This morning I read the first two chapters in Numbers and was surprised to learn that through the inventory of the armies of Israel I learned that God is an organized and orderly God. I knew this already by 1Co 14:33 where it says; For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. Coincidently I am on a journey right now of become organized in all areas of my life. Included in this organization is not only my house but also my mind, my heart, my prayer life, my meditation on God's word, my disciplining and training my boys in His righteousness, my thoughts, my priorities, my reading, my curriculum for Superman's homeschoolingl, and for a plethera of other areas. But this morning as I not only "read" my bible but meditated on his words in the attempts to get to know God deeper I discovered that He is organized in all of his ways. Even in the paths of our lives. Nothing is accomplished in God’s kingdom without order and organization. While it may seem so to us, it is only an illusion - behind the scenes, God is moving with utmost order and organization, though we cannot see it.* I love the realization of this; that God even though our lives look and sometimes feel chaotic and like they are being blown around with the wind are infact organized in the light of Gods sovereignity. I don't know about everyone but for me that gives me a lot of peace and comfort. Right now our lives appear to be floating in the wind and we are just waiting for a big gust of wind to come our way and blow us in some direction, preferrable the one we want to go. Praise God that this is not the case and that we are able to have peace even when life seems to be blowing in the wind. We must always accept God’s order and organization, even when we don’t understand it.* We don't always have to understand to accept, put your life (in your frame of mind;for it is) in the hands of God and embrace His ways for you.

I am reading a book called The Organized Homeschooler by Vicki Caruana and it has been piercing my heart not with "how to's" but with the words of God and His will for my life as a home manager. The Lord spoke to me this morning in my study of Numbers just furthering the piercings!! Thank you Lord..............and I am getting on it. :0)

JOYfully in Him,
Kelli

*taken from David Guzik's commentary

You are confronted again and again with the choice of letting God speak or letting your wounded self cry out. Although there has to be a place where you can allow your wounded part to get the attention it needs, your vocation is to speak from the place in you where God dwells.

~Henri J. M. Nouwen

Speak tenderly to them. Let there be kindness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile, in the warmth of your greeting. Always have a cheerful smile. Don't only give your care, but give your heart as well.

~J. S. Bach

Almighty God,

as I cross the threshold of this day

I commit myself, soul, body, affairs, friends, to Thy care.

Watch over, keep, guide, direct, sanctify, bless me.

Incline my heart to thy ways.

Mould me wholly into the image of Jesus,

as a potter forms clay.

May my lips be a well-tuned harp to sound Thy praise.

Let those around see me living by Thy Spirit,

trampling the world underfoot,

unconformed to lying vanities,

transformed by a renewed mind,

clad in the entire armour of God,

shining as a never-dimmed light,

showing holiness in all my doings.

Let no evil this day soil my thoughts, words, hands.

May I travel miry paths with a life pure from spot or stain.

In needful transactions

let my affection be in heaven,

and my love soar upwards in flames of fire,

my gaze fixed on unseen things,

my eyes open to the emptiness, fragility, mockery of earth and its vanities.

May I view all things in the mirror of eternity,

waiting for the coming of my Lord,

listening for the last trumpet call,

hastening unto the new heaven and earth.

Order this day all my communications according to Thy wisdom,

and to the gain of mutual good.

Forbid that I should not be profited or made profitable.

May I speak each word as if my last word,

and walk each step as my final one.

If my life should end today, let this be my best day.

Knowing God is more than knowing about Him; it is a matter of dealing with Him as He opens up to you, and being dealt with by Him as He takes knowledge of you. Knowing about Him is a necessary precondition of trusting in Him, but the width of our knowledge about Him is no gauge of our knowledge of Him. ~ James I (J. I.) Packer

I encourage you to get to know God through reading His inpired word. When we go to the word of God to dwell in in His knowledge is it for merely selfish reasons rather than getting to know God more deeply. I was convicted of this awhile back while I was on our trip down to Austin. Rick needed to study and so I decided to pop in a Piper sermon to listen to titled Be constant in prayer for the Joy of Hope. I was struggling with dwelling in the word of God, every time I went to the word I left it unchanged and uninterested, as horrible as that might sound it is true. John Piper opened my eyes to the source of my problem, to my selfishness.

