Unstuck

     I have been wanting to blog forever. We just closed on our new house August 31st. We sold our previous house and closed on it the same day. I LOVE OUR HOME!! Billy and I are fulfilling dreams and working hard.  It is crazy moving with 2 children and trying to get situated. Wish somebody would have said something. I was able to go to a Women's Spiritual Retreat this weekend and that was our speaker's catch phrase. "Wish somebody would have said something." She was so funny!! Her message and the message from the whole weekend was pretty clear. Where do you feel stuck? Where is the enemy distorting the TRUTH? Is God trying to tell you something? She got pretty raw about God calling her out of her comfortable Christian life. I felt so connected to God this weekend. I was invited by my friend Jessica and we laughed so hard. Laughter is such good medicine. Her friendship is so sweet to my soul. :) I especially connected with The speaker sharing about her son being in prison. I was in prison. It was such a DARK time in my life. I was STUCK!!  I weeped when she shared about fighting for the women in prison. It really touched me. I am so glad God was not finished with my story. He is still writing my story. My boys are playing in their rooms right now nicely,(at least for the moment), dinner is in the oven, and Billy will be home soon. I still can feel stuck at any given moment but I know the MASTER! He is a GOOD GOOD FATHER. When I am weak he is STRONG!! I like to tell people and myself that I am STRONG! BUT sometimes the raw truth is I get scared or anxious or overwhelmed. I know we all do. That is when I call on JESUS! I have a beautiful life. It is filled with my 3 year old telling me he needs to poop as soon as our food comes at a restaurant, my husband getting home after 11 because it took AAA forever to bring him a battery at his office, and forgetting at least 3 things EVERY week that I grocery shop and that is WITH having a list. Debbie Stuart (our speaker from this weekend) really lives by and teaches that we should spend 20 minutes a day everyday for the rest of our lives studying the WORD. I'm really trying to apply that. This morning my main study verse was Colossians 3:23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters. That includes wiping butts, kissing boo boos, and washing dishes. God calls us to him. Often we run to other places to get help or encouraged and HE is always there waiting saying I am here dear MENDY. I am here. I am forever grateful that I have a Savior who loves me so much he sent his son to die for me. I'm certainly a far from perfect mommy but one thing is sure my kids know there is a God that loves them.