I’ve been a walking heartache/I’ve made a mess of me/The person that I’ve been lately Ain’t who I wanna be/But you stay here right beside me/Watch as the storm goes through/And I need you
God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
For when I think I’ve lost my way
There are no words here left to say, it’s true
God gave me you
There’s more here than what were seeing/A divine conspiracy/That you, an angel lovely/Could somehow fall for me/You’all always be love’s great martyr/Ill be the flattered fool & I need you
God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
For when I think I’ve lost my way
There are no words here left to say, it’s true
God gave me you
On my own I’m only Half of what I could be/I can’t do without you/We are stitched together/And what love has tethered could baby, never undo
God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
For when I think I’ve lost my way
There are no words here left to say, it’s true
God gave me you, gave me you've me you
Monday, April 19, 2010
Movie Marathon Weekend!
We had a movie marathon weekend - and if you know Chris he was thrilled!
We are blessed with amazing weather in TN this time of year - typically. This weekend was definitely one of those times. Good, crisp breeze and sunshine mixed with the high 70s was a beautiful combination. Not exactly a weekend where you want to be inside. However, relaxing inside with the windows open wasn't so bad :) We cozied up Friday night to watch "Up in the Air". Woke up Saturday morning kinda feeling blah and decided we would watch "500 Days of Summer". That night we went out with our friends the DeFere's and then watched "The Soloist" at their house. Sunday night wrapped it all up with "Away We Go".
All of the movies were amazing. Different - not my typical happy ending story movies. They were movies that made you think. Think about love, life, what everyone's story is and how it will end.
All in all - it was a great weekend. One of those weekends that made me thankful to have a wonderful husband to spend it with.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
some encouraging words...
Only by accepting full responsibility for our actions & attitudes can we ever be fully free from guilt. - book "Lies Women Believe" by Nancy Leigh Demoss
Strong women - may we know them, may we grow them, may we be them...
"I believe that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated."
"That it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others, sometimes you have to learn how to forgive yourself."
Sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.
"Put together all the tenderest love you know of, the deepest you have ever felt, & the strongest that has ever been poured out upon you, & heap it upon it all the love of all the human hearts in the world, & then multiply it by infinity, & you will begin, perhaps, to have some faint glimpse of what the love of God is."
"God is not removed or detached from our problems. He doesn't just sit up in heaven & watch to see if we will manage to survive. No, the god of the bible is "a very present help in time of trouble"(ps. 46:1). That doesn't mean he waves a magic wand & makes all our problems disappear; it does mean He uses pressure & problems to mold & shape our lives & to make us like his son Jesus who "learned obedienece from what he suffered"(Hebrews 5:8) We want God to fix all our problems. God says instead,"I have a purpose for your problems. I want to use your problems to change you & reveal My grace & power to the world." That is the truth - and the truth will set you free.
Strong women - may we know them, may we grow them, may we be them...
"I believe that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated."
"That it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others, sometimes you have to learn how to forgive yourself."
Sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.
"If you work hard in life you will be rewarded. If you take shortcuts you get cut short. Your reward may be financial or it may be spiritual, but it will be definitely be in direct proportion with the effort you make in life." ---Rev. Run
"Put together all the tenderest love you know of, the deepest you have ever felt, & the strongest that has ever been poured out upon you, & heap it upon it all the love of all the human hearts in the world, & then multiply it by infinity, & you will begin, perhaps, to have some faint glimpse of what the love of God is."
"God is not removed or detached from our problems. He doesn't just sit up in heaven & watch to see if we will manage to survive. No, the god of the bible is "a very present help in time of trouble"(ps. 46:1). That doesn't mean he waves a magic wand & makes all our problems disappear; it does mean He uses pressure & problems to mold & shape our lives & to make us like his son Jesus who "learned obedienece from what he suffered"(Hebrews 5:8) We want God to fix all our problems. God says instead,"I have a purpose for your problems. I want to use your problems to change you & reveal My grace & power to the world." That is the truth - and the truth will set you free.
Leave that kind of legacy...
I don't mind if you've got something nice to say about me
And I enjoy an accolade like the rest
You could take my picture and hang it in a gallery
Of all who's who and so-n-so's that used to be the best
At such'n'such ... it wouldn't matter much
I won't lie, it feels alright to see your name in lights
We all need an 'Atta boy' or 'Atta girl'
But in the end I'd like to hang my hat on more besides
The temporary trappings of this world
I want to leave a legacy
How will they remember me?
Did I choose to love?
