UGH... Really?!

Yet another Christian leader has taken a fall. Only this one fell a little closer to home.
My heart hurts and I feel sick.
And quite frankly, I'm a little pissed off!
UGH... Really?!
I mean seriously guys*. And I'm speaking especially of the Christian "leaders"...
Pastors. Elders. Teachers. Husbands. Fathers. 
You knew what you were going to be fighting against and be tempted with.
And not only did you know... but you knew because someone else warned you; because you had studied it many times I'm sure, maybe even given sermons on it.
It is NOT complicated... all it really boils down to is this...

Keep your pants on!

DO NOT allow yourself to be in a position where you could be tempted beyond what you alone are capable of handling.

(and yes there is A LOT of scripture to back that up and you know that too!)

Adultery hurts more than two people.

It really hurts an unmeasurable amount of people in different ways.

And temptation DOES.NOT.DISCRIMINATE.
Do not be under the delusion that you or anyone else is immune to giving in to temptation!**

*And all of this applies to you women as well!
**I am not judging anyone. Just disappointed I guess. Just reminded myself to be humble about the exact same thing.

                                                                                                                                          

But let me remind us of WHO does NOT discriminate,

God. 

His laws.

His judgements.

His forgiveness.

His grace.

His mercy.

His love. 

Healing can take place after adultery.

Relationships can be restored.

Foundations can be rebuilt.

But NOTHING will be the same.

And all of the above can be true for an organization also.

However, it can't be easy. It won't be easy.

We are praying for the unmeasurable amount of people who will no doubt be affected by this latest fall.

 

 

Tornado in January!

I couldn't hardly believe it either.
It was so early in the morning. Hubby and I were awakened by one of the kids yelling for us. We were walking around a little dazed and confused. He was cleaning up what appeared to be an egg mess from the kitchen floor so I could get in there and get to our lifeline of meds. Nearly all of the kids were clinging to us... crying, whining, complaining.
I just stood there looking around. Finally I realized that the tornado had only struck our house...
the inside of it!
The piles of clean laundry, that have been there for days. The piles of dirty laundry that keep growing.
I don't think we have a clean dish in the house.
There is even trash in the midst of the blankets laying all over the living room...
empty gatorade bottles, sticky pedialyte popsicle wrappers, the paper towel roll that the puppy chewed up.

*SIGH*

It all just happened so fast.

On Saturday Davis said he didn't feel good.

Sunday he had a fever. AND Amelleah started digging at ears and obviously not feeling well.

Monday we spent the morning at the clinic.

Positive Influenza. AND double ear infection. Off to the pharmacy!

Our pharmacy (that has a drive thru) was out of the pediatric doses of tamiflu. So I had to go INTO another store to get the meds for the 3 youngest. And then I figured out that we didn't have anything for Sydni. 

Ahhhh.... you can see how the rest of the day went.

By the end of Monday Andrew and Amelleah had fevers and didn't feel good.

Yesterday the Hubby had a horrible day at work. He was delivering a few hours away after an overnighter, feeling terrible. Lincoln and I joined the list by last night.

At this point I think Sydni is a walking miracle.

She is currently at school. Not one symptom of anything other than impending puberty and teenage years.

*BIG SIGH*

I don't feel good and I want my Mommy!
If we survive the flu, we might be consumed by the house!
Just when I'm feeling sorry for myself (a few minutes ago) there was a knock at the door. An angel bearing movies appeared!
Maybe there is hope!

Oh yeah, and the Puppy learned how to climb over the baby gate that was keeping her in the dining room when needed. If it wasn't so cute and funny I'd be mad about it.

2013

Seriously?! 2013... TWO thousand THIRTEEN!!
I was born in the 70's... that seems like a loooong time ago.
I "graduated" high school in the 90's... that still seems like such a long time ago. (and by "graduated" I mean, I finally got sick of changing high schools so when  I turned 17 I took the California High School Proficiency Exam. It's serves the same purpose as a GED but you have to be 18 years old to get a GED)
I got married in 2000... which is still quite awhile ago!
First baby in 2001... last baby in 2010.
And here we are... 2013! Just like that.
With so many milestones that seem to be SO long ago, there are also a lot of memories that seem like they happened just yesterday. It is crazy how time flies and yet stands still at the same time.

If you are my 3 1/2 year old son, EVERYTHING either happened yesterday or is going to happen tomorrow.

For Andrew, EVERYTHING 
TAKES 
FOREVER!

If you have a pre-teen (or possibly older?! oh please let it be a stage!) in your house then you know that they usually could care less what time it is.

And then there is that 10 year old boy of mine... he OBVIOUSLY inherited some serious genes from my dad and I. He is a planner. He knows what time it is. He knows what day it is. He knows what is happening on certain days and he wants to know the PLAN for everything! He is also the most sentimental kid and the one who frequently tells "remember when" stories or says things like he said last week. He and I were standing next to our truck (really just a big SUV) and he was looking at the tire. He says "WHOA! One of those rocks could be from Wyoming!" He's right! We had been to Wyoming for Thanksgiving.

Even newborns have a sense of time. They thrive on routine.

In Momtime a lot of days last forever! 
In Wifetime most days aren't long enough! 
In Friendtime there is never enough time!


 So a new year is fully underway (including loads of laundry and dishes, vacuuming, wiping a kid's butt, cleaning up puppy training accidents) and I can't help but think about times past and times to come, probably like most of you. With my Biblical worldview filter in place, all I can think about regarding this present time is how miniscule my little life (of hopefully 80-ish years) really is. On the timeline of all of history, my little spec on it cannot be that important.
Or can it?!

Happy New Year!
How will you spend the time God has given you?