Having Faith

Alright! If you know me well, you knew this blog was coming. I have been wanting to post about the presidential election for a while, but have been trying to restrain myself. Well, no longer! I am a supporter of John McCain. (I'm sure that comes as a shock.) However, lately, I have been on edge about everything. I watch the stock market and wonder if we are going to have another depression. I watch the news and think about how much the media seeks to divide, not unite. Things that should not be focused on in the campaign are focused on and things that should be talked about are being ignored. I have taught myself that we have to have faith. There are several things we need to have faith in, however. Number one, we need to have faith in the American people. We have a history of not letting others tell us what to do and hopefully, we will make our own decision when we go to the voting booth. Second, we need to have faith in our democratic system. Whoever wins, we need to trust that this is who was voted into office. Third, we need to have faith in our country. Looking back at the times of the Great Depression, the role of government was expanded thanks to a democratic president. It probably prolonged the Depression rather than helped, but we eventually got back on track. Last, but most importantly, we need to have faith in God. Remember, He is in control and He knows exactly what will happen. We can trust Him with our country and we can trust Him with our family.

Before I go, I encourage you to know what each candidate believes on the issues. Look at their plans for our future. If you are not sure, ask me and I can help you (but I am a little biased.)

MCCAIN/PALIN ALL THE WAY!!!!

Truly Blessed

The other day I was I was talking with some people from church about young families who are having a hard time.  I know of several couples who are plagued with debt, parenting issues, job stress, and just the busyness of life these days.  The longer we talked, the more I realized just how much God has blessed my family and me.  Don't get me wrong, we have our problems and struggles, but overall life is great.  We have a great church, our girls are healthy, and financially we are slowly eliminating our debt.  Several in our church have major health issues that I cannot even imagine having to endure.  God truly has blessed me!  

Of course as I type this, I understand that all of this can change on a dime.  We are not immune to problems and I know that they will come.  If you are going through a hard time, know that there is light at the end of the tunnel.  Many of you have shown great perseverance and I pray that when the storms of life come we rely upon God to carry us through.

On a side note, I just added some more recent pictures of our family. Click here to view them.

God's Blessings

Yesterday was a really neat day for me. I say some our prayers get answered that I didn't even know we had been praying for. It just showed me again how God not only desires to take care of our needs but He wants to give us a few of our wants also. Let me just give a quick rundown of what I mean. Every time we have gone to Wal-Mart lately, they have had those wooden playhouses and playground equipment sitting out. I guess they are trying to get rid of them before putting them back in storage. Anyway, Emily always talks about wanting one. The problem is that they cost anywhere between 300-500 dollars. Needless to say, we really can not afford that. Okay, keep that in mind. Jason and I were talking the other day about when do we give Emily a bike. I think I came to the conclusion that maybe for her birthday we could get her one. Again, a good one is a little expensive so we would have to save up for it. Emily is also outgrowing all of her clothes. We can get her things a little at a time, but a lot of her stuff comes from her MiMi and PaPa. They have been a real blessing.

Anyway, yesterday we go to church and a lady starts talking to Jason about a Playscape that she has that her son has outgrown. It is a real sturdy playset for the backyard. She wants to give it to us. Emily will get it the end of this month. I know that she will be so excited. I also had another lady come up to me during our welcome time and tell me that her daughter is outgrowing all of her clothes very quickly and she doesn't have anyone to give her clothes to. The little girl is a year older than Emily and she wanted to know if I wanted the clothes. I was like, definitely. Then, she added, in the spring we will have a bike to give you also. The bike is almost brand new and was only ridden a few times. I was floored! God is so good. I didn't even know these were things that were on His priority list, but again, He desires to give us good things, so I shouldn't be all that surprised.

The best of days

Well, for the past few days I have been wanting to post an update of some sort but every time I sat down, nothing would come to mind. I guess I had writer's block. The truth is we have had some very calm days. I am so blessed. I did forget to mention the fact that Emily has written her name all by herself. We were at Chile's the other day and Jason wrote her name on her to-go box. Without any help from anyone else, she looked at what Jason had written and wrote her name all by herself. I had her write it again on a piece of paper because I couldn't keep the to-go box. She is also really funny because we can get in the car at Jason's parents and head home (which is 25 minutes away.) The whole way home, Emily talks. It is hilarious because Jason and I can not have a conversation at all. I don't know where she gets the whole talking so much (surely not from me, ha ha.)

Anyway, I can't go without talking about the election. I just want to remind everyone to vote. If you have not registered, do so!! Remember, everyones vote is on equal footing. Just because some people have a bigger platform to speak on then others, doesn't mean their vote counts more.

God is in control!! Thank goodness!