"The deepest need of every person is to know God. Not just to know about him, but to know him as your personal Creator, Redeemer, Judge, and Friend. So his first request is “that God . . . may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him.” Do you know God? Really know him? Or more helpfully, we should ask, are we growing in our knowledge of God? Are we going deeper in how well we know God? This happens, Paul shows us, by praying for it. And this is not a one-time prayer for Paul. It is continual. “I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers . . . that you might know God.” Be constant in this prayer! Pray this for yourself continually. Pray this for your family. Pray this for the church and especially her leaders.

More specifically in verse 17 he prays that we would have a “spirit of wisdom and revelation” so that we can know God. We cannot know God without the help of the Holy Spirit. And what the Holy Spirit does is to awaken and transform our spirit so that we can see and savor the wisdom and revelation that God gave to his apostles and prophets. He is a Spirit of wisdom and revelation, and he creates a spirit of wisdom and revelation.

When you read the Bible or listen to a Bible-saturated sermon you are hearing the wisdom and revelation of God. But what happens? Do you see it? Does it have an effect on you? Does it move you? Does it make you hungry for more of God? Does the wisdom and revelation appear beautiful to you? Do they taste sweet? Can you say with the psalmist, “How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” (Psalm 119:103)?

If not, the first step in the remedy is prayer.

“Father, grant me a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of yourself. Please, don’t leave me to myself. I am so worldly. My thoughts and feelings are so unspiritual. I scarcely feel any awe or trembling or sense of spiritual beauty or sweetness or glory. Have mercy and by your Spirit awaken in me a spirit of wisdom and revelation so that when I read or hear your wisdom and your revelation I will have ears to hear and eyes to see the wonder of it (Psalm 119:8).”

Pray that for yourself. Be constant in that prayer. God will show you more than you ever dreamed he would."

~John Piper

Why do you read the word of God? Is it for merely selfish
reasons..........searching for verses for your current situation or are you
reading it for the sheer enjoyment of getting to know Him more deeply.

JOYfully in Him,

Kelli

Thus it is in hell; they would die, but they cannot. The wicked shall be always dying but never dead; the smoke of the furnacedascends for ever and ever. Oh! who can endure thus to be ever upon the rack? This word "ever" breaks the heart. Wicked men do now think the Sabbaths long, and think a prayer long; but oh! how long will it be to lie in hell for ever and ever?

—Thomas Watson

Can you grasp the reality of the severity of everlasting hell? I truly can not and even if I could it would not compare to the sheer pain and eternal agony. How can we not share the JOY that we have because of the hope of glory with those who are on the wide road to this eternal hell. We are so consumed in our own lives and in the business of them that we easly forget about all of these lost souls wandering around us. Are we called to preach the gospel to these lost souls? Of course we are. It is time that we understand deeply the consequences of not reaching out and preaching the gospel. We are here to display His glory to all of those around us making His invisible character visible.

For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." But how are they to call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!"

Rom 10:13-15

JOYfully in Him,

Kelli

A genuine revival without JOY in the Lord is as impossible as spring without flowers, or day-dawn without light. ~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon

There is an indescribably JOY that lives in me but for some reason I find it hard to tap into at certain times. The life of a Christian should be filled with JOY in every circumstance. Why is it then that it is so hard to find? Did it ever occur to you that you are looking in all the wrong places? Christ is the only place in which you will find it, an everlasting and fullfilling JOY. There are other illusions called JOY that you can find to subdue you for awhile if that is what you are looking for, but I am guessing that that is not the kind of JOY that you seek to find. Here is where you can find it today if you too are looking for this divine JOY:

Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
~ 1 Peter 1:8-9

JOYfully in Him,

Kelli

A Classical Homeschooling Forum has been created by Trivium Academy and it is going to be an amazing place for those of us who are using this method of homeschooling or for those who are thinking about using it or just interested in it period.

In here you expect to discuss the methods suggested by these book Teaching the Trivium, The Well Trained Mind, Classical Catholic, specific curriculums such as Tapestry of Grace, Veritas Press, and these other areas Latin Centered, and Classic Eclectic. Please stop by and join if you need some encouragement, information, or just desire to talk to other Classical Homeschoolers on a forum.

