Marching around my Jericho

Learning a lot about how to live life, be a mom, do ministry, teach my kids, impact people...WITHOUT trying to be the person that fixes everyone or wants people to NEED me too much. These scriptures have been life giving and spoken volumes to me as I've tried to "march around my Jericho" this month of March...praying those walls down in my life. Good stuff.

As a prisoner FOR the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely HUMBLE and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Eph 4:1

1 Corinthians 2

¹ And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.^{[a] 2} For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. ³ I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling. ⁴ My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, ⁵ so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep...I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep and my sheep know me- just as the Father knows me and I know the Father--and I lay down my life for the sheep. John 10: 11, 14

Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them. John 13: 14--17

My grace is sufficient for you for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. 2 Cor 12: 9

Funny Winter

Well today is the first day of Spring...March 20. It's 80 degrees out and is supposed to be close to 85 tomorrow. I am NOT complaining about the lovely entrance to March we've had. The kids have been having a blast outside and we are enjoying our neighborhood and house OUTSIDE again. :) Griffin is starting to come into his own, and it's really only been the past few weeks. He JUST started saying "no" all the time, which I am surprised it took this long! But it officially is his favorite word. What a lil stinker. On the other hand, he loves to say thank you and please, "I'm happy," and practices his golf swing in the air just like his daddy does. He is certainly not nearly as verbal/vocal as the girls were at this age, but I'm not all that worried about it. He's a dude, he gets everything we're saying, and he does attempt to say most things that I ask him to. :)

The girls are also quite active right now, to say the least. They are AT each other and it's utterly exhausting. I don't understand why they are so mean when I know they call each other their best friend. I am talking ALL day long with them about how to serve, love, care for each other.It gets tiring and old.And my kids are great, they have such compassionate hearts, but I sure run out of things to say to redirect the ridiculous arguments that come from my girls' mouths.

Pics soon!