A fabulous Jordynism...

Ok, two Jordyn stories...

One evening this past week I had to go to a friends house to pick up a FABULOUS picture she painted for me! I had Jordyn with me; as we got in the car she proceeded to tell me that she hadn't gotten to see the upstairs. I said no big deal it was just bedrooms. She then said that she had gotten to see in the living room. She stops and looks at me and says, "what do they call it, the living room, the family room, the den, hhmmm I wonder...". So matter of fact.


Thursday she was taking a shower. I went in to rinse her hair and she started to tell me a story. "Mommy,remember the other day at school when I had my Easter egg hunt. Remember the blue bunny gummy that I got?". Me, " yes ". "Well do you think I will like it?". Me, " no, you don't like gummies". "Well do you think Travis would like it?". Me, "I don't know, does he like gummies?". "He eats them but he doesn't really like them. Wait, we need to start this conversation over.". She then proceeds to turn and face the wall, put her hand against it. "Fast forward backwards, minaminaminaminaminaminaminamina, pause, play, ok mommy, remember the other day at school when I had my easter egg hunt.". REALLY, she then proceeded to completely have the whole conversation again!!!! Dead serious, my jaw almost hit the floor. It was all I could do to not laugh in her face.

My daughter, SO HER FATHERS CHILD!!!!!

Love.....Obedience

So, last week in church my pastor asked a pretty thought provoking question...
"What happened last week to make you choose your will or His?"
So, what situations was I in that I really stopped to think WWJD?  I know it's become a kind of cliche, but it's true.  We, as christians, should be living our lives by "What Would Jesus Do"?  There are so many every day aspects of life that we don't even stop to think about how are we handling this, and are we living in His will or our own?  It's not about us, this life is only about God; about us showing Christ to each other, us allowing Christ to shine thru us so that all the world will see.  Our love for Him should translate as obedience to Him.  Sometimes that obedience requires sacrifice on our part, which in turn a lot of times could make us ignore the question "my will or His?"

So, I ask the question again; "What happened last week to make you choose your will or His?" or you could rephrase, "What could happen this week and will I choose my will or His"?  Be ready for the enemy, stand strong in your faith, hide God's word in your heart, be prepared at all times to maybe have to make a sacrifice.  I can promise, from experience, it will be worth your while to choose Christ's will.  The possibilities are endless with God on your side; the alternative, the possibility of a Jesus spanking that you can't even imagine!

oh to be excited for Jesus...

Well, not a lot to say, I've been thinking a lot though.  I have a friend who has just recently been saved.  She just posted her testimony on her blog (which I've heard quite a few times in the last few months and could listen to a thousand more times easily).  She's such an inspiration to me.  I've been a christian for a LONG TIME, like since I was 5!  There's no doubt that I was saved then, I can remember the exact place and circumstances; but It's amazing how much of being a christian becomes daily routine if you're not careful, especially if you've been "doing it" since you were 5!  I think that when you become a christian later in life it's so much more "exciting".  Now, saying that I will also say that I pray for my children to have, what our student pastor calls, a boring testimony; but I also have decided that I want to inspire them to continually be excited about being a christian.  I want them to have the feeling my friend has had, and in turn has taught me to have, all the time for Jesus!  I pray that they never get bored, stuck in the routine; but that they are constantly renewed and refreshed with excitement for Jesus!  I mean, the joy on my friends face every time I see her and the excitement in her voice every time I talk to her makes me constantly think, "Am I that excited for Jesus?  Do I exude that joy and excitement to my friends, or even strangers for that matter?"  It has become my desire, my passion, to try desperately for that.  I must honestly say, it's not easy, especially when I'm at home.  I lose patience with my kids and immediately that joy and excitement turns to yelling and chaos.  I pray daily for Christ to give me patience, to keep me slow to anger, to shine thru me like none other so that people only see Him, not the sinful, impatient, irritated, tired mom/wife I feel like!  How am I gonna inspire my children to be joyful and excited for Jesus if all I do is yell at them?  I know that this journey could not/cannot happen without Christ leading me.  I know that I am "only human" but I'm starting to think that that's not a good enough excuse, because God is so much bigger than that!  I know that I'm not perfect but being perfected.  He will use every mistake I make to teach me and transform me, but saying "I'm only human" gives me an excuse and I don't want an excuse.  I want there to be God in my life and only God, and I want everyone else to see Him without me saying a word.  I want to be joyful and excited for Jesus, always!

I love you Allison, my new sister in Christ!  Thank you so much for your joy and excitement for Jesus and for the inspiration you are to me!

(Well, I thought not a lot to say.  It's just what's been on my mind!)