Joyfully in Him,
Kelli

I taught class tonight at church. Chapter 31 of Proverbs verse 22. A Tapestry of Beauty was the title of the chapter in God's Beautiful Woman by Elizabeth George. I am in love with teaching but I am still dealing with a spirit of fear in me. I fought hard today as I prepared myself for teaching my class. This was my third time. I am so thankful for this wonderful opportunity that the Lord has given me.

I stand before 20-25 women staring at me with blank faces. It always starts off rocky but gets smoother towards the middle. I really enjoy it. I just pray that God will give me a spirit of confidence and break me free from this shell that I have been living in and allow me to express my zeal for the Lord to these women.

Joyfully in Him,
Kelli

The JOYs of being a Mother are numerous and so often completely overlooked and even shunned! Shame on us!! Here is a list of my JOYs of being a Mother:

1. Disciplining and training them in His righteousness! What an awesome JOY.......oh how I pray that one day my children will arise and call me blessed..........and that I may have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. (proverbs 31:28 ,3john1:4)
2. Washing mudstained and red juice stained clothes. What an easy one to miss! Who enJOYs doing the laundry and scrubbing out stains but when we reflect on the little hands or mouth that made the mess on that shirt or pants...........what JOY we can have in scrubbing!
3. Pleading voices.........."Momma! Momma!", "Can I have more juice Momma?", "When are we going to be there Momma" or for the 5th time before your second cup of coffee "He won't move out of my way Momma!" How can we miss this JOY of being a mother! We are their sustainers and they love us so much that they come to us for everything!! He he.......where is that daddy btw?
4. Picking up Toys for the 24th time today! Look at those dinosaurs, cars, swords, barbies, pretend clothes, colors, books and whatever else is lying down there...............these are apart of your blessings. They love those things, they bring them JOY so remember the JOY they get from them each time they play with them................and teach them to pick them up to! Pick up Toys together!!
5. Grocery shopping together! I love it! I would rather go with them than with out them. They make it so much more interesting and fun. With out them it is just grocery shopping but with them it is an adventure of Supermom! I love to watch my 5 year old run, climb, and hide up and down the isles and I love for him to help me and make suggestions! I love the JOY of having them with me.

Well, those are just some of the ones I came up with, but I am getting tired. I must go to sleep if I am to get up at my designated time in the morning!

Kelli

Here comes another day to make breakfast, clean the house, do homeschool with Superman, make lunch, play with T-Rex, make dinner, make the bed, do the laundry, and I am delighted and anxious to get started. Each day, I am learning, is a wonderful gift from God and so many of the days he has given me I have taken for granted and I have opened the day with a selfish and ungrateful attitude only thinking about the "things" that need to get done rather than the "people" I am blessing and finding the joy in that. Each and everything that we women do in our households no matther how mundane, repetative, or difficult they may be is a direct blessing on our families and a beautiful way of glorifying the Lord. That should take the - out of those and replace it with a big + and if today, you have an attitude of ungratefulness and selfishness stop right now and choose to change your attitude, choose to stop listening to your flesh, your selfishness, the world, and find the joy that you can have in this day of many (joyfilled) duties. Choose today whom you will serve?

My men are all still asleep in their beds this morning as I reflect on the past and plan the future of today. I love to be up early in the morning before any of them are awake. I hear one stirring right now, that needs to go back to sleep :0). Today I am so excited. Yesterday I went to a homeschool book sale and found some great deals on some much needed History curriculum. It was just what I was looking for. Next year Superman will be in the 1st grade and I am trying to get ready for it.

JOYfully in Him,
Kelli

I have been thinking lately, yeah you heard me I said thinking.......he he. I have to many blogs! 4 to be exact. They all have differnt purposes though and I do not post regularly on all of them just one (obviously not this one huh? :0). I wanted to share them all and then explain my new purpose for this one because it is to broad right now.

Homeschool Blog *where I post the most: Living to Glorify
Medowview Church of Christ webring: JavaMama:Coffee Meditations
Superman and T-Rex's Blog: The Adventures of Superman and T-Rex
Well the last one is this one so I don't need to give you the address!

