Blessed Be Your Name

There is a song by Matt Redman entitled Blessed Be Your Name. It talks about no matter what life's circumstances are God is good and He is Blessed. It is a song that I have always liked on the radio and sang hundreds of times at church. I never spent a whole lot of time thinking about it - I just sang it over and over. There is a verse that says: You give and take away, You give and take away, My heart will choose to say, Lord, blessed be Your name. Two years ago today, this verse came to life for me. It totally describes my Mom. You see 32 years ago today God gave my Mom the gift of life (Me) and 2 years ago today, God called home another life (my sister), and still today my Mom would tell you Blessed be the name of the Lord.

I wish I could tell you without a doubt if God chose to take one of my children any day (much less on the birthday of one of them) that I could write Blessed Be Your Name. The truth of the matter is that God is Awesome despite the circumstance. It's just easier to say that during the good and blame during the bad. I know He knows the bigger picture - that's just hard for my finite mind to understand. So, in following my Mom's example, I will say Blessed Be Your Name!

Stef - I miss you and I love you. I wish I could tell you one more time. I wish my phone would again ring at 2am because you were bored and couldn't sleep; I wish one more time you would beg me for Madison to come over; I wish you could see Jayden and what a joy he has brought to our lives. I know where you are and that I shouldn't wish you back but some days I honestly do!

A Weekend to Remember

My mother in law graciously sent Stephen and I to Family Life's A Weekend To Remember. I can honestly say it was just that! If you ever get the chance to go, I highly recommend it. I feel like our marriage is better than ever and I am learning what a blessing and gift Stephen is in my life! Thank you to Stephen's Mom seems to little but from the bottom of my heart it is how I feel.

The kids are doing great! Madison had soccer practice today. She seems to really love it and she has quite a good team. Her coach is wonderful. Tanner is loving school and growing bigger every day! He has the sweetest disposition and most of the time is very good mannered. I can remember when he was younger how WILD that boy was. Words can't describe how crazy he was. When I found out I was pregnant with Jayden and I didn't know how in the world we were going to survive. I could barely keep up with Tanner there was no way I could keep up with another little boy. But Tanner has calmed down so much and really turned into such a sweet, sweet child.