psalm 46. It is good news for troubled times and should be our word for every day! "God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble." The more troubled things are, the more present God makes Himself. The psalmist then says, "Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging." Everything's collapsing, even things that have always been there for us. Have no fear because "God is our refuge and strength.""

Psalm 46: 10 "Be still and know that I am God."

For all of you that are feeling like you are in the midst of the storm, there is hope and refuge in our Jesus!

PEACE

today is another one of those days....I am just tired, drained, what else...I can't even think straight these days...do you ever have days like this. I hope that I am not alone in this which I know that I am not with my other CAV girls but you just have days that you feel alone in your daily struggles. I was reading a blog that I follow and she was just rambling and I could so follow every thing she was saying....as I get on to my little girl for getting ready to write on the wall....uuuggghhhh......

CALGON TAKE ME AWAY! I just can't even put my thoughts into word right now. God is speaking to me: John 14:27 "27Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." I leave you with that thought from Jesus.

Let it go

The last week has been a hard week and God is really speaking to me about letting it go and let Him handle everything. I have been starting my day with my closest friend and it makes my day go so much smoother but here lately it has been a struggle to get through the day and complete everything that needs to be done. I am sure there are many of you who feel like this too. I have such good friends around me that have been lifting me up in prayer and I sure do feel it....thank you.

Philippians 4:4-6 keeps coming to mind as well as Jeremiah 29:11. God is so much bigger than anything in my life and I am so truly blessed to serve an AWESOME GOD. I have to confess that I have not been the most pleasant person to be around these days and if I have hurt anyone I apologize. A friend of mine gave me something today that spoke wonders to me: for every minute you are angry you lose 60 seconds of happiness. So basic yet so true. Let it go!

Being on the countdown is hard and I feel like there is so much left to do on top of the everyday affairs of being a wife, mom, REALTOR, friend, sister, daughter and I am sure other hats. My bible study, The Frazzeled Woman, is teaching me so much and I am realizing how hard we as women tend to be on ourselves. I look forward to my weekly retreat with my other frazzled ladies and my daily time with my closest friend, Jesus. Well I am feeling lighter and encouraged to end this day and begin a new one tomorrow. May you learn to let it go and let GOD.

It has been a while~

Life has been crazy around the Moudy home but it getting back to normal. We have decluttered the house and put it on the market. This house looks great and what a sense of peace a clean home brings to me.

We will spend the next two weeks spending quality time with daddy before he leaves for the year. Please pray for Sydney and Noah as they have no clue what is about to happen. Life will change for them but God will be with us each step of the way. Phillippians 4:4-6 says "rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with Thanksgiving, present your requests to God."