Project 365: Post Up. lol Catchin Up

******edit**** I left Sara out!! I'm so sorry!!!

thank you thank you thank you Sara at Make Music from your heart to the Lord for creating and hosting this fabulous release!!! Thank you Sara!!

I have good reason for being behind, I GOT A JOB! I had been out of work just two weeks shy of one full year - yeah I know. ARG! So we have had a few photo worthy moments although I have been unable to take a picture everyday. So I hope you enjoy what I was able to capture.

We had three snow days since I posted last. One then two in a row. It was fun and gorgeous!

This one may be our next Christmas pic for our cards. :)

Fallen branch that will like lead to an insurance claim. ARG.

Bogey loves to chase balls so he chased snow balls!!! :)

Reece and his best bud!

Smiling Bogey!

This little boy wanted me to take his picture! Could you have resisted??? Me neither!! lol Obviously.

leaping boys!

My Birthday gifts and cake!! yay me

Madisa!! the Feminar in Longview, TX rocked!!

She was wonderful here she is sharing her testimony and below she is singing.

Lysa Terkeurst and Janet White were wonderful speakers.

Janet made us all blush again with her "- - -" talk to us married ladies! whew.

Same time next year: last weekend in February!!! I would love to see you there!

Sorry for the photo overload!! Just had to catch up.

Abiding Still,

So Long Insecurity.....Ch. 7 & 8

Boy-oh-boy ladies! Chapters 7 & 8 made me realize why I LOVE LOVE LOVE I love Lucy! That woman had us to face our insecurities from so many different perspectives. I think this is why she is still endearing to a lot of women today, she got it, she understood it, much like the stories Beth shared with us in chapter 7. I related - I laughed - I cried - I sighed - then I laughed thinking of Lucy. That woman (well the character anyway) was eat-up-with-it as our Siesta Mama would say. Eat up I tell ya!

I looked into the mirror for the perspective of Christ and today He spoke a very familiar Word to me. Some of us name our "insecurity" "humility" I know I have done it. Probably a lot of us have. It is down right viral and Jesus is our inoculation! Humility was explained to me this way: Humility is not thinking LESS OF ourselves but less OFTEN. You are supposed to put others first but not due to your fear to step out but for and in reverence to the Lord.

I love that Beth shows us that our dignity is stolen from us. (sometimes right before our eyes I might add)

Insecurity has robbed me of way too much! Quality time with friends and family and that is partially because others also struggle and have to bring you down in order to lift themselves up. The other side to it is that I believed it then threw a pity party and became one with my sofa. I love that sofa but as much as it is great to take a nap on it doesn't make a very good best friend.

Insecurity has led me to believe lies of the enemy especially when it comes out of the mouths of those you have trusted and loved. Seriously, insecurity has made me doubt my calling in the Lord even while in the act of doing it!!! Enough already!

See the sad thing is that this awful word and concept (Insecurity) has been nursed in the business world to compel us to be better than the others. It has been fueled in such a way to make us fear the wrong person or thing - it has blatantly created idols in our hearts!!! Yikes!

To read personal thoughts from many others and from our Siesta Mama herself check out her blog: http://livingproofministries.blogspot.com/2010/03/so-long-insecurity-week-four.html

 I can't wait to post and read on the LPM blog! These two chapters were full of ups and downs for those of us still dying to break free from it.

Abiding Still,

Security and God's Presence!!!

O'Where O'Where is My Security?

Not Here, Not There, Not Anywhere but in His Kingdom Alone.

Not in man but the nail scarred hands.

Not in friends but in the One whose love never ends.

Not in the fun but in the Righteous One.

Not in the mirror but in the Pruner and the Shearer.

Not in fame but only in HIS Holy Name.

Not in power but in the One who knows the Hour.

Not in this life but in the Creator of the day and night.

Not in anyone but in the One who sent His only Son.

Rachele Posey 2/25/2010

God is our only security and it was secured by His One and Only Son! He is our Rock, our Deliverer, the Conqueror, the Lover of Our Soul, our Home, our Help. Look no further tarry no more, Jesus is "in" the "security" business! He will give us our portion! Daily dependence is the path to true security!

GOD IS THERE!

In the heights and the darkest of nights,

God is there!

In the depths of the sea when all in you longs to flee,

God is there!

In the heart of the broken, when wrong words have been spoken,

God is there!

In the brightness of the day when you still can't find your way,

God is there!

In the pits, In the caves, when tossed about by the waves,

God is there!

In the chaos & despair, when it seems that no one cares,

God is there!

In the busyness, in the peace, when no dew is left on the fleece,

God is there!

In the rocks, On the shore, when you are sure you can take no more,

God is there!

He was always there and remain forever and unchanged!

God is there!

