God is good all the time, All the time God is good. Oh, and I'm going to miss Amy.

I'm finding as I get older how many statements I heard over and over are now starting to be "realized". Our flood has left the carpet in my closet smelling.. NICE. The flood tried to come back again last night. But we didn't allow it. We sucked it up with the wet vac in the corner where it was leaking in. The weather quickly dropped so the wetlands froze. Praise the Lord!
I've been in a serious funk lately. Not working full time and feeling like I'm not doing a good job at being a wife has left me seriously, slightly mental. Jeffrey is my rock and he continues to tell me that God has His plan and that soon the next part of His plan for us is going to come into focus. I've been studying Ruth on Friday mornings with an awesome group of ladies. Finding out what the Bible really intended for God to be as a REDEEMER. Amazing. These last few weeks God has opened up my eyes to His perfect love for me. He has provided me with one of the best friends who is really like a twin sister, Amy. She and I try to get together at least twice a week to work out. Jeffrey has been accepted to school and will start this fall. Which means its getting close to moving time. It makes me realize how much I'm going to miss people. Family, Friends, our church and AMY! I'm totally bumming myself out thinking about the fact that we aren't going to just be able to meet up whenever. So I need to stop. For real? I mean its going to suck. I'm going to miss all of my friends, I promise. I may miss Amy a little more. Sorry. (Reason : We spend the most time together.) Doesn't mean all my friends aren't loved the same. lol. So anyways, now that I've bummed myself out. I'm totally excited about some news Jeffrey and I received this past weekend but I'm not going to share it yet. (No baby so don't even bring it up) We are just praying and seeking the Lord for what is right in His plan for us. Keep us in your prayers as our life journey is quickly changing and continues its exciting course. So this post is dedicated to rambling about missing Amy and God being good all the time to me. :) Peace out my loves!

welll...

The Light didn't exactly come in the form I was hoping this morning when I woke up to my dad saying "time to wake up"... "there is water in here". To which I sat straight up leaned over to my left... My BOOKS (you know which ones) ruined. There is standing water in our room right now.. and so there for I am going to cry and ring out clothes for the morning.

Back In Action

Well I have been MIA lately. So to catch you up on my crazy life. I've been all over the place. But mainly I've been putting in a lot of hours at Kim's (mothernlaw). We are re-doing her room for her 40th birthday and its alot of work! Painting, Painting, Oh and then I was the bright one who decided I wanted to re do her bathroom as well and now I'm peeling wall paper glue off piece by piece. I enjoy it though. Really. Its given her a fresh start and an awesome room. I've also started a Bible study with a great friend and I'm loving every minute of studying Ruth. Its amazing how God has planned every part of our life out and we always try to fix something. I'm learning to let God just be in control. Darkness is ALWAYS followed by the light.

Too Long.

Ok this was my longest break from blogging in awhile. I've been thinking of "blog material". Well theres really too much so I'll break it down into small stories...

#1 My Cousins Wedding


We had a great time! Everyone was sick leading up to the wedding but Saturday came around and we were all healed. It wasn't until Sunday did I manage to get sick! Awesome! Ok so my cousins center pieces are bowls with fish in them for the receptions. You can clearly see where this is going...Friday night we are at the Rehearsal Dinner and we decided that it was time for us to head back to my cousins house to chill out for the night. We had left the fish in their "carrier" that they were in all day on the counter. It was sealed so there was no way for the Cats to get into the fish. Right? Wrong. I walked into the house and found this...


Stupid Charlie the cat knocked the container over and ate some of them.... ok killed all of them. It was extremely tragic and then I had to replace them at midnight...


That concludes story #1. Story #2 Tomorrow

Whew...

Ok, so this is going to be short because my cousin got married yesterday and I'm dead on my feet. Oh and I'm sick but I wanted to share this picture (its poor quality so i'll get a better one with my actual camera I took this with my phone) She had a Cartoonist there at the reception! Its awesome!!! I'll be posting more pictures from the weekend when I'm better!

I CAN'T...

I can't comprehend someone not believing in Jesus Christ. Yes, I have been raised in "Church" my whole life. I don't even think I've missed more than 100 Sunday services in my life thus far. Here is where I begin this lil blurp. I was blog stalking and decided to click on random names to see where it may take me. However I wasn't prepared for the particular post on this completely random blog I'd made my way too. It was basically a major blow to people who believe in Jesus Christ. However, there are many types of religions that claim to be of the Christian descent but are not. Be careful. It just got me thinking…

When people CHOOSE not to believe in Christ.. they are in fact choosing their eternal destination.

When someone chooses not too I think of the Why's. (Just f.y.i. the Bible has NEVER been proven false. If you don't believe me... go purchase the book The Case for Christ written by Lee Strobel)Perhaps they haven’t heard how AWESOME He is. Maybe they had a horrible experience with a totally insensitive person. Maybe a family member told them to “BURN OR TURN”. Whatever the case may be, that is an individual’s actions, that is now affecting your eternal destination. My faith became my own when I was 13yrs old. I had enough life proof all around me and I’m thankful that I’ve always been able to see the Glory that only God Himself could have created. So, the blog post through me off. Just like Esther’s desire to save her people from death. I think to myself, “Self, these are you people.” Woah! Excuse me?! Who are my people, “Everyone that you come in contact with, Jessica.” What?! Holy Junk, That’s a true statement. I’ve never been one to talk to a random person about my faith. It scares me. Actually it terrifies me. My great grandfather used to ask EVERYONE, “Do you know where you would go if you died today?” I would cringe inside and out. Every time he was with us. But now I look back and I pray to God that one day I can have that strength to ask a complete stranger do you know where you would go if you were to die today.

I know that the “mystery” post on the “mystery” blog was found for a reason tonight. I encourage those who have put their faith and trust in Jesus Christ alone (No actions can save you, No chants, No "good behavior". etc.) to challenge yourself to being more open and upfront with your faith. If anyone hasn't put their faith and trust into a relationship with Jesus Christ I challenge you to give the relationship a fighting chance. Don't close the door right away.

Romans 10:14-15
How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!"

Esther.. much?

Wow. God is awesome. I prayed last night before I went to sleep that He would help me MAKE time for Him. When I say make time, I don't mean that I'm too busy to sit down and read the Bible, its that I choose to read other things. So today I was going to meet my friend and got there early and she was struggling to get free ;). I looked over to my passengers seat and there was my husbands Bible that I had read Sunday night waiting for him to meet me. I flipped open to where I had left off and there I was reading about Esters courage and strength. I've really been struggling with LIFE lately and I was just awed by the fact that God showed off a little for me today. My family isn't being attacked like Ester's was, I'm not at risk of my husband killing me because I stepped in to speak to him before he asked me too, and to think I was having a rough week?! It has inspired me yet again. I look at all the strong women in the Bible and it makes me wonder... What am I doing to making a last impression for My King?