Brad sent me a card today with this attached.
"Thought that would cheer you up. As well as knowing that I just booked you a flight to go see Malia on Friday, March 14. You return Tuesday, March 18."
Wahoo, I am going to Dallas by myself with no kids!
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
My Blessed Goodbye
Tonight, at midnight, our Directv will be cut off. No, we didn't forget to pay our bill. We purposely cut it off. I would like to officially say a blessed goodbye to my TIVO.
Goodbye to season passes of my favorite shows
Goodbye to the pause button
Goodbye to fast forwarding through commercials
Goodbye to watching whatever show you want, whenever you want
Goodbye to the time I wasted watching mind numbing junk
Goodbye to the times I heard words I shouldn't have
Goodbye to the scenes I didn't need to see
Goodbye to the issues my kids needed to know nothing about
Goodbye shows that taught me how my house needed to be up-dated, bigger, and better
Goodbye Fox news, I will miss you!
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
The Pressure is On
Brad keeps reminding me that is has been a couple of days since I have posted. He points to it and says, “this is old news, it is time to update.” I just don’t know what I want to say. I have been busy with sick kids and studying to teach Hannah at bible study next week that I just didn’t know what to talk about. And I am feeling the pressure.
I could tell you that I played Nertz (my favorite game in the whole world) and lost today. I wasn’t very happy about it. I lost by one point. And the lady, I won’t mention any names (Cherie) that beat me only beat me because she cheated. Yep, that is right. She cheated and all my friends let her cheat. She had one card that she had taken off her Nertz pile and hadn’t set it down anywhere when “Nertz” was called, so she got credit for it. I think I should have won, that is no way to win a game. Or at least had a tie. So now, I am drowning my sorrows with sweet tea and sour patch kids.
Or, I could tell you that all my kids have done since they have gotten home from school is fight with each other. So, I sent them upstairs to play. Now, they are having a water fight in the bathroom and I don’t even want to go up there to see that mess. But for the moment, I don’t have to listen to them fuss at each other, so what is a little water.
Or, I could tell you that Brad came home early from staff retreat and I didn’t have anything planned for dinner so he had to go get take out. (My personal favorite kind of food – the kind I don’t make). Cause when Brad is gone, we just eat pizza and cereal and Brad doesn’t think that is an acceptable dinner.
So, I will just tell you that my life is just run of the mill right now. There has been no words of wisdom or divine inspiration. Just the mundane of life. I am not complaining. It is nice on occasion to not make dinner or have to clean up throw up. A break is good for all of us. I can relax, take a bubble bath.
Maybe this is why Paul urges us in 1 Thessalonians 4:11 to make it our ambition to lead a quiet (or simple) life and at attend to your own business. That attending to your own business might just be a blog for tomorrow. I could go on and on about that. How ruffled we get over things that don’t pertain to us. But, that is for another day. It is the simple and quiet life I am enjoying tonight. When the most I need to worry about is, how much water is on the floor from the water fight and hopefully, it isn’t enough to cause any damage.
Let’s all make it our ambition to lead a quiet life. It sure does make life easier. Jesus knew what He was talking about when He said His yoke is easy and His burden is light. He wants us to live a simple life because He knows that is what is best for us. His way is easy and His burden is light.
Bath Time!
I could tell you that I played Nertz (my favorite game in the whole world) and lost today. I wasn’t very happy about it. I lost by one point. And the lady, I won’t mention any names (Cherie) that beat me only beat me because she cheated. Yep, that is right. She cheated and all my friends let her cheat. She had one card that she had taken off her Nertz pile and hadn’t set it down anywhere when “Nertz” was called, so she got credit for it. I think I should have won, that is no way to win a game. Or at least had a tie. So now, I am drowning my sorrows with sweet tea and sour patch kids.
Or, I could tell you that all my kids have done since they have gotten home from school is fight with each other. So, I sent them upstairs to play. Now, they are having a water fight in the bathroom and I don’t even want to go up there to see that mess. But for the moment, I don’t have to listen to them fuss at each other, so what is a little water.
Or, I could tell you that Brad came home early from staff retreat and I didn’t have anything planned for dinner so he had to go get take out. (My personal favorite kind of food – the kind I don’t make). Cause when Brad is gone, we just eat pizza and cereal and Brad doesn’t think that is an acceptable dinner.
So, I will just tell you that my life is just run of the mill right now. There has been no words of wisdom or divine inspiration. Just the mundane of life. I am not complaining. It is nice on occasion to not make dinner or have to clean up throw up. A break is good for all of us. I can relax, take a bubble bath.
Maybe this is why Paul urges us in 1 Thessalonians 4:11 to make it our ambition to lead a quiet (or simple) life and at attend to your own business. That attending to your own business might just be a blog for tomorrow. I could go on and on about that. How ruffled we get over things that don’t pertain to us. But, that is for another day. It is the simple and quiet life I am enjoying tonight. When the most I need to worry about is, how much water is on the floor from the water fight and hopefully, it isn’t enough to cause any damage.
Let’s all make it our ambition to lead a quiet life. It sure does make life easier. Jesus knew what He was talking about when He said His yoke is easy and His burden is light. He wants us to live a simple life because He knows that is what is best for us. His way is easy and His burden is light.
Bath Time!
Saturday, February 23, 2008
My Parents
I got this letter from my parents today - I know I have said this before but I have the best family in the whole wide world.
Angela and Jon, Kasey and Brad, and Breanne and Paul,
We have been praying for each of you and have felt great joy in the birth of Malia and great sorrow for Breanne and Paul in the miscarriage. For Kasey and Brad there is still sorrow for sweet Jake and again for Angela and Jon,and Breanne and Paul the miscarriages. We have great joy with McKenzie, Drew, Grey, Cas, Jake, Jackson, Isabel and now little Malia. It is hard to describe the joy and the sorrow, the love and pain for each of you. God has brought each of you through difficult days and joy filled days. He has given to us the most wonderful family and there is no way you will ever know how grateful we are for each of you. My heart aches with each of you in sorrow and rejoices with you in the good days.
