Surrender.....

Main Entry:	surrender
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	giving up
Synonyms:	abandonment, abdication, acquiescence, appeasement, capitulation, cessation, dedition, delivery, giving way, relenting, relinquishment, renunciation, resignation, submission, succumbing, white flag*, yielding
Antonyms:	fight, victory, win

Have I? Do I? Will I? - Those are questions that I have had to ask myself lately. I SAY that I desire to be in complete surrender - and I believe that to be my honest heart - HOWEVER.....Have I? Do I? and Will I? - in EVERY area, that is?

I pray that I will be able to follow Christ with reckless abandonment and trust HIM for every need, desire, care.

By the way...Have I mentioned lately how MUCH I LOVE CRESTVIEW???????? The women's retreat is "Jesus and Chocolate" - doesn't get much better than that! haha We are doing a skit with the staff wives. They are all SO HILARIOUS! We were all laughing so hard that I almost lost my dinner! What FUN and encouraging friends! They truly are a blessing.

Mercy Day Again....

....One thing to say.....
Another Mercy Day.
I'd appreciate it if you all would speak a little prayer. Today was just a plain ole hard day. Multifaceted.
Does ANYONE want to buy a lovely house in the Keller ISD? Let me make you a deal!

What is a Valentine?

This post is a Valentine Tribute...which may nauseate you...but is, nevertheless, appropriate...

What is a Valentine?

Well....it is not all roses and chocolate (which, by the way is not on my diet)...It is not all romance and sweet talk (although those things are nice additions)....A Valentine is.....

A man who is devoted to God, family and others - in that order...
A man who prepares your children's lunches every morning - and even draws pictures on the lunch bags for them most days....
A man who spends Thursday mornings (for now) at the laundrymat doing everyone's laundry b/c the washer does not work well in the house where you are staying.
A man who double checks the locks on the doors every night before he goes to bed.
A man who uses his Christmas gift cards to buy things for everyone else.
A man who makes sure that you never have to worry about whether your car has gas or not.
A man who prays with you before falling asleep.
A man who takes out the trash.
A man who brings you coffee some mornings.
A man who doesn't complain when the house is messy - and who helps pick up.
A man who coaches his son's basketball team.
A man who encourages you.
A man who says nothing when you are on a much needed diet but decide that you want to eat one of "Bob's Big Burgers" instead of a salad.
A man who NEVER misses his daughter's games.
A man who cleans out your closet for you!
A man who irons his own clothes....AND YOURS and the KIDS!

Shall I go on??? I could...and for days.
Never forget that the love language of ACTION is more powerful than WORDS. May I never take my VALENTINE for granted!

We celebrated early. We attended the Madrical Dinner at Greentree Country Club. It was a FABULOUS presentation put on by the Lee Choral (one of our students, James, was "KING JAMES".... The night out was a treat from our new friends, David and Misty Baker. (David is a Chris Yeargin twin!) We had a great time! Sorry for the blurry pic....

7 POUNDS!!!!!!

Okay.....CRAZY!!!! I LOST 7 POUNDS THIS WEEK!!!!! Thanks to the Lord - He is so FAITHFUL! I just committed to put Him "FIRST PLACE" and it was amazing how my eating habits changed. I began to be able to not only CHOKE DOWN all that water, but even enjoy it...and, I never thought I'd say this...but I have decided that I LIKE fat free milk! It is true! I did not do a great job with measuring everything and weight things, but I was just leaving off extra carbs by eating one bun chicken sandwiches instead of jalopena burgers at Texas Burger, etc...and I cut all of the sweet tea out (which is SAD....I think I was addicted) ...but YES...7 LBS! I was prepared for the worst since I had not written things down well....but it all worked out, I guess!What an encouragement! Just about 50 more to go....Man, I never thought I'd have to say that....but it is true. Pray that I can stay focused on what God's best for me is and how He wants me to take care of His TEMPLE.

We had fun last night. Kerry Mackie was in town and came over for dinner and I let Tori have 3 friends (two guy buddies, Coby and Jeremy, and her bud Megan). They had so much fun. I fixed dinner for them and they watched (or didn't watch) a movie. I'll post the pics. Coby is Tori's BEST friend out here and has won our heart. He is a doll. He and Tori look so funny together when they hang out b/c Coby is LITERALLY shorter than Brock and comes to T's shoulder or less. They have a great time together. His mom, Eva, is my best friend out here.
I'll get the pics on. They are cute of them building a pyramid in the living room! (Guys had to be the flyers b/c in the 7th grade, they are smaller!haha)