Rachele Posey 2/27/2010

This poem came to me during the Feminar in Longview, TX as Janet White was speaking. I have lived under a proverbial broom tree (1 Kings 19) for nearly two years. I have stood at the edge of my driveway begging for the Lord to just take me home. I have sat on the floor in my kitchen wishing and wishing that God would bring me home. It's not my time and the work He has started is not finished and has just barely begun. God sat with me on that cold hard floor, He has written His word on my heart when I felt I could take no more. He has held up my arms when I felt that I could tread no more waves! He has been the light in my darkest nights among the darkest caves. He has molded me and shaped me swaddled me and bathed me, came for me and saved me! He has always been there!

I pray that as you read, if you choose, 1 Kings 19 you see what I finally saw today...God told Elijah to get up and go back to anoint others. God told him that he would be with him and there was work yet to be done. Elijah was not alone, neither am I, neither are YOU! God is THERE! HE IS HERE!

In His Amazing Grace,

So Long Insecurity by Beth Moore

This study has already begun to bless me to the core and more! The first two chapters were very much a release for me. Siesta Mama certainly has a way with words of this most of us do not doubt.

Chapter 1: Mad Enough to Change

Chapter 2: Insecure Enough to Matter

Boy do those titles truly speak it!!!

This is my heart in this matter:

Dear Jesus, no matter what others think no matter what others say, I will follow your will your way

You made me You formed me and You desire to conform me

Not to their wishes and desire but to Your image and with your refining fire

I long for your presence and approval and for all those unhealthy relationships, I pray for your removal

When I walk with you, Majesty, I will walk with confidence and dignity

When I talk with you, my Father my Friend, I experience Your Love with no end.

Help me dear Jesus to see only You and to see me as you do! 

My Savior, My Confidence, My Strength, My Liberty, give me only your eyes El Roi.

If you have not checked out this book, I suggest it. If you have not checked out Beth's blog, I urge you to. 

Here are the links to follow:

First Post: http://livingproofministries.blogspot.com/2010/02/blog-comment-tutorial.html

Roll Call: http://livingproofministries.blogspot.com/2010/02/so-long-insecurity-discussion-group.html

Week 1: http://livingproofministries.blogspot.com/2010/02/so-long-insecurity-week-one.html

Week 2: http://livingproofministries.blogspot.com/2010/02/so-long-insecurity-week-two.html

In His Amazing Love, Chel

Random Dozen Olympic Style

Please get your coffee cup ready for your 2nd cup or pot, lol, and join us at Linda's for the Random Dozen Olympic Style!!

1. If you could compete in one Olympic event (not necessarily winter sports) what would it be?

The gymnastics floor routine...."After all it's not gymNICEtics."

NO seriously, ice skating with partners. That is just beautiful!!!

2. Do remember a specific Olympic moment from the past?

Well I have to say that since yesterday is technically the past and the day before that even more so....the married Chinese ice skaters were flawless! They truly looked as one. And of course I watched every moment Michael Phelps was on!!!



3. Have you ever known anyone who competed in the Olympics?

Yes, at our very first WOVEN Ministries event an Olympic diver, who has been on a Wheaties box, shared some of her testimony and spoke on our Identity in Christ. When you are an olympian you are wrapped up in that identity and must conform to their expectations which easily leads to an identity crisis. She shared her life then and now with us all.  She was AWESOME!!!!  And so it is when you creep speed to 40 her name escapes me. I'll come back if I recall it. ARG! That was 2003 and I have slept since then.
***Update my sister remembered her name: Kim Macklin.



4. If everyday activities were Olympic-worthy, which activity would you have a gold medal in?

I would be a PRO in the land of Procastination!



5. Do you know anything about your ethnic heritage?

Yes! I am about 75% German and the 3rd generation on my dad's side born here in the US.


6. Do you enjoy sleeping late?

Yes then when I see the time I regret it and think of all I could have done.



7. Have you ever performed CPR on anyone? Do you know how? (Yes, that's two, I know. Whatevs.)

I have not but have been taught.


8. Name one country you'd like to visit and explain why.

Just one???? geez! Israel! To walk the steps of our Lord and witness to His children of birthrite.




9. Have you ever fixed up a couple romantically?

No, I don't think so.....


10. What is the last book you read?

Thin Places by Mary DeMuth....will be writing a review soon, stayed tuned.



11. Do you enjoy sleeping late? NO, YOU write the question! How's that for random??

In keeping with the theme.....If you are a mom, what thing do you do for which your kids would award you the Gold Medal?

I'll take Lectures for the Gold Alex!!!




12. What is your favorite meal at your favorite restaurant?


Mousaka at Scampi's MediterraneanGrill off Magnolia in Fort Worth, TX.
Ok!! Now I'm depressed!!! They are closing!!! The chef is now 76 and is retiring!! Oh-My-Worddah!  Well, I never.... hemph!!! Man sakes alive! Geez Looooouise!!! Any other frustration expression you can help me with here????? Goodness gracious great balls of fire!!! UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH and AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. see them here before they are gone for good: http://www.scampiscafe.com/.


Ok I must go decompress now!
Still love you all though,
Chel