I am however changing my purpose for this one. I really just want to use this one for expressing my thoughts in my journey of being a woman of God with the hopes to encouraging other women of God in this high and holy calling. Posts will be on homemaking, motherhood in general, teaching at home, servanthood in the calling of being a helpmeet, and ways in which we as women can glorify the Lord. So all posts will be focused on the Lord's most beautiful creatures...........his women :0). A lot of these posts will match the ones from Living to Glorify but not always so be sure to check, if you want to.

Well, I just remembered that I have yet another blog.......but I am not revealing it just yet because I don't want to yet. So make that a whopping 5 blogs.........my husband thinks I am crazy.

*CRAZY FOR BLOGS*

Joyfully in Him,
Kelli

"If I am going to have a busy day, I spend one hour with the Lord. If I am going to have a very busy day, I spend two hours with the Lord." Martin Luther

Don't forget to spend some one on one time with the Lord each morning to start your day off right. Does it feel impossible to have a meeting time with Him each day? It is difficult but with His grace it is possible to schedule it in. Get up an extra 15, 30, 45, or even an 1 hour earlier. Sacrafice a piece of your time in the morning before you run off to school, work, or just the daily activities by putting on some head phones and worshiping Him through music, or set up a reading plan and follow it each morning, or and pray for your day to come and ask the Lord to fill you with JOY for this is the day that He has made..................Psalm 118:24.

Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,for in you I trust.Make me know the way I should go,for to you I lift up my soul. Psalm 143:8

JOYfully in Him,
Kelli

T-Rex is getting ready to turn 2 in June. I can not believe that he will be 2 years old! He is growing up so fast, to fast. He is beginning to talk in sentences and on Tuesday he decided to sleep in the bottom bunk so we have taken his baby bed down. I can remember the nightmare of a transition it was for Superman to go from the living room palet (don't ask) on the floor with Mama to his own bed. Listen to what I had to do. He had bunk beds a different set from now and at night and at naptimes I would put a movie on for him and then climb into the top bunk and wait until he fell asleep. Now sometimes this would take up to an hour or longer! It was misery and before that and the sleeping on the floor with Mama (again don't ask) we would have to drive him around in the car to get him to go to sleep. I am laughing at myself now as I think back at these terrible methods of settling your kids to sleep. We would at bedtime which was around 9 or 10 back then, keep in mind Superman was I think close to 1 years old, put his pjs on and pack him up in the car and drive for 30min-1hr until he fell asleep and sometimes we would drive for 30 minutes and then when we stopped the car to get out he would wake up so in reverse we went. Why I am telling all of this I don't know. At 3 years old or maybe a little younger we finally had to let him just cry it out and it was a difficult process for me to begin with, listening to him cry for up to an hour each night until he eventually fell asleep.

So I guess we learned our lesson with the bedtime methods and decided that with the next one we would not do what we did before. Some friends of mine used Baby Wise so I decided to give it a chance. I did it with T-Rex and it was very difficult but the end results were amazing for me anyway. Whether or not I will use it again I am not sure. I really missed rocking my baby to sleep sometimes and him crying to sleep each time I layed him down gripped my heart. I think that I will read the book again and chew on what he has to say spitting out what I think is unnecessary for my child and me to have to go through this next time around.

I got way off subject here let me retrack. What I was going to say was just that I am going to begin planning T-rex's Birthday party here pretty soon and I need to be as frugal as possible. The theme is of course Dinosaurs. Today awesomely I found a cake mold of a T-Rex with the directions and all on it for only $2 and then the other day at Target they had a ton of Dinosaur items in their $1 section. I am hoping that these sort of things will keep happening until June 17.

JOYfully in Him,
Kelli

Last week I purchased a new t-shirt from Target with the name of a band on it that I like. After I bought it and got it home I got to thinking about whether or not I should wear it. On the front of it is the name of the band, Aerosmith, and on the back is the year 1976. My thoughts were is this okay for me to promote as a Christian? If I wear this shirt what is it going to say about me? Of course that I am an Aerosmith fan but what about whether or not I am a Christian or not? Now, I am not saying that Christians can't or shouldn't listen to Aerosmith or any other non Christian group for that matter but should we promote them and wear them?

