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."

God is Good!

I know God heard my crys because I am at such peace today. It is like when you wake up to a beautiful sunny day after many days of rain, just that glorious refreshing feeling you get from your head to your toes. This is a short post today but I wanted to let you know what an awesome God I serve.

Hebrews 13:5 (New International Version)
5Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."

are you heavy laden?

I am feeling stressed and tired and worn. I can hear God speaking to me from Matthew 11:28-30 " Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." I need to feel God's arms around me at this moment. The stresses of money can wear on the heart, soul and body. I ask for prays from my friends that I releases my worries to God and that He reveals to me what I need to do. I know that I am very blessed and God has and will continue to take care of us. Just expressing my heart. Much love to all during this Christmas season.

it won't be like this for long

I was checking on friends tonight as they are gearing up for deployment. My heart aches for my dear friends who are having to go through this chapter in their life but as this song by Darious Rucker "It Won't be Like this for Long", I pray that time will go by fast for you ladies. As it says in Ecclesiastes 3:1 "To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven." I know God will hold each of you in his arms over the next year, walk with you when you need a friend, hold you when you need to cry and carry you when you just don't have the strentgh.

Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord. They are plans for good and not harm, to give you future and a hope."

GPS

I was getting ready this morning for my open house and thought I would take a few things with me: my open house basket which is filled with balloons, scissors, curling ribbon, candles, pens, open house sign in sheets, business cards and info on the house as well as my phone and a book (just in case no one shows up because it is toooooooo cold outside). As I was at my open house (waiting for the crowds to come through) I did some calculating of the homes in the neighborhood to get the price per square foot and made a few business related calls. Still no one, I decided to read in my One Month to Live book, yep I am still reading it and I probably should be done by now but obviously I am not....today was about your GPS (Global Positioning System). Not sure about you but I don't have one of these useful tools in my car and so wished I did at times. Anyway, I am rambling....

What do you use as your daily GPS - daily reading of a devotion book, daily time reading your bible, reading the paper, watching the news, listening to the radio, or nothing at all just hoping your day goes good. In today's reading it talks about GPS-Our gifts, our passions and our struggles. God has given each of us a gift to use to glorify Him and when we are using our gifts it brings a smile to His face. These are considered spiritual gifts. And yes we all have spiritual gifts, you just have to figure out what it is. What do you do well? Ask your friends what they think your gifts may be. "We find our place and purpose in life when we discover our passion." Second God gives us a passion/desire. What is the desires of your heart? I believe these desires are put in your life for a reason and at just the right time, so you can bring glory to Him. God gives us a gift to use and he gives us a passion to pursue. If you don't know what your true passion is, take notice of what you get caught up in during the day or week, that you just can't seem to get enough of and truly enjoy what you are doing. Ah ha, your passion. I love baking and someday want to have a bakery/coffee shop. When His children are happy, He is happy; just as when you have children, you are happy when they are happy. Lastly our God is a loving God and knows the importance of struggles. We don't always enjoy these struggles but we learn to depend on Him. I can sure vouch for that the past few months. I have surely been turning to God more and more and during these struggles and finding out more about myself. God uses these struggles, not only to make us stronger, to encourage us to turn to Him and to help others who may be experiencing the same things. Don't hide your life so others can't learn from you. 'Dr. Seus once said, "Be who you are because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." Our greatest pleasure in life often comes from serving others, from giving them what no one else can provide in that exact time and place, whether it's a hot meal, a kind word, a listening ear, or a strong shoulder. We must be willing to be guided bu the One who knows us best.' (day17 pg 132).

Use your GPS daily to find your way through this wonderful life. Blessings to all.

Now I lay me down

I have been reading through blogs and I am amazed at many things. First the world out there that most of us don't realize exist. Second, the need of God love, grace and gentleness. Third, the loss that people are going through on a daily basis. I am so thankful to my GOD. If you ever think your life is rough I have heard people say that it could be worse. Yes it can but the strength that these families have is nothing but GOD. My mind is just racing with things I want to say and can't seem to get the words out. My heart aches for the families that are in need right now and for the families who have experienced the loss of a child. I have found a site that is now dear to my heart and I wan to help spread the word about this service. Check out their website and please pass it on to your family and friends because you never know who may need this service. https://www.nowilaymedowntosleep.org/ The need for this is great and unfortunately I have a dear friend who could have used this service. This blog is going to be short and I hope to be able to get on screen what all I want to say tomorrow. Blessings to all and good night.

Thankful Moments

I have not been posting the last week or so....We went to Hattiesburg, MS for Thanksgiving and I was sick from Friday - Wednesday. So I was not up to blogging.

I have title this blog in memory of baby Bregan Webb. Bregan went home to his heavenly Father on Thanksgiving morning. My heart aches for my sweet, dear friend Diane and her family and I can not imagine what they are going through. It is at times like these that I wish I could change time and change lives. I know God has a plan and a purpose in this life but sometimes it is very hard to understand. This is where that mustard seed faith comes into play again, have the faith of a mustard seed and see what wonders God is going to show you (me)....Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful for things in your life and I thank God for my family, my friends, memories, pictures that capture those memories and all that God has done and will do for me.

"It takes a minute to have a crush on someone, an hour to like someone and a day to love someone- but it takes a lifetime to forget someone."

Be thankful for every minute you have with your family and friends. Why is it that at this time of year do we stop and remember these things. This is something we should do every single day. I think if I could stop and remember the scripture "be still and know that I am God", that life would be so much easier. Go and be that example for your family and friends, you may be the only Jesus they see! Love, thoughts and prayers to you Diane!!!!!!!!!!

It's about love and respect

While we were traveling down to Mississippi I was scanning through the radio stations and came across a radio station that has Jerry and Joy (and for the life of me I can't remember their last name) speaking at a marriage conference. You know when God is at work, because boy was he talking to me.

Josh and I just had a conversation the other day about communication, taking care of ourselves and respect. I can get so worked up about a lot of little things and I realize that a lot of times I tend to be pretty selfish when it comes to others. Yes this is along the lines of me doing a lot of soul searching and realizing that I tend to come across to my family with the line of is its not my way it is not good enough or it is wrong. Why do I feel like this and how do I change this in me. Okay a little side track!!!

This speaker was talking about what women and men need in a marriage. Women want to feel loved. We don't just need to hear the words from our husbands but we need to FEEL loved. I am sure that you have heard a saying "I told her that I loved her the day we got married and if it changes I will let her know". This can be funny but not when you are the one not feeling important to your spouse. Husbands need to find out what is important to their wives and then follow through with it on a regular basis. He also said that we tend to take each other for granted which is so easy to do.

Now our husbands want most is to feel respected. You may respect him but how do you show it. I know that I don't show it enough to Josh because I was so use to doing things on my own in a former life that I tend to do that now. I don't involve him in my life enough and I don't ask him for his help. We as wives have a lot of emotions that we go through when we have a baby and sometimes the most important thing in our life gets neglected and pushed to the bottom. Ephesians 5:33 says it all, 33However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

God's little instruction book is all that we need to get through each day but we (I) need to spend time with him each and every day. Go see where God is at work and join Him.