Walk by Faith...

Today I was reminded that I need to refocus and set my eyes back on the promises of God. With all the hectic days I've had lately and some personal issues, I lost sight of some things. I took Julia to school this morning and the boys stayed home with Hubby. I always take one of the boys with me, so this was a welcome break. After I dropped Julia off, I walked to Dunkin Donuts and got a coffee. When I left Dunkin Donuts I felt compelled to walk further down instead of crossing the street to catch the bus. The walk cleared my head of negative thoughts and in the quiet I felt God speaking to me. I felt calm and renewed in spirit so I put on my Ipod and hit the shuffle button. The songs that came on were further evidence that God was laying a message on my heart. The first song was from the Christ Tabernacle Choir, "My Heart Belongs to You" It ends with Maria Durso speaking about her testimony and it reminded me that no matter what the circumstances are I am a child of God and no one can take that from me! The 2nd song was "You are Not Forgotten" by Israel and the New Breed. The lyrics pierced my heart because I have felt lost lately. Being reminded that God does not forget us was a very powerful message and just what I needed to hear. As I listened to that song on the bus I closed my eyes and praised God. Then the next 2 songs were "walk by Faith" and "Restored" by Jeremy Camp. I am so thankful for the feeling of restoration and the reminder to walk by faith!

Last night I think Hubby thought our mattress had magically turned into a tempurpedic mattress! He put a nearly full glass of fruit punch with ice on the mattress. It had to be about 2 AM (he is having trouble sleeping) I was asleep with the 2 boys who are sleeping in the bed with us (for the air conditioning) So I woke up when I heard Jr. screaming. I was groggy and heard Hubby say that juice was spilled on the bed. Wasn't quite sure I had heard right when I felt cold, wet and sticky and jumped out of bed with Joshua. Hubby already had Jr. out of bed. Poor Jr.'s head was soaked with fruit punch!!! It was no fun soaking up all that liquid. We didn't want to rush Jr. into the shower and traumatize him more, so we dried off his hair as best as we could and decided to give him a bath in the morning. We also had to flip the mattress over. I asked Hubby how all that juice spilled on the bed and that is when he sheepishly replied that he had put the cup of juice on the mattress. I swear he is like having a 4th kid!

My Diva turned 7.(6/8/01)

Julia has been busy this week! She turned 7 on Sunday, participated in her first jog-a-thon on Monday and had dress rehearsal for her dance recital on Wednesday.

The jog-a-thon was for her school and it was during on of the hottest days of the year! It was a sweltering day but my diva was able to complete one whole lap of the race track! I don't think I could have done half a lap in that heat! I was wilting just standing in the sun handing out water to the little runners. Those kids were awesome! Some of them did 8 laps! I left with a sun burn but lots of pride in Julia and her schoolmates!

Dress rehearsal went well! Can't wait for her recital next week. She looked so cute on stage! I got emotional just watching the rehearsal so I wonder how I'll be on the day of the recital.... have to remember to bring lots of tissue!

We are holding her birthday party this weekend. She is having a Hannah Montana theme party. She is very excited about it, has talked non-stop about her party for months . I can't believe she is 7 already . Still feels like we just bought her home from the hospital. She has grown up so fast and amazes me everyday with her growing intellect. Next week is her last week of 1st grade. How did the time go by so fast?