Is this important to even be thinking about? I don't believe that when we become Christians that we become less of who we are or that we have to give up who we were all together. I believe that some things can be salvaged after they have been sifted through the scriptures. Aerosmith, should I give them up? Bon Jovi, Guns n Roses, Poisen, Warrant, Mariah Carey, Shania Twain...............and many more artists that I enjoy listening to every now and then. Of course the songs from each one are carefully selected and do not offend my conscience in anyway.............and usually I hear them on the radio but I do get an urge to listen to them sometimes mainly because they are a part of my past, a part of me.

Now whether or not I listen to them should I promote them?

Comments....................

Wow it has been a long time since I have posted. The last couple of weeks I have been really dwelling on this phrase..........Let Go and Let God. In all of my difficult situations I have been trying to reflect on it, on letting go and letting God. When I first heard this phrase or read it which ever it was I thought to myself.........what does this mean? I have found that when you let go........of your fears, your jealousy, your pain, your grief, your selfish ambition, your greed, your hate, bitterness, your discontentment, you nervousness, and sometimes even your plans...............and let God take control of them you inevitably have............peace, joy, rest, and anwsers...............and the power that you need to persevere through and overcome your personal hindrance or obstacle that was in you way to glorifying the Lord and having His peace live with in your situations and circumstances.

Joyfully in Him,
Kelli

Opposition to the gospel

Tonight at our small groups we discussed Acts 4-5 and had some interesting conversations. I am so encouraged and motivated by the example of Peter and John in these chapters and how they rejoiced in there suffering because they saw it as a honor. An honor to suffer in the name of Christ, oh how I desire to have their frame of thinking in my own suffering.

v 41 The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.

I think about the opposition that they encountered and compared to my own opposition is unthinkable to me and especially to rejoice in it. They were flogged which is an excrutiatingly painful type of torture to endure I am sure. The only type of torture I endure is an inner kind that I weep over. How ridiculous it sounds when I actually write it down and read it myself.

Anyway, tonight we discussed on how as Christians we will face opposition when we spread the gospel. There were some who didn't feel this way however and felt that some Christians will not be faced with opposition. If the word of God says we will have opposition then I believe we will have opposition. The argument was that God wants us to be happy (which I think could be a pontentially risky statement if not clarified) and not faced with these oppositions and that some of us do not have a problem with other peoples ridicules, rejections, rudeness, and objections and there for they are not facing oppositions.

There are many different types of oppostions and different levels as well. Peter and John were put in prison and flogged as an opposition to the gospel of Christ, some are killed in opposition to the gospel of Christ, others are simply laughed at, rididuled, punched and kicked, or just ignored. These are all oppositions but are different types and levels. I personally have only been harshly ridiculed and made fun of because of the gospel.

As a christian I feel that maybe I should have more to put after that one. What does it mean that in my 5 or so years as a born again believer I have had only one opposition to my faith? For me it means that I am not expressing my passion and zeal for the Lord as I could be or should be. And also as I am commanded to. Currently it is an area in my life which I am undergoing a lot of construction in. Not just the kind that is found on the roads in Louisiana that have been under "construction" for 10 years but more like a house under contruction on Extreme Makeover Home Edition. Joyfully, diligently, thoughtfully, and passionately under contruction with a real motivation to get it done quickly.

These are all of my thoughts on this right now...........or all that I feel like writing.

Joyfully in Him,
Kelli

Pray

For Emily she is going to be in surgery tomorrow morning starting at 7:30 and lasting 4 hours. Please take a moment if you are reading this and say a heartfelt prayer for this little girl and her family. They are all as you can imagine going through a tough time, thankfuly they have the Lord as their strength.

Thanks,
Kelli

2 Angels in Need

My heart is full of sadness and yet so much hope all at once. I have come across two little angels who are suffering. They are 9 and 7 years old and both little girls who are in love with Jesus, praise God. Candace Joy is the 7 year old and was diagnosed with gram positive cocci infection which is an extremely serious and painful disease. She has had 13 surgerys starting on the 8th and her last one being yesterday and she still has more to come. Please visit her site to learn more about this little girl.

Emily Starrs is the 9 year old and she was diagnosed with cancer. She is scheduled for surgery on Tuesday the 28th. She has her own blog that you must look at and her mother also has one as well. Please keep her close in prayers.