Did I point to You enough
To make a mark on things?
I want to leave an offering
A child of mercy and grace who blessed your name unapologetically
And leave that kind of legacy
I don't have to look too far or too long awhile
To make a lengthly list of all that I enjoy
It's an accumulating trinket and a treasure pile
Where moth and rust, thieves and such will soon enough destroy
Not well traveled, not well read, not well-to-do or well bred
Just want to hear instead, "Well Done" good and faithful one...
- Nicole Nordeman, "Legacy"
And I enjoy an accolade like the rest
You could take my picture and hang it in a gallery
Of all who's who and so-n-so's that used to be the best
At such'n'such ... it wouldn't matter much
I won't lie, it feels alright to see your name in lights
We all need an 'Atta boy' or 'Atta girl'
But in the end I'd like to hang my hat on more besides
The temporary trappings of this world
I want to leave a legacy
How will they remember me?
Did I choose to love?
Did I point to You enough
To make a mark on things?
I want to leave an offering
A child of mercy and grace who blessed your name unapologetically
And leave that kind of legacy
I don't have to look too far or too long awhile
To make a lengthly list of all that I enjoy
It's an accumulating trinket and a treasure pile
Where moth and rust, thieves and such will soon enough destroy
Not well traveled, not well read, not well-to-do or well bred
Just want to hear instead, "Well Done" good and faithful one...
- Nicole Nordeman, "Legacy"
Some of My Favorite TV Show Quotes...
How I Met Your Mother
Robin to Ted: "She's a total keeper, just keep her somewhere else..."
Marshall to Ted and Lilly: "I feel like I live in the real world house, but not the early years where everyone has jobs but post Hawaii."
"I guess we are going to have to name our daughter Eileen." - Marshall to Lilly after moving in their apt.
Marshall: "What up B dawg? You ready to tear it up tonight? Here's what is on the rocket dock. My wife and I get the cheese out at 7, cranium at 8, 9pm 27 dresses and everybody is home by 11 - BOO YEAH!" ....Barney looking for a new wing man
The Office
Mmm--well to be fair, Jim... James. Jimothy? [Jim nods] To be fair, Jimothy-- ah that sounds weird. Are you ok with being called Jim?
Pam: "Why doesn't crate and barrel let you register for a toaster full of cash?"
Sex and The City
Carrie: "When Charlotte really liked a guy, she said his whole name -- it helped her to imagine their future monogrammed towels."
Carrie : "Let's be honest. Sometimes there is nothing harder in life than being happy for somebody else. Like lottery winners. Or extremely successful people who are 27. And then there's that hell on earth that only your closest friends can inflict on you -- the baby shower."
Robin to Ted: "She's a total keeper, just keep her somewhere else..."
Marshall to Ted and Lilly: "I feel like I live in the real world house, but not the early years where everyone has jobs but post Hawaii."
"I guess we are going to have to name our daughter Eileen." - Marshall to Lilly after moving in their apt.
Marshall: "What up B dawg? You ready to tear it up tonight? Here's what is on the rocket dock. My wife and I get the cheese out at 7, cranium at 8, 9pm 27 dresses and everybody is home by 11 - BOO YEAH!" ....Barney looking for a new wing man
The Office
Mmm--well to be fair, Jim... James. Jimothy? [Jim nods] To be fair, Jimothy-- ah that sounds weird. Are you ok with being called Jim?
Pam: "Why doesn't crate and barrel let you register for a toaster full of cash?"
Sex and The City
Carrie: "When Charlotte really liked a guy, she said his whole name -- it helped her to imagine their future monogrammed towels."
Carrie : "Let's be honest. Sometimes there is nothing harder in life than being happy for somebody else. Like lottery winners. Or extremely successful people who are 27. And then there's that hell on earth that only your closest friends can inflict on you -- the baby shower."
Wisdom
Sound judgment & discernment become ours when we walk in wisdom. Money can only take us so far & provides but a measure of security. Wisdom is the footwear we need to run the race God has set before us. When we walk in His wisdom He promises us solid footing. He does not promise a road that is always flat, or a route that is easy to run. Wisdom–proper respect for the Lord and His ways–affords us ultimate security. Eternal security.
Money can't do that.
Superwoman!