Life has many joys that He brings to us through our family. The many gifts He has given to us are too numerous to describe but the most precious and wonderful gift is our girls and their families. He has bound our family together with a cord of love and strength that cannot be broken no matter how difficult the day or how full of the good that He has given to us.
I was reading the Psalms of Ascent and this one just prompted me to tell you all, we love you. He has His mighty hand of love on you and your families.
Psalm 133
How good and pleasant it is when brothers (sisters) dwell in unity! It is like precious oil on the head (it is like precious oil to our hearts), running down on the beard (well I guess not the beard), on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes (running down into our hearts to heal a broken heart), It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion!
For there the Lord commanded the blessing, life forevermore (He has blessed us with everlasting love and the blessing of eternal life with no tears and great joy. I added a few lines!
Please know how grateful we are for each of you!
We love you
Dad and Mom
How Awesome is that?
Angela and Jon, Kasey and Brad, and Breanne and Paul,
We have been praying for each of you and have felt great joy in the birth of Malia and great sorrow for Breanne and Paul in the miscarriage. For Kasey and Brad there is still sorrow for sweet Jake and again for Angela and Jon,and Breanne and Paul the miscarriages. We have great joy with McKenzie, Drew, Grey, Cas, Jake, Jackson, Isabel and now little Malia. It is hard to describe the joy and the sorrow, the love and pain for each of you. God has brought each of you through difficult days and joy filled days. He has given to us the most wonderful family and there is no way you will ever know how grateful we are for each of you. My heart aches with each of you in sorrow and rejoices with you in the good days.
Life has many joys that He brings to us through our family. The many gifts He has given to us are too numerous to describe but the most precious and wonderful gift is our girls and their families. He has bound our family together with a cord of love and strength that cannot be broken no matter how difficult the day or how full of the good that He has given to us.
I was reading the Psalms of Ascent and this one just prompted me to tell you all, we love you. He has His mighty hand of love on you and your families.
Psalm 133
How good and pleasant it is when brothers (sisters) dwell in unity! It is like precious oil on the head (it is like precious oil to our hearts), running down on the beard (well I guess not the beard), on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes (running down into our hearts to heal a broken heart), It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion!
For there the Lord commanded the blessing, life forevermore (He has blessed us with everlasting love and the blessing of eternal life with no tears and great joy. I added a few lines!
Please know how grateful we are for each of you!
We love you
Dad and Mom
How Awesome is that?
None of These Things Will Move Me
Paul tells us in Acts 20:24 "But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God."
What will move you? Paul had decided before he faced all the trials that he faced that NONE OF THESE THINGS WILL MOVE ME. It is a decision we make, not based on how we feel but an act of obedience. The great thing about our God is that He changes our feelings too. Sometimes, it just takes time and our decision to not be moved by the things that we encounter. We must decide like Paul, that no matter what we face, we will not be moved. It sure makes the things we encounter so much easier to handle.
Why? Because when we haven't decided that nothing can move us, something will move us. When we face a trial, a hurt, a loss and haven't made that decision we are really facing an added trial on top of the original one. Let me see if I can explain. When Jake died, I knew that I would still trust the Lord, regardless of the hurt. So, I had to just grieve the loss of Jake and not the fight over would I trust the Lord or not. If we haven't made that decision, we are grieving our loss and we are in a battle over our souls. Will we trust or not?
Satan is not a respector of our losses. He doesn't say, "Well now, Kasey has just experienced the loss of her life, I think I will let her alone for awhile and give her time to recover." NO! He swoops in ready to tell us that God can't be trusted, God really doesn't have what is best for us in mind. You know all the things he tells us. He uses those times of weakness to pound us into the ground. Don't let him. That is why it is so important to make that decision today. NONE OF THESE THINGS WILL MOVE ME!
Have you made that decision? You should. God can be trusted. God plans for us are for our good and not evil. Then we can look back and say like Joseph did, "You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives." Or like Job who said "Tho he slay me, yet will I hope in him."
What will move you? Paul had decided before he faced all the trials that he faced that NONE OF THESE THINGS WILL MOVE ME. It is a decision we make, not based on how we feel but an act of obedience. The great thing about our God is that He changes our feelings too. Sometimes, it just takes time and our decision to not be moved by the things that we encounter. We must decide like Paul, that no matter what we face, we will not be moved. It sure makes the things we encounter so much easier to handle.
Why? Because when we haven't decided that nothing can move us, something will move us. When we face a trial, a hurt, a loss and haven't made that decision we are really facing an added trial on top of the original one. Let me see if I can explain. When Jake died, I knew that I would still trust the Lord, regardless of the hurt. So, I had to just grieve the loss of Jake and not the fight over would I trust the Lord or not. If we haven't made that decision, we are grieving our loss and we are in a battle over our souls. Will we trust or not?
Satan is not a respector of our losses. He doesn't say, "Well now, Kasey has just experienced the loss of her life, I think I will let her alone for awhile and give her time to recover." NO! He swoops in ready to tell us that God can't be trusted, God really doesn't have what is best for us in mind. You know all the things he tells us. He uses those times of weakness to pound us into the ground. Don't let him. That is why it is so important to make that decision today. NONE OF THESE THINGS WILL MOVE ME!
Have you made that decision? You should. God can be trusted. God plans for us are for our good and not evil. Then we can look back and say like Joseph did, "You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives." Or like Job who said "Tho he slay me, yet will I hope in him."
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