Feeding my soul...

One of my favorite blogs Kelly's Korner always has the "Show Us Your Life" link up posts.  A lot of times I have nothing to offer to link up for, and sometimes I do, but I'm just too lazy to do it (did I mention I'm a lazy blogger?).  A while back she had "Show Us Your Life-Favorite Devotionals"...I wanted so bad to link up and talk about my favorite devotional, because I'm so in love with it and it feeds me so much, spiritually,  e.v.e.r.y.d.a.y!  So, after reading today's devotion, I really want to share it with you in hopes that it will give you hope and the reminder that the Lord knows our hearts desires, and that He will not be late. This is the book...

November 20th (actually I'm behind a day, it was yesterdays):

Waiting may seem like an easy thing to do, but it is a discipline that a Christian soldier does not learn without years of training.  Marching and drills are much easier for God's warriors than standing still.

There are times of indecision and confusion, when even the most willing person, who eagerly desires to serve the Lord, does not know what direction to take.  So what should you do when you find yourself in this situation?  Should you allow yourself to be overcome with despair?  Should you turn back in cowardice or in fear or rush ahead in ignorance?

No, you should simply wait-but wait in prayer.  Call upon God and plead your case before Him, telling Him of your difficulty and reminding Him of His promise to help.

Wait in faith.  Express your unwavering confidence in Him.  And believe that even if He keeps you waiting until midnight, He will come at the right time to fulfill His vision for you.

Wait in quiet patience. Never complain about what you believe to be the cause of your problems, as the children of Israel did against Moses.  Accept your situation exactly as it is and then simply place it with your whole heart into the hand of your covenant God.  And while removing any self-will, say to Him, "Lord, 'Not my will, but yours be done' (Luke 22:42).  I do not know what to do, and I am in great need.  But I will wait until You divide the flood before me or drive back my enemies.  I will wait even if You keep me here many days, for my heart is fixed on You alone, dear Lord.  And my spirit will wait for You with full confidence that You will still be my joy and my salvation, 'for You have been my refuge, and a strong tower against the foe' (Ps. 61:3)."

This and That

So much going on with us these days!  Lots of good things, but still giving me lots to pray about to keep my worries at bay.

Before it gets too late to post about, I got a little crafty (yes, me) for my husbands Halloween costume.  We did a little role reversal thing....I was just hoping he would go for it.  I thought it would be hilarious if my hubs was a cheerleader and I was a football player (well, hilarious on his part, I was shooting for comfort on my part!).  I only have a couple pics from my blackberry, some of the people at the party we went to took some great pics, but I haven't gotten those yet.  So here is a pic of the skirt I bedazzled...I got it at TJMaxx...it was a woman's plain white tennis skirt-perfection!!  At first we decided that we were going to match teams for our outfits, but my mother-in-law suggested that I make him an Angel's cheerleader...his men's baseball team that he plays for that he is OBsessed with (yes, I know baseball doesn't have cheerleaders).  I was a Florida Gators football player.  How awesome is this bedazzled skirt??

This is the only picture of me that I got.  We are terrible at taking pictures!  It was a fun night, good friends and good times :)

On to more serious stuff ;)

**I got a new job!!  I'm very excited about it!!  My current job makes me want to jump from very high places on most days.  There are several reasons why I needed to make a change.  I start next week, I'm nervous but excited.  My sister's best friend works in the office at my new job, so it helps that I know her and I love her.  It's a much smaller office in comparison to where I work now...and this is perfect, it's what I've wanted and needed for a while now. 


**We put an offer in on an acre of land and they ACCEPTED our offer...WOOHOO!!  We've gone back and forth on where we actually want to build.  My hubs dad has some land we thought about building on, but it's right beside his mom's house and she will soon be selling, so we sought out other options.  Our lot is in this neighborhood that only has about 5 houses in it right now, and several other lots for sale.  My husbands brother and sis-in-law just bought a gorgeous home in this same neighborhood AND, my husbands sister and bro-in-law got accepted on an offer for land right beside us!!  Did you follow that?  So, basically my sis-in-laws and bro-in-laws (all 6 of us) will be in the same neighborhood...we're tight like that ;)  We all love the idea of being very close.  It's not quite a done deal yet, we are still holding our breath waiting to see if this land passes the perk test.  It's rumored that a few plots of land in this neighborhood have failed perk tests...which means the land is unbuildable.  It is getting perked this week and we should know something soon.  My sis-in-law and her hubs are awaiting the same test!  It would suck if one perked and one didn't or they both didn't...but we are believing they will pass!!  So, I will keep ya'll posted :)

**My husband is up to some big changes too, but I won't go into detail until those happen.  Like I said before, all good changes, but things to pray about to ensure we are making the right decisions.  All these changes are happening at the same time and I'm just spent worrying about every detail of them.  I sometimes wish I could go back to my "younger" days when I didn't take things so seriously and over think e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g!  With that being said, though, I know exactly where to go when the worry starts to get to me...to the cross, lay it there.  The reassurance of God's promises keep me focused!

**I'm still working on my 90 days of supplements from the Naturopathic doctor.  I'm almost done with it, unless he has other plans when I go back.  I haven't noticed many changes, but I suppose I wouldn't really notice until we start trying again.  Which, by the way, not TTC is way wierd at this point.  Actually avoiding around ovulation is strange...and wrong, just sayin ;)  And then, with my new job, I won't have insurance right away...so I must continue to avoid TTC??!!  The clock just ticks...I'm now half way to my 34th birthday :( 

Soo...that was a long post.  I will wrap up now...I'll be back with updates :)