"Controlling women tend to be very well rewarded in this fallen world of ours. Can-do, bottom-line, get-it-done kind of women. Women who have never even considered that our Martha Stewart perfectionism might not be a virtue. We have never considered that by living a controlling & domineering life, we are really refusing to trust our God. "Here lately I have quite a bit on my plate. This year alone I am doing Leadership Rutherford(full day every first Wednesday of the month, individual projects, and a group project with Candle Wishes), working my regular job as Membership Coordinator while also waiting to start the database conversion that I am in charge of, my office will be moving into the new building this year - on the transition team for that, I am doing 10 week rehab at the chiropractor 3 days a week for about an hour and a half each after work, Chris' sister will have a baby in June and that will bring a whole new transition in the Day family(been through this before, it's not bad, just different), throw in a few volunteer efforts - be it church or community, and then throw in the wedding showers & weddings that will be coming full force starting this weekend and that makes for a very busy schedule. On top of all of this I am a wife of a realtor with a crazy schedule, and somehow in there I need to be a daughter, sister, friend, etc.
Then I stop.
Why am I doing all of this? Why do I act like I have no choice in all of this? I said yes to all of the above. I am in a season of my life where I can handle all of this. Is God preparing me for the craziness that is having a family? Possibly. Is he giving me more than I can handle? Nope. Is he teaching me to trust him and to not try to have control over every little thing - no matter how many little things there are? YES.
With all of this on my plate I have to learn to say no. No to things that I may really want to do but know that in the end would only stress me out more because I want things to be done and be done well. I have to take time to make sure that I am doing all of the above with the right attitude. I also have to remember that I am doing this for the Lord - not for me, not for Chris, not for anyone else - but for Him. When this is all over I will be able to look back and say,"Wow, Lord - we did it. You told me you would give me strength & discernment., you told me that even when others thought I was being selfish I was doing the right thing. You told me that setting boundaries was going to work. And it did. And now I know that I am capable of so much."
I pray that you look around today at all that you do and realize that while we try to control everything in our lives we don't have to. We shouldn't. In the end - no matter what - God is in control. That will never change. And if he can create the universe and take care of everyone in it then why shouldn't I trust Him? I pray He shows us all what we are capable of when we let Him have control but also when we allow Him to give us the strength and stamina to do all that He knows we can for His glory.
Some Good Marriage Quotes/Verses
A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers. ~Ruth Bell Graham
In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find, and continue to find, grounds for marriage. ~Robert Anderson
More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse. ~Doug Larson
Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate, but through being the right mate. ~Barnett R. Brickne
One of the good things that come of a true marriage is, that there is one face on which changes come without your seeing them; or rather there is one face which you can still see the same, through all the shadows which years have gathered upon it. ~George MacDonald
Pity all newlyweds. She cooks something nice for him, and he brings her flowers, and they kiss and think: How easy marriage is. ~Mignon McLaughlin
You can never be happily married to another until you get a divorce from yourself. Successful marriage demands a certain death to self. ~Jerry McCan
In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find, and continue to find, grounds for marriage. ~Robert Anderson
More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse. ~Doug Larson
Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate, but through being the right mate. ~Barnett R. Brickne
One of the good things that come of a true marriage is, that there is one face on which changes come without your seeing them; or rather there is one face which you can still see the same, through all the shadows which years have gathered upon it. ~George MacDonald
Pity all newlyweds. She cooks something nice for him, and he brings her flowers, and they kiss and think: How easy marriage is. ~Mignon McLaughlin
You can never be happily married to another until you get a divorce from yourself. Successful marriage demands a certain death to self. ~Jerry McCan
If you made a list of the reasons why any couple got married, and another list of the reasons for their divorce, you'd have a hell of a lot of overlapping. ~Mignon McLaughlin
Women hope men will change after marriage but they don't;
men hope women won't change but they do. ~Bettina Arndt
Often the difference between a successful marriage and a mediocre one consists of leaving about three or four things a day unsaid.- Harlan Miller
Often the difference between a successful marriage and a mediocre one consists of leaving about three or four things a day unsaid.- Harlan Miller
"Let the peace of Christ keep you in tune with each other, in step with each other. None of this going off and doing your own thing. And cultivate thankfulness. Let the Word of Christ—the Message—have the run of the house. Give it plenty of room in your lives. Instruct and direct one another using good common sense. And sing, sing your hearts out to God! Let every detail in your lives—words, actions, whatever—be done in the name of the Master, Jesus, thanking God the Father every step of the way."
Colossians 3:15-17 (The Message)
Colossians 3:15-17 (The Message)
the little things...
Today I am thankful for naturally curly hair. Why? All I had to do to get ready this morning was get dressed and put on my makeup.The hair - done - slept with it wet! Let's hope I can pass this on to my children one day!
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