Both of these girls are little seeds of joy and have a faith that is stronger than some half their age. They are adorable and by what the mothers say of them amazing and a joy to be around.

Also go to Amy over at Dandelion Seeds for current updates and prayer request and a list for you to sign up to devote a specific time to be in prayer for them.

Joyfully in Him,
Kelli

The end of the Beginning

Three days in a row I have gotten up at 5:45 and read for an hour or more in the word of God. This morning I finished Genesis and it was so awesome to journey through it and for once get the whole picture of the beginning of His plan. I really enjoyed reading about Joseph's life. It is the first time that I have been so intrigued and drawn to the bible in a story way. All day long all I could think about was what was going to happen in chapter.......which of course I already knew bits and pieces of the stories but I had never put all of the pieces together all at once and been able to see the whole picture. It is a big difference.

I am so excited to start a new journey through Exodus tomorrow morning. I can't wait to see what God has to reveal to me through Exodus. One of the things that I am most looking forward to in each book and through each chapter is seeing God's soveriegnty and faithfulness more clearly and personally.

"Expresso" left this morning to suprise a close friend of ours. I am so excited for them to be able to dwell in eachothers presence for a while and talk together.

Devotion

I have started a new reading plan with some advice from my husband. I have wanted and been attempting to read through the Old Testament for the last few months now and have notice very little progress and I wasn't obtaining much from it either. So my husband suggested that I was reading it to slowly and I realized that I was not soaking it in prayer as well. I have made a schedule for my reading and I started it this morning. I am thouroughly excited about this journey for I long to know God deeper than I do now. Every morning I plan to read up to 25 chapters in each book unless they don't contain that many and then I will have to combine from the next chapter. This morning it took me about one hour. At first my thought was that is to long maybe I should cut it down to 15 chapters but then I caught myself, see that is about all of my "me" or "alone time" until my "T-rex" arises from his slumber. For a split second I almost deflated my time with the Lord because it took all of my time in the morning, it leaves no time for my selfish and meaningless other desires. I have decided to either get up earlier to do those or to do them only if I have time after my 25 or so chapters delving into God's word and alone time with Him.

I have had to check my motives for why I want to read through the Old Testament. I think initially I wanted to just read through it to say I had and to beable to join in conversations I could not do before but and I know that is why my first attempt at to do this was not fruitful or satisfying to my soul. This morning when I dived into His word I soaked it in prayer first and then slowly and excitedly journeyed through the Creation, Cain and Abel, Noah, Abram and Sarai, Lot, Sodom and Gomorrah, and left reluctantly with Abraham and Abimelech in chapter 20. The journey left me desiring more and understanding more of my Lord.

So I am devoting my alone time in the morning to the Lord. [Acts 2:42 "They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer."] I desire to be devoted to the Lord each morning as the Jews were in Acts to the apostles' teachings, to fellowship with eachother and to prayer. Devoted is a strong word because it means to give all of your energy, time, and your mind to the object of your devotion. It means that you will be faithful in your attempts, that you will fullfil what you said you would, and that even when it gets tough or even seems impossible at times you will persevere and be loyal in the end. I am devoted to my husband in our marriage and in the same way that I am devoted to him I want to be devoted to the Lord in my alone time with Him. This is something that I have desired for awhile now to be devoted but I warn you it takes discipline and desire. Getting up early is not easy for me but it is the only time I have to be completely alone and able to fully submerge myself in His word and in communion with Him with no interuptions.

“And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts” (1 Chronicles 28:9).

Frugal Prayers

I saved a bunch of money at...........................Albertsons today! I was so excited when the cashier told me I saved 6.49 that is actually a lot when it comes to shopping. I love being frugal it is fun and rewarding in many ways.

I have a prayer request for a little girl who is in critical condition right now. She is only 7 years old it is a very sad story, her name is Candace Joy, please pray for her.

Click Here to read about her.


You know there are alot of areas in our lives that we should be frugal or spairingly in but in the area of prayer never! Prayer is communing with the Lord for ourselves or in regards to someone else that should never be done spairingly but in abundance and consistently. So pray today, tomorrow, next week, daily for every single person that you know leaving no one out.


~kelli